Jan. 6: The series “Best Medicine” stars Josh Charles (“Sports Night”) as a Boston physician who moves to a small town where he spent summers as a youngster. However, locals consider him abrasive and his personal struggles persist. Based on the British series “Doc Martin,” Annie Potts and Didi Conn are featured. Fox

Jan. 8: Speaking of Britain, “The Game” follows a retired detective inspector still troubled by an unresolved case of a murderer dubbed the Ripton Stalker. Then his focus turns to a new neighbor. Suspicions mount in the four-part thriller. Britbox

Jan. 9: The true-crime “Dead Man‘s Wire” is set for a limited release, so let’s hope the film starring Dacre Montgomery and featuring Al Pacino, Bill Sarsgard and Cary Elwes in a film based on a real 1977 kidnapping makes it to Peoria. Theaters

Jan. 9: “Chronology of Water” stars Kristen Stewart as someone who finds her voice through text and her salvation as a swimmer. Theaters

Jan. 11: The 83rd Golden Globes will be hosted by Nikki Glaser from the Beverly Hilton. CBS

Jan. 15: The cast of the 10-episode “Star Trek Academy” follows cadets learning to be Starfleet officers, dealing with a uniquely higher education, and a seeming threat to the Federation. The cast includes Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Tig Notaro and Robert Picardo (the doctor Hologram from “Star Trek Voyager”) plus Stephen Colbert providing the voice of the digital Dean of Students. Paramount+

Jan. 16: Jodie Foster stars as a psychiatrist who launches an investigation into the death of a patient, whom she’s convinced was murdered in “A Private Life.” Theaters

Jan. 16: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star in “The Rip,” about Miami police officers who find a stash of millions of dollars and then cope with trust issues. Kyle Chandler co-stars. Netflix

Jan. 18: Set in fabled Westeros from “Game of Thrones” decades after “House of the Dragon,” the fantasy “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” follows Ser Duncan the Tall (the hedge knight called “Dunk”) and his squire Aegon Targaryen (“Egg”). Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell star in a relatively light-hearted prequel to the original “Game of Thrones.” HBO Max

Jan. 27: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as a struggling actor who develops actual superpowers in “Wonder Man,” an eight-episode series co-starring Ben Kingsley. Disney+

Jan. 30: Reportedly using footage of private conversations, meetings and other exclusive access, “Melania” eventually will stream on Amazon Prime, which sparked some questions by paying $40 million to the Trumps for a documentary about the First Lady in the weeks before the 2025 Inauguration. Depending on its reception, Amazon may follow it with a three-part docuseries. Theaters