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    What To Watch On TV And Streaming Friday, January 16, 2026







    What to Watch on TV and Streaming Friday, January 16, 2026
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    Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot.

    On TV this Friday: “Power” closes the book on Tommy Egan, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star in Netflix’s “The Rip,” and “Happy’s Place” and “Stumble” return from break.

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    Showtimes for January 16, 2026


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    Black Phone 2

    Peacock
    NEW TO STREAMING

    The Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) spirit seeks revenge years after his death, haunting Finney (Mason Thames) and his sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who receives prophetic calls from the titular black phone.

    Coldwater

    Paramount+

    John struggles to cope with his guilt but a bizarre hunting trip changes his perspective; Tommy’s influence on him grows.

    How to Lose a Popularity Contest

    Tubi
    MOVIE PREMIERE

    An organized overachiever (Sara Waisglass) and a charming underachiever (Chase Hudson) team up to win student body president — and maybe find romance along the way.

    The Rip

    Netflix
    MOVIE PREMIERE

    Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star as Miami cops whose discovery of millions in cash fractures trust within their unit and draws dangerous outside attention.

    Twinless

    Hulu
    NEW TO STREAMING

    A young man (Dylan O’Brien) grieving the loss of his twin brother joins a support group for “twinless twins.”

    What Drives You With John Cena

    The Roku Channel
    FOUR-EPISODE BINGE

    Season 2 premiere: Cena hangs with Saweetie, Charlotte Flair, Kane Brown, and Mookie Betts, as they explore their motivations, careers, and cars. 


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    Happy’s Place

    NBC

    Bobbie pushes Steve into auditioning for a local commercial to keep him busy, not realizing she signed herself up to be his scene partner.

    Power Book IV: Force

    Starz

    Series finale: The mounting pressure for retaliation looms, as disastrous moves and shocking secrets shake the streets.

    RuPaul’s Drag Race

    MTV

    The queens must once again serve up laughs in the return of RDR Live; Sarah Sherman guest-judges.


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    Stumble

    NBC

    Stung by the betrayal of the person who leaked the tape, the once-nurturing Courteney radically transforms into a drill sergeant.


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    Nowhere Man

    Starz

    Stateside premiere: Bonko Khoza plays a former mercenary haunted by PTSD who is forced back into a world he’s tried to escape after witnessing a crime on the streets of Johannesburg; Naturi Naughton-Lewis co-stars.



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