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20 TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch in 2020

The new year brings a new slate of TV shows for your viewing pleasure, so we’ve rounded up 20 of the biggest, most-anticipated series that are expected to premiere in 2020, just so you can get a head start on your watchlist.

This is far from an exhaustive list – in case you haven’t noticed, there’s a lot of TV these days – but a selection of new series that are on our radar that we’re fairly confident will premiere this year (even if their release dates haven’t been confirmed yet) and we think our audience might be interested in too. (High-profile genre series like Showtime’s Halo adaptation and Amazon’s Lord of the Rings have been slated to arrive in 2021, if you were curious why they’re not included.)

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Great Deals on Arcade1Up Machines

I think we can all agree that practically any room could be improved with the addition of an arcade cabinet or two. Arcade1Up sells four-foot-tall versions of some of the most beloved arcade games of all time. We’re talking games like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, and Street Fighter II. The cabinets are easy to assemble, and they’re priced much lower than their full-sized siblings. Better yet, many of them are on sale right now at Walmart and Amazon. Let’s take a look at the deals.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade1Up Machine with Riser is $50 Off

What’s New To Hulu In January 2020? Movies, TV Shows, And Original Programming Headed Your Way

It’s the new year, and the streaming service Hulu has plenty of new content for you to check out this month. From TV shows airing the day after they premiere on television to movies and original programming, Hulu is easily one of the best streaming services available for overall content. Check out everything coming to the service below, along with a few recommendations.

Available on January 1 is all three Cube movies. The sci-fi/cult classic Cube from 1998 follows a group of people who are trapped in a cube room, which is part of a much larger cube, and they must find a way to escape. Also, some of the rooms have traps, which can kill you. The 2002 sequel takes the plot of the first film and adds time travel to the mix–in a sense. It’s a bizarre but worthwhile sequel. Then there is the 2004 prequel Cube Zero, which takes place from the perspective of someone watching over the Cube experiment. It’s not great, but it’s a fun watch as well.

Aside from sci-fi films taking place in a 6-sided container, there are plenty of other things headed to Hulu you may want to watch. On January 30, the 2019 film Fighting With My Family arrives. The film follows the recreated events that led WWE’s Paige from England to NXT to Raw. In his review of the film, Chris E. Hayner said, “So where does Fighting with My Family, the studio’s first wrestling-centric biopic, land on that spectrum? As it turns out, it’s actually WWE’s best movie yet. That’s not to say it’s perfect, but WWE has taken a piece of its own history and crafted a truly engaging and inspiring film.”

Below, you’ll find everything coming to Hulu this month. For more streaming news, check out what’s headed to Disney+ and Netflix this month.

What’s coming to Hulu in January?

Available January 1

  • Bring It!: Complete Season 4 (Lifetime)
  • Brockmire: Complete Season 3 (IFC)
  • Damages: Complete Series (FX)
  • Deputy: *Sneak Peek* Pre-Linear Series Premiere (FOX)
  • Divided States: Complete Season 1 (A&E)
  • Fox’s New Year’s Eve Special with Steve Harvey: Special (FOX)
  • Glam Masters: Complete Season 1 (Lifetime)
  • Hoarders: Complete Season 10 (A&E)
  • Hunting JonBenet’s Killer: The Untold Story: Complete Season 1 (A&E)
  • Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid: Complete Season 1 (Lifetime)
  • Married at First Sight: Complete Season 8 (Lifetime)
  • Party of Five: *Sneak Peek* Pre-Linear Series Premiere (Freeform)
  • Project Runway All Stars: Complete Season 7 (Lifetime)
  • Rescue Me: Complete Series (FX)
  • Secret Life of a Gang Girl: The Untold Story: Complete Season 1 (A&E)
  • Swamp People: Complete Season 10 (History)
  • The Curse of Oak Island: Complete Seasons 2, 3 & 6 (History)
  • American Buffalo (1996)
  • Arbitrage (2012)
  • Bachelor Party (1984)
  • The Bellboy (1960)
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
  • Captivity (2007)
  • Cinderfella (1960)
  • The Conspirator (2011)
  • The Cookout (2004)
  • Crazy About Tiffany’s (2015)
  • Crisscross (1992)
  • Cube (1998)
  • Cube 2: Hypercube (2003)
  • Cube Zero (2005)
  • Dangerous Curves (1989)
  • Dennis the Menace (1993)
  • Dennis the Menace Strikes Back (1998)
  • Dracula 3000 (2004)
  • Drop Dead Sexy (2006)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  • Fierce People (2007)
  • The Final Cut (2004)
  • The French Connection (1971)
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
  • Golden Gate (1994)
  • The Good Guy (2010)
  • Gone (2012)
  • Grace Unplugged (2013)
  • Gridiron Gang (2006)
  • How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
  • Kansas (1988)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • Last Rites (1988)
  • The Last Boy Scout (1991)
  • The Little Richard Story (2000)
  • MASH (1970)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
  • Music from Another Room (1998)
  • My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
  • Mystery Team (2009)
  • P2 (2007)
  • Pacific Heights (1990)
  • Pi (1998)
  • The Patsy (1964)
  • The Polar Express (2004)
  • The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
  • The Possession (2012)
  • Shy People (1987)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
  • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
  • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
  • Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
  • Swimming with Sharks (1995)
  • The Tenant (1976)
  • Two Family House (2000)
  • Unforgettable (1996)
  • Uptown Girls (2003)

Available January 2

  • Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins (2019)

Available January 3

  • Last Man Standing: Season 8 Premiere

Available January 5

  • Black Clover: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed) (Funimation)
  • Sex Guaranteed (2017)

Available January 6

  • The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards: Special (NBC)
  • Conan the Barbarian (2011)
  • The Art of Self Defense (2019)

Available January 7

  • America’s Got Talent: The Champions: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)
  • The Bachelor: Season 24 Premiere (ABC)
  • Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time: Special (ABC)
  • Manifest: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Available January 8

  • Ellen’s Game of Games: Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)
  • Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back: Season 3 Premiere (FOX)
  • Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Available January 9

  • Meet Wally Sparks (1997)

Available January 10

  • Homeland: Complete Seasons 6 & 7 (Showtime)
  • Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2001)

Available January 11

  • Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Available January 12

  • Little Men (2016)

Available January 13

  • Lodge 49: Complete Season 2 (AMC)

Available January 16

  • Good Trouble: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (Freeform)

Available January 17

  • Endlings: Complete Season 1 Premiere (Hulu Originals)
  • Everything’s Gonna be Okay: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (Freeform)
  • Grown-ish: Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere (Freeform)
  • The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Available January 19

  • Justified: Complete Series (FX)
  • Life, Animated (2016)

Available January 20

  • 9-1-1: Lone Star: Series Premiere (FOX)
  • The Detour: Complete Season 4 (TBS)
  • Love Island (UK): Season 6 Premiere (ITV)
  • Honeyland (2019)

Available January 22

  • Bakers vs. Fakers: Complete Season 1 (Food Network)
  • Beat Bobby Flay: Complete Seasons 6 & 7 (Food Network)
  • Chopped: Complete Seasons 32-35 (Food Network)
  • Cold Hearted: Complete Season 1 (IDTV)
  • Cooks vs. Cons: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Food Network)
  • Cutthroat Kitchen: Complete Season 11 (Food Network)
  • Dessert Games: Complete Season 1 (Food Network)
  • Dr. Pimple Popper: Complete Season 2 (TLC)
  • Flea Market Flip: Complete Seasons 10-12 (HGTV)
  • Good Eats: Reloaded: Complete Season 1 (Cook)
  • Guy’s Grocery Games: Complete Season 14 (Food Network)
  • House Hunters: Complete Seasons 111-117 (HGTV)
  • House Hunters International: Complete Seasons 113-115 (HGTV)
  • Murder in the Heartland: Complete Season 2 (IDTV)
  • Puppy Bowl: Complete Seasons 14 & 15 (Animal Planet)
  • Spring Baking Championship: Complete Seasons 1-4 (Food Network)
  • Unexpected: Complete Seasons 1 & 2 (TLC)
  • Worst Cooks in America: Complete Seasons 11-13 (Food Network)

Available January 23

  • The Prodigy (2019)

Available January 24

  • Shrill: Complete Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)
  • Outmatched: Series Premiere (FOX)
  • The Bold Type: Season 4 Mid-Season Premiere (Freeform)
  • Tokyo Ghoul: Complete Season 3B (Dubbed) (Funimation)

Available January 27

  • Brian Banks (2019)
  • Luce (2019)

Available January 30

  • Fighting with My Family (2019)

Our First Look At DC Multiverse Action Figures From McFarlane Toys

Way back in February, it was announced that McFarlane Toys had partnered with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to produce new action figures and collectibles based on the DC Multiverse, taking over the collector-targeted line previously handled by DC Collectibles. Sure enough, we just got a big huge pile of official images from McFarlane, as well as some details.

But first, check out these toys:

The action figures are all in 7″ scale, meaning they’re at home with the the rest of your McFarlane toys (as well as NECA and Storm Collectibles, which is great if you want to have Batman fight the Predator or Goro from Mortal Kombat) and they feature up to 22 points of articulation. And that’s not regular articulation, buddy, that’s ULTRA-articulation.

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I Miss the Brothers in Arms Series

I remember a time before Borderlands became a runaway hit. Before Duke Nukem Forever arrived a decade too late. Before the whole Aliens: Colonial Marines fiasco and long before headlines for all the wrong reasons. I remember when Gearbox felt like the most earnest development studio and studio-head Randy Pitchford seemed endearingly passionate.

Indeed, it was Pitchford’s passion that drew my attention to the Brothers in Arms series in 2004, when I stumbled on pre-release footage of the series’ first game, Road to Hill 30, while looking for info about Ghost Recon 2 on Ubisoft’s website.

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A Trio Of Great PC Games Are Free Right Now

The Epic Games Store is ringing in 2020 by giving away three free PC games until January 9 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. The freebies represent the end of Epic’s 12 Days of Free Games promotion that actually ended up lasting a full two weeks. To claim the free games, you just need to have a free Epic account.

Two of the free games come from the Darksiders series. If you haven’t played the post-apocalyptic action series that pits angels against demons, now’s your chance to start from the beginning of the saga. Darksiders Warmastered Edition and Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition are remastered versions of the first two games in the series. Both games offer quality hack and slash gameplay and awesome atmospheres. Darksiders received an 8/10 in GameSpot’s original 2010 review, and Darksiders II earned an 8.5/10 in GameSpot’s original 2012 review.

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If you like what you play, you can move onto 2018’s Darksiders 3 and the recently-released Darksiders Genesis, which introduces more role-playing mechanics and a new top-down perspective.

Quite a departure from Darksiders, Steep is a 2016 extreme sports sim from Ubisoft. Though focused on snowboarding and skiing, Steep also has paragliding, sledding, base jumping, and wingsuit flying. Steep earned a 7/10 in GameSpot’s review. Critic Leif Johnson praised the open world mountain and the game’s overall variety while lamenting the lack of objective rewards beyond cosmetics.

Now Playing: First 18 Minutes Of Darksiders Genesis Gameplay

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PS4’s Free PS Plus Games For January 2020 Announced

2020 is here, and with the new year, Sony has announced the first month of free PS4 games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. They become available on January 6, so be sure to snag Titanfall 2 and Monster Energy Supercross before then.

Starting January 6, PS Plus users can claim Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Goat Simulator. They’re free until February 3, and you’ll have access to both of them for as long as you’re subscribed to PlayStation Plus. Once they become available, you can claim them through the links below.

GameSpot’s Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection review scored the game an 8/10, thanks in part to its more stable frame rate and the “masterful pacing of Uncharted 2 and 3.”

“Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was a fine game in 2007, but its wrinkles are deeper now, its age more apparent,” critic Mike Mahardy wrote. “With Uncharted 2 and 3, though, Naughty Dog transcended Drake’s own small beginnings. The Nathan Drake Collection is a firsthand account of Naughty Dog’s growth as a storyteller, and this collection is the best way to relive that history, and witness its transformation up close.”

Goat Simulator, on the other hand, is a hilarious romp through multiple open worlds that each offer ample opportunity for goat shenanigans. There’s no denying it’s a weird game, but if you’re the kind of person who likes to mess around, inadvertently cause explosions, and stick your goat tongue to things to see what happens, then Goat Simulator is absolutely worth trying when it goes free with PlayStation Plus.

PS Plus free games for January 2020

Available January 6 – February 3

Now Playing: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection – Video Review

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Some Of 2019’s Best PC Games Can Be Bought At Their Best Prices Yet

The holidays may be over, but that doesn’t mean the sales have to be. The Epic Games Store agrees and has kicked off an encore sale, featuring a selection of the PC games that were on sale during its holiday specials, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Control–the latter is one of GameSpot’s best games of 2019.

The best part about the encore sale is that if you still have a $10 holiday coupon, you can use it on any game that is $14.99 or more. Every Epic Games Store user should still have one, as the holiday sale would grant you another every time you used it on an eligible game. However, unlike the holiday sale, you won’t earn any additional coupons–it’s one and done in the encore sale. That means you can still get Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $39.79 or Red Dead Redemption 2 for $38. This brings a lot of these games to their best price yet.

The encore sale lasts from now until January 7 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. If you have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Xbox Game Pass for PC subscription, then you don’t need to pay anything extra to be able to play a select few of these games. Game Pass’s PC library currently includes The Outer Worlds, Metro Exodus, and Metro: Last Light Redux. And right now, you can subscribe to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $1 for your first three months.

During the holiday sale, the Epic Games Store offered a new free game every day. And with the new year, Epic isn’t stopping there. It’s currently giving away three great games for free: Darksiders: War-Mastered Edition, Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition, and Steep.

Now Playing: Red Dead Redemption 2 Max PC Settings Gameplay