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Disney Plus's version of the animated show The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is coming back for a second run. The series is a revival of the Disney Channel's groundbreaking version that saw Kyla Pratt, Karen Malina White, Cedric the Entertainer, Jo Marie Payton, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker and Soleil Moon Frye star in leading roles.

Your favourite computer science students from Sexify are back for the show's second season. Netflix recently revealed the premiere date and official trailer, getting fans to yearn for more details concerning the upcoming season. Sexify initially landed on Netflix in April 2021, with eight episodes of the first season. The Polish sex comedy received massive praises and reviews across the globe, revealed through 3/5 stars on Common Sense Media, an 83% average Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes (supported by an 82% average audience score), and a 6.5/1-star rating on IMDb. Netflix renewed the series for season two and offered a January 2023 release date.

Netflix is gradually broadening its documentary room with new and more attention-grabbing projects. The streaming platform recently announced the addition of The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, a true crime documentary directed by Colette Camden. The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker joins other Netflix January 2023 releases such as Lady Voyeur, Copenhagen Cowboy, and Break Point, among others.

Fans of the mystery thriller show 1899 are perplexed and extremely saddened by Netflix's choosing to axe it after just one season. 1899’s creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Freise announced the gut-wracking news on Instagram, expressing their crushed dream of expanding the story with a second and third season as they did with their previous success show Dark.

Netflix just added to its January 2023 streaming shows a new Japanese series, The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House. The show is written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda as an adaptation of Aiko Koyama’s Maiko-san Chi No Makanai-san Maiko-san, an original award-winning Manga. Netflix acquired the show sometime back and recently offered it a January 2023 premiere date.

If there's a franchise that has been working overtime to create more mini-projects is DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda. The animation franchise began in 2008 and has since spawned short films, animated shows, TV specials, plays, video games, and soundtracks. The series Kung Fu Panda:The Dragon Knight landed on Netflix in July 2022 and In December 2022, the streamer announced that the show's second season would launch early this January. Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight managed 5.9 and 5.2 stars on IMDb and FilmAffinity respectively.

The creators of the historic war drama series Vikings did its loyal fans justice by coming up with the sequel Vikings: Valhalla, which launched on Netflix in February 2022, set a century after the events of its pacesetter. Netflix just announced the premiere date of the second season of Vikings: Valhalla nearly ten months after its renewal. Vikings: Valhalla has indeed followed its predecessor's footsteps with impressive scores of 7.2/10 stars on IMDb and a 90% average Tomatometer.

Nothing can stop Netflix from delivering top-notch shows, not even New Year celebrations. This January 2023, the streamer has a lot of goodies in store for their fans, setting a good pace for the rest of the year. Netflix recently uploaded the official trailer for its upcoming noir-thriller and drama show, Copenhagen Cowboy, a Nicolas Winding Refn creation.Copenhagen Cowboy joins Netflix for its first season nearly six months after the streamer commissioned it as part of its Danish original shows. Winding Refn's social media pages revealed that the show started filming in 2021 to April 2022. The show initially launched at Venice Film Festival in September 2022 before acquiring a Netflix premiere date.

You can know that a sports documentary will be captivating if it’s on Disney+. The streaming platform boasts a broad base of sports documentaries and shows such as Save our Squad with David Beckham and, recently, Chasing Waves. The new addition is scheduled to launch early this January as a Disney+ original.

The New Year got Paramount+ delivering the most exciting shows to keep up with its beloved fan base this 2023. Season two of Mayor of Kingstown is the newest addition to the streaming platform, continuing with Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan’s story. The show is a crime thriller that launched on Paramount+ in November 2021 with ten episodes for the first season. Paramount+ renewed the Mayor of Kingstown for season two in February 2022, whose filming began in June. The television series season one performed tremendously, with an 8.2 out of 10-star rating on IMDb and an 89% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Do you remember the famous The Last of Us video game by Naughty Dog? Several film and show creators have adopted the video game into TV projects, with HBO’s The Last of Us being the latest adaptation. Plans to adapt the game and part of 2020's The Last of Us Part II, started in March 2020 on HBO, with the help of Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin as the show writers. The Last of Us started filming in July 2021, following a few delays caused by COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions and other related misfortunes. Season one finalized its filming in June 2022, with nine episodes scheduled to drop this January.

Who doesn't love excitingly shocking crime documentaries, especially the ones to do with financial manipulation? Netflix got your cravings for such shows covered with projects such as The Tinder Swindler, Killer Sally, Worst Roommate Ever, Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer, and recently Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street. The most recent addition is set to premiere as a four-episode documentary series this January.

Are you among those anxiously waiting for the ninth season of Are You the One? The long wait is finally over, as Paramount+ recently unveiled the release date and official trailer for the long-awaited installment.Are You the One? mainly abbreviated as AYTO, is an American dating and reality competition show produced by Lighthearted Entertainment. The show launched its first season on MTV in 2014, at which it has launched seven more episodes.In March 2022, Paramount+ acquired the show as an international version so that the ninth season will premiere on the streamer. Are You the One? has managed a score of 6.6/10 stars over the previous eight seasons on IMDb.

Fans of the famous 1969 Scooby-Doo franchise can finally smile again after HBO Max adopted the newest spin-off, Velma, from the animated TV series. The news comes months after the streamer canceled one of Scooby-Doo franchises, Scoob!: Holiday Haunt. Scooby-Doo has, across many years, produced many TV shows, films, episodes, and games and doesn’t seem to be resting anytime soon. The film was canceled alongside other HBO Max projects, such as Westworld and Gordita Chronicles after the streamer merged with Warner Bros. Discovery and chose to focus on theatrical projects rather than those purposed for streaming.

The psychological thriller film Alice, Darling debuted on Friday, December 30, 2022, in specific U.S. theaters and stars Oscar-nominee Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect; Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) in an opposite role compared to her hippie or eccentric presentations.