6 Netflix Original Series Releasing This Week: January 15th to 21st, 2024

The year 2024 begins with a huge number of new shows being actively added to streaming services. But Netflix especially stands out among them all, as the service is releasing six original series this week.

6. End of the Line

Release date: January 17

Our list kicks off with a goofy Brazilian sitcom that promises to deliver plenty of laughs as well as life-affirming moments. The plot revolves around the daily lives of Sandra and Ivan, who work as bus and van drivers, respectively. Nothing seems to be wrong, except that they have to face the daily challenges with a smile, as they are in the process of getting divorced, while still living in the same house. The show will also feature a live audience, spicing things up with unscripted scenes and ad-libs.

5. Kübra

Release date: January 18

Next to join the Netflix library is a new Turkish drama, Kübra, featuring the star of another Turkish Netflix original, The Protector, Çagatay Ulusoy. The plot follows an ordinary man living in the suburbs of Istanbul. One day, he begins receiving text messages from a mysterious interlocutor nicknamed Kübra, who seems to help the protagonist predict future events, resulting in an entire following building around the man.

4. The Bequeathed

Release date: January 19

K-dramas continue to capture the hearts of Netflix subscribers, and on Friday the service will release The Bequeathed, an occult thriller created by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, who has been working with the streaming service for several years, having released the series Hellbound and the film Jung_E. The series follows Yun Seo-ha (Kim Hyun-joo), who inherits a family graveyard in a remote village. However, mysterious crimes are taking place in the village that clearly have something to do with the graveyard.

3. Captivating the King

Release date: January 20

The next Korean drama to be released on Netflix is the period piece Captivating the King, starring Jo Jung-suk and Shin Se-kyung. The series is about the unusual bond between the miserable King of Joeson, who is a genius at Go, and a woman who wants to take revenge on him, whose talent at Go is as good as the King's.

2. Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation

Release date: January 21

The close collaboration between one of the biggest names in the Japanese manga industry, Eichiro Oda, and Netflix continues full steam ahead after the colossal success (almost a first for the service, it seems) of the live-action adaptation of One Piece, which became Netflix's flagship series in a matter of days. This time, the platform is releasing an anime adaptation of another manga by Oda, a standalone story about a mysterious samurai who must slay a dragon that threatens the town the samurai wanders into. The adaptation was directed by Sunghoo Park of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 fame.

1. Griselda

Release date: January 25

Okay, we've cheated a bit here, as the series comes out next week — but the anticipation is only growing thanks to an intriguing premise.Griselda is a crime drama that will chronicle the life of one of the most notorious kingpins who dominated nearly all the drug trade in Miami, Florida between the 70s and the early 00s. The fierce and ambitious Colombian woman, often referred to as the Black Widow or the Cocaine Godmother, was raised in the underworld and quickly rose to prominence in the bloody narco wars after moving to the US. The infamous drug trafficking queen is played by the inimitable Sofía Vergara.