Back in the mid-aughts, How I Met Your Mother seemed destined to become the next Friends—the kind of perennially rerun, rewatched sitcom that doesn’t often exist anymore. But then that finale happened, and fan enthusiasm for the show grew quickly less, uh, enthused.
Nevertheless, brand recognition remained strong enough to garner a direct-to-streaming spinoff in Hulu’s How I Met Your Father, and even though no one seemed to like it very much, that Hillary Duff comeback vehicle still got renewed for a second season, starting Jan. 24. Apparently Cobie Smulders even returned for the season one finale, a fact I just learned today, despite being Extremely Online and writing regularly about streaming TV…which should tell you something.
Here’s a trailer promising to tell you “all you need to know,” though I think the preceding paragraph really should suffice.
Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in January, including the Hugh Jackman-starring animated series Koala Man (Jan. 9), because he’s from Australia, get it? And the premiere of the first two episodes of the six-part documentary series based on Pulitzer-winning New York Times feature The 1619 Project (Jan. 26).
What’s coming to Hulu in January 2023
Arriving Jan. 1
- Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023: Special Premiere (ABC)
- Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023: Special Premiere (ABC)
- The Amazing Race: Complete Seasons 3-4 (CBS)
- America’s Next Top Model: Complete Seasons 15-16 (CBS)
- Are You The One?: Complete Season 8 (MTV)
- Beverly Hills 90210: Complete Seasons 3-4 (CBS)
- Black Ink Crew: Complete Seasons 1-2 (VH1)
- The Challenge: Complete Seasons 20 (MTV)
- CSI: Miami: Complete Seasons 3-4 (CBS)
- Jersey Shore Family Vacation: Complete Season 3 (MTV)
- Love and Hip Hop Atlanta: Complete Seasons 6-7 (VH1)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Complete Season 2 (VH1)
- Survivor: Complete Seasons 40-41 (CBS)
- Undercover Boss: Complete Season 6 (CBS)
- 3 Idiotas (2017)
- The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
- A League Of Their Own (1992)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- Barbarians (2021)
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2010)
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- The Company You Keep (2013)
- Couples Retreat (2009)
- Dante’s Peak (1997)
- Empire Records (1995)
- Gamer (2009)
- Heat (1995)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Home Alone (1990)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Home Alone 3 (1997)
- The Internship (2013)
- Irrational Man (2015)
- The King Of Comedy (1983) (40th Anniversary)
- Kingdom Come (2001)
- The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) (20th Anniversary)
- Little Manhattan (2005)
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008)
- One Fine Day (1996)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Predestination (2015)
- The Prestige (2006)
- Professor Marston And The Wonder Women (2017)
- Prometheus (2011)
- The Proposal (2009)
- Real Steel (2011)
- S.W.A.T. (2003) (20th Anniversary)
- Snatch (2000)
- Someone Like You (2001)
- Take Shelter (2011)
- This Christmas (2007)
- The Triplets Of Belleville (2003) (20th Anniversary)
- Truth (2015)
- Zack And Miri Make A Porno (2008)
- Zeros And Ones (2021)
- Zombieland (2009)
Arriving Jan. 3
- Fantasy Island: Season 2 Premiere (Fox)
- Mia and Me: Hero of Centopia (2022)
Arriving Jan. 4
Arriving Jan. 5
- Death in the Dorms: Complete Limited Series (ABC News/Hulu Original)
- Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test: Series Premiere (Fox)
Arriving Jan. 6
Arriving Jan. 7
- Cesar Millan: Better Human, Better Dog: Season 3 Premiere (National Geographic)
- House of Darkness (2022)
Arriving Jan. 8
Arriving Jan. 9
- Koala Man: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)
- Alert: Series Premiere (Fox)
Arriving Jan. 11
- Port Protection Alaska: Season 6 Premiere (National Geographic)
Arriving Jan. 12
- How I Caught My Killer: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)
- Name That Tune: Season 3 Premiere (Fox)
- Riotsville, USA (2022)
Arriving Jan. 13
- The Drop (2022) (Hulu Original)
Arriving Jan. 15
- Cooks vs. Cons: Complete Seasons 2-4 (Food Network)
- Cutthroat Kitchen: Complete Seasons 6 & 15 (Food Network)
- Deadly Women: Complete Season 14 (ID)
- Murder Comes To Town: Complete Seasons 4-5 (ID)
- A Kind Of Murder (2016)
- Paris, 13th District (2021)
Arriving Jan. 18
- 9-1-1: Lone Star: Season 4 Premiere (Fox)
Arriving Jan. 19
- Web of Death: Complete Limited Series (ABC News/Hulu Original)
- National Geographic Investigates: El Chapo’s Narco Bling: Special Premiere (National Geographic)
- Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller: Season 3 Premiere (National Geographic)
Arriving Jan. 20
Arriving Jan. 21
Arriving Jan. 22
- Happening (2021)
- The Tax Collector (2020)
Arriving Jan. 23
- Accused: Series Premiere (Fox)
Arriving Jan. 24
- How I Met Your Father: Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)
- The Bachelor: Season 27 Premiere (ABC)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens: Season 2A (Disney XD)
Arriving Jan. 25
- Extraordinary: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)
Arriving Jan. 26
- The 1619 Project: Two-Episode Series Premiere (Onyx Collective/Hulu Original)
- Killing County: Complete Limited Series (ABC News/Hulu Original)
- National Geographic Investigates: LSD and Psychedlics: Special Premiere (National Geographic)
Arriving Jan. 27
- The Deer King (2021)
- Maneater (2022)
Arriving Jan. 31
- The Watchful Eye: Series Premiere (Freeform)
- Love, Gilda (2018)
- Baggage Claim (2013)
- Voyagers (2020)
What’s leaving Hulu in January 2023
Leaving Jan. 14
- Black Death (2010)
- Compliance (2012)
- Drunk Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon (2015)
Leaving Jan. 15
Leaving Jan. 24
- King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (2017)
Leaving Jan. 28
- A Cat in Paris (2010)
- Ernest & Celestine (2012)
- Permanent (2017)
Leaving Jan. 29
- Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (2015)
Leaving Jan. 30
- American Assassin (2017)
- Legends Of The Fall (1994)
Leaving Jan. 31
- 12 Dates Of Christmas (2011)
- A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
- A River Runs Through It (1992)
- The Age Of Innocence (1993)
- Anger Management (2003)
- Aquamarine (2006)
- Arctic (2018)
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Black Christmas (2006)
- Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)
- Carpool (1996)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Christine (1983)
- Cliffhanger (1993)
- Deck the Halls (2011)
- Fools Rush In (1997)
- Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah (2000)
- Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla (2000)
- Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2003)
- Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus: The G Annihilation Strategy (2003)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2004)
- Good Luck Chuck (2007)
- Goodbye Lover (1999)
- How I Live Now (2013)
- The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
- I Am Number Four (2011)
- I, Frankenstein (2014)
- Kollek (1995)
- Layer Cake (2005)
- Mamma Mia! (2008)
- Meet Joe Black (1998)
- The Mortal Instruments (2013)
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2010)
- My Bloody Valentine (2009)
- The Net (1995)
- Night Of The Living Dead (1990)
- The Nutcracker (1993)
- Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)
- Ong Bak (2003)
- Ong Bak 2 (2008)
- Ong Bak 3 (2010)
- Person To Person (2017)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
- Santa Who? (2000)
- Saw (2004)
- Saw 2 (2005)
- Saw 3 (2006)
- Saw 4 (2007)
- Saw 5 (2008)
- Saw 6 (2009)
- Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)
- Say Anything (1989)
- Second Best (1994)
- The Sessions (2012)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Snowglobe (2007)
- Sommersby (1993)
- Take This Waltz (2011)
- This Means War (2010)
- Tootsie (1982)
- The Three Stooges (2011)
- Underworld (2003)
- Underworld Evolution (2006)
- Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009)
- Underworld Awakening (2012)
- White Bird In A Blizzard (2014)
- You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (2008)
