“Inventing Anna”, “Week-End Family”, “Severance”… The calendar of new series in France for January

Salto, MyCanal, Arte.tv, OCS, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple + and even Starzplay… In addition to all the television channels! Faced with this gargantuan serial offer, you can no longer keep up? 20 minutes selects for you each month the best new series coming out in France and provides you with the calendar (regularly updated) of the dates of broadcast or posting of new series or new seasons of your favorite fictions.

The series not to miss in February

The “Pam & Tommy” sex tape

Starring Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen, Pam & Tommy, available February 2 on Disney +, looks back on the sex tape scandal of the star couple of the tabloids of the 1990s formed by Pamela Anderson, revealed by the series Baywatch, and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, whose honeymoon antics have been leaked to the general public.

“Totems”, a classy spy fresco

A classy and ambitious fresco of espionage against the backdrop of the Cold War in General De Gaulle’s France. Presented in official competition at CannesSeries, Totems, available February 18 on Amazon Prime Video, created and written by Juliette Soubrier (Blank Zone) and Olivier Dujols (The Office of Legends, Falco), follows the adventures of Francis Mareuil (Niels Schneider), space engineer at CNES, commissioned by his godfather (Lambert Wilson), who works for the secret services of the SDECE (the ancestor of the DGSE) to approach, during a congress in Berlin, a Russian scientist likely to move to the West. Married by obligation to his childhood sweetheart Anne (Ana Girardot), galvanized by his beginnings in espionage, Francis Mareuil does not take long to succumb to the charm of the daughter of the Russian scientist, Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist prodigy forced to collaborate with the KGB . How not to betray the interests of their respective countries and resist the feelings they have for each other? A game of pretense skillfully mixing geopolitics and intimacy, sublimated by a polished and ultra-referenced staging.

The “Inventing Anna” scams

One year after the huge success of The Bridgerton Chronicle, Shonda Rhimes is set to unveil her second series for Netflix on February 11. Inventing Anna looks back at the barely believable story of Anna Sorokin, known as Anna Delvey (Julia Garner, ozark), the then 27-year-old daughter of Russian immigrants in Germany who duped Manhattan’s gilded youth by posing as a wealthy heiress, extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from them between 2016 and 2017.

The family comedy “Weekend Family”

2022 will be marked by the arrival of the first French series produced by Disney +. in the comedy Family weekend, available on February 23, Eric Judor embodies Fred, the father of a “super blended” tribe. Father of Clara, 15, Victoire, 12, and Romy, 9, all from different unions, of whom he has custody every weekend. When Fred falls madly in love with Emmanuelle (Daphné Côté-Hallé), a Quebecer passing through Paris who is finishing her doctorate in child psychology, a new stage in her life begins.

The Hell of Prostitution in “Red Light”

red-light translates to “red neon”, like all those that light up the infamous district of Amsterdam. This Belgian-Dutch co-production, available February 17 on Arte.tv and Thursdays from March 24 to 10 at 8:55 p.m. on Arte, depicts the crossed destiny of three women, from completely different backgrounds, confronted with the world of human trafficking. human beings and prostitution. The first, Sylvia (Carice van Houten, Mélisandre in Game Of Thrones), prostitute and owner of a strip club, is manipulated and abused by her pimp. The second, Esther (Halina Reijn) is a soprano whose husband disappears after beating up a prostitute. The third, Evi (Maaike Neuville), is a cop who tries to combine work and family life. A shock series on prostitution, violence, motherhood, desire and influence.

“Suspicion”, a thriller carried by Uma Thurman

An adaptation of the Israeli series False Flag. Suspicion, available February 4 on Apple TV+, follows the kidnapping of the son of an influential American businesswoman from a hotel in New York. Soon the charges fall on four seemingly ordinary British citizens, who were in this hotel the night of the kidnapping. A game of cat and mouse ensues on both sides of the Atlantic where they try to evade the British National Crime Agency and the FBI in order to prove their innocence. Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory), Noah Emmerich (The Americans), Georgina Campbell (black-mirror), Tom Rhys-Harries (White Lines) will play opposite Uma Thurman.

“Severance”, a mix of SF and thriller

A mix of SF and thriller directed and produced by Ben Stiller. In Severance, a series created by Dan Erickson and available on February 18 on Apple TV+, Mark Scout (Adam Scott, seen in Big Little Lies) works for Lumon Industries, where he leads a team whose employees undergo surgery to separate their memories related to their professional lives from those related to their private lives. This experimentation, not without risk, will awaken things buried at Mark Scout… A series served by a prestigious cast: Patricia Arquette (Medium), John Turturro (The Night Of), Dichen Lachman (Marvel: Agents of Shield), Christopher Walken (The Outlaws) and Britt Lower (Man Seeking Woman).

The schedule of broadcasts in France

Tuesday, February 1

How to Raise a Superhero, season 2, Netflix

Detective Conan, season 1, Amazon Prime Video

Wednesday February 2

Evil, season 2, somersault

Bluey, season 2, Disney+

Pam & Tommy, miniseries, Disney+

Thursday February 3

Search Party, season 5, at 8:40 p.m. on OCS City

Sasha, miniseries, Thursdays February 3 and 10 at 8:55 p.m. on Arte and on Arte.tv

The Other Two, season 2, Comedy Central

Ola finds his way, season 1, Netflix

Murderville, season 1 Netflix

Friday February 4

Suspicion, season 1, Apple TV+

Reacher, season 1, Amazon Prime Video

Everybody lies, season 1, somersault

A Very British Scandal, miniseries, somersault

In the shade of Magnolias, season 2, Netflix

South Park, season 25 in US + 24, every Friday at 11 p.m. on Comedy Central

Sunday February 6

Power Book IV: Strength, season 1, Starzplay

Arctic Circle, season 2, at 8:55 p.m. on Polar + and on MyCanal

Monday, February 7

Ridley Road, season 1, at 9 p.m. on Canal+ and on MyCanal

Black beast, season 1, at 8:55 p.m. on Polar + and on MyCanal

Melrose Place, full, Amazon Prime Video

Smiling Friends, season 1, new episodes, Adult Swim

Tuesday February 8

FBI, season 3, at 9 p.m. on Série Club

Wednesday February 9

Disenchanted, season 4, Netflix

The making of the series Hawkeye, Disney+

Snowdrop, season 1, Disney+

American Housewife, seasons 1 to 5, Disney+

Scrooge band, season 3, Disney+

Thursday February 10

Animal Kingdom, season 5, 3 episodes every Thursday at 8:55 p.m. on Warner TV

Alice Nevers, series finale, at 9:10 p.m. on TF1

Friday February 11

Victoria, seasons 1 to 3, Arte.tv

Evil, season 2, somersault

Inventing Anna, miniseries, Netflix

toy boy, season 2, Netflix

Research Section, Integral, Salto

WithLove, season 1, Amazon Prime Video

Pretzel and baby dogs (children’s series), season 1, Apple TV+

Monday February 14

Starstruck, season 2, at 9 p.m. UK time on Canal+ Séries, and on MyCanal

Tuesday February 15

A boy a girl, seasons 1-6, Amazon Prime Video

Wednesday February 16

The Fosters, season 3, Disney+

Confidential Algiers, miniseries, Arte.tv

Thursday February 17

Confidential Algiers, miniseries, at 8:55 p.m. on Arte and on Arte.tv

Leo Mattei, season 9, at 9:10 p.m. on TF1

The Young Wallander, season 2, Netflix

Wu Assassins: Fistful Of Vengeance, season 2, Netflix

Red Light, season 1, Arte.tv

Friday February 18

Severance, the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday, Apple TV+

Major Crimes, season 5, Monday through Friday at 4:40 p.m. on Warner TV

Totems, season 1, Amazon Prime Video

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, season 4, Amazon Prime Video

The Sherlock Chronicles, season 1, Fridays February 18 and 25 at 9 p.m. on Paris Première

SpaceForce, season 2, Netflix

The Lost Symbol, season 1, somersault

pandora, season 1, somersault

Sunday February 20

Outlander, season 5, at 9 p.m. on Téva

Monday February 21

Flynn Carson and the New Adventurers, season 2, 2 episodes every Monday at 8:55 p.m. on Warner TV

Robot Chicken, season 11, Adult Swim

The Walking Dead, unpublished final season part 2, in US + 24 on OCS

Tuesday February 22

All American: Homecoming, season 1, somersault

Wednesday February 23

Family weekend, season 1, Disney+

Thursday February 24

red-light, season 1, at 8:55 p.m., Thursdays from February 24 to March 10 on Arte and on Arte.tv

Young Justice, season 4, part 2, 4 episodes every Thursday at 8:55 p.m. on Toonami

Friday February 25

sherlock, special episode “The Awful Bride”, Warner TV

Malcolm, Integral, Salto

Vikings: Valhalla, season 1, Netflix