I’m no fortune-teller, but I do own hoop earrings and a lot of scarves and know what you’re going to be watching on Netflix in 2022. You will meet a tall dark stranger and binge The Crown this year. You will be begging everyone you meet to catch up on Mike Flanagan’s latest spooky series so you can talk about that ending. You won’t be ashamed of how much you like Too Hot To Handle, it’s fine!
There are some very glitzy and star-studded new shows coming to Netflix in 2022, taking on famous book adaptations and IRL scandals alike, but I’m almost more excited about the shows that are returning. It feels like I’m getting to see my besties again. A couple of Netflix faves that didn’t drop a new season in 2021 because ~the debacle that was 2020~ put them on pause are finally ready after what feels like forever.
Start marking your calendar, because these are the releases I predict you won’t want to miss.
Release date: January 19, 2022
Just when you thought you were out, the sexy reality series draws you back in.
Release date: January 21, 2022
The crime series’ final season kicks off this year.
Release date: January 28, 2022
It’s a parody of those books/movies we all get really into and ultimately disappointed by… you know the ones.
Release date: February 4, 2022
The gals are back, y’all. If Firefly Lane is more your adult female friendship drama jam, that show returns in May 2022 as well.
Release date: February 11, 2022
Shonda Rhimes’s Galentines Day gift to us is this Anna Delvey bio-series starring Julia Garner as the party girl/fraudster. Everyone say thank you, Shonda!
Release date: March 25th, 2022
Shonda Rhimes belated Valentine’s Day gift to us is the second season of this steamy period romance. If you’re not counting the days until Kate Sharma arrives, what are you even doing?
Release date: Summer 2022
Let’s GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! It’s been so long.
Release date: November 2022
We just can’t get enough Princess Diana content, can we?
Release date: TBA
The family is back… kind of? Season 2 ended on a cliffhanger-y reveal of an Alternate Universe where Reginald Hargreeves raised the “Sparrow Academy” instead of the Umbrella Academy, and I can’t wait to meet these new angsty heroes.
Release date: TBA
Jenna Ortega, who is in the 2022 Scream movie, will also turn up the scares and the laughs in this animated comedy about Wednesday Addams.
Release date: TBA
David E. Kelley, who has recently been fueling our obsession with shows like Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, has a new show coming to Netflix starring Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, and Naomi Scott. It’s based on a book whose “trailer” you see above.
Release date: TBA
Neil Gaiman’s book is finally getting the adaptation it deserves, and even if you don’t know anything about it you should be pumped for this cast. Tom Sturridge? Gwendoline Christie? Kirby Howell-Baptiste? Yes, please.
Release date: TBA
Mike Flanagan has been hitting home runs with The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. This is his latest spooky series, based on a YA novel, and I could not be more excited.
Release date: TBA
It’s a big year for fantasy prequels, y’all. There’s gonna be a Lord of the Rings series on Amazon Prime, a Game of Thrones prequel on HBO, and a Witcher prequel on Netflix.
