Don’t give up on these streaming services as early as January 2025

It’s a new year and that marks another round of streaming service commitments and cancellations. January features a good range of titles and live sports, with the debut of WWE Raw on Netflixwinter anime, an Abbott Elementary/Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover, and shows like Severance, Marvel’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, The Traitors, The Night Agent, and Harley Quinn are arriving. And anime fans, don’t forget that Solo Leveling Season 2 will be released on Crunchyroll on January 4th. I hope you’ve signed up for streaming discounts this holiday season.

What does your streaming budget look like so far? If things are pretty hectic and you want to start 2025. with audit, I’d like to share my strategy for keeping streaming TV costs low: Whip like ice creamalso known as spin.

That’s pretty easy. You subscribe for a while, cancel, switch to another service, and then subscribe again, keeping your favorites in rotation. Rotating streaming services can mix things up and help you save money when NetflixDisney Plus, Max and others don’t have the content you want to watch at a given time. Just don’t forget turn off auto-renew for your monthly subscriptions. This method may not fly if you are sharing your streaming accountsbut if you can handle it, try it.

Here are my suggestions for which services to keep or ditch in January based on new shows, live events, and movies (I didn’t consider live TV streaming services) coming to each platform. Your tastes may differ, but if nothing else, I urge you to at least consider the concept of rotation for savings. It’s easier than you think.

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You should save these streamers in January

Hulu: Don’t cancel Hulu if you just signed up for its Black Friday deal; there always is something to watch Abbott Elementary returns to ABC on January 8 (on Hulu on January 9), and Paradise, a new series starring Sterling K. Brown, premieres January 28. There’s also Goosebumps: The Vanishing (January 10), The Silent Hour (January 12) and the feature film Arcadian with Nic Cage (January 24).

Apple TV Plus: Getting fired is the main reason to have an active Apple TV Plus subscription this month. Season 2 comes out on January 17th, and then Mythic Quest fans can tune in for Season 4 on January 29th. Skip this service and save a few bucks if you’re not at either show.

Netflix: In addition to the return of The Night Agent, Netflix is ​​streaming WWE Raw live, new anime drops, and a new movie starring Jamie Foxx. Keep your subscription for these titles and more:

• Harlan Coben’s Missing You (January 1)
• The Sale of the City (January 3)
• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (January 3)
• WWE Raw (January 6)
• My Happy Marriage Season 2 (January 6)
• Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (January 7)
• American primary (January 9)
• The Upshaws Part 6 (January 9)
• Sakamoto Days (January 11)
• Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 (January 16)
• XO Kitty Season 2 (January 16)
• Back in Action – Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz Movie (January 17)
• The Night Agent Season 2 (January 23)
• The Rookie Season 2 (January 30)
• I Season 2 (January 30)

Max: Don’t miss the Harley Quinn Season 5 debut on January 16. You can finally enjoy Dune: Prophecy or dive into Max for Superman & Lois season 4, A24’s The Front Room (January 3), The Pitt season 1 premiere (January 9) or A Different Man (17 January). NBA games are also streamed here.

Disney Plus: The finale of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew airs on January 14, but the other two series you’ll be watching this month on Disney Plus are Goosebumps: The Vanishing (January 10) and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (January 29).

Peacock: Peacock is a keeper if you grabbed the Black Friday deal, but if you’re wondering what’s in store this month, here’s what’s coming:

• Live sports
• Bravo’s Real Housewives of Salt Lake City finale (Jan. 16) and Below Deck: Sailing Yacht finale (Jan. 28)
• Lockerbie: A Search For Truth (January 2)
• The Traitors Season 3 (January 9)
• Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy (January 14)
• Love Island All Stars Season 2 (January 15)
• Here Come the Irish (January 16)

Main video: You can watch Thursday Night Football or check out these upcoming releases: The Rig Season 2 (Jan. 2), Unstoppable (Jan. 16); Harlem Season 3 (January 23) and Blink Twice (January 24).

Paramount Plus: Keep streaming Dexter: Original Sin with a premium subscription to Paramount Plus with Showtime. After Landman’s finale drops on January 12, you might want to cancel this service unless you’re watching Dexter, Live Sports, Henry Danger: The Movie (January 17), Star Trek: Section 31 (January 24), or Watson ( January 26).

Time to cancel this streaming service

Starz: The Outlander finale arrives on January 17, so you can cancel Starz after that, or if you’ve been waiting for all the episodes, use January as a time to binge.

Patience saves money on streaming

Spinning to wait things out is a smart move when it comes to streaming your favorite shows. If you’re not one to get FOMO, wait until most or all of the episodes are released on a streaming service. Instead of paying for a subscription for several months just to catch a show that runs for six or 10 weeks, you can watch everything for a month and then rinse and repeat. This strategy is perfect if you like to binge watch.

For example, this month is great to watch all the latest episodes of Landman, Outlander, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Silo. Series like Harley Quinn Season 5 and Severance will air in March, while the 10 episodes of Dexter: Original Sin will air in the winter of 2025. If you wait, you can save money on Apple TV Plus, Max, and Paramount Plus. Watch a series about a month later in the season or wait to drink it in the following months.

Consider how much you pay per month for each streaming service you have and do the math. Netflix is ​​$7 to $23 (plus additional membership fees) and Paramount Plus starts at $8. Apple TV Plus is $10. Disney Plus is anywhere from $10 to $27, depending on the packages. Max costs $10 to $21, Hulu is $10 a month, Starz runs $11 now, and Peacock has a base rate of $8 a month. If you decide to switch, set a calendar reminder to alert you when it’s time to resubscribe or cancel.

See you in February for another review of the streaming service.