Kick off the new year in style on the small screen! Your favourite series are back, along with exciting new releases for 2025. Here’s a round-up of must-watch content to brighten up your winter nights.
When does the 2025 TV season start?
The winter TV season officially kicks off on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. Tune in to your favourite series as they resume after the holiday break—and check out a ton of new releases, too.
Streaming platforms will also be releasing new online content around this time.
TVA
Star Académie
Starts January 19, 2025, at 7 p.m.
Star Académie, everybody’s dream music school, welcomes a fresh crop of 18 young singers, with an elite group of coaches on hand to provide the tools and training they need to grow as artists. This year, Pierre Lapointe, Émily Bégin, and Véronic DiCaire join Académie director Garou to form the core coaching team. Learn more about Star Académie 2025.
Passez au salon
Starts January 8, 2025, at 9:00 p.m.
Passing the generational torch is proving tougher than expected at the Ostiguy family funeral home. Paulette has to put off retiring in the sun to ready her two sons to take over the third-generation family business. Daniel, mortician extraordinaire, wants to run the show alone, but is short on people skills. Luc, a former hockey player fallen on hard times, has the charisma for the job, but he’s just not interested. Watch the trailer.
With Jean-Michel Anctil, Louis-Philippe Dandenault, and Chantal Baril
Indéfendable (Season 3)
Starts January 6, 2025, at 7 p.m.
Léo and Maître Alain get caught up in a dramatic event in court. The whole firm is on high alert. Maxime uncovers crucial information about Léo’s case, which could have serious consequences for Mélodie’s career. Dylan Blondin and the Grey Wolves are watching Jeffrey Blondin’s murder trial closely, and the atmosphere is tense. After the trial, Léo faces increasing harassment that puts him and his loved ones at risk. Revisit previous seasons on TVA+ or via video on demand, with Helix.
With Sébastien Delorme, Michel Laperrière, and Mathieu Baron
Les Armes (Part 2)
Starts January 6, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Be among the first to watch the next episode on illico+ at 9 p.m.
The action never stops at Base Kanawata! What really happened to Wesley? Craig and his men’s secret attack on the Martshenko clan triggers a chain reaction. The Russians counterattack and try to infiltrate the base. Their methods are discreet but aggressive, their aim obscure. More than ever, Savard needs to rally everyone around a common goal. But Craig, furious over the Russians’ retaliation, is hell-bent on taking justice into his own hands with his secret army. Check out the first episodes from Season 1 on TVA +, on illico+ or via video on demand, with Helix.
With Vincent-Guillaume Otis, François Papineau, and Ève Landry
Alertes (Season 5)
Starts January 6 at 9:00 p.m.
The Cerbère squad is investigating a politician’s disappearance and the death of a homeless man. With an election fast approaching, the team races to find the missing party leader and uncover the truth about a body found in a big mansion. Watch the trailer.
With Mylène Saint-Sauveur, Frédéric Pierre, and Sophie Prégent
Sorcières (Season 2, Part 2)
Starts January 7, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Joe is shaken by the events she witnessed firsthand. Beth cares for Alistair as he struggles with PTSD. Agnes pushes the boundaries of her professional practice. Armand, still a wanted man, pursues his quest for redemption. Revisit seasons 1 and 2 (part 1) on TVA+ or via video on demand, with Helix.
With Céline Bonnier, Marie-Joanne Boucher, and Noémie O’Farrell
illico+
Famille de criminel (Season 2)
Starts January 16, 2025
In this new season, Annie-Soleil Proteau and Félix Séguin turn their attention to such notorious criminals as former biker Stéphane Galarneau, computer genius turned public enemy Alexandre Cazes, former street gang member Steve Casimir, and several others. Learn more.
L’Appel
Two episodes per week, starting January 23, 2025
L’Appel explores the biker war that rocked Québec in the late 1990s. Told from the
perspective of the prosecutors and investigators who worked on the case, this fictional series is written by renowned author Luc Dionne and directed by none other than Julie Perreault.
With Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Patrice Robitaille, and Pier-Luc Funk
Tulsa King (French version, Season 2)
Two episodes per week, starting January 2, 2025
In the second season of this hit series starring Sylvester Stallone, Dwight and his crew are expanding their fast-growing empire in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but soon realize they’re not the only ones vying to control the territory. Watch the trailer.
With Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, and Jay Will
La famille Stallone (Season 2)
Starts January 9, 2025
Re-enter the extraordinary world of Sylvester Stallone and his family with this unique look inside their everyday lives.
Fight Night: Le braquage d’un million de dollars
Starts January 9, 2025
Discover the infamous story of the armed robbery that took place on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta.
With Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and Taraji P. Henson
Gladiator II
Starting January 21, 2025
In the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s blockbuster film, set several years after Maximus’s death, Lucius is captured by Roman soldiers when his Numidian town falls to the empire. Watch the trailer.
With Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, and Connie Nielsen
The Killing Kind (French version)
Starts January 30, 2025
Following trauma, Defence Barrister Ingrid Lewis is rebuilding her life when tragedy strikes and her friend and mentor dies. Ingrid believes she is a target and questions whether John Webster, her former client-turned-stalker, is back in her life. Watch the trailer.
With Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, and Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Lioness (French version, Season 2)
Two episodes per week, starting February 6, 2025
As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to the United States, Joe, Kaitlyn, and Byron enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program. Watch the trailer.
With Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman
Apple TV
Severance, Season 2
Starts January 17, 2025
Touted as one of the best series of 2022, Severance is back for a second season on Apple TV+. In this new season, we return to the dystopian world where workers’ memories have been altered to separate their professional and personal lives. But the divisions are growing more and more blurred. Watch the trailer.
With Adam Scott, Britt Lower, and Patricia Arquette
Netflix
Missing You
Starts January 1, 2025
Detective Kate Donovan’s former fiancé disappeared 11 years ago, but when he suddenly shows up on a dating app, she sets out to find him. Her investigation will reopen old wounds and unearth deeply buried secrets. This miniseries, adapted from the bestseller by prolific mystery writer Harlan Coben, will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Watch the trailer.
With Rosalind Eleazar, Richard Armitage, and James Nesbitt
And there’s more!
Watch for other shows returning later in the year, including the eagerly awaited third season of Sortez-moi d’ici. This year, Guy Jodoin and Rosalie Vaillancourt will helm the show in which Québec personalities brave challenges, mosquitoes, and wild animals over the course of one month in the Panamanian jungle. It’s going to be good!
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