In addition to Thursday Night Football, NBA on Prime, and new episodes of Kenan Thompson and Kevin Hart's Good Sports show, some excellent licensed movies are hitting Prime Video in January, including: The Big Lebowski, Bohemian Rhapsody, 21 Jump Street, the first four Mission Impossible movies, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and U ncle Buck.

Beyond the great programming, Prime Video also made headlines with the shocking cancellations of certain shows, including The Wheel of Time and Étoile, which was originally picked up for a two-season order.

Fallout’ season 2 premiered on Prime Video on December 16. Find out when the next episode will arrive and what time it drops on streaming.

However, the Fallout TV show 's season 2 opener was originally supposed to debut worldwide on Wednesday, December 17. At the time of writing, there's no indication that this season's remaining entries won't be released globally every Wednesday, either. Therefore, I still expect episode 2 to take its bow in two days' time.

More recently, Amazon Prime Video gave U.S. subscribers a major free upgrade with a new dedicated news section. The move came at the perfect time, since competing platforms such as Netflix, Apple TV +, Disney +, HBO Max, and Peacock have all raised their prices this year to address higher production costs for quality content.

A new Evercore survey shows Amazon's Prime Video engagement is at 80%, boosting its standing against Netflix.

More NFL fans are watching football on Thursday evenings this season. Prime Video streamed one of the most thrilling games of the 2025 season when the Seattle Seahawks won an overtime nail-biter over the Los Angeles Rams.

Hugh Jackman’s Oscar-nominated musical drama Les Misérables is releasing on Amazon Prime Video at the start of the new year, giving audiences a chance to revisit one of the most celebrated film adaptations of the past decade.