These are the streaming highlights in February

Luca Fontana

1/2/2026

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New month, new streaming tips. Whether Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Sky Show or Apple TV: find out which series and films are starting this February.

I have a good name for my new fish: Koi Uwe. I also have lots of new film and series highlights for the month of February. Enjoy!

Netflix

The Night Agent, season 3 (series)

«The Night Agent» was never intended to be a big hit. And perhaps that's why the series worked so well. A no-frills political thriller with a fast pace and constant paranoia - without any pretence of prestige or ambitions for the next Emmy. Simply damn efficient suspense. That's exactly what the audience wanted. And season 1 hit that nerve perfectly.

Season 2 wanted to be more. Bigger, more political and more complex. What was well-intentioned, however, took the pace and tension out of the series. Worse: even the dialogue got worse. It was as if Netflix suddenly trusted its audience less and every thought had to be spoken again for everyone looking at their mobile on the side.

The third season should now get back to the core. To clarity. To the cadence. To the simple but effective question: Who can I trust - and what will this decision cost me? A good time to start with season 1 if you haven't seen it yet. And for everyone else, here's hoping that «The Night Agent» remembers what once made the series a surprise hit.

Start: 19 February

Bridgerton, season 4 (series)

Dearest gentle reader, «Bridgerton» has long been more than just historical fiction. It is «guilty pleasure» par excellence: opulent costumes, orchestral pop covers and romances that are larger than life itself. Season after season, this recipe for success varies just a little, but the audience joins in enthusiastically.

In season 4, Benedict Bridgerton now takes centre stage. His story is a classic Cinderella variation: he meets a mysterious woman at a masked ball, loses sight of her again and begins an obsessive search for her identity. The problem is that the woman he is looking for is in a completely different social league. As a result, class, background and social barriers become the real antagonists.

In terms of content, this is hardly new territory for «Bridgerton». But this is precisely the strength of the series: with big emotions, clear conflicts and maximum escapism, it doesn't really aim to surprise, but to seduce. And Netflix is once again stretching this season into two parts - for more talking points, more drama and more time to lose yourself in silk, longing and scandal with relish.

Start part 1: 29 January
Start part 2: 26 February

Amazon Prime Video

The Bluff (film)

Pirate films have a problem: they like to romanticise what was actually dirty, brutal and hopeless. «This is exactly where The Bluff» comes in. Not a tongue-in-cheek adventure, but a rough action thriller set in the 19th century Caribbean - a world of violence, power games and moral grey areas.

At the centre is Priyanka Chopra as Bloody Mary, an ex-pirate who takes what she needs to survive. Opposite her is Karl Urban, who probably plays something like «what if Billy Butcher from 'The Boys' had been a pirate». Doesn't sound so bad after all.

Start: 25 February

Disney+

The Muppet Show (special episode)

«The Muppet Show» is television from another time: anarchic, musical, chaotic - and at the same time cleverer, more biting and more irreverent than we often dare to be today. After all, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and co. were never just children's entertainment, but a variety show that dissected pop culture and made fun of its own medium.

To celebrate its 50th birthday, «The Muppet Show» is now returning for a big special. With a classic stage setting, celebrity guests and the promise to revive this very same old spirit: Musical numbers, sketches, chaos behind the scenes and humour that ideally once again appears on the outside as often as on the inside.

Of course, there is still some scepticism. Disney doesn't always have a happy hand with nostalgia. But if there's one format that can still work in 2026, it's this one. Because the Muppets never thrived on effects, but on timing, self-irony and the courage not to take themselves too seriously.

Start: 4 February

Paradise, season 2 (series)

Most trailers give too much away. But then there's this trailer for «Paradise», season 1. Rarely have I seen one that sums up the starting point of a series so precisely and at the same time so consistently conceals the crucial context. You think you know what you're getting yourself into. And then you realise after the first episode: «No. I don't know. Not at all.»

Because «Paradise» is a series that transforms before the eyes of its audience. What starts out as a clear-cut thriller suddenly turns, and with that one «Holy Shit!» moment, you're suddenly faced with a completely different series. A better one. Bigger. Smarter.

This is exactly why I'm so unreasonably excited for season 2, for new secrets and wild revelations. This series knows exactly when to show what. And when not to. So: If you haven't seen season 1 yet: Catch up. NOW. And DON'T watch the trailer above!

Start: 23 February

Scrubs, season 10 (series)

Actually, «Scrubs» was perfectly complete. For eight seasons, it had heart, humour and bitter truths from everyday hospital life - and the best finale you could have wished for (we're not talking about season 9). All the braver that «Scrubs» is now returning after all. Not as a reboot, but as a sequel with J.D. and Turk back at the centre. Only older. Tired. And scarred by a system that is no longer the one they once entered full of idealism.

This is exactly where the opportunity for season 10 lies. «Scrubs» shouldn't pretend we're still in 2003. Medicine has changed, the tone is harsher, everyday life more gruelling. And yet it would be nice if the series could retain its old core: absurd fantasies, emotional honesty and that special mixture of silliness and existential sadness that was unique back then. I for one can hardly wait.

Start: 25 February

Sky Show

Sport vs Money with Simon Jordan (documentary)

This documentary hits me where it hurts. Because football is not a pastime for me, it's a part of my life. I grew up with this sport, loved it, defended it and idealised it. And at the same time, year after year it becomes more difficult not to distance myself from it. Everything has become too big, too loud and too rich. Too far removed from what the sport used to be about.

«Sport vs Money» looks at exactly where things are getting uncomfortable. Simon Jordan, former Premier League club owner and presenter, takes football apart. Not on the pitch, but in the boardrooms. He shows how decisions have been made since the 1990s that have fundamentally changed the sport. How clubs became groups, players became brands and competitions became global content machines. Champions League, Super League, TV billions - everything is connected. And everything has consequences.

What grabs me about it is that this documentary doesn't try to make me dislike football. It tries to understand why it is the way it is today. And why we still love it, even though we often have the feeling that it no longer loves us back. For me, this is a must-read programme.

Start: 13 February

Apple TV

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, season 2 (series)

The Monsterverse is one of those things. Godzilla, Kong, Kaiju - there's a lot of noise, a lot of destruction and even more trash. That's part of the brand, no question about it. And that's exactly why this universe never really grabbed me. It was simply too loud and - sorry - stupid for me.

It's all the more astonishing that «Monarch: Legacy of Monsters» was much better received than the cinema films. Critics and audiences were unusually unanimous: This series works because it shifts the focus. Away from pure monster bombast and towards characters, timelines and the question of what it actually means when people try not only to control the uncontrollable, but also to understand it.

Season 2 starts right there and expands the whole thing. More past, more present, more consequences. The monsters remain important, but they are no longer the only reason to switch on. And perhaps even a sceptic like me should listen again: Is the Monsterverse actually more exciting in series form than on the big screen? You tell me.

Start: 27 February

Luca Fontana

Senior Editor

Luca.Fontana@digitecgalaxus.ch

I write about technology as if it were cinema, and about films as if they were real life. Between bits and blockbusters, I’m after stories that move people, not just generate clicks. And yes – sometimes I listen to film scores louder than I probably should.

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