New on streaming in January: 'Path,' 'Pope,' 'Unfortunate Events'

January highlights from major streaming and cable on-demand services:

Jan. 5

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle). Christoph Waltz, Cedric the Entertainer, Kristen Wiig and Lewis Black will all ride shotgun in Season 9 of Jerry Seinfeld's online ode to classic cars and caffeine.

Jan. 6

One Day at a Time (Netflix). The 1970s single-mom sitcom gets a demographic update in this reboot, which stars Justina Machado (Queen of the South, Six Feet Under) as a newly separated, ex-military Cuban-American mom with two teens. And yes, of course, there's a Schneider (Todd Grinnell, Grace and Frankie). Whether his massive keychain made it into the new show remains to be seen.

Jan. 13

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix). Neil Patrick Harris put in considerable time in the makeup chair to play Count Olaf, the greedy villain out to steal the inheritance of the Baudelaire children in this eight-episode adaptation of the children's book series by Lemony Snicket. We're not sure what Barney Stinson would think of his new look, though.

Sneaky Pete (Amazon). Remember Sommersby, that 1993 movie where Richard Gere plays a Civil War veteran who pretends to be a fallen comrade and goes home to that man's family? This is kind of like that, only with Giovanni Ribisi as a con man assuming the identity of his former cellmate.

Jan. 15

The Young Pope (HBO Now, HBO Go). In this miniseries, New York archbishop Lenny Belrado (Jude Law)  learns to navigate the Vatican power structure after being elected the first American-born pontiff, Pius XIII.

Jan. 17

The Girl on the Train (OnDemand). Emily Blunt earned a Screen Actors Guild nomination for her role as Rachel, a lonely, alcoholic divorcée who becomes mixed up in the investigation of her ex-husband's missing neighbor in this adaptation of Paula Hawkins' best-seller.

Jan. 25

The Path (Hulu) As Season 2 begins, apostate Eddie (Aaron Paul) tries to build a life for himself outside the Meyerist Movement cult while continuing to meet with his wife (Michelle Monaghan) and children in secret.

Jan. 27

Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon). Based on Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, this period drama examines the writer's life, starting with her single days and continuing through her relationship and 1920 marriage to and literary icon F. Scott Fitzgerald (David Hoflin).

Jan. 30

Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution (Acorn). A murder suspect's wife (Andrea Riseborough) agrees to testify for the prosecution in the murder of a wealthy older woman (Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall) as part of a plan to exonerate him.

Jan. 31

Queen of Katwe (OnDemand). After learning chess from a missionary (David Oyelowo), Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) uses the game to see the world outside of her native Uganda and help her widowed mother (Lupita Nyong'o) and sisters escape poverty.