Table of ContentsTable of ContentsThe premise is still timely in 2024The core cast members are terrificTheres a love triangle at the heart of the seriesNetflix may be the top streamer for original programing, but its also a digital afterlife for shows that aired on broadcast networks, cable channels, or even other streaming services like the recently resurgent Evil. This month, our pick for the one Netflix show you need to watch in January 2025 is Younger, a drama/comedy that premiered on TV Land in 2015.Prior to the debut of Younger, series creator Darren Star had a proven track record in television including Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, and Sex and the City. Younger lived up that pedigree by having a six-season run on TV Land before it moved to Paramount+ for its seventh and final season. This show already has a following, but Netflix has a way of helping old programing to reach new heights. Ahead of Youngers Netflix premiere on January 7, were sharing the reasons why you should stream this show.Recommended VideosMTV Entertainment StudiosBroadway actress Sutton Foster stars in the series as Liza Miller, a recently divorced woman who is in desperate need of a fresh start. She also needs a new job, but since Liza is 40 years old, no prospective employer in the publishing field is willing to hire her. To get around this ageism, Liza decides to pass herself off as a 26-year-old who is new to the industry. Lizas deception works, but it also means that she has to continue it 24/7 with the people she knows from work.RelatedMaintaining that secret is a constant source of stress and drama for Liza in the show, especially when other people are more likely to blackmail her than to understand why she did it in the first place. Liza has to walk a delicate path at all times, and if she slips up then she could lose everything she worked for.MTV Entertainment StudiosEntourages Debi Mazar co-stars as Maggie Amato, Lizas best friend who proves to be instrumental in helping her pass as a much younger woman. Hillary Duff (How I Met Your Father) plays Lizas other best friend, Kelsey Peters, a book editor who really is 26 years old. All three of these actresses play off each other well, but the pairing of Foster and Duff is especially intriguing because Liza constantly has to act against her nature around Kelsey. In other words, she cant really mentor or mother Kelsey, so she has to be her contemporary.The rest of the performers, including Nico Tortorella, Miriam Shor, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, and Charles Michael Davis, are also well-cast and very entertaining. Tortorella and Hermanns characters also play into the larger arc of the series through their mutual interest in Liza.MTV Entertainment StudiosOne of the main reasons why Liza took up her deception in the first place is that a young tattoo artist named Josh (Tortorella) mistook her for a woman his age. That convinced her that she could pull it off long term. What she didnt calculate is the toll it would take on her to maintain that secret in her professional life and during her romance with Josh.At work, Lizas boss, Charles Brooks (Hermann), also takes a strong romantic interest in her. And like Josh, hes unaware of her true age. Throughout the series, Lizas heart is torn between both men even as she fears the fallout if one or both of them learn what shes been hiding from them. Would they still want Liza if they knew she was 40? Or is age just a number? Youll have to watch all 84 episodes to find out how this love triangle resolves itself. But that should keep you busy well into February, and possibly beyond.Watch Younger on Netflix on January 7.Editors Recommendations