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Returns to \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d the Grid and music of Kid Laroi are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device<\/a> near you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The first week of January brings a pair of sophomore efforts: Laroi’s album \u201cBefore I Forget\u201d and the second season of the Emmy-winning hospital drama \u201cThe Pitt.\u201d This week’s streaming offerings, as selected by The Associated Press\u2019 entertainment journalists<\/a>, also include the return of \u201cThe Night Manager\u201d after nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 Audiences can reenter the Grid<\/a> when \u201cTron: Ares\u201d hits Disney <\/a> on Wednesday. The franchise’s third film stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith and features a return of Jeff Bridges. The 1982 original starred Bridges as a hacker who’s transported into a dangerous digital world and kicked off the cult franchise with then-state-of-the-art computer graphics and special effects. AP critic Mark Kennedy praised Leto and Lee’s performances<\/a> and said despite being a movie that \u201cbites off too much,\u201d it was worth a watch. A bonus for music fans? The film’s Nine Inch Nails soundtrack with some throwbacks to the original film’s score.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 Grammy-nominated artist the Kid Laroi \u2014<\/a> a direct inheritor of Justin Bieber\u2019s<\/a> glossy R&B-informed pop — will release his sophomore album, \u201cBefore I Forget,\u201d on Friday. Judging by the previously released singles, listeners can expect slow-burn breakup reflections (\u201cA Perfect World\u201d) and high-hat heavy tracks with lovelorn lyrics (\u201cA Cold Play\u201d). It\u2019s frictionless listening to start the new year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 AP Music Writer Maria Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 In what counts as a quick turnaround these days in the world of prestige TV, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d<\/a> returns for its second season, and second day in the life of a frenetic Pittsburgh emergency room run by Noah Wyle’s<\/a> beleaguered and beloved Dr. Robby. The first episode of Season 2 premieres Thursday on HBO Max at 9 p.m. Eastern. Expectations will be a lot higher this time. In the 10 months since Season 1 ended, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d won the best drama Emmy<\/a> along with four others, including best actor for Wyle and supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa, who will be returning despite her character vowing to quit after taking a punch. Ten months have also passed in the world of the show, which will again follow a single ER shift, this time on a July Fourth weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n