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Tuesday, Jan. 10
80th Golden Globe Awards
NBC, 8pm Live
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s celebration of the best in TV and movies returns to NBC this year from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Top nominees include Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus and Only Murders in the Building in TV, and The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Babylon and Elvis in film. Jerrod Carmichael hosts.
NBA Basketball
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Detroit Pistons are at the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns are at the Golden State Warriors for TNT’s Tuesday night NBA doubleheader.
The Rookie: “The Naked and the Dead”
ABC, 8pm
The search for a missing boy leads the team into the middle of a dangerous drug war between two rival gangs.
FBI: “Heroes”
CBS, 8pm
The team springs into action when Joint Operations Command analyst Kelly Moran (Taylor Anthony Miller) is taken hostage in the new episode “Heroes.”
The Resident
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
Medical drama The Resident concludes Season 6 with a two-hour finale tonight.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: “Salem’s Lot”
PBS, 8pm
Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their family trees, uncovering primal scenes from our nation’s past.
Star of the Month: Marion Davies
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Tuesday night celebration of iconic actress Marion Davies continues tonight with six more of her films, titles that straddle her later silent movie career and the beginnings of her work in the age of “talkies” in the late 1920s/early ’30s. While that latter time also marked the beginnings of Davies’ decline in popularity compared to her earlier heights of stardom, she still turned in impressive performances, as you can see in this evening’s films. Up first is The Patsy (1928), a silent comedy/drama that was the first of three collaborations between Davies and director King Vidor. It costars Marie Dressler, another top female star of early Hollywood. Also in 1928, Davies and Vidor teamed for the next film, the silent comedy Show People. Costarring William Haines, this production also features cameos from other top film personalities of the day, including Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart and John Gilbert, with Vidor also appearing as himself. Following that is Marianne (1929), a romantic drama set during World War I. Interestingly, silent and sound versions of this film were produced in the same year, with Davies headlining both alongside different supporting casts; TCM is airing the sound version costarring Lawrence Gray as the American soldier with whom Davies’ titular French farm girl falls in love. The final three films in this lineup are also early sound productions: the 1930 drama The Florodora Girl, again costarring Gray; Not So Dumb, another 1930 comedy that was Davies’ final collaboration with Vidor; and the Best Picture Oscar-nominated The Hollywood Revue (1929), which was MGM’s second feature-length musical and features many of the studio’s stars appearing as themselves, including Davies, who sings “Oh, What a Man” and “Tommy Atkins on Parade” in a military march segment.
The Rookie: Feds: “Close Contact”
ABC, 9pm
After a failed assassination attempt, a congressman hires Garza’s (Felix Solis) team for a protective detail, while Brendon (Kevin Zegers) and Laura (Britt Robertson) begin investigating possible suspects.
FBI: International: “BHITW”
CBS, 9pm
In the new episode “BHITW,” the Fly Team investigates after an American basketball player for a Lithuanian team goes into cardiac arrest.
Sex Before the Internet
Vice, 9pm
New Series!
This docuseries explores a world before Pornhub and OnlyFans, an era of X-rated magazines, VHS tapes and 1-900 numbers where porn wasn’t available at one’s fingertips 24/7. The series premiere episode, “1-900-SEX,” explores phone sex in the 1980s and ’90s.
FBI: Most Wanted: “False Flag”
CBS, 10pm
The team discovers that the abductor of a disgraced state police detective is connected to someone from a recent case in the new episode “False Flag.”
Frontline: “Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus, Part 2”
PBS, 10pm
This is the second of a two-part investigation into the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group and used as a hacking tool used to spy on journalists, activists, the fiancée of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others.
Wednesday, Jan. 11
Chasing Waves
Disney+
New Series!
This eight-episode series (all available today) shines a spotlight on the people and places that are defining Japan’s reach in the global surfing culture. The character-driven series follows multicultural athletes in pursuit of their dreams, paints a captivating picture of Japanese life and showcases what it takes to succeed in the international surf industry.
Willow
Disney+
Season Finale!
Season 1 of the fantasy series that continues the story from Lucasfilm’s 1988 film of the same name concludes.
In With the Old
HBO Max & Magnolia Network on discovery+
New Episodes!
Following its premiere in December, Season 3 of this series picks up again with new episodes. It follows designers, builders and old-home enthusiasts in small towns and big cities across America as they reimagine and transform abandoned structures by preserving their historical integrity while giving them new purpose.
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
An NBA twin bill on ESPN opens with the Milwaukee Bucks at the Atlanta Hawks. Then the Houston Rockets try to topple the Kings in Sacramento.
The Conners
ABC, 8pm
New Episodes!
The iconic Conner family continues to grapple with parenthood, dating and financial pressures in this midseason premiere, with new episodes airing Wednesdays. In the first new episode of the year, “Two More Years and a Stolen Rose,” the death of a beloved teacher from Dan (John Goodman) and Jackie’s (Laurie Metcalf) high school brings old classmates together.
Name That Tune
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Celebrities put their musical knowledge to the test and compete for charity as the beloved game show returns for Season 3. Jane Krakowski and Randy Jackson are back as hosts.
Chicago Med: “It Is What It Is, Until It Isn’t”
NBC, 8pm
Crockett (Dominic Rains) and Charles (Oliver Platt) treat Justin’s (Ivan Shaw) gym buddy; Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) and Will (Nick Gehlfuss) help a robbery-homicide suspect; and Hannah (Jessy Schram) and Archer (Steven Weber) use Med’s new opiate-abuse AI program.
TCM Spotlight: Car Chases
TCM, beginning at 8pm
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Put on your seat belt, because Turner Classic Movies is putting the pedal to the metal with another lineup in its monthlong Wednesday night salute to films with great car chases. It leads off with Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, a 1974 crime drama in which Peter Fonda and Adam Roarke play Larry and Deke, NASCAR hopefuls who are pursued by cops following a heist. Eventually accompanied by Mary (Susan George), Larry’s one-night stand, they leave their souped-up Chevrolet Impala behind for a Dodge Charger R/T 440, which for a time allows them to evade even the police force’s special high-performance Dodge Polara interceptor. Following that is Smokey and the Bandit (1977), which finds Burt Reynolds’ Bandit driving a Pontiac Trans Am as a blocker for a truck illegally transporting 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana to Atlanta, trying to stay ahead of pursuing “smokeys” like Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason). Next up is The French Connection (1971) and its legendary car chase that is often cited as one of the greatest ever filmed. It finds Gene Hackman’s police detective Popeye Doyle commandeering a civilian’s Pontiac LeMans for a frantic pursuit of an elevated train on which a hitman is trying to escape, with creative camerawork enhancing the thrills and sensation of speeding through the streets of a densely crowded big-city borough. This scene involved stunt driver Bill Hickman, who also featured in not only the famous chase scene in 1968’s Bullitt, but also the one in tonight’s final film, the cop thriller The Seven-Ups (1973). Here, Hickman plays one of the killers who is pursued through the streets of New York in a Pontiac Grand Ville by Roy Scheider’s Detective Buddy Manucci (via a stunt driver), driving a Pontiac Ventura.
The Goldbergs
ABC, 8:30pm
New Episodes!
This lovable ’80s family returns to finish their monumental 10th season with the episode “Blade Runner: The Musical,” in which Adam’s (Sean Giambrone) creative funk is revitalized by a new job in the arts, but his overzealous management style causes Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) to do something unthinkable.
Abbott Elementary: “Fight”
ABC, 9pm
During a day of touchdowns and missed plays, the Abbott Elementary faculty find themselves learning lessons in teamwork.
Lingo
CBS, 9pm
New Series!
Lingo is a new, supercharged adaptation of the word-twisting, fast-thinking game show. RuPaul Charles hosts this clever, competitive and unpredictable game in which teams of two face off in fast-paced puzzle rounds to guess letters that reveal seemingly simple words. At the end of each one-hour episode, the two winning teams have a nerve-wracking final showdown in which one team will walk away with an additional big cash prize.
Brother vs. Brother: No Rules
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Drew and Jonathan Scott are ready to scrap the rules and reignite their sibling rivalry when they boldly put their house-flipping skills to the ultimate test. “After competing in my own neighborhood last season, I walked away the winner, and there’s no way I’m going to let Jonathan take the title away from me,” said Drew. The six-episode season kicks off with a surprising twist: zero constraints on budgets, renovations or house locations. In a clash of limitless possibilities, anything goes as the brothers max out their renovation ingenuity and real estate savvy. In the end, whoever adds the most home value will walk away the winner. In the premiere, Kendra Wilkinson (Kendra Sells Hollywood) and David Bromstad (My Lottery Dream Home) stop by to judge and award the challenge winner an exclusive NASA experience.
Chicago Fire: “A Guy I Used to Know”
NBC, 9pm
Firehouse 51 prepares for their semiannual inspection; Brett (Kara Killmer) fights to save her paramedicine program; and Commander Martin Pearce (John Sierros) asks Severide (Taylor Kinney) for a favor.
Tough as Nails: “I Look Like Curious George”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “I Look Like Curious George,” competitors discover that working at a plant nursery is no monkey business.
Hard Knocks in Season: Arizona Cardinals
HBO, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 2 of this Hard Knocks documentary series following the Arizona Cardinals as they navigate the challenges of an NFL season concludes.
Chicago P.D.: “Long Lost”
NBC, 10pm
A shocking ambush at a funeral leads the team into a heated investigation to find the shooters. Much to Atwater’s (LaRoyce Hawkins) surprise, he must rely on someone from his past to help in the investigation, dredging up old memories and revealing new truths.
Thursday, Jan. 12
A House Divided
ALLBLK
Season Premiere!
As the drama returns for Season 5, all bets are off as Cameran Sanders Sr. (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) relentlessly exacts his revenge on all who plotted against him. Brother James (Ameer Baraka) becomes increasingly uneasy about his role in the Sanders family’s crimes, and he begins to violently cover his tracks, while Stephanie (Paula Jai Parker) and Auntie Mae (Deborah Lacey) lock in a perilous power struggle to continue to take control of the family’s financial empire.
The Climb
HBO Max
New Series!
Jason Momoa created this rock-climbing competition series in which amateur climbers are put through a rigorous series of mental and physical challenges, using some of the most intimidating ascents in the world to crown the world’s best amateur climber with prAna-sponsored climbing ambassadorship and a $100,000 cash prize. Three episodes air today and next Thursday, with the final two installments dropping on Jan. 26.
Velma
HBO Max
New Series!
This 10-episode adult animated series (rated TV-MA) tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley (voice of Mindy Kaling, who is also an executive producer), the unsung and underappreciated brains behind the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. This original and humorous spin unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America’s most beloved mystery-solvers. The voice cast is also led by Glenn Howerton as Fred, Sam Richardson as Norville (aka Shaggy) and Constance Wu as Daphne, with Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Gary Cole, Stephen Root and Frank Welker also featured in voice roles.
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Netflix
New Series!
This Japanese series is acclaimed creator and Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Koreeda’s first Netflix production. Based on the bestselling manga Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san, it is set in the geisha district of Kyoto, where Kiyo (Nana Mori) becomes a Makanai (person who cooks meals) at a house where Maiko (apprentice geishas) live together. The series depicts the everyday life of Kiyo and her childhood friend who accompanied her to Kyoto, amid a vibrant world of geisha and Maiko courtesans, and delicious food.
Vikings: Valhalla
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this sequel to Vikings takes place shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat, an event that has shattered the characters’ dreams and altered their destinies. Suddenly finding themselves fugitives in Scandinavia, they are forced to test their ambitions and courage in worlds beyond the fjords of Kattegat. Series regulars returning for the new season are Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Jóhannes Jóhnansson, Bradley Freegard, Laura Berlin and David Oakes.
The Makery
Peacock
New Series!
This make-and-do series educates through play and inspires children to explore their imagination and creativity. Each themed 15-minute episode takes viewers on an arty adventure to make, bake and create, with ideas that are exciting yet simple enough to get every age to engage.
The Traitors
Peacock
New Series!
Alan Cumming hosts this reality competition series based on the wildly popular Dutch series of the same name. Twenty larger-than-life personalities (including reality A-listers and America’s best game players) gather at a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands to complete a series of challenges and possibly win a cash prize of up to $250,000. The catch? Three of the contestants, known as “the traitors,” will devise a plan to steal the prize from the other contestants, dubbed “the faithful.” All 10 episodes are available today.
One Lane Bridge
Sundance Now
Season Premiere!
It’s been a bumpy two months since Detective Sgt. Ariki Davis (Dominic Ona-Ariki) used police work and his second sight to uncover who killed his best friend, Joe Turner, on One Lane Bridge. As Season 3 begins, it’s all change at Queenstown CIB as a big gun has been sent in to clean up the mess Stephen Tremaine (Joel Tobeck) left behind. All episodes drop today.
NBA Basketball
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Boston Celtics are at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to face the Nets in TNT’s first game. The second game has the Dallas Mavericks at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to take on the Lakers.
Young Sheldon: “Pancake Sunday and Textbook Flirting”
CBS, 8pm
Mandy (Emily Osment) pushes Georgie (Montana Jordan) to date another woman in the new episode “Pancake Sunday and Textbook Flirting.”
Walker
The CW, 8pm
New Episodes!
Cassie pulls Trey into a case tracking down an elusive tech mogul in the new episode “Cry Uncle.”
Christina in the Country
HGTV, 8pm
New Series!
Real estate expert and designer Christina Hall (Christina on the Coast) is expanding her business and establishes new roots at her second home, a Tennessee farm, where she will be creating renovations for eager clients and making even more lifelong memories with her children and husband Josh Hall. In the premiere, Josh recommends his sister Stacie and her husband Joel as Christina’s first clients. While transforming their kitchen and primary bathroom, Christina experiences the joys of country days and Nashville nights.
Law & Order: “Second Chance”
NBC, 8pm
When an ex-con is found beaten to death, Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) and Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) arrest an unlikely culprit.
Special Theme: The Jewish Experience
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Thursday night showcase of films that have touched on the Jewish experience in various ways, and across a number of themes, continues tonight with three features informed in various degrees by Jewish humor. First, in 1968’s Bye Bye Braverman, directed by Sidney Lumet and based on Wallace Markfield’s novel To an Early Grave, four Jewish intellectuals in New York City (played by George Segal, Jack Warden, Joseph Wiseman and Sorrell Booke) embark on an often absurdist odyssey when they decide to carpool to their friend’s funeral. Next, The Angel Levine (1970), based on Bernard Malamud’s short story, stars Zero Mostel as Morris Mishkin, a poor, elderly Jewish tailor who is struggling in life. He prays to God for help and receives it in the form of Alexander Levine (Harry Belafonte, who also produced the film), who claims to be a Jewish angel in training needing to perform a miracle to attain full angel status, but Morris has trouble believing. Finally, in the Best Picture Oscar-winning Annie Hall (1977), Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (with Marshall Brickman) winner and Best Actor nominee Woody Allen plays Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian who reflects on his relationship with his titular ex-lover (Best Actress Oscar winner Diane Keaton).
Ghosts: “The Family Business”
CBS, 8:30pm
Sasappis (Román Zaragoza) strikes up a romance with car ghost Jessica (returning guest star Nichole Sakura) in the new episode “The Family Business.”
So Help Me Todd: “Side Effects May Include Murder”
CBS, 9pm
Margaret (Marcia Gay Harden) mounts a creative defense to clear her client of an attempted murder charge in the new episode “Side Effects May Include Murder.”
Walker Independence
The CW, 9pm
New Episodes!
Abby finds her secret identity in jeopardy when an estranged family member arrives in town in the new episode “The Death of Mary Collins.”
Married to Real Estate: “Open to Entertaining”
HGTV, 9pm
A couple is anxious to get out of their apartment and find a home near their daughter’s school in Atlanta’s Dunwoody area. Entertaining space and a home office are essential, so Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson create the perfect, refined modern farmhouse for their family.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Soldier Up”
NBC, 9pm
Benson (Mariska Hargitay) tries to help the gang member who attacked her; meanwhile, Duarte (Maurice Compte) reveals a shocking piece of evidence.
CSI: Vegas: “Trinket”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “Trinket,” CSI searches for the mother of a young boy found hiding in a garage.
Law & Order: Organized Crime: “The Infiltration Game”
NBC, 10pm
Jamie (Brent Antonello) makes a risky decision that could cost him more than the case.
Friday, Jan. 13
Servant
Apple TV+
Season Premiere!
Executive producer M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological thriller wraps up its story with 10 final episodes that bring the Turner family’s story to an epic and emotional conclusion. Leanne’s (Nell Tiger Free) war with the Church of Lesser Saints heightens, threatening Spruce Street, the city of Philadelphia and beyond. Meanwhile, the shattered family must not only confront the increasing threat of Leanne, but the certain reality that Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) is waking up. As the Turners’ brownstone continues to crumble, questions are finally answered: Who is Leanne Grayson, and who is the child in their home? Toby Kebbell and Rupert Grint are also back for the final season. Episodes are available Fridays.
Super League: The War for Football
Apple TV+
New Series!
This four-part docuseries chronicles the high-stakes battle that is set off when plans for a breakaway league emerge, and the past, present and future of European football collide, leaving the game’s most powerful leaders to defend — or upend — the traditions of the sport. With unprecedented access to league presidents, club owners and the architects behind the European Super League, the series brings fans the untold story of how and why this idea was hatched, and the battle plans that were formed to fight it.
Break Point
Netflix
New Series!
From the team behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive, this docuseries follows a diverse group of tennis players on and off the court over an entire year as they compete in all four Grand Slams, and the ATP and WTA tours, with hopes of winning a final and even bigger dreams of becoming world No. 1.
Sky Rojo
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The Spanish dark comedy/action drama returns for its third and final season, which takes place six months after last season’s final battle. Coral (Verónica Sánchez), Wendy (Lali Espósito) and Gina (Yany Prado) discover that peace is nothing more than that deceptive feeling between periods of terror. When their new life is blown to pieces, the women understand that the past always returns, and that if they ever really want to be free, they’ll have to bury it — or bury Romeo (Asier Etxeandia), the pimp from whom they escaped, which is the same difference.
Hunters
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
In the second and final season of this action-packed series, after an accident derails their exploits in Europe, the Hunters must reassemble to hunt down history’s most infamous Nazi, Adolf Hitler, who is hiding in South America. Meanwhile, a look to the past reveals Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) encountering a dangerous threat that could unravel his secret and expose his true identity, with explosive reverberations for the team. Jennifer Jason Leigh joins the cast as a series regular, alongside Pacino and other returning regulars Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Lena Olin, Josh Radnor, Tiffany Boone, Carol Kane, Louis Ozawa, Kate Mulvany and Greg Austin.
Friday the Warehouse 13th Marathon
Syfy, beginning at 6am
Syfy celebrates Friday the 13th with a 24-hour marathon of episodes from its 2009-14 sci-fi comedy/drama series Warehouse 13, led by Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly and Saul Rubinek.
“Friday the 13th: The Series” Marathon
Comet, beginning at 1pm
Push your luck with Comet’s six-hour marathon of episodes from the syndicated 1987-90 fantasy horror show Friday the 13th: The Series (which is not related storywise to the Friday the 13th fright film franchise). The marathon consists of the first six episodes of the series.
S.W.A.T.: “Witness”
CBS, 8pm
SWAT is called to locate a young boy abducted from a homeless shelter in the new episode “Witness.”
Lopez vs. Lopez: “Lopez vs. Pride”
NBC, 8pm
When Mayan (Mayan Lopez) becomes the brand ambassador for a human-grade dog food, George (George Lopez) struggles to say he’s proud of her for eating it. Meanwhile, when Chance (Brice Gonzalez) stops using his dad’s last name at school, Quinten (Matt Shively) worries he’s embarrassed by him.
Female Detectives — Part 2: Torchy Blane Gets Her Way
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies offers another evening of big-screen fictional female mystery-solvers tonight with five of the nine Torchy Blane films that were produced between 1937-39. These roughly hourlong productions, popular as the bottom halves of double features, found daring, fast-talking and wisecracking newspaper reporter Torchy (played most often by Glenda Farrell), always with an instinct for a scoop, unraveling a mystery and staying several steps ahead of her boyfriend, no-nonsense police detective Steve McBride (mostly played by Barton MacLane). See Torchy in action tonight when TCM airs the first five of these films that were produced. The initial four — Smart Blonde, Fly-Away Baby and The Adventurous Blonde, all from 1937, and 1938’s Blondes at Work — all feature Farrell as Torchy and MacLane as Steve, while Lola Lane and Paul Kelly step into those roles in the fifth title, Torchy Blane in Panama (1938).
Young Rock: “Going Heavy”
NBC, 8:30pm
Miami, 1998: Dwayne (Uli Latukefu) hits new heights as The Rock, but encounters some challenges on the road to SummerSlam. In 2033, Dwayne (Dwayne Johnson) finds the prime minister has a political crisis of her own.
Fire Country: “Get Your Hopes Up”
CBS, 9pm
The station suffers a power outage and a fire after a box truck crashes into it in the new episode “Get Your Hopes Up.”
Gold, Lies & Videotape
Discovery Channel, 9pm; also streams on discovery+
New Series!
One family has been fighting for over 70 years to recover what they say is rightfully theirs: a $28 billion treasure buried deep inside a mountain in the New Mexico desert. Some believe the U.S. government stole the 16,000 gold bars and priceless artifacts, while skeptics claim it never existed. Now, for the first time ever, in this six-part docuseries, the family and its supporters reveal exclusive evidence to prove their case, crack open the mystery of America’s greatest treasure story and reveal the truth of Victorio Peak.
Destination Fear
Travel Channel, 9pm; also streams on discovery+
Season Finale!
The paranormal investigation series concludes its fourth season with a visit to Norwich State Hospital, an infamous psychiatric hospital in rural Connecticut that is so diseased with dark history and demonic energy that it may be the final nail in the coffin for the Destination Fear team.
Blue Bloods: “Fake It ’Til You Make It”
CBS, 10pm
Jamie (Will Estes) and his new intel team officer infiltrate a high-tech car smuggling ring in the new episode “Fake It ’Til You Make It.”
Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom: “Okapi Bundle of Joy”
Nat Geo, 10pm
Pregnant okapi Olivia has a successful ultrasound scan and delights her keepers by giving birth to a healthy baby; Logan the raven learns some new tricks before wowing audiences during his stage show; Princess, an elderly mandrill, arrives at the park in search of a new home and family; and Disney’s first blacktip reef shark prepares to join the main underwater environment at The Seas.
Saturday, Jan. 14
White Heat
TCM, 4:15pm
Catch a Classic!
James Cagney, who became a star nearly 20 years earlier with a legendary breakthrough performance in another memorable crime flick, The Public Enemy, gives an equally iconic turn in this Oscar-nominated 1949 gangster classic as coldblooded Cody Jarrett, a psychotic thug devoted to his hardboiled Ma (Margaret Wycherly). Bracingly directed by Raoul Walsh, this fast-paced film noir tracing Jarrett’s violent life in and out of jail is also a harrowing character study. Jarrett is a psychological time bomb ruled by impulse — he murders a wounded accomplice and revels in the act; neglects his sultry wife (Virginia Mayo); and adores his doting mother. It is among the most vivid screen performances of Cagney’s career, and shows that when it came to portraying such characters, the actor was “top of the world!”
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card
FOX, beginning at 5pm Live
The NFL playoffs begin today and continue Sunday and Monday with wild-card games airing on FOX, CBS, NBC and ABC/ESPN.
The 71st Miss Universe Competition
The Roku Channel, 7pm Live; simulcast in Spanish on Telemundo
The Roku Channel has secured an exclusive one-year deal to livestream the Miss Universe competition, replacing FOX as the official English-language broadcast partner. The international event will be held in New Orleans, where nearly 90 women from around the world will vie for the title in categories such as interviews, evening gown, swimwear and community impact. At the end of the evening, reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India will crown her successor.
The Wedding Veil Inspiration
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
In the second of three sequel films to the Hallmark original Wedding Veil trilogy, which were based on a book series by Lori Wilde, Emma (Autumn Reeser) and Paolo (Paolo Bernardini) navigate the perfect time to start a family while Emma bumps heads with the chair of her department and starts questioning her life choices. With some support from Paolo and a little help from the veil, Emma attempts to find the courage to stop planning and start doing.
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Lifetime’s latest original is based on a true crime story. Nancy Crampton-Brophy (Cybill Shepherd) seemed to have a knack for writing about murder. The Portland-based romance-thriller novelist authored books about tumultuous relationships and women protagonists who fantasized about killing their own husbands or fleeing their husbands and faking their own deaths. Hard to believe, but in 2022, Brophy was convicted of killing her own husband (played by Steve Guttenberg).
Navalny
CNN, 9pm
A favorite at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, this documentary investigates the 2020 attempted assassination of Vladimir Putin adversary Alexei Navalny. Filmmakers were granted exclusive access by Navalny and his family to document his physical recovery from poisoning at their secret location.
Rico to the Rescue
HGTV, 9pm
Firefighter and family man Josh is desperate to complete his home renovation and calls builder Rico León to help mediate with his contractor and get the project back on track.