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Friday, Jan. 12
Lift
Netflix
Original Film!
This heist comedy was originally slated to debut on Netflix last August but was postponed due to the actors strike. It finds a band of expert criminals recruited to prevent a terrorist attack by doing what they do best — robbing the rich. It’s a simple “lift,” nothing complicated — other than the fact that the heist, involving $500 million in gold, will take place on a passenger plane at 40,000 feet. Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Vincent D’Onofrio lead the cast.
Love Is Blind: Sweden
Netflix
New Series!
The popular dating experiment series lands in Sweden as 32 local singles seek true love and propose marriage, all before seeing each other in person. Swedish television presenter and reporter Jessica Almenäs hosts. The first four episodes drop today, followed by four more next Friday. The weddings episode will be available Jan. 26, and a reunion episode will conclude the season on a date that had yet to be determined at presstime.
The Traitors
Peacock
Season Premiere!
The reality competition series returns for Season 2, again hosted by Alan Cumming. The first three episodes stream today; subsequent episodes will drop Thursdays at 9pm ET. This season also features an official aftershow following each episode, offering additional footage and interviews with eliminated contestants.
Role Play
Prime Video
Original Film!
In this action comedy, Kaley Cuoco plays Emma, who has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey. She also has another life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband, Dave (David Oyelowo), discovers when the couple decides to spice up their marriage with a little role-playing. Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy also star.
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: “The Saint” Marathon
TCM, beginning at 6:15am
Catch a Classic!
Vigilante investigator Simon Templar, nicknamed The Saint, is the focus of today’s lineup. Eight of the 10 films adapted from the action thriller series by British author Leslie Charteris will air this morning into the afternoon, including The Saint in New York (1938), The Saint Strikes Back (1939), The Saint in London (1939), The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940), The Saint Takes Over (1940), The Saint in Palm Springs (1941), The Saint’s Vacation (1941) and The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943).
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Houston Rockets launch into the Motor City to face the Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets try to sting the Spurs in San Antonio.
Transplant: “Unstuck in Time”
NBC, 8pm
New Time Slot!
The Canadian medical drama returns from winter hiatus to finish out its third season in this new time slot beginning tonight with this episode, which finds Bash (Hamza Haq), Novak (Gord Rand) and the team racing to save a bride and groom whose wedding was interrupted by gunfire. Meanwhile, Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) deals with a demanding teen patient in need of birth control, June (Ayisha Issa) struggles with a dangerous old habit and Theo (Jim Watson) counsels a patient in a life-or-death situation.
True Justice: Family Ties
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
A law student (Katherine McNamara) sets out to prove her brother was wrongfully convicted. But the closer she and her friends get to finding the real killer, the more danger they are all in.
Saturday, Jan. 13
NFL Playoffs: AFC and NFC Wild Card
NBC & Peacock, beginning at 4:30pm Live
The NFL playoffs kick off today with two wild-card games. The Cleveland Browns are at the Houston Texans on NBC, while the Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs game streams exclusively on Peacock. The wild-card round continues Sunday with games on FOX, NBC and CBS, and wraps up Monday with a game simulcast by ABC and ESPN.
I Am Paul Walker
The CW, 8pm
This documentary examines the life of late actor Paul Walker.
75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
FXX, 8pm
Artistic and technical achievements in television are honored in this ceremony.
A Scottish Love Scheme
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Lily (Erica Durance) travels to Scotland with her mother and reconnects with a childhood family friend (Jordan Young). Unbeknownst to them, their mothers have come up with a plan to set them up.
Girl in the Video
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
This twisted original film is the story of widowed mother Mo (Cush Jumbo, The Good Wife), who is managing parenting two teens the best she can. After her daughter Krissy (Tia May Watts, The Chelsea Detective) starts secretly chatting online with Tobey, who she believes is a cute high school senior, Krissy later turns up missing. An anonymous tip reveals Krissy is being held captive and exploited in sexually abusive livestreams for money on the dark web.
Mississippi Burning
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Two FBI agents (Gene Hackman, who was nominated for an Oscar, and Willem Dafoe) with very different working styles travel to Mississippi to investigate the disappearances of civil rights activists in this 1988 film, which won an Oscar for Best Cinematography.
Tennis: Australian Open: Early Rounds
ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 12am Live (late night)
The first Grand Slam of 2024 takes place at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open. Reigning champ Novak Djokovic looks to extend his record with an 11th career title Down Under. Aryna Sabalenka is defending women’s champion. ESPN and ESPN2 combine to televise the tournament through Jan. 28.
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Fantasia Barrino
OWN, 10pm
Oprah Winfrey welcomes Grammy Award-winning singer and Golden Globe nominee Fantasia Barrino to talk about her feature film debut as Celie in the reimagining of the classic story and the Broadway musical The Color Purple. In this emotional conversation, Fantasia shares the personal inspiration behind her portrayal and how her character empowered her to heal. Fantasia explains how she learned the power of forgiveness through her role and why she believes women, men and families will be healed by watching The Color Purple.
Sunday, Jan. 14
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card
CBS, FOX & NBC, beginning at 1pm Live
NFL playoff action today has the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Buffalo Bills (CBS), the Green Bay Packers at the Dallas Cowboys (FOX) and the L.A. Rams at the Detroit Lions (NBC).
Valley of the Dolls
MOVIES!, 5:15pm
Catch a Classic!
Based on the bestselling novel by Jacqueline Susann, this 1967 romance/drama follows the lives of three young women struggling with barbiturate addiction as they attempt to succeed in show business. It stars Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins and Sharon Tate, who was murdered just two years later.
29th Annual Critics Choice Awards
The CW, 7pm Live
Returning to the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, the annual award ceremony to honor the best achievements in film and television will be presented by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association.
Love on Retreat
UPtv, 7pm
Original Film!
When beauty brand Bloom decides to close its flagship store and focus on online sales, content creator Jenny (Ansley Gordon) must find a way to deal with the backlash from their loyal fanbase and spin the news into a positive thing on social media. Jenny spends a seaside corporate retreat in Miami trying to capture the “life” in “work/life balance,” but while there, her drive to achieve clashes with the chill vibe of activities director Nate (Jonathan Stoddard). Sparks fly between the two, but there is one problem: Nate is her boss’ brother.
Yellowstone
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The hit Paramount Network drama continues on CBS with three episodes tonight. In the Season 3 premiere “You’re the Indian Now,” John reshuffles the political decks. “Freight Trains and Monsters” and “An Acceptable Surrender” follow.
Miss Scarlet and the Duke: “Six Feet Under”
PBS, 8pm
When a close friend of Mr. Potts (Simon Ludders) is murdered, Eliza (Kate Phillips) finds herself investigating the dark and macabre world of Victorian undertakers.
Monsieur Spade
AMC, 9pm
New Series!
After the rumored return of an old adversary, notorious Maltese Falcon private investigator Sam Spade, played by Clive Owen, is forced out of retirement in this new limited crime series set in 1960s France. Also starring Cara Bossom, Louise Bourgoin, Chiara Mastroianni and Stanley Weber.
True Detective: Night Country
HBO, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Five years after the last season ended, True Detective returns us to the heart of dark crime thrillers with a new showrunner and a new, unusual location: Arctic Alaska. Set entirely in the dark, during winter, the new season, written and directed by Issa López, follows two detectives (Jodie Foster and Kali Reis) as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a group of research scientists. You may want to watch this one with the lights on: This season is dark in more ways than one.
Belgravia: The Next Chapter
MGM+, 9pm
New Series!
From the creator of Downton Abbey and The Gilded Age, this historical drama series set in an affluent district of 19th century London picks up 25 years after the limited series Belgravia left off, following Frederick Trenchard (Benjamin Wainwright) and his new love interest, Clara Dunn (Harriet Slater), and the challenges of their courtship.
All Creatures Great and Small: “Carpe Diem”
PBS, 9pm
Siegfried (Samuel West) has the bright idea of hiring an experienced bookkeeper, Miss Harbottle (Neve McIntosh), to bring method to their madness. Meanwhile, James (Nicholas Ralph) and Helen (Rachel Shenton) take inspiration from Siegfried’s “carpe diem” approach and make a long-awaited decision.
The Curse
Showtime, 9pm
Season Finale!
Season 1 of this series about an alleged curse that disturbs a newly married couple (Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder) and their home-improvement show finishes with “Green Queen.”
Funny Woman: “Episode 2”
PBS, 10pm
Barbara (Gemma Arterton) lands a lead role in a new TV sitcom, but news from home threatens to derail her plans.
Sister Wives: Wedding Special
TLC, 10pm
In “Christine and David’s Wedding Part 2,” Christine Brown and David Woolley are getting married in a lavish ceremony set against the red cliffs of the Utah desert, and you are invited. Christine will finally get the wedding she never had when she became Kody Brown’s third wife, decades ago.
Monday, Jan. 15
MLK Day Sidney Poitier Marathon
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
TCM’s Martin Luther King Day lineup is all about the African American experience, beginning with seven movies starring the iconic Sidney Poitier, who helped pave the way for Black actors in Hollywood with his first Oscar nomination in 1959 and his Oscar win in 1964. Seven of his films air this morning and into the afternoon. First, in the romance drama A Warm December (1973), an African American doctor falls in love with the niece of an African ambassador (Esther Anderson) while on vacation in London, then discovers she is sick from a rare terminal illness. Next, two families struggle with the interracial marriage of their children in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), a Black police officer from Philadelphia is wrongly suspected of a local murder while traveling through a small Mississippi town in the Oscar-winning thriller In the Heat of the Night (1967), and Oscar winner Shelley Winters costars as a blind woman befriended by a Black man who becomes determined to help her escape an abusive home in the romance drama A Patch of Blue (1965). The next film, Lilies of the Field (1963), which was the film Poitier received his only Oscar for, follows an out-of-work handyman who is recruited by a group of nuns to help them build a church. Finally, two convicts (Poitier and Tony Curtis, both nominated for Oscars for their roles) who are chained together escape to freedom in The Defiant Ones (1958), and a pair of brothers are wounded during an attempted robbery in the film noir No Way Out (1950).
NBA Basketball
NBA TV & TNT, beginning at 1pm Live
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is a big day for basketball, and the NBA celebrates with four marquee matchups. The Houston Rockets are at the Philadelphia 76ers in a matinee on NBA TV. Action flips to TNT as the San Antonio Spurs are at the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors are at the Memphis Grizzlies. In the nightcap on NBA TV, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in Los Angeles to battle the Lakers.
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Playoffs
ABC & ESPN, 8pm Live
The first round of the NFL playoffs concludes tonight with the Philadelphia Eagles at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a wild-card matchup on ABC and ESPN.
75th Emmy Awards
FOX, 8pm Live
The Emmy Awards, which honor the best achievements in television, hit a milestone 75th year of award presentation tonight, with the HBO drama Succession leading in nominations with 27 total and 14 acting nominations, which ties its own record from 2022. The Last of Us, with 24 nominations, also set a record as the first live-action video game adaptation nominated in major Emmy categories; The White Lotus is close behind with 23 nominations, and critic favorites Ted Lasso along with The Bear are set to dominate the comedy sphere.
America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League: “Qualifiers 3”
NBC, 8pm
The qualifying rounds enter their third week. One act is given a Golden Buzzer and earns a spot in the finals, with the audience vote sending five acts through to the semifinals.
Antiques Roadshow: “Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 2”
PBS, 8pm
More treasures in Anchorage include a Paul Revere Jr. silver tablespoon, Harry Karstens’ ice ax (circa 1931) and a totem pole (circa 1890).
POV: “Brief Tender Light”
PBS, 10pm
This film goes inside MIT, America’s premier technological university, to reveal opportunities and obstacles that four Black African students face as they experience American culture and its embedded racism. This documentary marks the feature film directorial debut of Ghanaian MIT alumnus Arthur Musah.
Tuesday, Jan. 16
June
Paramount+
Legendary country singer-songwriter June Carter Cash, who perhaps at times has been overshadowed by her equally iconic husband, takes center stage in this documentary that features rare material to reveal her extraordinary life and career that was underway long before she became Mrs. Johnny Cash. Along with archival interviews with the woman herself, this film features interviews with family, admirers and friends, including Dolly Parton, Reese Witherspoon and Willie Nelson. According to the documentary’s director, Kristen Vaurio, “[June Carter Cash is] a woman whom many people are aware of, but few know much about her remarkable life and her deep contributions to country music. We’re thrilled to … bring her into the spotlight, where she belongs.”
NCIS: Sydney: “Bunker Down”
CBS, 8pm
An investigation in an underground bunker leads to members of the NCIS team becoming trapped inside with a depleting oxygen supply in the new episode “Bunker Down.”
Name That Tune: “Comedy Classics & Real Housewives”
FOX, 8pm
Celebrity contestants Heather McDonald, Kevin Nealon, Teddi Mellencamp and Cynthia Bailey play the musical guessing game for charity in the new episode “Comedy Classics & Real Housewives.”
Night Court: “Just the Fax, Dan”
NBC, 8pm
When a cybercriminal hacks the courthouse server, the crew must figure out who is behind it before all their secrets are revealed. Gurgs (Lacretta) welcomes Wyatt, the new clerk, by immediately identifying him as their prime suspect.
Finding Your Roots: “Fathers and Sons”
PBS, 8pm
This episode finds Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. working with actors LeVar Burton and Wes Studi, both of whom grew up without their fathers and have been haunted by questions about their family trees.
Star of the Month: Robert Mitchum
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
As Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Tuesday night salute to Robert Mitchum continues, watch the star in several war films beginning with The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), which earned Mitchum a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, the only Oscar nod of his career. Among the eight-film lineup’s other highlights are The Enemy Below (1957), Anzio (1968) and The Longest Day (1962).
Extended Family: “The Consequences of Sushi”
NBC, 8:30pm
For Grace’s (Sofia Capanna) birthday, Trey (Donald Faison) gets a reservation at a luxury sushi restaurant, defying tradition.
Only Murders in the Building
ABC, 9pm
Three new episodes following the trio of true crime fans (Selena Gomez, Martin Short and Steve Martin) who get involved in a murder investigation of their own air tonight.
Moonshiners: Master Distiller
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 6 of this competition series, judges Mark, Digger and Tim raise the bar on real-world challenges to test America’s top legal and outlaw distillers. With holiday showdowns, shopping sprees and backwoods still sites, they will determine who has what it takes to be called Master Distiller.
The Floor: “It’s a Horror Show”
FOX, 9pm
The quiz show hosted by Rob Lowe continues with the new episode “It’s a Horror Show,” in which contestants try to prove their knowledge of musicals, college sports teams, Oscar winners, horror movies and more.
La Brea: “Don’t Look Up”
NBC, 9pm
As the survivors attempt to integrate with the villagers at the fort, a flock of vicious pterodactyls attacks their new home. Meanwhile, Ty (Chiké Okonkwo) seeks help from an old friend as he tries to figure out his next steps.
Good Trouble: “Hanging by a Moment”
Freeform, 10pm
Davia (Emma Hunton) copes with her insecurities after a talented understudy joins the musical.
Fargo
FX, 10pm
Season Finale!
Season 5 of the crime drama concludes with “Bisquik.” Jon Hamm, Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh star.
Found
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
The first season of this drama concludes with “Missing While Forgotten.” Gabi (Shanola Hampton) unravels as the team receives an anonymous tip about one of its most important cases — a missing girl they have been tracking for months. On top of that, Gabi makes a shocking discovery about Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Found has been renewed for Season 2.
Wednesday, Jan. 17
Wild Cards
The CW, 8pm
New Series!
This new crime-solving comedy/drama throws together a strait-laced detective (Giacomo Gianniotti) who has begrudgingly spent the last year in the maritime unit and a clever con woman (Vanessa Morgan) as an unlikely duo who must work together to redeem themselves. Jason Priestley also costars.
Chicago Med
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
This medical drama that is the third in NBC’s popular Chicago drama series franchise returns for Season 9 tonight with “Row Row Row Your Boat on a Rocky Sea.” When the E.D. is flooded with patients from a crash, the entire team is pulled in to help.
Nature: “Big Little Journeys: Survival”
PBS, 8pm
In Taiwan, a Formosan pangolin travels through a land of giants to find a mate in a protected forest, while in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a family of golden-headed lion tamarins journey from the edge of their world into a land of plenty.
TCM Spotlight: Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
As Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday night salute to Columbia Pictures, which celebrates its centennial this month, continues, we move into some of the studio’s notable productions of the 1960s and ’70s. As in previous weeks, you’ll see several iconic and Oscar-winning productions, beginning with Lawrence of Arabia (1962), the epic historical drama that won seven of the 10 Oscars for which it was nominated, including Best Picture and Director (David Lean). Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif earned Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nods, respectively. Next is the sci-fi drama Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which earned Steven Spielberg his first Best Director Oscar nomination and netted costar Melinda Dillon a Best Supporting Actress nomination. The film won an Oscar for its cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond and was given a Special Achievement Academy Award for its sound effects editing. After that is the Best Picture-nominated neo-noir thriller Taxi Driver (1976), which also earned Robert De Niro a Best Actor nomination, Jodie Foster a Best Supporting Actress nod and Bernard Herrmann a posthumous nomination for his musical score (yet director Martin Scorsese somehow did not receive a nomination). The lineup concludes early tomorrow with the Best Picture-nominated 1968 biographical musical/comedy Funny Girl, starring Best Actress winner Barbra Streisand, and The China Syndrome, the 1979 disaster/thriller that earned Jack Lemmon a Best Actor nomination and Jane Fonda a Best Actress nod.
Raid the Cage
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
A mother-son team takes on a mother-daughter duo in the “Mommas’ Night” Season 1 finale of this game show hosted by Damon Wayans Jr. and Jeannie Mai.
Family Law
The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The third season of the Canadian legal drama featuring a recovering alcoholic who goes to work with her estranged father and half siblings premieres tonight.
Help! I Wrecked My House
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
The season closes with two episodes. First, in “Demolition Derby,” a couple got so impatient with their lack of progress after 13 years of weekend warrior renovations that she demolished almost every room in their house. With just seven weeks, Jasmine Roth is called to tackle their upstairs bedrooms and main bathroom. Then, in “Family First,” a couple is thrilled with Roth’s work on their second floor, and they had originally planned to finish the main floor themselves, but it’s still a disaster zone. Now, Roth has only four weeks to tackle their family room, dining room and an outdoor living area.
Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller
Nat Geo, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The Emmy-nominated docuseries returns for Season 4, with journalist Mariana van Zeller exposing the inner workings of more of the most shadowy and dangerous markets, organizations and networks around the world. This season, van Zeller investigates new emerging underworlds — the trade in body parts, hired assassins, sextortion, the smuggling of people across the U.S.-Mexico border and more.
Chicago Fire
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
This original entry in NBC’s Chicago drama series franchise kicks off Season 12 tonight with “Barely Gone.” Firehouse 51 is forced to share space with Firehouse 17; Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and Herrmann (David Eigenberg) fight over Ritter (Daniel Kyri); an arson case tests Kidd and Severide’s (Taylor Kinney) friendship; and Firehouse 51 says goodbye to one of its own.
Chicago P.D.
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The police drama is back for Season 11 tonight with “Unpacking.” Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) shadows a crisis prevention team and finds herself at odds with the mental health clinician. The case brings out Upton’s personal struggles, and Voight (Jason Beghe) stands by her.
Thursday, Jan. 18
Double Cross
ALLBLK
Season Premiere!
After the shocking reveal of their true biological father in last season’s finale, the vigilante “Wonder Twins” are back for Season 5 of this popular series — with a vengeance. Ashley A. Williams and Jeff Logan return as crime-fighters Erica and Eric Cross, who continue their crusade against child trafficking no matter the cost. This season the Cross crew is faced with a case hitting extremely close to home as Eric’s newborn son is kidnapped. Special guest stars this season include Eric Roberts and Zimzon Zion.
NBA Basketball
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Chicago Bulls run with the Raptors in Toronto and the Memphis Grizzlies tussle with the Timberwolves in Minnesota.
Son of a Critch: “Halley’s Comet”
The CW, 8pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) is excited for Halley’s comet, but the magic is lost when he learns Fox (Sophia Powers) is moving.
Hell’s Kitchen: “Don’t Be Fooled”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “Don’t Be Fooled,” the chefs are faced with a Grand Prix challenge with a twist. During dinner service, they must see if they have the attention to detail it takes to run a kitchen — with a few tricks thrown in by Chef Gordon Ramsay.
The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger: “They Killed Me”
INSP, 8pm
Frontiersman Jim Bridger (Rib Hillis) spins an incredible tale to a group of settlers, claiming he was once killed by Blackfeet warriors yet somehow lived to tell the tale. They think he’s joking, but Bridger soon proves that he really did rise from the dead.
Law & Order
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The OG drama that launched the Law & Order franchise returns for Season 23 tonight with “Freedom of Expression.” In the wake of a murder on campus, the line between free speech and hate speech at a university is examined.
The Power of Film: “Part 3 — The Power of Character Relationships”
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
This episode looks at how the structure of most memorable dramatic plots in movies center on a single individual, around whom all the most important action and the other characters revolve. Representative films following the episode are The Big Lebowski (1998, making its TCM premiere), Paths of Glory (1957), A Night at the Opera (1935) and Modern Times (1936).
SEAL Team
CBS, 9pm
Paramount+ military drama SEAL Team continues on CBS with two episodes tonight. In “Keys to Heaven,” Jason (David Boreanaz) must confront his deepest fears on the road to healing. Then in “Pillar of Strength,” Bravo Team prepares for a mission to shut down the Venezuelan nuclear program.
Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Spanish Vacation
FOX, 9pm
Chef Gordon Ramsay hits the road with his friends and colleagues, Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix, to enjoy the sights, adventures and hidden culinary gems of Spain in this travel series. Part 2 airs tonight.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The long-running Law & Order spinoff extends its record-setting primetime run as it begins Season 25 tonight with “Tunnel Blind.” As the squad celebrates the birth of Rollins (Kelli Giddish) and Carisi’s (Peter Scanavino) baby, another child goes missing in broad daylight.
The Big Lebowski
TCM, 9pm
The 1998 Coen brothers film following a Los Angeles stoner (Jeff Bridges) who gets mistaken for a millionaire of the same name (David Huddleston) and is then unwittingly drawn into a chaotic assortment of events with his bowling buddies (Steve Buscemi and John Goodman) that includes a missing rug, a young spendthrift trophy wife (Tara Reid) who may or may not have kidnapped herself and a group of nihilists, one of whom is played by the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, premieres for the first time tonight on TCM.
Children Ruin Everything: “Consequences”
The CW, 9:30pm
After Felix (Logan Nicholson) and Viv (Mikayla SwamiNathan) slack on their chores and lie, Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) assess their discipline styles.
Law & Order: Organized Crime
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!
This relative baby within the Law & Order franchise kicks off its fourth season tonight with “Memory Lane.” Stabler (Christopher Meloni) must deal with rapid changes at work and home after returning from a dangerous undercover assignment. Meanwhile, Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) hires an adviser whose AI technology program could revolutionize police investigation, and Jet (Ainsley Seiger) and Reyes (Rick Gonzalez) struggle with Whelan’s (Brent Antonello) absence.
Friday, Jan. 19
Love on the Spectrum U.S.
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Single people with autism — including new romantic hopefuls and familiar faces — search for the perfect partner in Season 2 of this dating docuseries.
Sixty Minutes
Netflix
Original Film!
In this German action film, Emilio Sakraya plays mixed martial arts fighter Octavio, who finds himself with just one hour to make it to his daughter’s birthday party; otherwise, he risks losing custody forever. But when he ditches a fight to get there, he ends up on the run from dangerous criminals in a race against time across the city.
Hazbin Hotel
Prime Video
New Series!
This adult animated musical comedy follows Charlie (voice of Erika Henningsen), the princess of hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. After a yearly extermination imposed by angels, she opens a hotel in hopes that patrons will be “checking out” into heaven. While most of hell mocks her goal, Charlie’s devoted partner Vaggie (Stephanie Beatriz) and their first test subject, adult film star Angel Dust (Blake Roman), stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the Radio Demon reaches out to assist Charlie in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality. Guest stars among the voice cast will include Broadway veterans Darren Criss, Jeremy Jordan, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Patina Miller and Jessica Vosk.
LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland
Prime Video
New Series!
Graham Norton hosts this latest entry in the LOL franchise. Norton oversees 10 comedic stars brought together to make each other laugh by using every unpredictable tool in the box without cracking a smile themselves. As the clock counts down and the tension rises, whoever can outlast their competitors will be crowned the winner and earn a cash prize for their charity of choice.
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
A Friday night NBA twin bill has the Denver Nuggets in Boston to face the Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks running the floor with the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
Transplant: “A Sort of Homecoming”
NBC, 8pm
Searching for answers, Bash (Hamza Haq) goes to Lebanon to do relief work in a refugee camp. Meanwhile, a software glitch wreaks havoc in the already hectic emergency department; Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) searches for a new cardiologist; and Claire (Torri Higginson) has an unfortunate day at work.
Best in Show
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
This 2000 comedy is among the funniest of the various “mockumentaries” from director/costar Christopher Guest. It is especially funny if you are a dog owner and/or love to watch dog shows; watching various neurotic characters prep, pamper and fret over their pooches for entry in the fictional Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show might ring a little too true for some. Guest cowrote the screenplay with Eugene Levy, who also costars in the film with Guest amid the large ensemble, many of whom were involved in Guest’s other films. The cast includes Catherine O’Hara, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Michael Hitchcock, Jennifer Coolidge and Jane Lynch, and they are all great. But “best in show” among the actors is Fred Willard, who steals the few scenes in which he appears as ex-jock Buck Laughlin, who provides clueless and inane color commentary on the dog show alongside the British expert who is calling the competition (played by Jim Piddock) and can barely restrain his exasperation.
Hustlers Gamblers Crooks
Discovery Channel, 9:05pm
New Series!
This series is structured like a Hollywood feature as it reveals true stories of high-stakes hustlers, gamblers and crooks told by those who lived them.
Saturday, Jan. 20
College Basketball
CBS, FOX & USA Network, beginning at 12pm Live
Top matchups on Saturday’s college basketball slate include Marquette at St. John’s (FOX), Rhode Island at Dayton (USA Network), USC at Arizona State (FOX), San Diego State at Boise State (CBS) and UConn at Villanova (FOX).
Musical Matinee: “Rock ’n’ Roll High School”
TCM, 12pm
Catch a Classic!
Roger Corman produced this fun 1979 cult favorite that is a throwback to the types of teen movies he produced about 20 years earlier. Filled with rock music, including the title tune and other songs by the Ramones, who also appear in the film, Rock ’n’ Roll High School stars P.J. Soles as Riff Randell, who must overcome various obstacles, including her school’s tyrannical principal (played by Mary Woronov), to get tickets for a Ramones concert. Several frequent Corman collaborators are involved on- and off-camera here, including actors Woronov, Paul Bartel and Dick Miller; director Allan Arkush; producer Michael Finnell; and Joe Dante, who collaborated on the story with Arkush and went on to direct larger productions that still retained the fun cult sensibility found here, like The Howling and Gremlins.
NFL Playoffs: AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs
CBS & FOX, beginning at 4:30pm Live
Eight teams are still alive in the NFL postseason as the divisional playoffs kick off today with an afternoon game on FOX and a primetime matchup on CBS. Sunday has an afternoon game on NBC, followed by a primetime game on FOX.
Betty’s Bad Luck in Love
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Betty’s (Laci J. Mailey) relationships have always ended in disaster, but when she meets Alex (Marco Grazzini), she’s tempted to try once more.
Dying in Plain Sight
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Inspired by true events, Dying in Plain Sight tells the emotional story of overweight high school student Morgan Cruz (Raffa Virago, Fellow Travelers) and her mother, Kim (Nicola Correia-Damude, The Boys), who both harbor dark secrets that lead to devastating circumstances. When Kim leaves her cheating husband, she becomes so focused on “clean eating” that she doesn’t notice Morgan has stopped eating altogether until she’s hospitalized for life-threatening malnutrition.
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Danielle Brooks
OWN, 10pm
Sofia, Sofia, Sofia! In the final episode of this three-part spotlight series, Oprah Winfrey sits down with Tony-nominated Broadway star and Golden Globe nominee Danielle Brooks to talk about her role as Sofia in The Color Purple. The pair discuss Danielle’s life-changing trip to Broadway as a teenager, how God prepared her for this role and how her rendition of the song “Hell No!” helped her cast out fear and disbelief. In a “passing of the torch” moment, Oprah and Danielle also share what playing Sofia means to them and how it has transformed both of their lives forever.