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Monday, Jan. 5

The Wall
NBC, 9pm
Season Premiere!

With the show’s 40-foot wall offering a chance at big wins or losses, host Chris Hardwick welcomes as a contestant a heroic person who helped evacuate the Pentagon during 9/11.

Baking Championship: Next Gen
Food Network, 8pm
New Series!

Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown put 12 sibling teams through two rounds of skills challenges to assess which 10 teams will move on. The teams make their best cupcake for the first test and must create a pie from scratch in the second test.

Name That Tune
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!

Join host Jane Krakowski and bandleader Randy Jackson for one more musical note chal­lenge as contestants race against the clock to test their knowledge of songs performed by the live band.

St. Denis Medical
NBC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

Ron and Matt (David Alan Grier and Mekki Leeper) try to convince a child to get his shot in the midseason premiere “You’re in His Bubble Space.”

Sammy Cahn — Part 1
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” “Love and Marriage.” “High Hopes.” These are a few of the many memorable songs by prolific lyricist, musician and Songwriters Hall of Fame member Sammy Cahn. He was nominated for a record 26 Oscars for Original Song, winning four. For the next two Mondays, TCM honors Cahn with movies featuring many of his timeless classics, beginning tonight with those showcasing the actor/singer Cahn is most closely associated with: Frank Sinatra. Enjoy Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), The Tender Trap (1955), 1964’s Robin and the 7 Hoods (showcasing “My Kind of Town” and a Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen Grammy-nominated film score), 1945’s Anchors Aweigh (“I Fall in Love Too Easily”) and 1947’s It Happened in Brooklyn (“Time After Time”).

Brilliant Minds
NBC, 10pm
Midseason Premiere!

Tonight’s episode will pick up directly where December’s cliffhanger left off with Van’s (Alex MacNicoll) ex-wife Michelle’s (Stacey Farber) car accident and the ripple effect it has on everyone. At the same time, we’ll learn some much-anticipated intel on these flash-forwards to a very out-of-his-element Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) in the Hudson Oaks psychiatric facility.

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Tuesday, Jan. 6

Homegrown
Gathr
Original Film!

What begins as activism quickly escalates as three conservatives join a widening conflict over identity, power, and the future of American democracy. With a patient and unflinching approach, Homegrown follows a father-to-be in New Jersey, an Air Force veteran in New York City and a charismatic activist from Texas crisscrossing the country during a period of profound national fracture from the summer of 2020 through the spring of 2025. As the country accelerates toward political crisis, we witness democratic norms crumbling not through a single event, but from hundreds of personal choices made by ordinary people. Directed by Michael Premo, Homegrown brings raw intimacy and unprecedented access to a political moment still unfolding. Shot across battleground communities and key flashpoints of national tension, the documentary reveals the lived experiences of people whose determination to turn their beliefs into action places them on the front lines of America’s political divide. The film was an official selection of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won Best Technical Contribution. Homegrown has since garnered top honors on the global festival circuit, and was nominated for the 2025 Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award, recognizing exceptional independent nonfiction filmmaking. It has screened at nearly 50 top-tier film festivals worldwide.

College Basketball
ESPN & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live

Catch Duke at Louisville on ESPN, and Michigan State at Penn State and Texas Tech at Houston on FS1.

NHL Hockey: Florida at Toronto
TNT, 7:30pm Live

Sam Reinhart and the Florida Panthers claw their way north to skate against William Nylander and the Maple Leafs at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.

Will Trent
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!

Ramón Rodríguez returns as Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations as the drama is back for Season 4 with “… Speaking of Sharks.”

Moonshiners
Discovery Channel, 8pm
Season Premiere!

Appalachia’s colorful moonshiners invent new ways to meet demand for tax-free booze when trade wars start to cripple the liquor market. And when Canada calls for tariff-free liquor, even legal distillers return to the outlaw side in a cross-border bootlegging operation.

Best Medicine
FOX, 8pm
New Series!

Catch an encore of the pilot of this new medical series centering on Dr. Martin Best (The Good Wife’s Josh Charles), a brilliant Boston surgeon who abruptly leaves to become the general practitioner in an East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child.

NBA Basketball
NBC, 8pm Live

NBA Coast 2 Coast Tuesday presents Eastern viewers with the Miami Heat at the Minnesota Timberwolves, while fans out West get a clash between the Dallas Mavericks and Kings in Sacramento.

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
PBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is back for Season 12 of this genealogy series, which uncovers stories of resilience, love and sacrifice, revealing how diverse histories intertwine to shape America’s shared identity. America Ferrera, Wiz Khalifa, Liza Colón-Zayas, Hasan Minhaj, Brittney Griner, Kristin Chenoweth and Flea are among this season’s guests.

TCM Special Theme: The Working Class: True Stories
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

They work hard for their money and TCM treats them right every Tuesday in January with films saluting the working class. Tonight, what better way to begin this tribute than with stories about real-life working-class heroes? The courageous women who took a stand against worker safety violations at a plutonium plant are portrayed in Oscar-nominated performances by Meryl Streep and Cher in Silkwood (1983) and, in the TCM premiere North Country (2005), Charlize Theron gives an inspiring portrayal of the miner who won America’s first major sexual harassment case against her employer. Working in a mine remains the theme when workers daring to strike against their companies are shown in Salt of the Earth (1954) and Harlan County U.S.A. (1976). Unionization is the struggle of 1920s West Virginia mine laborers in Matewan (1987), as it is in Sally Field’s Oscar-winning depiction of textile worker Norma Rae (1979), the opening film of this programming theme. Union!

High Potential
ABC, 9pm
Midseason Premiere!

Season 2 resumes with “The One That Got Away: Part Two,” in which Morgan’s (Kaitlin Olson) suspicions of Rhys (guest star Aiden Turner) grow deeper as the case of the missing Rembrandt artwork continues.

Wildcard Kitchen
Food Network, 9pm
Season Premiere!

After midnight, Eric Adjepong invites top chefs to bring $5,000 of their own money and play his culinary card game. Eric deals out the dish, time allotted and mandatory ingredients, but it’s each chef’s secret wildcard that makes or breaks the game. In the season premiere “Alex vs America’s Champs,” Alex Guarnaschelli faces off against two of her fiercest rivals from Alex vs. America, Kevin Lee and Arnold Myint.

Doc
FOX, 9pm
Midseason Premiere!

Westside Hospital launches an investigation to discover the truth about Amy’s (Molly Parker) hacked accounts in the midseason premiere “Chief.”

American Experience: “Bombshell”
PBS, 9pm

Eighty years after two atomic bombs ended World War II and ushered in the nuclear age, this documentary explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about what happened to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the bombings’ aftermath. Through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, the government presented a benevolent picture of atomic power and minimized the horrific human toll.

1000-lb. Sisters
TLC, 9pm
Season Premiere!

In the new season, Amy is deep in wedding-planning mode as she prepares to marry Brian in a Halloween celebration. Tammy is officially “adulting” — taking on a volunteer position at an animal shelter and more responsibilities than ever at nearly 40.

The Rookie
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!

The police drama starring Nathan Fillion as LAPD officer John Nolan returns for Season 8 with “Czech Mate.”

Wednesday, Jan. 7

Shifting Gears
ABC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

The sitcom returns with the new episode “Dog,” in which Matt’s (Tim Allen) refusal to allow a dog in the house leads Riley (Kat Dennings) to wonder if it’s time for her and the kids to find their own place.

Hollywood Squares
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!

The game show reboot returns for Season 2 on CBS with two episodes. Anthony Anderson, Glenn Close, Whitney Cummings, Pete Holmes, Lil Rel Howery, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Leslie Jones and Ross Mathews are the celebs in “I Will Not Be Ignored, Glenn!” Then, Cummings, Holmes, Kat Dennings, Fortune Feimster, Tiffany Haddish, Padma Lakshmi, Joel McHale and RuPaul are guest squares in “Between a Cardigan Sandwich.” Nate Burleson hosts with center square Drew Barrymore.

The Masked Singer
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!

The costumed singing competition is back for Season 14, taking its themed episodes to new heights. Special nights include Star Trek, Clueless, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Twilight saga. There are also celebrations of the Spice Girls and Care Bears, and “Fear Night” featuring special guest Johnny Knoxville. There’s also a special tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, including an appearance by Kelly Osbourne (formerly the Ladybug). Characters this time around include Eggplant, Pugcasso, Queen Corgi, Scarab and the Croissants. Nick Cannon hosts with returning panelists Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke and Rita Ora.

Ugliest House in America
HGTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!

Good Girls actress, comedian and home design enthusiast Retta continues her quest to find the country’s undiscovered ugliest house over the course of six episodes where she will visit 15 new shockingly bad designs, cringe-worthy layouts and grossly outdated styles. This season — which spotlights Retta’s hundredth hideous house tour — will kick off in the Great Plains, where she’ll explore an off-the-grid mishmash house, a man-made metal monstrosity and a Rocky Mountain home at 7,100 feet overtaken by unexplained light switches. In the end, one house will be crowned the “ugliest house in America” by HGTV, and the network will award its owners a showstopping $150,000 renovation completed by designer Alison Victoria during a special one-hour finale episode.

Swamp People
History, 8pm
Season Premiere!

In Season 17, dawn breaks on a new, 30-day alligator season and the swamp itself becomes the hunters’ greatest enemy. Unprecedented flash floods from thousands of miles north surge into southern Louisiana, turning gator country into a volatile battleground.

Chicago Med
NBC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

The doctors deal with the fallout from the choices made during a power outage in the winter premiere “Triple Threat.”

TCM Spotlight: Starring Louis Hayward
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

On film, he was a pirate, a saint and a criminal. Actor Louis Hayward, known for his roles in swashbuckler adventure films and crime drama movies, is featured tonight in a tribute that includes both genres. Born in 1909 and raised in South Africa, Hayward began his stage and screen career in England by working with playwright Noël Coward, first there and subsequently on Broadway. Hollywood beckoned with an MGM contract for Hayward in 1935. Notably, the actor was the first Simon Templar of The Saint film series with The Saint in New York (1938), shown tonight, though other film commitments prevented him from continuing in the role until 1953. In between, he starred in period swashbuckler dramas (airing tonight) such as The Man in the Iron Mask (1939); Captain Pirate (1952), the second of two films where he played author Rafael Sabatini’s Capt. Blood character; and, in a TCM premiere, The Black Arrow (1948). In this film, based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name, Hayward plays a 15th century nobleman fighting against his ambitious and cruel uncle. The evening rounds out with two of the actor’s crime films, Repeat Performance (1947) and Duffy of San Quentin (1954), making it a noir late night with Louis Hayward.

Figure Skating: Prevagen U.S. Championships
USA Network, 8pm Live

Olympic dreams could crystallize or evaporate on the ice at Enterprise Center in St. Louis as America’s best figure skaters and ice dancers compete for the national championship and a spot in U.S. Figure Skating’s contingent at the Winter Olympics next month. USA Network and NBC share coverage through Sunday.

Abbott Elementary
ABC, 8:30pm
Midseason Premiere!

Abbott Elementary returns from winter break with “Mall,” which finds the staff dealing with unique challenges that come from teaching in a new temporary location: an abandoned mall.

Expedition X
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!

Adventurer Josh Gates teams up with paranormal investigator Heather Amaro and scientist Phil Torres for more spine-tingling quests that push the boundaries of the strange and supernatural. In the season premiere, special guest and paranormal investigator Jack Osbourne works with Amaro at an old gold mining village in Vulture City, Arizona, which is rife with paranormal phenomena. There they uncover bone-chilling activity indicative of the town’s horrendous history, and an ancient legend surrounding the land unveils another layer of fear.

Chicago Fire
NBC, 9pm
Midseason Premiere!

When an act of arson harms someone close to the 51 family, Severide (Taylor Kinney) must track down the perpetrator as Season 14 resumes with the new episode “A Man Possessed.”

Neighborhood Watch
HGTV, 9:30pm
New Series!

These days, it seems like everyone has either a security camera or Ring doorbell to survey their property, and these videos — often hilarious and sometimes even scary — are showing up on plenty of social channels. HGTV turns its attention to revealing raw, unfiltered and sometimes shocking footage straight from security cameras, smart doorbells and nanny cams across America in its new series Neighborhood Watch. From neighbors and postal workers to uninvited guests and animal visitors, the network will tap into the most embarrassing, hilarious, outrageous and downright bizarre moments caught on home surveillance video.

Pawn Stars
History, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!

Rick, Corey and Chum are back for Season 24, dealing movie posters, model F1 cars, music memorabilia and more.

Shark Tank
ABC, 10pm
Midseason Premiere!

As Season 17 returns, entrepreneurs pitch their one-of-a-kind ideas to the Sharks, including a portable relief bottle, precision golf tees, a trusted nosebleed solution and digital windows that improve your health. Michael Strahan returns as Guest Shark.

Harlan Coben’s Final Twist
CBS, 10pm
New Series!

With over 90 million books sold globally and multiple scripted series, Harlan Coben is set to take on his first true-crime series. In each one-hour episode, Coben will guide audiences through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies. The premiere episode will feature the harrowing case of Billy Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth, who were found shot to death in their Tennessee home, while their infant son was discovered still alive in his mother’s arms. Detectives had no initial leads as to who would want the couple dead, pushing the investigation toward social media, where they uncovered a cyberbullying feud with neighbors and the involvement of a CIA agent driven by a personal vendetta.

Chicago P.D.
NBC, 10pm
Midseason Premiere!

In “Born Screaming,” the Season 13 winter premiere, Voight (Jason Beghe) and the team work together to uncover the truth of the Bell case before more lives are lost.

Weathered: After the LA Firestorm
PBS, 10pm

One year after the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires, survivors race to rebuild stronger. This episode follows residents and fire officials uniting to make L.A. a model for recovery and a blueprint for communities facing future disasters.

Leader’s Playbook
CNBC, 10pm
New Series!

This in-depth series features exclusive, candid interviews with America’s top CEOs, and explores the leadership philosophies and the strategic and personal decisions that have shaped today’s most influential companies. Hosted by CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin, each episode offers a rare glimpse into the mindset of visionary leaders, revealing how they navigate challenges, drive innovation and build success. Leader’s Playbook is designed to inspire, educate, and empower entrepreneurs, executives and aspiring leaders by uncovering the strategies and principles that fuel exceptional performance. Every Wednesday through Jan. 28, Leader’s Playbook will air two back-to-back half hour episodes on CNBC. Featured interviewees include Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Netflix CCO Bela Bajaria, IAC Chairman Barry Diller, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, and more.

Thursday, Jan. 8

His & Hers
Netflix
New Series!

There are two sides to every story, which means someone is always lying. This twisty, psychological thriller is set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, where Anna (Tessa Thompson) lives as a recluse, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor. But when she overhears about a murder in Dahlonega — the sleepy town where she grew up — Anna is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and searching for answers. Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal) is strangely suspicious of her involvement, chasing her into the crosshairs of his own investigation.

Love Is Blind: Germany
Netflix
Season Premiere!

The Love Is Blind experiment returns to Germany as local singles seek true love and a commitment that lasts a lifetime, all before meeting each other in person.

CFP Semifinal: Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
ESPN, 7:30pm Live

A berth in the national championship game is on the line in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl semifinal matchup between the Miami Hurricanes and Ole Miss Rebels at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

9-1-1
ABC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

Hen’s (Aisha Hinds) attempts at keeping her mysterious health issues private are starting to impact more than just her physical well-being in the midseason premiere “Secrets.”

Golden Eve
CBS, 8pm

Sarah Jessica Parker is presented with the Golden Globes’ Carol Burnett Award and Dame Helen Mirren receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award in this new hourlong special. Golden Eve offers viewers an unprecedented insider’s look at the honorees’ legacy, personal stories, unforgettable Golden Globes moments and curated career retrospectives.

Hell’s Kitchen
FOX, 8pm

The culinary competition nears the season finale with the new episodes “Queens of the Kitchen” and “Who’s the Boss.” The final four chefs are given only 10 minutes and $25 to grocery shop for their first challenge’s dish. Later, they’re tasked with making an aesthetically pleasing dish for Gordon Ramsay’s social media followers who will help decide which chef survives the challenge.

Law & Order
NBC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

An injured woman’s sudden disappearance from the hospital leads to a murder investigation in the midseason premiere “Snowflakes.”

Star of the Month: Jean Arthur
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

Turner Classic Movies’ Thursday night salute to the froggy-voiced Jean Arthur continues tonight. The Academy Award nominee was known for several comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, a few of which start the evening, including 1937’s Easy Living and the more darker buddy comedy History is Made at Night. Immediately following is Arthur’s breakthrough role: at age 34, she starred in John Ford’s The Whole Town’s Talking (1935), a gangster farce where she portrayed a coworker of Edward G. Robinson, who appears in dual roles as a mild-mannered clerk and the gangster he closely resembles. Her film marathon continues late into the evening with Too Many Husbands (1940) and Public Hero No. 1 (1935).

9-1-1: Nashville
ABC, 9pm
Midseason Premiere!

Season 1 of the procedural drama continues with “You’ve Been Boarded.” Nashville is under siege, and each missed ransom escalates the stakes and descends the city deeper into chaos.

The Valley: Persian Style
Bravo, 9pm
New Series!

This spinoff of The Valley follows a tightknit group of Persian friends who have traded Beverly Hills for suburban life in the Valley. As they juggle marriages, parenthood and thriving careers, cracks in their relationships — both between lovers and friends — begin to emerge.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC, 9pm
Midseason Premiere!

Season 27 resumes with “Purity,” in which the hunt for a murder suspect uncovers a crime with shocking legal and ethical implications.

Grey’s Anatomy
ABC, 10pm
Midseason Premiere!

Season 22 of the medical drama continues with the winter premiere “Skyfall.”

The Hunting Party
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!

The high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators led by former FBI profiler Rebecca “Bex” Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh) assigned to track down some of the most dangerous fugitives is back for Season 2. This season’s guest stars include Eric McCormack, Finnigan McCormack, Kelsey Grammer, Niecy Nash-Betts, Elizabeth Gillies and Jefferson White.

Friday, Jan. 9

Alpha Males
Netflix
Season Premiere!

Heartwarming, hilarious, ironic and incisive, the ensemble comedy series returns for Season 4 and continues to follow four men in their 40s adjusting to the new world of gender equality.

People We Meet on Vacation
Netflix
Original Film!

Based on Emily Henry’s bestselling rom-com novel, the film follows free-spirited Poppy (Emily Bader) and routine-planner Alex (Tom Blyth), who have been unlikely best friends (they live in different cities but spend every summer vacation together) for a decade and are now wondering if they could be a perfect romantic match.

CFP Semifinal: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
ESPN, 7:30pm Live

And then there were two. The remaining participant for the Jan. 19 title game is determined at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semifinal tilt between the Oregon Ducks and Indiana Hoosiers in Atlanta.

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
ABC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!

Max Greenfield, D’Arcy Carden and Timothy Simons are the celebrity contestants spinning the world’s most famous wheel to solve puzzles for a chance to win $1 million for the charity of their choice.

Figure Skating: Prevagen U.S. Championships
NBC, 8pm Live

Coverage of the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships from St. Louis continues with the pairs and women’s free skates.

TCM Spotlight: Flashback Fridays
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

In this edition of TCM’s Flashback Fridays, where the film’s stories are told through flashbacks, the network concentrates on some of the best films from the 1940s. Indulge in Double Indemnity (1944), nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Billy Wilder and Best Actress for Barbara Stanwyck. Stanwyck’s performance as a scheming seductress who convinces an insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) to do away with her husband after the latter signs a double indemnity clause in his life insurance policy is a must-see. Next is The Killers (1946), starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in another Oscar-nominated tale, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, of murder and treachery involving a beautiful woman. Then get lost in 1945’s Mildred Pierce, starring Joan Crawford in an Oscar-winning performance as a mother who, despite her best efforts to support a spoiled, selfish daughter, eventually gets caught up in a complex web of murder and intrigue. The evening’s other “flashback” films are The Locket (1946), starring Robert Mitchum, and 1949’s D.O.A., with Edmond O’Brien.

Masters of Illusion: “Blades, Fire and Random Risks”
The CW, 9pm

Magicians featured in the new episode “Blades, Fire and Random Risks” include Adam Wylie, Ed Alonzo, Scott Pepper, My Uyen, Jeki Yoo, Joel Meyers, Eric Eaton, Ivan Amodei, Trino, David Goldrake, Eric Jones and Jarol Martin.

Saturday, Jan. 10

College Basketball
The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, FOX, FS1 & TNT/truTV, beginning at 12pm Live

A full slate of college basketball today features Boston College at Louisville (The CW), DePaul at UConn (TNT/truTV), SMU at Duke (ESPN), St. John’s at Creighton (FOX), Georgia at South Carolina (ESPN2), Stanford at Virginia (The CW), Villanova at Marquette (TNT/truTV), Providence at Xavier (FS1), Seton Hall at Georgetown (FS1), Clemson at Notre Dame (ESPN2), Texas at Alabama (ESPN) and BYU at Utah (ESPN).

TCM Musical Matinee: Double Trouble
TCM, 12pm
Catch a Classic!

In this frothy, formulaic but fun 1967 Elvis Presley movie, the King, as singer Guy Lambert, gets to tour Europe and, while there, becomes the love interest of two beautiful women (the aforementioned “double trouble”), one a teenage heiress (Annette Day), the other a sophisticated socialite (Yvonne Romain). Along the way, he gets mixed up with some bumbling jewel thieves (would there be any other kind?), and sings “Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)” and, unbelievably, “Old MacDonald.” It’s ’60s swing with the King!

NHL Hockey: N.Y. Rangers at Boston
ABC, 1pm Live

The good ol’ New York vs. Boston rivalry is renewed at Beantown’s TD Garden as Artemi Panarin and the N.Y. Rangers battle David Pastrnak and the Bruins.

NFL Playoffs: Wild Card
FOX & Prime Video, beginning at 4:30pm Live

The opening round of the NFL postseason has seeds 2-7 in action (No. 1 seeds get the weekend off) with games today, tomorrow and Monday. Today’s games are the L.A. Rams at the Carolina Panthers (FOX) and the Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears (Prime Video). Winners advance to next weekend’s divisional playoffs.

Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Watchmaker
Great American Family, 8pm
Original Film!

The latest adventure for Ainsley McGregor (Candace Cameron Bure) is centered around a timeless object — a watch, which becomes the heart of a modern whodunit when a local woman raises a cold case involving her late husband, who was found murdered over his rare antique watch. Ainsley springs into action to untangle a web of small-town secrets before the killer winds the clock down on the next victim, proving once again that it isn’t the weapon or the motive but the story behind it that makes a smart mystery unforgettable.

A Melbourne Match
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!

Georgie (Mallory Jansen), a travel writer, ventures to Melbourne for an assignment where she meets Zach (Ryan Corr), an Australian ex-footballer who agrees to be her tour guide and shows her that there’s more to life than work.

Accused: The Karen Read Story
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!

When Boston police officer John O’Keefe (Luke Humphrey, I Was Lorena Bobbitt) is found dead in a snowbank outside a friend’s home, his girlfriend Karen Read (Katie Cassidy, Arrow) is arrested in connection with his death. What begins as a shocking tragedy quickly ignites a firestorm that captures national attention. Based on a true story, Accused: The Karen Read Story is an unrelenting pursuit of justice in order to clear Karen’s name as the trials fracture the tightknit Massachusetts town of Canton. Karen’s story is one of resilience, integrity and the growing movement of supporters rallying behind her.

House Hunters
HGTV, 10pm

Two new back-to-back episodes air tonight. First up, a young investor is ready to build his real estate portfolio with a second property in Houston. To keep it affordable, he plans on having two roommates, but finding a place he likes while keeping his tenants happy may be a challenge. Next, a family’s ready to trade their St. Thomas condo for a paradise home with more privacy but are conflicted on what’s more important for their new abode — pool and kid space or an amazing view.