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Friday, Jan. 9
CFP Semifinal: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
ESPN, 7:30pm Live
And then there were two. The opponent for the Miami Hurricanes in 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.
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.
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.
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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.
Sunday, Jan. 11
The Night Manager
Prime Video
Season Premiere!
Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) thought he’d buried his past. Now living as Alex Goodwin — a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London — his life is comfortingly uneventful. Then one night a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads Pine to a violent encounter with a new player: Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva). On this perilous new journey, Pine meets Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone), a businesswoman who reluctantly helps him infiltrate Teddy’s Colombian arms operation. Once in Colombia, Pine is plunged deep into a deadly plot involving arms and the training of a guerrilla army. As allegiances splinter, Pine races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilize a nation. And with betrayal at every turn, he must decide whose trust he needs to earn and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card
CBS, FOX & NBC, beginning at 1pm Live
Three more teams keep their Super Bowl hopes alive and move on to the divisional round. CBS has the Buffalo Bills at the Jacksonville Jaguars, FOX airs the San Francisco 49ers at the Philadelphia Eagles and NBC carries the L.A. Chargers at the New England Patriots in primetime.
Figure Skating: Prevagen U.S. Championships
NBC, 2pm Live
The skaters and ice dancers representing the U.S. next month at the Winter Olympics claim their spots as the national championships conclude in St. Louis.
Back to the Future
AMC, 7pm
Catch a Classic!
Michael J. Fox helped propel the sci-fi time travel classic Back to the Future ($211 million) to the eighth highest-grossing movie of the decade. Fox stars as Marty McFly, a modern teenager who is accidentally transported back to the ’50s while at the wheel of a time machine built from a DeLorean sports car. Once there, Marty realizes his presence is altering the course of his own destiny. Marty must hastily arrange a date between his woefully mismatched parents — or his very existence will be at stake. Also stars Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson.
83rd Annual Golden Globes
CBS, 8pm Live
Comedian Nikki Glaser is back to host the Golden Globes, which honor the best in film, television and, new this year, podcasts. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads all movies with nine nominations. The top nominated TV show is HBO’s The White Lotus, with six.
Miss Scarlet
PBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Miss Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips) is doing her best to have it all. In Season 6, her business is thriving, but her personal life enters new territory as she attempts to follow her heart and develop a relationship with Inspector Alexander Blake (Tom Durant Pritchard). Eliza may be an expert at solving crimes, but she’s very much a novice when it comes to love.
The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper: “Inside the Raid: Venezuela’s Future”
CNN, 8pm
Venezuela remains in crisis following the dramatic capture of longtime leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. forces. In this hour, CNN Senior National Correspondent David Culver examines the high-stakes moment through both immediate developments and historical context, tracing the fraught relationship between Washington and Caracas. He also reports on Maduro and Flores’ first court appearances, the rapid transition of power as a new Venezuelan leader is sworn in, and the reaction across the United States. The episode brings together voices from inside Venezuela with analysis from American lawmakers and experts, exploring both the legality of the operation and its far-reaching political consequences.
Industry
HBO, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 4, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are at the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads. They’re drawn into a high-stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene.
All Creatures Great and Small
PBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 6 of the period drama returns to Darrowby in May 1945 as victory in Europe is declared. James (Nicholas Ralph) juggles veterinarian work with a busy family life. Helen’s (Rachel Shenton) enjoying time with the children but has big changes to contend with at Heston Grange, while Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) must readjust to life in Darrowby after returning from several years at war.
Bookish
PBS, 10pm
New Series!
This new six-part murder mystery from creator, writer and star Mark Gatiss follows antiquarian bookshop owner Gabriel Book (Gatiss) as he helps police solve a variety of mysterious crimes in 1946 London. In the premiere “Slightly Foxed — Part 1,” there’s a new assistant (Connor Finch) to train at Book’s Books, but the excavation of a nearby bomb site that’s full of skeletons leads to bookselling taking a back seat.
Monday, Jan. 12
What a Way to Go!
MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
In a comedy stuffed with an all-star cast (for the 1960s!), Shirley MacLaine plays a small-town girl who wants to hold on to her small-town values when she grows up, but it seems every man she marries strikes it rich! She’s often left a widow, with one small fortune piling up on top of another. Her strange solution? Give it all away to the IRS. Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum and Gene Kelly play her various husbands. The sets are a dramatic eyeful, as are the costumes designed by Edith Head.
Unrivaled Women’s Basketball
TNT & truTV, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The women’s pro 3-on-3 basketball league season continues with Mist vs. Phantom and Laces vs. Lunar Owls.
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card: Houston at Pittsburgh
ABC & ESPN, 8pm Live
One more team will join the NFL playoffs divisional round with the final Wild Card game with the Houston Texans visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers tonight on ABC and ESPN.
Baking Championship: Next Gen: “Family Favorite”
Food Network, 8pm
Teams of siblings ages 8-14 continue their culinary quest in the new episode “Family Favorite.” Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown are hosts and judges.
St. Denis Medical: “This Is From Joyce”
NBC, 8pm
Serena and Alex (Kahyun Kim and Allison Tolman) work a “Botox and bubbly” party, and Joyce (Wendi McLendon-Covey) enlists Matt’s (Mekki Leeper) help with a personal issue in the new episode “This Is From Joyce.”
Sammy Cahn — Part 2
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Last week, TCM’s Sammy Cahn musical tribute focused on his most frequent vocal muse, Frank Sinatra. This week, in the second and final night of the network’s Cahn celebration, lady singers get their turn, and you can hear their lovely interpretations of his most memorable songs in five films tonight. Doris Day headlines the evening, singing “It’s Magic” in Romance on the High Seas (1948) and the title tune from It’s a Great Feeling (1949). Janet Blair sings “Anywhere” in 1945’s Tonight and Every Night, and accomplished actor/singer Kathryn Grayson lends her pipes for “Be My Love” in The Toast of New Orleans (1950). 1951’s Rich, Young and Pretty ends the night with several duets by Jane Powell and Vic Damone, including “Wonder Why.” All songs named here earned Oscar nominations for Cahn’s lyrics, so you’ll be tuning in to the best of his best!
The Wall: “Vincent & Katy”
NBC, 9pm
Married Navy veterans Vincent and Katy take on the Wall for a chance to win millions in this new episode of the game show. Chris Hardwick hosts.
Brilliant Minds: “The Rider”
NBC, 10pm
A rugged cowboy struts into Bronx General with mysterious symptoms and brings the rodeo with him in the new episode “The Rider.”
VOCES: “American Sons”
PBS, 10pm
The new episode “American Sons” traces the enduring scars of war through the story of Cpl. Jorge “JV” Villarreal, a Mexican American Marine from San Antonio, Texas, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
Tell Me Lies
Hulu
Season Premiere!
Season 3 follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) as they’ve rekindled their tumultuous romance in time for spring semester at Baird College.
The Boyfriend
Netflix
Season Premiere!
After the summer breeze of Season 1’s seaside Green Room, the setting shifts dramatically to snowy Hokkaido. In Season 2, ten boys from more diverse backgrounds gather to confront their feelings in a world of white.
Hey A.J.!
Disney Junior, 7am
New Series!
This 2D-animated series for preschoolers is based on a children’s book by former Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett, who also executive produces the show with Phineas and Ferb’s Jeff “Swampy” Marsh. It’s a whimsical and music-filled family comedy about an imaginative young girl who, along with her stuffed bunny sidekick Theo, uses her big imagination to make ordinary life moments extraordinary.
NHL Hockey
TNT & truTV, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Detroit Red Wings are at the Boston Bruins (TNT) and the Dallas Stars visit the Anaheim Ducks (TNT and truTV) for Tuesday night’s NHL doubleheader.
Will Trent: “Love Takes Time”
ABC, 8pm
In the new episode “Love Takes Time,” Will (Ramón Rodríguez) disappears after an attack, prompting the team to search for him.
Best Medicine: “Bean There Done That”
FOX, 8pm
Martin (Josh Charles) angers everyone in the town when the diagnosis of a potentially contagious illness forces the cancellation of the monthly baked bean supper in the new episode “Bean There Done That.”
NBA Basketball
NBC, 8pm Live
NBC’s Coast 2 Coast Tuesday NBA regional game gives viewers either the San Antonio Spurs at the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Portland Trail Blazers at the Golden State Warriors.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: “Great Migrations”
PBS, 8pm
In the new episode “Great Migrations,” rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.
TCM Special Theme: The Working Class: Comedies
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
While last Tuesday’s working-class tribute gave hardworking folks facing difficult issues their serious due, this week’s salute is all about serious fun. Tonight’s lineup includes two TCM premieres, the first being The Full Monty (1997). In this hilarious British comedy, six unemployed blue-collar blokes decide to raise some cash by performing a one-night-only striptease act, except that they have very ordinary, non-Chippendale-like bodies. Still, they go ahead with putting on the show, which includes the big reveal! The second premiere is 1981’s Take This Job and Shove It, starring Robert Hays (Airplane!), Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, and cameos by the title song singer Johnny Paycheck and George Lindsey (Goober of The Andy Griffith Show). Plus, don’t miss the evening’s opening film, 9 to 5 (1980), starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton as office workers who decide to get back at their jerk of a boss (the late Dabney Coleman). The revenge fantasy sequences are must-see! Also included tonight are The Commitments (1991), about a soul band culled from the Irish working class; the Charlie Chaplin classic Modern Times (1936), a comedic, yet thoughtful and still relevant, commentary on the dehumanization of workers in a mechanized age; and, from the same era, 1933’s The Working Man, with George Arliss and Bette Davis.
High Potential: “Under the Rug”
ABC, 9pm
As Morgan and Karadec (Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata) investigate the mysterious death of a hitman in a car crash, they uncover details that force the LAPD and FBI to partner on the case in the new episode “Under the Rug.”
Doc: “Family Matters”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “Family Matters,” Hannah (Emma Pfitzer Price), devastated by the death of her patient, works with Amy (Molly Parker) to treat a sick older man whose daughter believes he has been poisoned.
Pole to Pole With Will Smith
Nat Geo, 9pm
New Series!
This seven-part series follows actor Will Smith as he takes on the world’s most extreme environments across all seven continents in an epic 100-day quest to answer some of life’s biggest questions. Starting in the frozen desert at the bottom of the Earth — Antarctica — Smith’s quest takes him to remote islands, mountains and jungles in an incredible voyage of discovery about our health, happiness, history and even our ultimate survival. Two back-to-back episodes premiere tonight.
The Rookie: “Fast Andy”
ABC, 10pm
The LAPD teams up with the Secret Service to provide security for a presidential visit to Los Angeles and assess any major threats on their watch list in the new episode “Fast Andy.”
Wednesday, Jan. 14
Hijack
Apple TV
Season Premiere!
A Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage while, above ground, authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is at the heart of the crisis onboard, where one wrong decision could spell disaster.
Palm Royale
Apple TV
Season Finale!
The comedy following Maxine Dellacorte (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to find her footing in the world of Palm Beach high society concludes Season 2.
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live
The Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets head down to Dallas for a matchup with the Mavericks on ESPN’s NBA doubleheader.
NHL Hockey
TNT & truTV, beginning at 7:30pm Live
Catch a pair of NHL matchups as the Philadelphia Flyers are at the Buffalo Sabres and the Vegas Golden Knights visit the L.A. Kings.
Shifting Gears: “Friend”
ABC, 8pm
Matt’s (Tim Allen) reunion with a high school friend stirs up more than nostalgia when he meets their equally opinionated spouse in the new episode “Friend.”
Hollywood Squares
CBS, 8pm
The game show reboot continues Season 2 on CBS with two new episodes. Whitney Cummings, Ariana DeBose, Fortune Feimster, Tiffany Haddish, Arsenio Hall, Lil Rel Howery, Jo Koy and Ms. Pat are celebrity squares in “This Is the Best Show on TV.” In “I’m Terrified of Triumph,” Cummings, Anthony Anderson, Glenn Close, Zarna Garg, Pete Holmes, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Leslie Jones and Jay Mohr fill in the squares. Nate Burleson hosts with center square Drew Barrymore.
The Masked Singer: “Fear Night”
FOX, 8pm
Johnny Knoxville of FOX’s new series Fear Factor: House of Fear makes a guest appearance in the new episode “Fear Night.” In a frightening addition, Knoxville is bringing extra special clues to the panelists, but to receive these crucial hints, they must overcome their worst fears.
Chicago Med: “Blindsided”
NBC, 8pm
Tensions spike when a road rage incident sends three patients into the emergency department in the new episode “Blindsided.”
Nature: “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants”
PBS, 8pm
The new episode “Tusker: Brotherhood of Elephants” looks at the lives of African elephant bulls in Mount Kilimanjaro and Amboseli national parks, including their drive for dominance and the social bonds that form between them.
Starring Alan Arkin
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Most now know him for his well-deserved Oscar for his performance as Olive’s (Abigail Breslin) grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine, but Alan Arkin’s long film career is well worth the time TCM takes to explore further tonight. Notable among the evening’s offerings is The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), where Arkin plays a deaf man who moves into a family’s boarding house to be near his hospitalized and mentally challenged deaf companion. While there, he befriends the house owners’ teenage daughter (Sondra Locke in her film debut). All the tragedy you would expect to unfold in such a situation does, and, for their moving portrayals of their characters, both Arkin and Locke received Oscar nominations. Also shown in this tribute is 1967’s Wait Until Dark, with Arkin giving a memorably frightening performance as a thug who terrifies a blind woman (Audrey Hepburn) in her own apartment. More films featured tonight are the star-studded crime drama Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), and two buddy comedies, The In-Laws (1979) with Peter Falk, and 1974’s Freebie and the Bean with James Caan.
Abbott Elementary: “Mall Part 2: Questions & Concerns”
ABC, 8:30pm
Growing pains hit Abbott Elementary as the PTA pressures Janine and Gregory (Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams) for answers in the new episode “Mall Part 2: Questions & Concerns.”
College Basketball
ESPN2 & FS1, beginning at 8:30pm Live
FS1 presents UCLA at Penn State and Arizona State at Arizona. ESPN2 carries a late game with TCU at BYU.
Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV
ABC, 9pm
New Series!
This three-part series looks back at the most outrageous shows, hosts, personalities and moments that defined the sensational “tabloid talk” era of daytime TV from the 1980s through the mid 2000s.
The Price Is Right at Night: “Primetime Plinko Jackpot”
CBS, 9pm
One lucky player steps up to the legendary Plinko board for a chance to win a jackpot of up to $500,000 in this new episode. Drew Carey hosts.
Fear Factor: House of Fear
FOX, 9pm
New Series!
Prepare your stomach now! Hosted by Johnny Knoxville, this is a new twist on the iconic gross-out competition series. Dropped into an unforgiving, remote location, a group of strangers will live together under one roof, and face harrowing challenges and a twisted game of social strategy. Only one contestant will conquer all their fears and walk away with the grand prize!
Chicago Fire: “Crime of Passion”
NBC, 9pm
A member of the Firehouse 51 family remains in peril, and Cruz (Joe Minoso) helps Severide (Taylor Kinney) in the investigation in the new episode “Crime of Passion.”
Harlan Coben’s Final Twist: “Gambler’s Debt”
CBS, 10pm
When Anna Mae, a wildly successful businesswoman, is found stabbed in her untouched home, detectives face a tangle of suspects and shifting motives in the new episode “Gambler’s Debt.”
Chicago P.D.: “Heroes”
NBC, 10pm
In the new episode “Heroes,” Platt (Amy Morton) is challenged when a favor for a former recruit spirals into something far more devastating.
Thursday, Jan. 15
Love Through a Prism
Netflix
New Series!
This anime series set in early 1900s London follows a Japanese student who arrives in the city ready to study art and finds herself in the same circles as a talented young aristocrat.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Paramount+
New Series!
A young group of cadets come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
Margaret O’Brien Birthday Tribute
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Playing Beth in Little Women (1949) and the “kid sister” of some of Hollywood’s most famous actresses, Margaret O’ Brien was one of America’s most beloved child actors and today TCM celebrates her 89th birthday with a daytime film retrospective. Daughter of a flamenco dancer, performing must have been in her blood, as O’Brien began her movie career at age 4 with MGM. At age 6, she famously recited the Gettysburg Address in 1943’s You, John Jones! In Music for Millions (1944), she played the little sister of June Allyson’s orchestra-member character and, in that same year, O’Brien won a Juvenile Oscar for her role as Esther’s (Judy Garland) kid sister Tootie in Meet Me in St. Louis (shown last month during TCM’s Classic Christmas Marathon). The eight films presented in today’s O’Brien tribute close with 1945’s Our Vines Have Tender Grapes. This touching story of small-town farm life in the early 20th century is told from the perspective of 7-year-old Selma (O’Brien) and recalls events that would be important to any child of that age: riding an elephant’s trunk at a circus, celebrating Christmas, caring for a pet calf, and witnessing a barn fire, which prompts several heroic and long-remembered acts of self-sacrifice.
NBA Basketball
Prime Video, beginning at 2pm Live
Prime Video presents a game from Germany as the Memphis Grizzlies take on the Orlando Magic in Berlin. Back in the States, the Oklahoma City Thunder are at the Houston Rockets and the N.Y. Knicks are at the Golden State Warriors.
NHL Hockey
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live
ESPN’s first game features the Philadelphia Flyers at the Pittsburgh Penguins in a battle for Pennsylvania hockey supremacy. The second game has the Toronto Maple Leafs coming to warmer climes for a tilt against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Hell’s Kitchen: “Hell of a Showdown”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “Hell of a Showdown,” Gordon Ramsay surprises the three finalists with a special visit with their families. After a day of pampering, the finalists are faced with a major surprise challenge in which one of them will be eliminated.
Law & Order: “Dream On”
NBC, 8pm
Brady (Maura Tierney) has a target on her back after her son becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation in the new episode “Dream On.”
TNA Thursday Night IMPACT!
AMC, 9pm Live
New Network!
AMC and AMC+ are the new TV and streaming home for TNA Wrestling’s flagship series, starting with tonight’s event at the Curtis Culwell Center near Dallas.
Animal Control
FOX, 9pm
Time Slot Premiere!
Season 4 of the comedy begins its run in its regular time slot with the new episode “Bagged Birds and Alley Dogs.” Frank (Joel McHale) spends the day with benefactor Roman Park (returning guest star Ken Jeong) before the grand opening of their annex kennel.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Corrosive”
NBC, 9pm
An attempt on a respected judge’s life is connected to an anonymous video posted to the SVU tip line in the new episode “Corrosive.”
Going Dutch
FOX, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
Denis Leary is back as Col. Patrick Quinn, commanding officer of U.S. Army Garrison Stroopsdorf in the Netherlands, in Season 2 of this sitcom. Taylor Misiak and Danny Pudi also star.
The Hunting Party: “Adrian Gallo”
NBC, 10pm
In the new episode “Adrian Gallo,” the team must hunt down a serial killer who preserves his victims in acrylic resin.
Friday, Jan. 16
The Rip
Netflix
Original Film!
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star in this film about a team of Miami cops who have discovered millions in cash in a derelict stash house. Soon, the trust between them begins to erode, especially once outside forces learn about the size of the seizure. Everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.
How to Lose a Popularity Contest
Tubi
Original Film!
This romantic comedy for young adults is about a charming slacker and an overachiever who team up to campaign for high school student body president. Sara Waisglass and Chase Hudson star.
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7pm Live
The Chicago Bulls battle the Nets in Brooklyn and the Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Rockets in Houston.
College Basketball
ESPN2 & FOX, beginning at 8pm Live
Friday night college hoops action includes Baylor at Kansas on FOX and Loyola Chicago at Dayton on ESPN2.
Happy’s Place
NBC, 8pm
Midseason Premiere!
In the midseason premiere “An Accountant Prepares,” Bobbie (Reba McEntire) pushes Steve (Pablo Castelblanco) into auditioning for a local commercial to keep him busy.
TCM Spotlight: Flashback Fridays
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
This week’s edition of TCM movies where the stories are told in flashback form showcases several more recent, yet still classic, films. In Cinema Paradiso (1988), a famous Italian film director flashes back to his early years of being mentored by the local film projectionist who changed his life. Also be sure to stay up for 1991’s multiple-Oscar-nominated The Prince of Tides, starring Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand (also director), which sensitively explores mental illness. Tom Wingo (Nolte), from South Carolina, travels to New York to meet with his suicidal twin sister’s therapist Susan Lowenstein (Streisand) and, while in therapy himself, comes to terms with his family’s dysfunction and begins a relationship with Susan. Next is an older classic, I Remember Mama (1948), based on a Norwegian immigrant’s daughter’s recollections of the family matriarch, played by Irene Dunne. The night concludes with 1975’s The Man Who Would Be King, in which author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) hears the adventures of two soldiers (Sean Connery and Michael Caine) in colonial India.
Stumble
NBC, 8:30pm
Midseason Premiere!
The freshman comedy resumes Season 1 with “Lorraine,” in which Courteney (Jenn Lyon), stung by betrayal, radically transforms into a drill sergeant of a coach.
Masters of Illusion: “Vivisection, Sacred Riana and 28 Steel Spikes”
The CW, 9pm
Magicians featured in the new episode “Vivisection, Sacred Riana and 28 Steel Spikes” include Ed Alonzo, Chipper Lowell, Tetro, Andi Gladwin, Murray SawChuck, Mind2Mind, Trino, the Sacred Riana, Joseph Réohm, the Mysterious Maks and Josephine Lee.
Saturday, Jan. 17
College Basketball
CBS, The CW, ESPN, FOX, NBC & TNT/truTV, beginning at 12pm Live
Tip off your Saturday college basketball viewing with Kentucky at Tennessee (ESPN), UConn at Georgetown (FOX) and Georgia Tech at NC State (The CW). Other highlights include TCU at Utah (TNT/truTV), UCLA at Ohio State (CBS), Michigan at Oregon (NBC), Miami at Clemson (The CW) and Iowa at Indiana (FOX).
NFL Playoffs: Divisional Playoffs
ABC & FOX, beginning at 4:30pm Live
The road to Super Bowl LX narrows after today’s two divisional playoff games on ABC and FOX.
Love on the Amazon
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A woman travels to Brazil and hires a riverboat captain to help her deliver an important message for her sister, a marine biologist studying pink dolphins on the Amazon River. Stars Jaicy Elliot and Rafael de la Fuente.
I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
In May 1992, outside her Long Island home, Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the head by 17-year-old Amy Fisher — the mistress of her husband, Joey Buttafuoco. As tabloids sensationalized the scandal and dubbed Fisher the “Long Island Lolita,” Mary Jo fought for her life. In the next installment of Lifetime’s I Am franchise, Mary Jo reveals why she remained married for years after the shooting, the lasting physical and emotional impact of the bullet that remains lodged in her head, and how she has found resilience and peace amid unimaginable trauma.
Iyanla: The Inside Fix
OWN, 8pm
New Series!
Renowned spiritual coach and bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant returns to OWN where she revisits 12 of the most unforgettable and impactful episodes from her original series Iyanla: Fix My Life. Now she offers deeper reflections and renewed insights into the healing journeys that moved millions for nearly a decade. A few of the most talked-about episodes revisited include the Six Brown Chicks confrontation in “Fix My Backstabbing Friends” and the deeply personal reckoning in “Fix My Broken Mother.”
Bounty Hunters
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight’s spotlight rounds up two very different takes on bounty hunter stories, both reminding us why these characters have always held such a powerful place in American storytelling. The Naked Spur (1953) is one of the standout Westerns of the 1950s, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in one of his grittiest, most psychologically layered performances. The film follows a bounty hunter whose simple plan to bring in a fugitive becomes a tense moral tangle once others become involved. Later, The Bounty Hunter (1954, starring Randolph Scott as Jim Kipp, brings a more traditional frontier energy with Scott’s portrayal of a determined hero hunting down three outlaws.
Tennis: Australian Open: Early Rounds
ESPN2, 10pm Live
The Grand Slam season begins Down Under at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open, where Jannik Sinner and Madison Keys are current champions. ESPN and ESPN2 air the tournament through Feb. 1.
Austin City Limits: “Reneé Rapp; Thee Sacred Souls”
PBS, 11pm
Pop singer Reneé Rapp performs songs from her 2025 album Bite Me, and Southern California modern soul trio Thee Sacred Souls share tunes from 2024’s Got a Story to Tell.