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Monday, Jan. 20
College Football Playoff National Championship: Ohio State vs. Notre Dame
ESPN, 7pm Live
The Ohio State Buckeyes meet the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the national championship tonight at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Gone Acorn TV
New Series!
An Irish detective (Richard Flood) teams up with a Kiwi cop (Acushla-Tara Kupe) to find an Irish couple who have vanished from a rural New Zealand town. The pair have to contend with a community’s growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders. The first two episodes drop today; new episodes are available Mondays.
No Pardon Needed With Tyler Fischer
FOX Nation presents this new 45-minute Inauguration Day comedy special featuring Tyler Fischer’s satirical take on the current state of politics and culture. Taped at the Comedy Mothership, Joe Rogan’s comedy club in Austin, Texas, Fischer blends his razor-sharp political commentary with impersonations of President-elect Trump, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk and others in Trump’s cabinet. Delivering an unapologetic performance, Fischer captures everything from saying goodbye to the Biden years, imagining alternate political realities and more, just in time for the incoming administration to take office.
MLK Day Movie Marathon TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies remembers Martin Luther King Jr. and the legacy of what he stood for all day today. The morning and afternoon feature various dramas, including The Learning Tree (1969), based on a Gordon Parks novel, which follows the life of a poor Black 14-year-old in Kansas as he learns about love, fear and racial injustice; the Best Picture Oscar-nominated Sounder (1972), led by Best Actor and Actress Oscar nominees Paul Winfield and Cicely Tyson, about the oldest son of a loving and hardworking family of sharecroppers who comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food; Intruder in the Dust (1949), about a Black man (Juano Hernandez) who is unjustly accused of murdering a white man; and the Emmy Award-winning The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), a story of a woman (played by Tyson in an Emmy-winning performance) born into slavery in the 1850s who becomes part of the Civil Rights Movement a century later. Later, three films will celebrate Coretta Scott King, who was married to MLK until his assassination. This evening lineup begins with the TCM premiere of Nationtime (1972), a documentary about the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered voices from across the political spectrum, including Coretta Scott King. Following the short 1970 documentary I Am Somebody comes another TCM premiere: Boycott (2001), a biographical drama that originally aired on HBO and features Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King. The MLK Day commemoration continues into late night and early tomorrow with four more films, including the Best Picture Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night (1967), led by Best Actor winner Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier.
The Inauguration of Donald J. Trump
Various Networks, beginning at 10am Live
ABC, CBS, C-SPAN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, NBC, PBS and more TV networks air coverage of the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as he is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. FOX News Channel’s entire Monday programming lineup originates from Washington with coverage surrounding the inauguration and related events.
NBA TV & TNT, beginning at 12pm Live
The NBA celebrates the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with the Dallas Mavericks at the Charlotte Hornets (NBA TV), and the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Memphis Grizzlies and the Boston Celtics at the Golden State Warriors (TNT).
9-1-1: Lone Star FOX, 8pm
New Episodes!
Rob Lowe returns as Capt. Owen Strand as this 9-1-1 spinoff set in Austin, Texas, begins airing its final episodes. Gina Torres and Ronen Rubinstein also star.
Rescue: HI-Surf FOX, 9pm
New Episodes!
The action drama following the lifeguards who patrol the shores of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle coastline returns with new Season 1 episodes. Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos and Kekoa Kekumano star.
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Tuesday, Jan. 21
ESPN & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
Tuesday night college basketball action features Butler at UConn and Creighton at DePaul (FS1), and North Carolina at Wake Forest (ESPN).
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live
The Knicks head across the East River to face their New York rivals, the Nets, at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. TNT’s second game has the Philadelphia 76ers in Denver to battle the Nuggets.
St. Denis Medical: “Gimme the Scuttlebutt”
NBC, 8pm
An “intimacy in the workplace” discussion leads Joyce (Wendi McLendon-Covey) to discover she’s out of the loop on office gossip; Alex (Allison Tolman) gets self-conscious about her sex life; and Bruce (Josh Lawson) tries to fight a new policy about dating coworkers.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: “Stranger Than Fiction”
PBS, 8pm
Travel across China and the American South in this episode featuring the ancestry of American author Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
Star of the Month: George Raft TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Tuesday night celebration of famed actor/dancer George Raft, one of the more stylish of the screen’s leading men in the 1930s and ’40s, continues this evening with five more of his films. Highlights include Background to Danger (1943), a spy thriller costarring Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre; Johnny Angel (1945), a noir also featuring Claire Trevor and Hoagy Carmichael; and Nocturne (1946), another one of the many noirs Raft made.
Night Court: “The Jakeout”
NBC, 8:30pm
After learning that Jake (Ryan Hansen) has never been in a long-term relationship, Abby (Melissa Rauch) is determined to find his secret “dealbreaker.” Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) and Julianne (Wendie Malick) go head-to-head to prove they don’t have feelings for each other.
Deal or No Deal Island: “Chain of Command”
NBC, 9pm
Secrets are threatened as the remaining 12 players vie for influence, and a challenge winner makes a divisive split decision.
The Joe Schmoe Show TBS, 9pm
New Series!
Hosted by five-time Emmy Award nominee Cat Deeley, this 10-episode comedy breathes new life into the hit 2003 series of the same name — delivering a bold, modern twist that takes aim at the absurdity of reality TV. At the heart of this ingenious setup is Ben, an unsuspecting electrician from Baltimore, who believes he’s competing for a $100,000 prize on a popular game show. What he doesn’t know is that he’s surrounded by a cast of highly skilled improv comedians and the entire production is an elaborate hoax. In the premiere, “Ben From Baltimore,” Ben has unknowingly been cast on a fake reality competition show, The Goat, surrounded by actors and scripted by a team of writers. Ben puts the entire production on high alert when he is immediately suspicious of a fellow contestant.
The Irrational: “Now You Don’t”
NBC, 10pm
Alec (Jesse L. Martin) brings Rose (Karen David) on a date to a magic club he frequents where a friend is the headliner. But the evening turns deadly when an audience member is inexplicably killed onstage, and seemingly by magic.
Wednesday, Jan. 22
ESPN2 & FS1, 7pm Live
The Kansas Jayhawks visit the TCU Horned Frogs on ESPN2 and the Xavier Musketeers duel with the St. John’s Red Storm at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on FS1.
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
ESPN’s Wednesday night NBA twin bill has the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors at the Sacramento Kings.
Chicago Med: “Broken Hearts”
NBC, 8pm
An army of surgeons prepares to separate conjoined twins; Asher (Jessy Schram) reconnects with someone from her past; and Archer (Steven Weber) treats a tyrannical boss with a heart problem.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
Smithsonian Channel, 8pm
Uniquely colorized footage and compelling eyewitness testimony reveal the true cost and destruction of total war for the military and civilians alike. The discovery and liberation of the camps reveal the unique depravity and horror of the Nazi tyranny and the postwar efforts to reconstruct Western Europe from the ashes of destruction.
Becoming Hitchcock — Part 2 TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Picking up from last week and continuing to be inspired by the 2024 documentary Becoming Hitchcock — The Legacy of Blackmail, which will re-air later tonight/early tomorrow, this evening’s lineup resumes a look at the earlier works of Alfred Hitchcock to explore how they helped develop what would become the director’s signature style. Leading up to the encore of the documentary are several of Hitch’s British films: the original The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1936), Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). After the Becoming Hitchcock re-air, the lineup concludes with Hitchcock’s second American film, the spy thriller Foreign Correspondent (1940).
Raid the Cage: “Momma’s House”
CBS, 9pm
Teams of mother-child duos face off in the new episode “Momma’s House.” Whose unbreakable bond will lead to bigger prizes? Damon Wayans Jr. and Jeannie Mai host.
Expedition X Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 9, Josh Gates again leads his team of investigators — Phil Torres and Heather Amaro — as they travel the world exploring the mysterious and unexplained.
Pawn Stars History, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 23 begins with “Pawn It to My Heart,” in which ’80s icon Taylor Dayne tells it to Rick’s heart when she gives him first dibs at some memorabilia from her tours. Later, Chum hopes the Force is strong with him as a seller brings in a nutcracker Darth Vader, and Corey tries to hit a high note when a seller comes into the shop with an award given to Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner.
Chicago Fire: “Chaos Theory”
NBC, 9pm
The team responds to a crisis at a community center, while Severide (Taylor Kinney) investigates one of his squad members and Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) helps a teacher going through a post-incident spin-out.
Expedition Bigfoot Discovery Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Season 6 of this series that follows an elite team of Sasquatch specialists seeking Bigfoot in the Northern California wilderness kicks off with “Why Are They Here?”
Chicago P.D.: “Zoe”
NBC, 10pm
An unexpected visitor causes disruption for Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) amid an emotional investigation involving an unidentified young girl.
NHL Hockey: Florida at Los Angeles
TNT & truTV, 10pm Live
Sam Reinhart and the Florida Panthers are at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to skate against Anze Kopitar and the Kings.
Thursday, Jan. 23
Carl Weber’s The Family Business: New Orleans BET+
New Series!
This spinoff of The Family Business welcomes a new branch of the Duncan family tree — the New Orleans side, who are known for their popular casino/nightclub Midnight Blues, where tourists, titans of industry, and trap kings and queens party side-by-side. But the club also holds secrets so dark that it could turn the Big Easy upside down. Brandon T. Jackson, Lela Rochon, Benjamin Stephens, Pooch Hall, Quincy Brown, David Banner, Yvette Nicole Brown and Orlando Jones lead the cast. The series kicks off with two episodes today, with new episodes available Thursdays.
Father Brown BritBox
Season Premiere!
Mark Williams is back as the charismatic clergyman of the title in Season 12 of this British mystery series based on the classic character created by G.K. Chesterton. Following the exciting proposal at the end of Season 11, the sleepy village of Kembleford is abuzz with good news as Mrs. Devine (Claudie Blakley) and Chief Inspector Sullivan (Tom Chambers) look forward to their wedding. But with a medieval death occurring at a Tudor battle reenactment, Mrs. Devine finding herself accused of murder, Sergeant Goodfellow’s (John Burton) professional future thrown into question and Brenda (Ruby-May Martinwood) ballroom dancing on national television, Father Brown and the gang are busier than ever. New episodes are available Thursdays.
The Night Agent Netflix
Season Premiere!
The last time viewers saw Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), he was used to picking up the phone. Now, as this action thriller that was Netflix’s most-watched series by views in 2023 returns, he will be the one making the calls as he finds himself fully immersed as a Night Agent in the mysterious world of Night Action, a top-secret organization rife with deadly threats.
Noir to Die For! MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Enjoy a day of thrilling film noir titles from the golden age of that genre, with a lineup featuring The Hoodlum (1951), led by Lawrence Tierney and Allene Roberts; I Love Trouble (1948), with Franchot Tone and Janet Blair; Backlash (1947), starring Jean Rogers and Richard Travis; Suspense (1946), with Belita (former Olympic skater-turned-actress Belita Jepson-Turner) and Barry Sullivan; The House on 92nd Street (1945), featuring William Eythe and Lloyd Nolan; Shock (1946), starring Vincent Price and Lynn Bari; The Bigamist (1953), led by Edmond O’Brien, Joan Fontaine and Ida Lupino; The Amazing Mr. X (1948), with Turhan Bey and Bari; The Unfaithful (1947), starring Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott and Eve Arden; The Snake Pit (1948), with Best Actress Oscar nominee Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn and Celeste Holm; Vicki (1953), led by Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters; Panic in the Streets (1950), starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes and Jack Palance; and Dangerous Passage (1944), with Robert Lowery and Phyllis Brooks.
2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships
USA Network, 7pm Live
The best figure skaters and ice dancers in the country compete in Wichita, Kansas, for the national championship. Tonight’s events include the pairs and women’s short program competitions. USA Network, Peacock and NBC air coverage through Sunday.
Hollywood Squares
CBS, 8pm
The revival of the classic game show continues with the new back-to-back episodes “Sixty for Swifty” and “It’s a Kiss Party.” Celebrity guests include Tyra Banks, Tiffany Haddish, Andrew Rannells, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Julie Bowen, Margaret Cho, Leslie Jones, Kevin Nealon and RuPaul. Nate Burleson hosts with Drew Barrymore as the center square.
Police 24/7 The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of the action-packed reality series that goes behind the scenes of real police departments nationwide starts tonight.
Law & Order: “Greater Good”
NBC, 8pm
When a music mogul is found dead, Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and Riley (Reid Scott) clash with an undercover officer unwilling to cooperate, while Price (Hugh Dancy) and Baxter (Tony Goldwyn) disagree on how the victim’s reputation could sway the jury’s verdict in the case.
Crime Nation The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The second season of the docuseries that delves deep into riveting true-crime sensations that have captured the attention of the nation begins tonight.
Lost Treasures of the Bible Nat Geo, 9pm
Season Finale!
The first season concludes with “The Real King Herod,” in which archaeologists reveal the truth about the Bible’s murderous monarch.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Master Key”
NBC, 9pm
When a teen from a group home goes missing, the squad must quickly determine if he ran away or was abducted. Velasco (Octavio Pisano) puts pressure on the system at large for letting children slip through the cracks.
Velvet PBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the last episode of the season, titled “Night of the Queen,” the day before the wedding, Cristina’s (Manuela Velasco) dress disappears, and Ana (Paula Echevarría) does her best to save the ceremony.
Found: “Missing While Outed”
NBC, 10pm
A college student disappears after a fraternity prank outs him as gay, and M&A mobilizes to trace his whereabouts. Meanwhile, the pressure for Gabi’s (Shanola Hampton) arrest reaches a boiling point, and Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) becomes increasingly bold in his quest for Gabi.
Friday, Jan. 24
ESPN2, FOX & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
Highlights of Friday college hoops action include Villanova at Marquette, Penn State at Iowa and UCLA at Washington (FS1), Saint Joseph’s at Dayton (ESPN2), and Michigan at Purdue (FOX).
NHL Hockey: Vegas at Dallas
ESPN, 7:30pm Live
Jack Eichel leads the Vegas Golden Knights into Dallas to skate against Matt Duchene and the Stars tonight on ESPN.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us The CW, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The magic continues with the legendary entertainment duo of Penn & Teller and host Brooke Burke as they return for Season 11.
It Was All a Dream? TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong look at notable films that have used dream sequences, featured stories that turned out to be only a dream or used other aspects of dreams, daydreams and nightmares onscreen continues tonight. Up first is the classic musical Oklahoma! (1955), featuring a lovely “dream ballet.” Another musical follows: Cabin in the Sky (1943), notable, especially for its time, for its all-Black cast, including Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson and Lena Horne. Jack Benny leads the next film, director Raoul Walsh’s comedy/fantasy The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945). The lineup concludes with the silent comedy/drama The Kid (1921), starring Charlie Chaplin in his first full-length film as a director, and 6-year-old Jackie Coogan as a young foundling baby; I Married an Angel (1942), a musical led by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; and the fantasy comedy/drama Turn Back the Clock (1933).
Masters of Illusion The CW, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 11 of this mystifying series featuring escape artists, cutting-edge illusionists and talented performers begins tonight.
Harpoon Hunters Discovery Channel, 9pm
New Series!
Armed with 10-foot electrified spears, multigenerational fishing families race against the clock to catch one of the fastest fish in the world — the bluefin tuna — off the coast of Cape Cod. With each fish worth as much as $10,000 and a fishing season of only four weeks, time is of the essence in this high-octane world.
My Best Friend’s an Animal Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
Season Finale!
Season 1 concludes with back-to-back hourlong episodes. “Penny, Chunk and Faith” visits Penny the pigeon and a refugee who finds comfort in beekeeping, while in “Jasper, Terry and Gumbo,” an invasive nutria becomes a part of the family, and we meet Gumbo the goose.
NFL Icons: “DeMarcus Ware”
MGM+, 10pm
The NFL Films documentary series continues with a look at DeMarcus Ware, who was a ferocious pass rusher for the Dallas Cowboys (2005-13) before joining the Broncos and helping guide Denver to a win in Super Bowl 50.
Tennis: Australian Open: Women’s Final
ESPN, 3:30am Live (late night)
The Australian Open women’s singles final takes place at Melbourne Park. ESPN2 airs an encore presentation later Saturday morning.
Saturday, Jan. 25
ABC & ESPN, beginning at 12pm Live
Saturday’s NBA action tips off on ESPN with the Indiana Pacers at the San Antonio Spurs, followed by three games on ABC with the Denver Nuggets at the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Boston Celtics at the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Finals rematch and the L.A. Lakers at the Golden State Warriors.
CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, FOX & FS1, beginning at 12pm Live
Top games on the college hardcourt include Pittsburgh at Syracuse (ESPN2), Georgetown at Providence (FOX), Michigan State at Rutgers (CBS), Seton Hall at Creighton (FS1), Duke at Wake Forest (ESPN), UConn at Xavier (FOX) and Cincinnati at BYU (ESPN2).
Asia BBC America, 8pm
New Series!
From the jungles of Borneo to the Siberian wilderness, explore the diverse and fascinating wildlife living across every corner of Asia in this new series presented by Emmy Award-winning biologist Sir David Attenborough. The first episode, titled “Beneath the Waves,” focuses on the creatures of Asia’s oceans, including tiny fish that climb trees, squid that glow in the dark and grey reef sharks that hunt in groups that can number in the hundreds.
The Perfect Setting Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
An aspiring jewelry designer (Laci J. Mailey) returns to Belgium to visit her grandfather (David Elsendoorn) and hopefully win the Valentine’s Day Diamond Contest.
Mary J. Blige’s Family Affair Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Inspired by Mary J. Blige’s bestselling hit “Family Affair,” the film continues Kendra (Ajiona Alexus) and Ben’s (Da’Vinchi) epic love story first shared in two films in 2023. The new film picks up as Kendra and Ben move out of the city in hopes of finally building a life together, but struggle with fertility issues and family. Their relationship reaches a boiling point when Ben secretly helps his brother, and Kendra returns to the city and an old friend comes back into her life.
The Diary of Anne Frank MOVIES!, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Best Director Oscar nominee George Stevens’ powerful, Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1959 drama is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1955 play of the same name, which itself was drawn from the posthumously published writings of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who lived in hiding from the Nazis with her family in the Netherlands during World War II before ultimately dying in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at age 15. Millie Perkins made her film debut as Anne, and the exceptional cast also includes Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Shelley Winters as Petronella Van Daan (a pseudonym given by Anne in her diary to Auguste van Pels, the matriarch of the family that hid with the Franks); and Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Ed Wynn as Albert Dussel (real name Fritz Pfeffer, a German dentist who hid with the Frank and van Pels families). A few actors reprise their stage roles: Joseph Schildkraut as Anne’s father, Otto; Gusti Huber as Anne’s mother, Edith; and Lou Jacobi as Hans Van Daan (real name Hermann van Pels, Auguste’s husband).
Saturday Night’s Main Event
NBC, 8pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
This second installment of NBC’s revival of WWE’s popular 1982-92 franchise will take place at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
Kobe: The Making of a Legend CNN, 9pm
New Series!
Five years after his tragic passing, this three-part series chronicles the private story of the unseen forces that propelled the ascension of Kobe Bryant into an NBA legend, and the personal transformations he confronted along the way. Other notable basketball names featured in the series are Jalen Brunson, Tracy McGrady and Sheryl Swoopes.
Austin City Limits
PBS, 11pm
Country music artist Mickey Guyton and Latin singer-songwriter Carín León perform hits and highlights from their discographies.
Saturday Night Live
NBC, 11:30pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
A new SNL episode airs tonight; Timothée Chalamet will serve as both host and musical guest.
Tennis: Australian Open: Men’s Final
ESPN, 3:30am Live (late night)
The men’s singles championship match at the Australian Open takes place at Melbourne Park. ESPN2 airs an encore of the match later Sunday morning.
