Sunday on TV – 12/29/19

Tonight is the series premiere of Flirty Dancing on FOX at 8:01/7:01c (or after football). In the show, hosted by actress, producer and dancer Jenna Dewan, complete strangers are taught a dance routine, then meet for the first time on a blind date at a breathtaking location, as they dance together without saying a word. Singles will perform a different choreographed dance with each of two potential love interests, before choosing the one with whom he/she has the strongest connection. Will it be love at first dance?
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Dare Me on USA Network at 10/9c. Based on the acclaimed novel by Megan Abbott, who serves as writer and executive producer along with Gina Fattore, the show is an unflinching exploration of teen angst, jealousy, loyalty and the dynamics of power in a small Midwestern town. Peering behind the all-American facade, the series dives into the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading. It follows the fraught relationship between two best friends (Herizen Guardiola, The Get Down, and Marlo Kelly) after a new coach (Willa Fitzgerald, Behind Enemy Lines, Little Women, Scream) arrives to bring their team to prominence. While the girls’ friendship is put to the test, their young lives are changed forever when a shocking crime rocks their quiet rust belt town. Part coming-of-age story, part sport drama, part murder mystery, the show exposes the physical and psychological extremes that some young women are willing to endure in order to get ahead. The show also stars Amanda Brugel (Eyewitness), Chris Zylka (Bloodlines, The Leftovers, The Secret Circle, Teen Spirit), Joyful Drake (Let’s Stay Together), (Mamma Dallas, MOB, Opposite Sex), Rob Heaps (Imposters), Tammy Blanchard (Amish Grace, Empire State, Hoke, Living Proof, Sybil), & Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries), as well as Adrian Walters, Alison Thornton, Antonio J. Bell, & Taveeta Syzmanowicz.
 
Finally, tonight is the series premiere of Lost in the Wild on Travel Channel at 11/10c. Earth’s lush terrain and shining seas can hide tales of adventures gone terribly wrong, where people have met mysterious ill-fated ends. With little evidence and few fragmented clues, the trail to truth eventually runs cold. In this new series, veteran explorers J.J. Kelley and Kinga Philipps are reinvestigating these perplexing cases, venturing into the perilous unknown in search of answers. In each one-hour episode, filmmaker and explorer J.J. Kelley and journalist Kinga Philipps retrace the harrowing steps of adventurers whose journeys took an unexpected turn for the worse. Picking up where the official investigation has ended, the duo sets off on foot to follow the path they believe will lead them to answers, interviewing witnesses and locals along the way. From trekking deep in the Amazon jungle in search of idealists looking for a lost city to climbing a treacherous mountain in Africa where dozens have vanished, the duo combine their wilderness and sleuthing skills to navigate their way toward the truth. Confronted with risky and uncertain situations, they test their own limits to investigate missed clues and new evidence behind these baffling cases.