This Week on TV – 1/2/22-1/8/22

Welcome to a great new week of TV! I had a great time away, but I’m ready to get back to some good TV. There’s a lot on, including some new stuff that premiered last week, so make sure you check out the schedule so you don’t miss anything!

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Sunday

Sunday features 5 series premieres, 3 season premieres, & 1 season finale. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the series premiere Around the World in 80 Days on PBS at 8/7c. Around the World in 80 Days is a thrilling, new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel. David Tennant (Good Omens, Doctor Who) stars as literature’s greatest explorer, Phileas Fogg. He is joined on his incredible journey by French actor Ibrahim Koma (OSS 117, Wùlu) as Jean Passepartout, Fogg’s irrepressible valet, and German actress Leonie Benesch (The Crown, Babylon Berlin) as Abigail “Fix” Fortescue, a determined and headstrong journalist.
 
Tonight is the series premiere Next Level Chef on FOX at 8/7c. Gordon Ramsay is back in the next evolution in cooking competitions. The series features a one-of-a-kind culinary gauntlet — which Ramsay designed — set on an iconic stage like you’ve never seen. Over three stories high, each floor contains a stunningly different kitchen. From the glistening top floor to the challenging bottom of the basement, the ingredients will match the environment, because Ramsay believes the true test of a great chef is not only what they can do in the best of circumstances, but what kind of magic they can create in the worst! With a level playing field, Ramsay has opened up the competition and scoured the country for the very best line cooks, home chefs, social media stars, food truck owners and everything in between, all competing against one another with the goal of finding the food world’s newest superstar. Joined by two elite names in the food world, chefs Nyesha Arrington and Gino D’Acampo, Ramsay and his co-mentors will leave no stone unturned, as they each recruit a group of the talented young chefs, and take them under their wings. Ramsay and his friends will attempt to bring out the very best in their cooks, as they all try to find “the one.”
 
Tonight is the series premiere Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime on the Food Network at 9/8c. Guy Fieri is expanding his successful restaurant empire and is searching for one talented food entrepreneur to run their own Chicken Guy! franchise. Guy was flooded with applications from all over the country and chose the seven top candidates to participate in the most intense, high stakes job interview they could ever dream of, to become the owner of the newest location of the Chicken Guy! franchise. The candidates must prove they can successfully lead every aspect of the food business, from culinary, to marketing, and to front of house hospitality. Over the course of the six hour-long episodes, there is unexpected drama and a surprising turn of events when one of the candidates breaks under the pressure. Only one will have their destiny changed forever when they win the ultimate chance of lifetime.
 
Tonight is the series premiere This Came Out of Me on the Discovery Channel at 9:01/8:01c. Working in the Emergency Room is all about rolling with the punches and is not for the squeamish. For the doctors and nurses at the 21 SignatureCare Emergency Center locations throughout Texas, it’s a chance to take on the challenge of helping people with painful, unusual, and sometimes even gruesome emergency cases. In an all-new series that asks the question “how did that get there?” audiences will be guided by fashion model turned ER physician, Dr. Ruby Rose, one of twenty-one medical directors who oversee these freestanding ERs. She will treat us to everyday situations in which things end up in places they just shouldn’t be – from a monster bug getting stuck in a patient’s ear to a piece of concrete getting trapped in a patient’s leg, what goes in must come out!
 
Tonight is the series premiere Alex vs. America on the Food Network at 10/9c. Alex Guarnaschelli is one of the most accomplished and revered chefs in the culinary arena, having won virtually every battle she has ever competed in. Now, over the course of five weeks, 15 brave chefs from across the United States take their best shot at beating Alex for the ultimate culinary triumph. Hosted by acclaimed chef Eric Adjepong, each episode features three culinary superstars competing over two rounds against one another as well as against Alex. These competitors might hail from different states, but they all share the same mastery of a specific ingredient or dish, one that they have spent endless hours in their own kitchens perfecting and which will now be tested in an effort to take down one of the country’s most formidable chefs.
 

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Tonight is the 2-hour Science Channel special, Shipwreck Secrets – Birth of the Bermuda Triangle at 7/6c. Using the latest cutting-edge tech, a team of experts investigate new leads behind the SS Cotopaxi, a mysterious shipwreck that may have launched the infamous legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
 
Tonight are 2 1-hour specials for Expedition Deep Ocean on Science Channel. First up, it’s “Atlantic Ocean: Earthquake Abyss” at 9/8c. Victor Vescovo’s team searches for the deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean. Then it’s “Southern Ocean: Into the Freezer” at 10/9c. Victor Vescovo’s team searches for the deepest point of the Southern Ocean.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Yellowstone – Paramount @ 8/7c (96-Minute Season Finale)
  • *Series Premiere*Alex vs. America – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • *Series Premiere*Around the World in 80 Days – PBS @ 8/7c
  • *Series Premiere*Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Next Level Chef – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *Series Premiere*This Came Out of Me – Discovery Channel @ 9:01/8:01c
  • *Season Premiere*Dirty Jobs – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*Mountain Monsters – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Vengeance – HLN @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes Including Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Expedition Deep Ocean – Science Channel @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 1-Hour Specials)
  • *Sports*Football Night in America – NBC @ 7/6c
  • *Special*Shipwreck Secrets – Birth of the Bermuda Triangle – Science Channel @ 7/6c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Sports*Sunday Night Football – NBC @ 8:20/7:20c (Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers)
  • *New*1883 – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days – TLC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*90 Day Pillow Talk: Before the 90 Days – TLC @ 11/10c
  • *New*American Monster – ID @ 9/8c
  • *New*America’s Funniest Home Videos – ABC @ 7/6c
  • *New*Celebrity Wheel of Fortune – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Cheat Day USA – Cooking Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Claws – USA Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Dexter: New Blood – Showtime @ 9/8c
  • *New*Home Town – HGTV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Mayor of Kingstown – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*NCIS: LA – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*SEAL Team – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Sister Wives – TLC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Snapped – Oxygen @ 6/5c
  • *New*Supermarket Sweep – ABC @ 9/8c
  • *New*S.W.A.T. – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*The ’80s: Top Ten – NGC @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*The Equalizer – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Great North – FOX @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Atlanta Porsha’s Family Matters – Bravo @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Real Murders of Orange County – Oxygen @ 7/6c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*The Simpsons – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Top Ten Revealed – AXS TV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Yellowjackets – Showtime @ 10/9c

Monday

Monday features 4 series premieres, 3 season premieres, & 1 season finale. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the series premiere of My Celebrity Dream Wedding on VH1 at 9/8c. Three top wedding planners pitch their celebrity-inspired ideas to a soon-to-be-married couple, the bride chooses one to plan the nuptials, and the runners-up act as assistants to help pull off the vision on a limited budget.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of That’s My Jam on NBC at 9/8c. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon, this is an hourlong music and comedy variety game show that draws inspiration from the most popular Tonight Show games. Each episode features two teams of two celebrities competing for a charity of their choice in a series of music, dance, and trivia-based games and musical performances. Signature games to be played include Launch the Mic, Air Guitar, Don’t Drop the Beat, Perfect Mash-Up, Wheel of Impossible Karaoke, Slay It, Don’t Spray It and many more.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of The Cleaning Lady on FOX at 9/8c. This is a thrilling and emotionally driven character drama about a whip-smart Cambodian doctor who comes to the US for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. However, when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the organized crime, using her cunning and intelligence to forge her own path in the criminal underworld. Thony (Elodie Yung, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) had it all: a successful career, a handsome husband, and a child on the way. But when their son, Luca (newcomers Valentino and Sebastien LaSalle), was diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder, her husband’s own secrets begin to emerge, leaving Thony to save the boy on her own. Now in Las Vegas with her sister-in-law, Fiona (Martha Millan The OA), Thony waits for a matching bone marrow donor for Luca, while struggling to make ends meet as an undocumented worker. Then, through an unexpected connection with the mobster Arman Morales (Adan Canto, Designated Survivor), Thony learns she can now save Luca, even if it means sacrificing her own soul in the process. Crossing into a world of moral grays, Thony begins to live a double life, keeping secrets from her family, while cleaning crime scenes for Arman and dodging the law. Based on the original Argentine series, The Cleaning Lady is a story of empowerment, resilience, and the human spirit that asks us all if the ends justify the means. Also staring is Oliver Hudson as Garrett Miller.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Ugliest House in America on HGTV at 10/9c. Hosted by Retta, a home design enthusiast, as well as a comedian and actress known for her roles in Parks and Recreation and Good Girls, the new series will feature tours of 12 properties that were nominated by homeowners who believe their design-challenged home is one of the worst in the country. During the series, Retta will share her hilarious reviews of each unsightly home and comment on failed flips, gaudy designs and heinous hodge-podge horrors. Based on its ugly appearance, poor functionality and surprising design choices, one house will be deemed the “ugliest house in America” by HGTV and the network will award its homeowners a showstopping $150,000 renovation completed by Alison Victoria, one of its top stars.
 

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Tonight is the 1-hour Darcey & Stacey special, “Catching Up with the Silva Twins,” on TLC at 8/7c. Favorites from 90 Day Fiancé watch a special episode of Darcey & Stacey; David and Annie, Kalani and Kolini, Loren and Alexei, and Tim and Veronica are watching along, and no one is holding back!
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*Under the Vines – Acorn TV @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Series Premiere*My Celebrity Dream Wedding – VHI @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*That’s My Jam – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*The Cleaning Lady – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Ugliest House in America – HGTV @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*9-1-1: Lone Star – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*Kenan – NBC @ 8/7c & 8:30/7:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *Season Premiere*The Bachelor – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Darcey & Stacey – TLC @ 8/7c (1-Hour “Catching Up with the Silva Twins” Special)
  • *Sports*Monday Night Football – ESPN @ 8:15/7:15c (Cleveland at Pittsburgh)
  • *Special*Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules – Bravo @ 9:15/8:15c (1-Hour “Preview” Special)
  • *New*1000-lb Sisters – TLC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Below Deck – Bravo @ 8/7c (75-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Bob (Hearts) Abishola – CBS @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*House Hunters – HGTV @ 10:32/9:32c
  • *New*Kids Baking Championship – Food Network @ 8/7c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Maine Cabin Masters – DIY @ 9/8c
  • *New*Mysteries of the Unknown – Travel Channel @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episodes)
  • *New*NCIS – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*NCIS: Hawai’i – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Nightly Pop – E! @ 11/10c
  • *New*Ordinary Joe – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (4-Hour New Episodes)
  • *New*The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Comedy Central @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Larkins – Acorn TV @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Neighborhood – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Tough Love with Hilary Farr – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*VH1 Family Reunion: Love & Hip Hop Edition – VH1 @ 8/7c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen – Bravo @ 10:15/9:15c
  • *New*WWE Raw – USA Network @ 8/7c

Tuesday

Tuesday features 3 series premieres, 5 season premieres, & 1 season finale. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the series premiere of Judge Steve Harvey on ABC at 8/7c. Steve Harvey serves as the judge, jury, and star on this new series. Real-life people with real-life conflicts will present their case in his courtroom, ranging from family disputes, unpaid bets, sour friendships and everything in between. With the help of Nancy, his trusted bailiff by trade, Steve plays by his own rules, basing his courtroom on his own life experiences and some good old common sense.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Abbott Elementary on ABC at 9/8c. In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers – and a slightly tone-deaf principal – are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible educators may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do – even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children. It stars Chris Perfetti, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, & Tyler James.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Murder Under the Friday Night Lights on ID at 10/9c. For many small towns across America, a Friday night spent under the blinding lights of the local high school football stadium cheering the home team onto victory is the glue that holds a community together. But, what happens when the Friday night lights shut off and the town’s beloved team finds themselves embroiled in the center of a tragic crime? How does a community so devoted to football reckon with the aftermath – one that may force them to either cope with the devastating loss of one of their own or look at their treasured team and players differently? A new series from ID takes an unflinching look at the shocking and tragic cases of dangerous obsessions, brutal violence and even murder surrounding local high school football teams, tarnishing the sport these communities hold sacred. Featuring cases from across the country, accounts from those who knew these crimes intimately, and gripping archival footage, the series showcases how a tragedy that happens off the field can have ramifications far beyond the championship game. From a football player in a small Texas town terrorizing his team’s cheerleaders to a promising football star gunned down before he could start his freshman season at University of Oregon, this new series gives viewers a first-hand account of tragic crimes that have not only turned the lives of the high school football players on these teams upside down – but have torn entire communities apart. Over the course of six episodes, the series showcases exactly what happens when football is the lifeblood of the town…and real blood is spilled.
 

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Tonight is a 1-hour Speak Sis “Physical Health” special on OWN at 8/7c. Oprah and a panel of experts talk about how self-care, healing, and laughter are changing the conversation around mental health.
 
Following that is a 2-hour special, Eggs Over Easy: Black Women & Fertility, on OWN at 9/8c. Exploring the taboo subject of fertility in the Black community; Black women, including Oscar-nominated actress Andra Day, share stories of adoption, surrogacy, IVF and other methods to becoming a mother.
 
Tonight is an ABC News Special, Homegrown: Standoff to Rebellion, on Hulu at 12:01AM/11:01AMc. The documentary will provide a look at the days, events and conversations leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, from the eyes of anti-government groups, with interviews from Ammon Bundy, a former Oath Keeper, extremism experts and several ABC News correspondents who were at the Capitol that day.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*7 Little Johnstons – TLC @ 8/7c
  • *Series Premiere*Abbott Elementary – ABC @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Judge Steve Harvey – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *Series Premiere*Murder Under the Friday Night Lights – ID @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Beyond Oak Island – History Channel @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*black-ish – ABC @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *Season Premiere*Finding Your Roots – PBS @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 New Episodes Including Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Street Outlaws: Fastest in America – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (3-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*This Is Us – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *Special*Eggs Over Easy: Black Women & Fertility – OWN @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Greek Vacation – FOX @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Homegrown: Standoff to Rebellion – Hulu @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *Special*Speak Sis – OWN @ 8/7c (2-Hour “Physical Health” Special)
  • *New*American Auto – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Barnwood Builders – DIY @ 9/8c
  • *New*Chopped – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*FBI – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*FBI: International – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*FBI: Most Wanted – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Finding Your Roots – PBS @ 8/7c
  • *New*Fixer to Fabulous – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Full Custom Garage – MotorTrend @ 10/9c
  • *New*Grand Crew – NBC @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*House Hunters – HGTV @ 10:32/9:32c
  • *New*I am Jazz – TLC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Inside the NFL – Paramount+ @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Life Below Zero – NGC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Life Therapy – TV One @ 10/9c
  • *New*Man in the Arena – ESPN+ @ 9/8c
  • *New*Murder in the Heartland – ID @ 10/9c
  • *New*New Amsterdam – NBC @ 10:03/9:03c
  • *New*Nightly Pop – E! @ 11:30/10:30c
  • *New*Queens – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Raid the Fridge – Food Network @ 10/9c
  • *New*Shipping Wars – A&E @ 10/9c & 10:30/9:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Storage Wars – A&E @ 9/8c & 9:30/8:30c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*The Curse of Oak Island – History Channel @ 8/7c & 9/8c (1-Hour “Drilling Down” Special & 1 New Episode)
  • *New*The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Comedy Central @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon – NBC @ 11:34/10:34c
  • *New*Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living – BET @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*Tyler Perry’s House of Payne – BET @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ugliest House in America – HGTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*Vanderpump Rules – Bravo @ 9/8c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen – Bravo @ 10/9c
  • *New*WWE NXT – USA Network @ 8/7c

Wednesday

Wednesday features 4 series premieres, 7 season premieres, & 1 season finale. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Tonight is the series premiere of Catfish UK: The TV Show on MTV at 9/8c. For the last 10 years, Catfish has been helping hopefuls find out who they’ve really been talking to. But now it’s time to go fishing in the UK! Hosts Julie Adenuga and Oobah Butler are here to help ‘hopefuls’ find out if the person they’ve fallen for is real.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Good Sam on CBS at 10/9c. Sophia Bush (Chicago PD, One Tree Hill) and Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery & the Harry Potter films) star in a drama about Dr. Sam Griffith (Bush), a gifted heart surgeon who excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss falls into a coma. When her former boss wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent. Complicating matters is that the caustic and arrogant Dr. Rob “Griff” Griffith (Isaacs) also happens to be her father. As Griff defies Sam’s authority and challenges her medical expertise, the big question becomes whether this father and daughter will ever be able to mend their own relationship as expertly as they heal the hearts of their patients. It also stars Skye P. Marshall (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart), Michael Stahl-David (The Black Donnellys, My Generation), Omar Maskati (Brown Girls), Davi Santos (Tell Me a Story, Unrelated), Wendy Crewson (Beauty & The Beast, Georgetown, Saving Hope, When Hope Calls), & Edwin Hodge (The Tomorrow War, Six, Chicago Fire, Mental, Cougar Town, Boston Public).
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Moving for Love on HGTV at 11/10c. From the producers of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé, the series will follow long-distance relationships as they go through the ultimate test of finding their first home together. When these couples decide to take the big step of “closing the distance,” they will be forced to choose between two totally different locations—and one person will have to completely uproot their life.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Married at First Sight: Afterparty on Lifetime at 11:03/10:03c. This is a talk show that airs following every new episode of Married at First Sight and is hosted by the incredibly talented, Emmy nominated, actor, host and MAFS fan, Keshia Knight Pulliam. Fresh off screening that night’s episode, Keshia dishes with the MAFS current cast to get the inside scoop on the action, romance, and behind the scenes drama. Whether it’s laughter, tears, conflict or exclamations of true love, there is never a dull moment!
 

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Tonight is a 1-hour Speak Sis special on OWN at 8/7c (“Financial Health”), followed by a second at 9/8c (“Let’s Talk About Sex”). Oprah and a panel of experts talk about how self-care, healing, and laughter are changing the conversation around mental health.
 
Tonight is a 1-hour new episode of Engineering Catastrophes on Science Channel at 9/8c, followed by a 2-hour “Cincinnati Bridge Collapse” special at 10/9c. A bridge collapse in Cincinnati leaves one of America’s busiest highways at a standstill; an oil rig in a Louisiana lake drills into catastrophe.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*The Bradshaw Bunch – E! @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Catfish UK: The TV Show – MTV @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Good Sam – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *Series Premiere*Married at First Sight: Afterparty – Lifetime @ 11:03/10:03c
  • *Series Premiere*Moving for Love – HGTV @ 11/10c
  • *Season Premiere*American Greed – CNBC @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Catfish – MTV @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*I Can See Your Voice – FOX @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*Married at First Sight – Lifetime @ 8/7c (3-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*The Amazing Race – CBS @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Tyler Perry’s Sistas – BET @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Worst Cooks in America – Food Network @ 9/8c (90-Minute Season Premiere)
  • *Special*Speak Sis – OWN @ 8/7c & 9/8c (2 1-Hour Specials)
  • *New*AEW Dynamite – TNT @ 8/7c
  • *New*Calls from the Inside – ID @ 9/8c
  • *New*Chicago Fire – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Chicago Med – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*Chicago PD – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Engineering Catastrophes – Science Channel @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1-Hour New Episode & 2-Hour “Cincinnati Bridge Collapse” Special)
  • *New*Food Paradise – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Forged in Fire – History Channel @ 9/8c (1-Hour “200th” Episode!)
  • *New*Guy’s Grocery Games – Food Network @ 8/7c
  • *New*Hard Knocks – HBO @ 10/9c
  • *New*Home Economics – ABC @ 9:31/8:31c
  • *New*House Hunters – HGTV @ 10:31/9:31c
  • *New*Late Night with Seth Meyers – NBC @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*Moonshiners – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (3-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*My 600-Lb. Life – TLC @ 8/7c (2-Hour New Episode)
  • *New*Next Level Chef – FOX @ 9/8c
  • *New*Nightly Pop – E! @ 11:30/10:30c1
  • *New*Property Brothers: Forever Home – HGTV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Random Acts – BYUtv @ 7/6c
  • *New*Save My Skin – TLC @ 11/10c
  • *New*See No Evil – ID @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Book of Boba Fett – Disney+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Chase – ABC @ 10/9c
  • *New*The Conners – ABC @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Comedy Central @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Goldbergs – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Orange County – Bravo @ 9/8c (90-Minute New Episode)1
  • *New*The Real World Homecoming – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Wizard of Paws – BYUtv @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Wonder Years – ABC @ 8:30/7:30c
  • *New*Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller – NGC @ 9/8c & 10:15/9:15c (1 75-Minute New Episode & 1 1-Hour “Into the Underworld: Black Market Sex” Special)
  • *New*Ugliest House in America – HGTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*VICE News Tonight – VICE @ 11/10c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen – Bravo @ 10/9c

Thursday

Thursday features 4 series premieres, 4 season premieres, & 2 season finales. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Overnight was the series premiere of Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure on Peacock. A 6-part sports documentary series featuring stories that most people don’t know; the doubt from his coaches, the controversies with teammates, and the insecurities from within that drove one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the sport. The series also features exclusive footage, as well as interviews of many NFL personalities including Tom Brady, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, George Seifert, Ed Debartolo, Peyton Manning, Magic Johnson, and Ken Griffey Jr.
 
Tonight is the 2-hour series premiere of Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer on FOX at 8/7c. This is a new take on the original Joe Millionaire dating series that took the world by storm in 2003. The new series features two incredible single men…with one HUGE difference. One’s a millionaire, and the other is definitely NOT.
 
Tonight is the 2-hour series premiere of Women of the Movement on ABC at 8/7c. The 6-episode limited series is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world’s stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Let the World See on ABC at 10:01/9:01c. The special limited docuseries will chronicle Ms. Mamie Till-Mobley’s fierce quest for justice that sparked the civil rights movement after her son Emmett Till’s brutal murder, inspiring heroes like Ms. Rosa Parks and others to stand up boldly for their rights.
 

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Overnight was the feature film Always & Forever on ALLBLK. After a tragedy reunites Nicole with her childhood friends, they each find themselves in danger, targets of a deranged stalker. Nicole knows this can’t be a coincidence. The secrets of their past are coming back to haunt them. Starring Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robbie Jones, Loreeta Devine, Wood Harris, and Lauren London.
 
Overnight was the feature film Equal Standard on ALLBLK. New York City police officers lives collide in interweaving stories of race, rank, loss, and betrayal. Starring Ice-T, Marc John Jefferies, Maurice Benard, and Robert Clohessy.
 
Overnight was the feature film For the Sake of Vicious on Shudder. An innocent nurse, a tortured maniac and a suspicious hostage square off against a wave of violent intruders as they descend upon their place of refuge on Halloween night.
 
Tonight is the 1-hour special Twisted Killers on Oxygen at 9/8c. The shocking stories of some of America’s darkest and most unusual murderers, with insight from a trio of criminal experts.
 
Tonight is the 2-hour special Preserving Democracy: Pursing a More Perfect Union on PBS at 9/8c. Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of civil rights progress and backlash, the 2021 Capitol riot and beyond. Explore the impact of voter rights and a civics curriculum on engaged and informed citizens.
 
Tonight is the feature film The Tender Bar on Amazon at 12:01AM/11:01PMc. In 1972, 9-year-old J.R. Maguire moves into his grandfather’s dilapidated house in Long Island, NY. Searching for a father figure, he falls under the unconventional tutelage of his uncle Charlie, a charismatic, self-educated bartender who introduces him to a handful of the bar’s colorful regulars. As the years pass and J.R. grows into a young man, he tries to fulfill his dream of becoming a writer. It stars It stars Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Daniel Ranieri, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Briana Biddleton, Matthew Delamater, Max Martini, Max Casella, Rhenzy Feliz, Sondra James, & Meara Mahoney-Gross, Kimblery Howe, Ron Livingston, Anastasia Tsikhanava, Ivan Leung, Michael Braun, Quincy Tyler Berstine, Shannon Collis, Alissa Bourne, Kate Avallone, & Daniel Washington.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Season Finale*The Game – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Season Finale*The Pact – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Season Finale*Ultimate Rides – FYI @ 10/9c
  • *Series Premiere*Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer – FOX @ 8/7c (2-Hour Series Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure – Peacock @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Let the World See – ABC @ 10:01/9:01c
  • *Series Premiere*Women of the Movement – ABC @ 8/7c (2-Hour Series Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*A Time to Kill – ID @ 10/9c
  • *Season Premiere*Battlebots – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c
  • *Season Premiere*Go-Big Show – TBS @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Jersey Shore Family Vacation – MTV @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Always & Forever – ALLBLK @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Special*Equal Standard – ALLBLK @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Special*For the Sake of Vicious – Shudder @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Special*Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union – PBS @ 9/8c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*The Tender Bar – Amazon @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *Special*The Walking Dead – AMC+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (“Episode Diaries” Special)
  • *Special*Twisted Killers – Oxygen @ 9/8c (1-Hour Special)
  • *New*And Just Like That… – HBO Max @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*B Positive – CBS @ 9:30/8:30c
  • *New*Back in Time for Dinner – Cooking Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*Barrett-Jackson Revved Up – FYI @ 9/8c
  • *New*Beat Bobby Flay – Food Network @ 9/8c
  • *New*Bull – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Buried in the Backyard – Oxygen @ 8/7c
  • *New*Close to Me – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Firebite – AMC+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Flip or Flop – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Ghosts – CBS @ 9:01/8:01c
  • *New*Growing Up Hip Hop – WE @ 9/8c
  • *New*House Hunters – HGTV @ 10:35/9:35c
  • *New*Law & Order: OC – NBC @ 10/9c
  • *New*Law & Order: SVU – NBC @ 9/8c
  • *New*Lazy Car Dealer – MotorTrend @ 10/9c
  • *New*Messyness – MTV @ 9/8c
  • *New*Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles – Bravo @ 8/7c
  • *New*Mysteries of the Abandoned – Science Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Nightly Pop – E! @ 11/10c
  • *New*Paris in Love – Peacock @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Project Runway – Bravo @ 9/8c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Restaurant: Impossible – Food Network @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ruthless – BET+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Star Trek: Prodigy – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Station Eleven – HBO Max @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Steve on Watch – Facebook Watch @ 7AM/6AMc
  • *New*The Blacklist – NBC @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Challenge: All Stars – Paramount+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Comedy Central @ 11/10c
  • *New*The Expanse – Amazon @ 12:01AM/11:01PMc
  • *New*The First 48: Rookie Year – A&E @ 9/8c & 10/9c (1 New Episode & 1-Hour “The First 48 Presents Close to Home” Special)
  • *New*The Late Late Show with James Corden – CBS @ 12:37AM/11:37PMc
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Real Housewives of Miami – Peacock @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Ugliest House in America – HGTV @ 10/9c
  • *New*United States of Al – CBS @ 8:31/7:31c
  • *New*VICE News Tonight – VICE @ 11/10c
  • *New*Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen – Bravo @ 3:30AM/2:30AMc (Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning)
  • *New*Young Sheldon – CBS @ 8/7c

Friday

Friday features 3 series premieres & 5 season premieres. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Overnight was the complete first season premiere of Hype House on Netflix. Kouvr Annon, Nikita Dragun, Sienna Mae Gomez, Chase Hudson, Larri Merritt, Thomas Petrou, Alex Warren, and Jack Wright — a.k.a Hype House — will star in a new unscripted series that will reveal a side of themselves (and their relationships) that we rarely see!
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Ladies Who List: Atlanta on OWN at 9/8c. This is an eight-episode series that will follow six professional Black business women working in real estate — top-producing brokers, high-profile attorneys and luxury agents — and the clients they serve in the Atlanta market while managing their ever-changing work and personal relationships. They may be friends, but business is business.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Love During Lockup on WE at 9/8c. The show follows even more riveting firsts through the early stages of love, with plenty of romance, suspicion, and investigation, all long before a scheduled prison release. Every non-con has a unique strategy for finding love behind bars – whether they only seek drug offenders who are believed to be nonviolent, or a prison bae pushing a wrongful conviction. Other lonely civilians are simply on the hunt for their very own “hot felon,” with the model mugshot to prove it. Voracious viewers of the franchise are in for more drama, more mystery, scams, catfishing, and more crazy reveals than ever before. Love During Lockup will document the fascinating drama that unfolds when ordinary people first decide to pursue relationships with prison inmates, and an early dating period filled with a very specific set of unique challenges.
 

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Tonight is a 2-hour special, Mythical Beasts (and it’s NOT about the fans of Rhett & Linc on YouTube. 😉 ), on Science Channel at 8/7c. Werewolves and dragons are legendary, mythical creatures that may be more than the stuff of nightmares, and now, using the latest in cutting-edge science, experts reveal new discoveries that may explain the existence behind these wicked monsters.
 
Following that is a 1-hour special, Forbidden History, on Science Channel at 10/9c. Mythological tales of giants have appeared across ancient cultures for centuries, with many believing in their actual existence; now, Jamie Theakston meets with leading scientists to investigate the truth behind these enormous creatures.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Premiere*Hype House – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete First Season Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Ladies Who List: Atlanta – OWN @ 9/8c
  • *Series Premiere*Love During Lockup – WE @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch – Discovery Channel @ 10:03/9:03c
  • *Season Premiere*RuPaul’s Drag Race – VH1 @ 8/7c (2-Hour Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked – VH1 @ 9:30/8:30c (30-Minute Season Premiere Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Search Party – Netflix @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (Complete Fifth Season Premiere)
  • *Season Premiere*Undercover Boss – CBS @ 8/7c
  • *Special*Forbidden History – Science Channel @ 8/7c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*Mythical Beasts – Science Channel @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *New*A Haunting – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*AEW: Rampage – TNT @ 10/9c
  • *New*Ancient Aliens – History Channel @ 9/8c
  • *New*Blue Bloods – CBS @ 10/9c
  • *New*Chillin Island – HBO @ 10:30/9:30c
  • *New*Cold Case Files – A&E @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Family Massacre – Oxygen @ 9/8c
  • *New*Gold Rush – Discovery Channel @ 8/7c (123-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*Killer Siblings – Oxygen @ 8/7c
  • *New*Magnum P.I. – CBS @ 9/8c
  • *New*Nancy Drew – The CW @ 9/8c
  • *New*Penn & Teller: Fool Us – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ready to Love – OWN @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ridiculousness – MTV @ 8/7c, 8:30/7:30c, 9/8c, & 9:30/8:30c (4 New Episodes)
  • *New*Shark Tank – ABC @ 8/7c
  • *New*The Graham Norton Show – BBC America @ 11/10c (90-Minute New Episode)
  • *New*The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – CBS @ 11:35/10:35c
  • *New*The Proof is Out There – History Channel @ 10:03/9:03c & 10:33/9:33c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Ugliest House in America – HGTV @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*WWE Friday Night Smackdown – FOX @ 8/7c

Saturday

Saturday features 4 series premiere & 1 season premiere. To read more about the new series, click the link below. Otherwise, check out tonight’s schedule!

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Overnight was the series premiere of Like Mother, Like Daughter? on Discovery+, along with a 2nd new episode. This new docuseries explores the complicated and powerful dynamics between six mother and daughter duos, each at a critical crossroads and searching for help. Like Mother, Like Daughter? follows six pairs of mothers and daughters who embark on a three-week retreat to address their broken relationships. Emotions run high as healing these relationships exposes long-kept secrets, reopening old wounds and revealing deep seated issues. With the help of mental health experts Dr. Cynthia Powell-Hicks and Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks — a mother/daughter duo themselves who can uniquely relate to the dynamics — the women work together to address trauma and cultivate the skills necessary to have a healthy, loving relationship with each other. For some, this journey may seem impossible and for others, it’s a life changing experience.
 
Today is the series premiere of Tiny House Nation: Back to the Build on A&E at 11AM/10AMc. Whether working around the country or relaxing in a moving paradise, John and Zack help these couples build the mobile houses of their dreams.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer on A&E at 9/8c. The series examines the horrific crimes and psyche of notorious serial killer Dennis Rader. This gripping documentary provides unprecedented access into the mind of Rader who is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences in El Dorado Correctional Facility.
 
Tonight is the series premiere of Unfinished Business on HGTV at 9/8c. Homeowners try tackling renovations themselves until they are forced to give up their DIY dreams. That’s when home-renovation coach Tom Reber arrives to offer the support, guidance and tough love they need to regain control of runaway projects.
 

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Tonight is the Hallmark movie The Wedding Veil at 8/7c. After discovering a long-lost painting, museum curator Avery and new board member Peter investigate the artwork’s origins as they plan to unveil it at a gala. Starring Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser, Alison Sweeney and Kevin McGarry.
 
Tonight is the 2-hour special The Affluenza Teen: The Friends Speak on Reelz at 8/7c. Ethan Couch was raised in a bubble of wealth, privilege, and lack-of-consequences; his teenage, rebellious behavior escalated out of control in a series of incidents crescendo-ing in the deaths of four people and severe injuries of nine more.
 
Tonight is the 1-hour special All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts on TNT at 8/7c. Top AEW wrestlers compete to defend their championship titles.
 

Also on tonight:

  • *Series Premiere*BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer – A&E @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Like Mother, Like Daughter? – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc (2 New Episodes Including Series Premiere)
  • *Series Premiere*Tiny House Nation: Back to the Build – A&E @ 11AM/10AMc
  • *Series Premiere*Unfinished Business – HGTV @ 9/8c
  • *Season Premiere*A Discovery of Witches – Sundance Now @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *Special*All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts – TNT @ 8/7c (1-Hour Special)
  • *Special*The Affluenza Teen: The Friends Speak – Reelz @ 8/7c (2-Hour Special)
  • *Special*The Wedding Veil – Hallmark @ 8/7c
  • *New*American Pickers – History Channel @ 9/8c & 10/9c (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*Crikey! It’s the Irwins! – Animal Planet @ 8/7c
  • *New*Ghost Hunters – Discovery+ @ 3:01AM/2:01AMc
  • *New*Guy’s Ranch Kitchen – Food Network @ 12:30PM/11:30AMc
  • *New*Holmes Family Rescue – HGTV @ 8/7c
  • *New*Kindred Spirits – Travel Channel @ 10/9c
  • *New*New York Homicide – Oxygen @ 9/8c
  • *New*Pop Goes the Vet with Dr. Joya – Nat Geo Wild @ 10/9c
  • *New*Saturday Night Live – NBC @ 11:29/10:29c (Jonathan Majors/Taylor Swift)
  • *New*Sell This House! – FYI @ 12PM/11AMc & 12:30PM/11:30AMc (2 New Episodes)
  • *New*The Incredible Dr. Pol – Nat Geo Wild @ 9/8c
  • *New*The Kitchen – Food Network @ 11AM/10AMc
  • *New*Whose Line Is It Anyway? – The CW @ 8/7c
  • *New*World’s Funniest Animals – The CW @ 9/8c

 
 
That’s it! Hope you all have a great week!

— Jenny

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5 Responses to This Week on TV – 1/2/22-1/8/22

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