Monday, Jan. 6
Streaming:
My Happy Marriage (season 2 premiere) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Anime. [Season 1 had 13 episodes released weekly.]
https://www.netflix.com/title/81564905Two Witches (movie) (3:01 am, Shudder/AMC+)
An aging, malevolent witch intercedes in the lives of two young women. 2021 film starring Rebekah Kennedy, Kristina Klebe and Belle Adams; 1h 38m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10963926/ [rating 4.8]
https://www.theranconcompany.com/blogs/news/breaking-news-two-witches-to-haunt-shudder-and-amc-starting-january-1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXQPfgH_uw Broadcast and cable:
TMZ Investigates: Luigi Mangione: The Mind of a Killer (special) (8-9 pm, Fox)
Brilliant Minds (season 1 finale) (9 and 10 pm, two episodes, NBC)
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Tuesday, Jan. 7
Streaming:
Coach Prime (season 3 premiere) (12:01 am, Prime Video)
On Deion Sanders, former NFL star and currently the head coach of the University of Colorado football team.
Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy (comedy special) (3:01 am, Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzJy_jdJgAhttps://www.netflix.com/title/81697662Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
This jaw-dropping documentary goes behind the scenes of America's most controversial talk show to expose its biggest scandals, both on- and off-camera. Two episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VbMrWeppsIhttps://www.netflix.com/title/81685634The Breakthrough [Genombrottet] [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
When a shocking double homicide goes unsolved for 16 years, a detective teams up with a genealogist to catch the killer before it becomes a cold case. Swedish series.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81566970https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23221806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ1hi8VAhp8 Broadcast and cable:
Deal or No Deal Island (season 2 premiere; special time) (8-10 pm, NBC)
Regular time is 9-10 pm.
Kitchen Nightmares [reboot] (season 2 premiere) (8 pm, Fox)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Zjjy3yDPEWill Trent (season 3 premiere) (8 pm, ABC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0r5eIYe98wFinding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (season 11 premiere) (8 pm, PBS)
10 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shKWr4BiQUUDoc [new] (9 pm, Fox)
Adapted from an Italian series, Fox's new medical drama centers on an accomplished physician and hospital executive (Molly Parker) who is attempting to restart her life after a traumatic brain injury wipes out eight years of memories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL4UdAw8V5Ehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748321/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748321/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_(2025_TV_series)
High Potential (season 1 winter premiere) (9 pm, ABC)
13-episode order.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748649/ [rating 7.6]
Lucy Worsley Investigates (season 2 premiere) (9 pm, PBS)
Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and follows new clues. Four episodes.
https://www.pbs.org/show/lucy-worsley-investigates/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14076500/The Oval (season 6 premiere) (9 pm, BET)
The Rookie (season 7 premiere) (10 pm, ABC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diKOjR0E2ZAThe Irrational (season 2 winter premiere) (10 pm, NBC)
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Wednesday, Jan. 8
Streaming:
Ishura (season 2 premiere) (12:01 am, Hulu)
Anime.
Subteran [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
A young mother's life is upended when she finds herself hiding behind a secret identity to escape the Bucharest gang responsible for her fiancé's death. Romanian series.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81678873https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29632046/Dubai Bling (complete season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81462121Hound's Hill [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
A successful and renowned novelist--haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer--returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past. Polish series.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81681574https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDSy1YjmicUhttps://m.imdb.com/title/tt34476674/I Am a Killer (complete season 6) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Convicted murderers recall and reflect on the crimes that destroyed lives and landed them in prison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMpeBnE-ZHghttps://www.netflix.com/title/80202283Fake Profile [Perfil falso] (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Camila meets her Prince Charming through a dating app. After an idyllic romance, she plans to surprise him only to end up trapped in a false paradise. Colombian series; 35-minute episodes.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81304948https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14494938/ [rating 5.7]
Evil Among Us: Surviving a Serial Killer (documentary) (3:01 am, Tubi)
Survivors of horrifying serial killer attacks courageously recount their stories of escape in chilling detail. 1 hr 33 min.
https://tubitv.com/movies/100024841/evil-among-us-surviving-a-serial-killerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUF--qLNVkRed Carpet Survival [new] (6 pm, Prime Video)
Herbert Ballerina, Brenda Lodigiani, Antonio Ornano, Awed, Ginevra Fenyes, Pierluca Mariti, Michela Giraud, Gabriele Vagnato, and Francesco Arienzo are the bodyguards in the first edition of "Red Carpet Survival." The best team, at the end of the four episodes, will win the coveted Golden Pigeon. Alessia Marcuzzi will lead the bodyguards. Commenting on it all are the voices of Gialappa's Band.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DN1NBXXF/ Broadcast and cable:
Shifting Gears [new] (8 pm, ABC)
Tim Allen's latest sitcom finds the comedian playing the widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop who suddenly finds his estranged daughter and his teen grandchildren moving into his home. Kat Dennings and Seann William Scott also star, while Jenna Elfman is recurring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0WSd4qds4Ahttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt31614348/https://abc.com/show/0b64a2a5-a111-450a-a3c3-b0f8e69a2124Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (season 3 premiere) (8 pm, Fox)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAbI_GovLsoChicago Med (season 10 winter premiere) (8 pm, NBC)
The Price Is Right at Night (season 11 winter premiere) (8 pm, CBS)
Abbott Elementary (season 4 winter premiere) (8:30 pm, ABC)
Celebrity Jeopardy! (season 3 premiere) (9 pm, ABC)
Chicago Fire (season 13 winter premiere) (9 pm, NBC)
Raid the Cage (season 2 premiere) (9 pm, CBS)
Chicago P.D. (season 12 winter premiere) (10 pm, NBC)
What Would You Do? (season 17 winter premiere) (10 pm, ABC)
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Thursday, Jan. 9
Streaming:
On Call [new; complete season 1] (12:01 am, Prime Video)
Producer Dick Wolf's latest police procedural stars Eriq La Salle, Lori Loughlin, Troian Bellisario, and Brandon Larracuente as cops in Long Beach, California. The gimmick here is that On Call is filmed cinema verité-style, mixing conventional cinematography with a mix of dashcam, bodycam, and cellphone footage. Episodes run just 30 minutes and all eight of them stream today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vuppLrUGoUhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt14582876/American Primeval [new; complete limited series] (3:01 am, Netflix)
Produced and directed (in its entirety) by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) and written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant), Netflix's six-episode miniseries is an action-filled ensemble drama set in the American West in 1857 where various people from different communities and religions battle to survive against harsh conditions (and each other) on the frontier. Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin headline a cast that also includes Dane DeHaan, Jai Courtney, Shea Whigham, Joe Tippett, Tokala Black Elk, Kip Weeks, and Kyle Bradley Davis, among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8WMvCrywYg [trailer 1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbKeytYuJRA [trailer 2]
https://www.netflix.com/title/81457507https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24069848/Asura [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
The third filmed version of Mukoda Kuniko's novel "Like Asura" (following a 1979 family drama series for Japanese television under that title as well as a 2003 film) is written and directed by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters). The story, still set in 1979, follows four sisters who discover that their elderly father is having an affair and attempt to hide the secret from their mother even after it becomes public knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FgZ7-f-iZ4https://www.netflix.com/title/81759233https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34570673/The Upshaws (complete part 6) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Bennie Upshaw (Mike Epps), the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess just trying his best to step up and care for his family wife Regina (Kim Fields), their two young daughters (Khali Spraggins, Journey Christine) and firstborn son (Jermelle Simon), the teenage son (Diamond Lyons) he fathered with another woman (Gabrielle Dennis) -- and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law (Wanda Sykes), all without a blueprint for success. But the Upshaws are determined to make it work, and make it to the next level, together. Ten episodes. Renewed for a final part 7.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAR2iZad1Qhttps://www.netflix.com/title/81028174I Am Ilary [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
This documentary series follows TV host Ilary Blasi as she defines her life post-divorce, balancing personal growth, career opportunities and a new love. Italian series.
https://www.netflix.com/title/81771550The Pitt [new] (3:01 am, Max)
A John Wells-produced medical procedural starring Noah Wyle as an overworked ER doctor at a major hospital? Sounds an awful lot like the NBC hit ER. Set in Pittsburgh, each of the first season's 15 near-real-time episodes focuses on a single hour in a single 15-hour shift for Wyle's Dr. Robby Robinavitch. Patrick Ball, Isa Briones, Tracey Ifeachor, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, and Taylor Dearden also star. The first two episodes stream today, followed by single-episode releases weekly through April 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufR_08V38sQhttps://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-pitt/ [score 73]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31938062/Sons of Ecstasy (documentary) (3:01 am, Max)
In 1990s Arizona, an English stockbroker clashes with a mobster's son over the ecstasy trade. The Gravano family shares their perspective as two unlikely rivals vie for control amid guns, gangsters, and raves in the desert.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35257732/LOL: Last One Laughing Quebec (season 3 premiere) (7 pm, Prime Video)
The Traitors (season 3 premiere) (9 pm, Peacock)
The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological adventure in which treachery and deceit are the name of the game. The entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle set deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. 12 episodes; three are released today, followed by weekly single-episode releases through Feb. 27 and then a double-episode season finale on March 6. Already renewed for seasons 4 and 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRrDWrPl5E0 Broadcast and cable:
The Jane Mysteries: A Deadly Prescription (movie; linear premiere) (8 pm, Hallmark Mystery)
Jane seeks justice for a teenager who’s wrongfully imprisoned for murder. She and Detective John work together to prove the teen’s innocence and help reunite him with his mother. Stars Jodie Sweetin and Stephen Huszar. Released on Hallmark+ in September. [The fourth in the "The Jane Mysteries" series, which began with "The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost" in May 2023. Three more were released on Hallmark+ in September 2024, including this one.]
https://www.hallmarkmystery.com/the-jane-mysteries-a-deadly-prescriptionhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt30887705/Hollywood Squares [reboot] [new] (8 and 8:30 pm, two episodes, CBS)
Nate Burleson hosts a reboot of the classic game show, which will feature Drew Barrymore as the center square. Moves to Wednesday 10 pm on Jan. 29.
https://www.cbs.com/shows/hollywood-squares/https://tvline.com/casting-news/hollywood-squares-2025-cast-host-premiere-date-cbs-game-show-reboot-1235378968/Impractical Jokers (season 11 winter premiere) (10 pm, TBS)
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Friday, Jan. 10
Streaming:
Übel Blatt [new] (12:01 am, Prime Video)
Anime.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32581027/Ad Vitam (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)
After escaping an attempted murder, Franck Lazarev (Guillaume Canet) must find his wife Léo, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. He is caught up by his past as a former member of the French Elite Intervention Squad and pulled into a state affair far beyond his control. French film; 1h 35m.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMmF9uWqzK8https://www.netflix.com/title/81752951https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32138452/Alpha Males (complete season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Pedro, Luis, Raúl and Santi are four friends who feel a bit lost in the new world of empowered women, each trying to adjust in their own haphazard way. Spanish series; already renewed for season 4. Ten episodes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P3Deu8fQ1Yhttps://www.netflix.com/title/81559021https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18482892/ [rating 7.6]
Black Warrant [new; complete season 1] (3:01 am, Netflix)
Vikramaditya Motwane brings this riveting story about a prison officer who is determined to root out the systemic problems plaguing Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Indian series "based on certain real events."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRM8Q-1fVJ0https://www.netflix.com/title/81971071https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35064818/Lísàbí: A Legend Is Born (movie) (3:01 am, Netflix)
The epic tale of the birth and rise of legendary folk hero Lísàbí Agbongbo-Akala, destined to save the Egba people in the face of a treacherous leader. Nigerian film; scheduled for release today but not yet on Netflix's website, so it may have been delayed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3_z0XqWJwhttps://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/12/20/lisabi-a-legend-is-born-premieres-on-netflix-january-10/Goosebumps (complete season 2) (3:01 am, Hulu/Disney+)
"Goosebumps: The Vanishing" begins when twins Cece and Devin Brewer are sent to spend a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn, with their divorced dad. A threat is stirring, and they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, Cece, Devin and their friends - Alex, CJ and Frankie - find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.
The second season of the supernatural horror anthology series based on R.L. Stine's books is subtitled "The Vanishing" and will stream in its eight-episode entirety today on both Disney-owned streaming services. Cast members this season include David Schwimmer and Ana Ortiz.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17720272/ [rating 6.7]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K8S-t_vzIwLook Into My Eyes (documentary) (3:01 am, Max)
A group of psychics conduct deeply intimate readings for their clients, revealing a kaleidoscope of loneliness, connection, and healing. 1h 45m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19121796/Get Away (movie) (3:01 am, Shudder)
A family's vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they're on is inhabited by a serial killer. 1h 26m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10449276/ [rating 5.8]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxR_vM0ZdI4Note: There appears to be no Tubi original movie today. In fact, Tubi's official schedule lists new movies only on Jan. 3, 17, and 31, or other every Friday.
Broadcast and cable:
My Fatal Social Following (movie; linear premiere) (8 pm, LMN)
Julia, a lonely and ostracized teenager, is coming to terms with the disappearance of her best friend when she discovers a mysterious social media account called “The Family.” Chloe Avakian, Hunter Romanillos, and Muretta Moss star. 2024 film originally titled "Instacult" that was apparently originally released on Lifetime Movie Club.
[Has LMN moved its premieres to Friday night, with its pseudo-premieres (that have already been shown on Lifetime) on Thursday?]
https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/my-fatal-social-followinghttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt27803619/Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (comedy special) (10 pm, HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7R9h-SCX68(end)
Selected programming for Jan. 6-10, 2025
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