Robin Miller
2025-01-05 07:16:26 UTC
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PermalinkStreaming:
My Happy Marriage (season 2 premiere) (3:01 am, Netflix)
Anime. [Season 1 had 13 episodes released weekly.]
https://www.netflix.com/title/81564905
Two 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-1
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.netflix.com/title/81697662
Jerry 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.netflix.com/title/81685634
The 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/81566970
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23221806/
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)
Will Trent (season 3 premiere) (8 pm, ABC)
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (season 11
premiere) (8 pm, PBS)
10 episodes.
Doc [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.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)
The 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/81678873
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29632046/
Dubai Bling (complete season 3) (3:01 am, Netflix)
https://www.netflix.com/title/81462121
Hound'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/81681574
https://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.netflix.com/title/80202283
Fake 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/81304948
https://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-killer
Red 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.imdb.com/title/tt31614348/
https://abc.com/show/0b64a2a5-a111-450a-a3c3-b0f8e69a2124
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (season 3 premiere)
(8 pm, Fox)
Chicago 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.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.
[trailer 1]
[trailer 2]
https://www.netflix.com/title/81457507
https://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.netflix.com/title/81759233
https://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.netflix.com/title/81028174
I 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/81771550
The 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.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.
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-prescription
https://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.netflix.com/title/81752951
https://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.netflix.com/title/81559021
https://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.netflix.com/title/81971071
https://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.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]
Look 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]
Note: 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-following
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27803619/
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (comedy special)
(10 pm, HBO)
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