Jan. 3 – Jan. 9
A ‘Nashville’ binge, movie awards season begins & Tim Allen returns to sitcom-ville
All times Eastern.
FRIDAY, Jan. 3
Grammy Greats: The Most Memorable Moments
Highlights from music’s biggest night over the years, featuring Dua Lipa, Luke Combs, LL Cool J, Jennifer Hudson, Joni Mitchell, Elton John, Ricky Martin and many more (9 p.m., CBS).
Ru-Paul’s Drag Race
Season 17 of the award-winning reality series begins tonight with 14 new queens competing for the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar and a cash prize of $200,000. Guest judges include Sandra Bernard, Adam Lambert, Whitney Cummings and Tracee Ellis Ross (8 p.m,, MTV).
SATURDAY, Jan. 4
Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin
New Saturday-morning series spotlights everyday people making extraordinary impact on the world through animal advocacy, wildlife conservation, youth empowerment and helping fight food insecurity (9 a.m., CBS).
Vanished Out of Sight
No, it’s not about Medicare or Social Security or your 401-K savings. This lurid made-for-Lifetime drama is about a blind woman (Annalise Basso) searching for his missing six-year- old daughter. It’s like she just vanished, out of sight! (8 p.m., Lifetime).
SUNDAY, Jan. 5
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches
Season two begins tonight of the modern-day vampire saga starring Alexandra Daddario (above), Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin and Tongayii Chirisa (AMC+ and AMC).
The Golden Globes
Emilia Perez and The Bear lead the nominees for tonight’s 82nd annual presentation, hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, awarding the best in TV and movies, and kicking off movies-awards season ahead of the Oscars (8 p.m., CBS).
MONDAY, Jan. 6
Kids Baking Championship
Most moms don’t really want their kids getting the way in the kitchen, but these tater tots are no strangers to pots ‘n’ pans. The new season features a field of new kid chefs taking on creative food challenges, this time with “animal” themes (8 p.m., Food Network).
Minted
If you don’t know your NFT (non-fungible tokens) from your NDAs, check out this inside look at how tech transformed the traditional art world, for better and worse (10 p.m., PBS)
TUESDAY, Jan. 7
A Nashville Marathon
Watch every episode of the hit 2012-2019 music drama (above) starring Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Eston and Clare Bowen in a country music-centric primetime soap drama (10 a.m., AXS TV).
Black Box Diaries
Exposing the desperately outdated judicial system in Japan, this riveting documentary follows the director, as the victim of a sexual assault, and her attempts to prosecute her high-profile offender. It became a landmark court case and a book (Paramount+).
Wildcard Kitchen
All-star chefs play late-night poker, where the luck of the draw determines what dishes they’ll cook, and how much time they’ll have to do it (9 p.m., Food Network).
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8
Shifting Gears
Tim Allen returns to primetime with this new network comedy series as the widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop, and Kat Dennings as his estranged daughter (8 p.m., ABC).
Murder Under the Friday Night Lights
Go deep, as they say in football, for the previously untold story of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and his connection to a pair of high school teammates who became murderers (9 p.m., ID).
THURSDAY, Jan. 9
On Call
New police drama about a rookie (Brandon Larracuente) and a veteran officer (Troian Bellisario) protecting their community in California (Prime).
Hollywood Squares
Drew Barrymore takes the iconic center square in the new season of the re-invented classic game show, hosted by Nate Burleson of CBS Mornings (8 p.m., CBS).
READ ALL ABOUT IT
During the 1960s, comics evolved from pulpy pastimes to more refined, sophisticated art, not just in America but all over the world. Comics: 1964-2024 (Thames & Hudson) is a vibrantly illustrated look at the growth and creative development of the illustrated artform across the previous six decades, after Blondie, Dick Tracy or Beetle Bailey had become yesterday’s news and other bolder, more adventurous comics entered the pop-culture mainstream.
What does one of the most world-famous palaces of all time look like, up close? Well, you can find out in Versailles From the Sky (Thames & Hudson), a collection of 200 color pics with rarely seen views (including some striking aerials by drone cameras) at the sumptuous French home and the surrounding grounds commissioned in the early 1600s by King Louis XIV. It’s an international architectural tour at your fingertips!
The legendary Dick Van Dkye, now 99, has his own Little Golden Book! Re-live his life and career highlights (from childhood, thru his years serving in the military, to Mary Poppins! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! and The Dick Van Dyke Show!), all warmly illustrated in Dick Van Dyke: A Little Golden Book Biography (Penguin/Random House) by Christy Webster.
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