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What to Watch, and More! Friday, July 17 – Thursday, July 24

Keanu and Sandra’s bus bomb, excavating the mysteries of Pompeii & Bill Maher’s big night

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock steer a bus with a ticking bomb in ‘Speed.’

FRIDAY, July 17
They Fight
Boxing drama about a reformed ex-con (Andre Holland) determined to reintegrate into society so he can be with the mother of his toddler son (Hulu).

Exit 8
Based on the video game, horror flick follows a man (Kazunari Ninomiya) trapped in an endless subway passageway as he sets out to find Exit 8 (Shudder).

SATURDAY, July 18
Crowning at the Prom
A single mom discovers her teenage daughter has been hiding a life-changing secret. Starring Danielle Panabaker and Anwar O’Driscoll (8 p.m., Lifetime).

Speed
Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper star in this Oscar-winning 1994 thriller about a city bus rigged with a bomb that will detonate if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour. Hang on! (8:33 p.m., ABC).

SUNDAY, July 19
King of the Hill
In the season 15 opener of the animated sitcom, Hank and Peggy settle into retirement life while attempting to keep their neighbors from going off the rails (Hulu).  

MONDAY, July 20
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross
Season two finds the award-winning actress, above, heading to Australia, Thailand and Switzerland to relish the experience of “enjoying my own company (Roku Channel).

TUESDAY, July 21
Bill Maher: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Louis C.K., Whitney Cummins, Woody Harrelson and more gather to celebrate comedy icon Bill Maher as he accepts the Kennedy Center’s highest honor for humor (Netflix).

WEDNESDAY, July 22
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
New season begins tonight with Jimmy Kimmel returning as host, and pairs of celebrity contestants playing together in the hopes of winning $1 million for the charity of their choice (8 p.m., ABC).

THURSDAY, July 23
Restaurant Impossible: Last Call
Chef Aarón Sánchez and Canadian restaurateur Jen Agg lead the charge to rescue struggling restaurants across North America (8 p.m., Food Network).

Pompeii: Out of Time
Actor Tom Hiddleston takes us to Rome in this three-part series, part storytelling and part investigation of the city-destroying eruption of Mt. Vesuvius 2,000 years ago (9 p.m. Disney+ and Hulu).

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
In this Big Bang Theory spinoff series, comic bookstore owner Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman) is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon (9 p.m., HBO Max).

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Football hasn’t always been a guys-only game. In Gridiron Invasion: The Hidden History of Women’s Football (University of Tennessee Press), author Katie Taylor looks at the long, often hard road of females who longed to get between the goalposts, long before the official leagues were devised in the 1960s.  

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Keith Urban sets sail with Flow State (MCA), his new album of smooooth-groove yacht rock tunes like “Steal Away,” “Baby Come Back,” “Summer Breeze” and “On and On,” with assists from Michael McDonald, John Mayer and Little Big Town.

Rock ‘n’ roll never dies, as the saying goes. And the Rolling Stones keep on rolling! The band’s new album, Foreign Tongues (Capitol Records) has 14 new songs and was recorded in London by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, with assists from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

And speaking of Paul McCartney, he’s back with a brand-new album, his first in more than five years. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a collection of revealing glimpses into the former Beatle’s memories and a revisit to the formative years that shaped not only his life, but the very foundations of modern popular culture.

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A rollicking cinematic fantasy from the late 1950s has been spiffed up for a new release. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (AV Entertainment) stars Kerwin Matthews and Katherine Grant, with groundbreaking stop-motion special “monster” effects by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. Buy it HERE.


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What to Watch, and More! Week of June 26 – July 2

The return of Enola Holmes, Paul Simon in concert & America’s top female athletes!

The new ‘Enola Holmes’ adventure streams this week on Netflix.

FRIDAY, June 26
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Un-Happiness
Larry David’s new sketch show stars a host of guest stars (including Barack Obama, who’s one of the producers!), a bunch of Curb Your Enthusiasm cohorts…and Larry David. Those who don’t know history are doomed…to watch Larry David repeat it (9 p.m., HBO).

Little Brother
A well-organized real estate agent’s carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric wild-card “little brother” unexpectedly reappears. Starring John Cena and Eric Andre (Netflix).

Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert
Live concert film recorded during the legendary singer-songwriter’s “A Quiet Celebration” Tour, an intimate evening spanning his vast career and celebrating new arrangements of timeless classics, deep cuts and new musical discoveries (Disney+ and Hulu).

SATURDAY, June 27
Single Black Tenant
Tia Mowery stars in this true-crime story as a woman who begins to suspect that the home she thought would save her may ultimately destroy her (8 p.m., Lifetime).

In the Eye of the Storm
New season begins of the high-stakes drama at the epicenter of recent natural disasters, as told through firsthand accounts and mobile phone footage filmed by everyday people caught in the maelstrom (10 p.m., Discovery).

SUNDAY, June 28
The BET Awards
Lauryn Hill will receive the Living Legend Icon Award at tonight’s live annual event honoring Black entertainers in film, music and other arenas (8 p.m., BET).

Black Americans and the Revolutionary War
Documentary that follows the stories of enslaved and eventually freed Black Americans who believed, exercised and fought for democracy for themselves, their families and their communities (10 p.m., PBS).

MONDAY, June 29
Adventure Time: Side Quests
Animated series about a young hero and his magical dog best friend as they embark on adventures across the fantastical land of Ooo. With voices by Sasha Knight and John DiMaggio (Disney+).

Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Two-hour event honors American “firsts” by turning Disney World into a portal for American stories, triumphs and traditions (8 p.m., ABC).

TUESDAY, June 30
The Crown Prince and the President
Examines the alliance between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Donald Trump, and how Trump and Jared Kushner opened doors to arms deals, investments and personal profit, despite Saudi abuses (10 p.m., PBS).

Lexi Minetree stars as Elle Woods in the prequel to “Legally Blonde.”

WEDNESDAY, July 1
Elle
This prequel to Legally Blonde follows young Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) in high school as she begins to become the young woman we met in the 2001 film. Reese Witherspoon, who starred as grownup Elle in the original film, is one of the producers (Prime Video).

Enola Holmes 3
Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on tangled and treacherous case. With Henry Cavill and Helena Bonham Carter (Netflix).

THURSDAY, July 2
Gamechangers: America’s Top 25 Female Athletes
Interviews with star athletes, sports media voices and celebrities, celebrating the legacy and impact of the greatest female athletes in American sports history (Roku Channel).

Independence Day
1996 sci-fi action film about an attack by extraterrestrials stars Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Vivica A. Fox (8 p.m., ABC).

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In Sisters, Saints and Sybils (Thames & Hudson), photographer Nan Golden presents a highly personalized portrait using old family snapshots, her own photos and hospital reports to present the life story of her late sister. It’s visual tapestry exploring addiction, abuse, trauma and the medical community’s mistreatment of female mental health in the 20th century.

How have humans sought to predict the future? Prophesies (Thames & Hudson) traces the long—long—history of prediction and fortune telling, from ancient Egyptians to Roman augers, animals, supernatural signs, Aztec omens and Japanese divinations. I predict…you’ll dig it!

American music has often glorified “outlaws” and rule-breakers.  The Midnight Special (W.W. Norton) by Colin Asher tells the true story of the criminal-justice system’s impact on music makers, from Lead Belly to Johnny Cash and Tupac Shakur and many others who transcended their grim, dehumanizing existence with sounds of joy, rebellion and righteousness.

Ever wonder how a little faux-documentary frolic helped four lads from Liverpool make the leap from music to movies—and forever changed the way the world saw pop music? Find out in A Hard Day’s Night (Bloomsbury/British Film Institute), BBC broadcaster Samira Ahmed’s fascinating rewind to the 1960s and a black and white film that became a cinematic landmark.

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Calling all Deadheads! The Grateful Dead’s classic Steal Your Face live album from 1976 has been remastered for a special 50th anniversary edition. It’s full of road-tested rockers and then-new material from members’ solo projects—and it marked the return of the iconic group after a long self-imposed touring hiatus. (Order at dead.net).

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Paranoia has a new home in A Yard of Jackals (IndiePix Films), a gripping psychological thriller set in Chile about isolation, moral decay and a spirit being crushed under authoritarian rule. Includes commentary from director Diego Figueroa and filmmaker Inti Carrizo-Ortiz.

In the heist thriller Crime 101 (Alliance Home Entertainment), a jewel thief (Chris Hemsworth) lands the score of a lifetime but must evade a relentless detective closing in on his string of heists. With Mark Ruffolo, Barry Keogan, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Halle Berry. And a bit part by Nick Nolte!

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What to watch, and more! Week of June 19 – June 25

Butch & Sundance, Marilyn Monroe’s crime scene, Tom Hanks on America & the rising tide of human migration

FRIDAY, June 19
The Clash of Nations: Joe Lewis vs. Max Schmeling
Documentary about one of the most iconic rivalries in boxing history and how their late 1930s bouts came to symbolize the coming showdown between freedom and fascism (8 p.m., History Channel).

How to Make a Killing
Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley star in movie about a man disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, now seeking to reclaim his inheritance—at any cost (8 p.m., HBO).

SATURDAY, June 20
Don’t Trust the Girls Upstairs
Remy Ma stars as a woman forced to confront her past when her life begins to unravel and she opens her home to her orphaned teenage niece (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, June 21
Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe
Re-examining the evidence to the enduring mystery of the screen goddess’ death in August 1962 (8 p.m., Fox).

House of the Dragon
Tonight begins season three of the series, above, set centuries before the events of Game of Thrones. With Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke (HBO).

MONDAY, June 22
Harry Wild
Fan-fave murder-mystery series starring Jane Seymour as a British crime-solver returns for its new season (Acorn TV).

The Last Ship
Eric Dane and Adam Baldwin star in this series (originally on TNT) about the crew of a U.S. Navy destroyer that has somehow avoided a global pandemic that’s wiped out most of the world’s population. See seasons 1 to 3 streaming on Netflix.

TUESDAY, June 23
Movies by Director George Roy Hill
Get your Paul Newman and Robert Redford fix on with a trio of classic flicks from the late director: The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Great Waldo Pepper (8 p.m., TCM).

The Welcome Table
Documentary about climate change causing massive migrations of humans across the globe. Where will all those people go? (9 p.m., HBO).

WEDNESDAY, June 24
Expedition Unknown
Global explorer Josh Gates returns for an all-new season, exploring far-flung jungles, remote waters and vastcaves hunting for vanished civilizations (9 p.m., Discovery). 

The American Experiment
Tom Hanks is part of this sweeping five-part documentary series reexamining the improbable achievement of America’s founding and the radical question at its center: Can a people govern themselves? (Netflix).

THURSDAY, June 25
CMA Fest Presented by SoFI
The music event of the summer, filmed in June at CMA Fest in Nashville, features all-star performances and surprise collaborations from country music’s hottest acts, including Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Jelly Roll and Carly Pearce (8 p.m., ABC).

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Season two begins of the animated TV spinoff of the hit sci-fi movie series, about a future world broken into warring kingdoms based on the elements of water, earth, fire and air (Netflix).

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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell join The Steep Canyon Rangers for Next Act (Yep Roc Records), which reconnects the acclaimed group with its bluegrass roots. Tracks include “Circling the Drain,” “Hard Times” and “Babylon Stone.”

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Now you can own the entire first season of the hit HBO prequel to Game of Thrones. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms stars Peter Caffey as the lowborn titular knight, and Dexter Sol Arsell as the young prince he takes as his squire. The DVD features exclusive behind-the-scenes and bonus content.

Mira Sorvino, John Savage, and TikTok phenom Jessica Hosam star in The Goat (MVD Entertainment), an Arabic-Italian drama about a 11-year-old girl fleeing a forced marriage and making a perilous journey across the desert—with a goat.

The classic “slasher flick” franchise I Know What You Did Last Summer (AV Entertainment) was turned into a TV series by Amazon. Now you can scare yourself silly with all episodes of its first (and only) season in 2021, about a group of friends stalked by a brutal killer. Starring Madison Iseman, Bill Heck and Brianne Tju. Buy HERE.

A 1996  Ah-nold classic gets a 30th anniversary salute in the new 4K restoration of Eraser (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), about a U.S. Marshal (Arnold Schwarzenegger) tasked with “erasing” the identities of people in the witness protection program. Then things get complicated when a witness (Vanessa Williams) uncovers a plot to unleash a weapon of mass destruction.
 

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Author George Tsakiridis, a professor of philosophy and religion at South Dakota State University, looks at a famous superhero through a religious prism in Spider-Man and the Sacred (McFarland). It shows how we can glean from comic books about the webslinger the broader themes of morality, sin, guilt and redemption and even resurrection.

Take a sweeping journey through the Big Apple in Harry Gruyart New York (Thames & Hudson), a spectacular photographic trek with the photographer who’s spent more than half a century chronicling the city’s wide spectrum of people, places, peculiarities and scenes.

Learn about the genesis of hip-hop in Bust a Move by Peter Relic, which traces the rise of the record label Delicious Vinyl and its vital role in vaulting hip-hop music into the pop mainstream with artists like Tone Loc, Young MC and Def Jeff.

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What to watch, and more! Week of June 12 – June 18

A girls’ trip goes sideways, fighters gonna fight and spooky stories come to life

The Mexican stop-motion film ‘I Am Frankelda’ is a gorgeous ode to scary storytelling.

FRIDAY, June 12
I Am Frankelda
Animated tale of a gifted writer in Mexico whose dark tales full of monsters come to life (Netflix).

Find Your Friends
A girls’ fun trip to a boozy bacchanalia in the desert takes a nasty turn when they run into some very inhospitable locals, below. Starring Bella Thorn (Shudder).

SATURDAY, June 13
My Adventures with Superman
Season three begins of the animated series about Clark Kent (voiced by Jack Quaid) as he begins working as an intern at the Daily Planet with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen (midnight, streaming on Adult Swim on Max).

The Jealous Bride
Amber Stevens stars in this twisted tale of love, jealousy, and obsession based on bestselling novel My Sister’s Daughter by Liv Constantine (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, June 14
Patience
Season two of the crime drama about an autistic woman who works in criminal records tackling puzzling crimes begins tonight. Starring Ella Maisy Purvis (8 p.m., PBS).

The Ultimate Fighter
UFC Hall of Famers compete as coaches as former champs Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping mix it up in the ring (Paramount+)

MONDAY, June 15
The Last Twins
Liev Schrieber narrates this gripping story of an unsung hero of the Holocaust who defied the Nazis to protect dozens of young boys, many of them twins, targeted by Dr. Josef Mengele for brutal medical experimentation (10 p.m., PBS)

TUESDAY, June 16
Becoming Katherine Graham
Documentary about the woman who took over the Washington Post newspaper after her father and husband, leading to a new era of acclaimed investigative journalism (9 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, June 17
Alone
Season 13 begins of the extreme-survival series, this time bringing contestants from all over the globe to the Arctic Circle—and its freezing temps, intense isolation and dangerous wildlife (9 p.m., History Channel).

The Kimberley: Australia’s Wild West
New series about Australia’s remote northwest region, from a First Nations perspective, chronicling a year of extreme tropical seasons to reveal the stories hidden within the rugged landscape (10 p.m., PBS).

THURSDAY, June 18
The Capture
Holliday Grainger stars in this series about deepfakes, a government exposé and a geopolitical crisis (Peacock).

I Will Find You
A father wrongly imprisoned for his son’s murder receives evidence that his child may be alive. Series stars Sam Worthington (above), Milo Ventimiglia and Britt Lower (Netflix).

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Just in time for Father’s Day is Fun Intended from the Chicago-based band DadJoke. It’s the brainchild of award-winning composer Dave Remmick, who blends rock, punk, post-punk, funk, metal, jazz, folk, Broadway/Disney and R&B on silly, bone-tickling tunes like “I Hope Nobody Drops a Big Rubber Horse on My Head,” “You Have to Go Potty Too,” “What Did the Dinosaurs Say” and many more.

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The groundbreaking mid-20th century American photographer Helen Levitt, known for her street photography around her home of New York City, is the subject of this chronicle of her wide-ranging work. Take a trip back in time to the teeming street life of Gotham, as documented through her lens (Thames & Hudson).

She was a blonde goddess of the silver screen. And now, on what would have been her 100th birthday, The Marilyn Monroe Century (Abrams) celebrates her life, her transformation from Norma Jeane Mortensen into a 1950s blonde bombshell. Packed with photos by Bruno Bernard, the most sought-after shutterbug of Hollywood’s Golden Age (he was known as “Bruno of Hollywood”), it’s a tribute to the iconic, one-of-a-kind movie star, who died in 1962.

It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. In Trash (Melville House), “trashman” Simon Pare-Poupart spills the, ahem, dirt—as well as a few good yuks—about his 20 years in waste management…and why he’s still on the job, because of his love for the physical rush, his rough-and-tumble colleagues, and an honesty and freedom that no other job has given him.

Today we can pick up a phone and make a call to just about anywhere in the world. But it wasn’t always that way. In Lightning Beneath the Sea (W.W. Norton), author James M. Tabor tells the almost unbelievable tale of how the first 2,000-mile cable was laid—in the mid-1800s—across the Atlantic Ocean, beset by storms, freak accidents and even sabotage—to usher in a new era of global communication.

How do animals, ahem, have sex? And what can we learn from it? You might be surprised, in Perrin Roosevelt Ireland’s illuminating Poking the Squid (W. W. Norton), to find out the many ways and means critters go about reproducing. It’s a wild illustrated ride through a spectrum of behaviors, including queerness, infidelity, consent, cannibalism and gender fluidity.

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Attention, horror fans! Scream 7 (Alliance Home Entertainment) slashes its way onto home video this week, with Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courtney Cox returning for more mayhem with the supernatural villain known as Ghostface.

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After surgery for lung cancer, Barry Manilow is back, baby! His new What a Time, his 33rd album, features a set of 13 eclectic and reflective songs, including “Once Before I Go,” “Touched by an Angel” and “Don’t Trouble the Water.”

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What to watch, and more! Week of May 15 – May 21

Twain twang, another ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff & monsters in a retirement home!

Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser return in the new spinoff of ‘Yellowstone.’

FRIDAY, May 15
It’s Not Like That
Scott Foley and Erinn Hayes star in this character-driven family drama about love, loss, and starting over, from the producers of Parenthood (Prime Video).

Dutton Ranch
Both a spinoff and a sequel, this new series stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprising their Yellowstone roles as the Duttons fight to build a new future far from where they used to be (Paramount +). 

SATURDAY, May 16
Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story
This tale of a love tested, broken and ultimately rebuilt is based on the real-life couple, Lisa and Al Robertson, from TV’s Duck Dynasty family (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, May 17
The Academy of Country Music Awards
Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Zach Top and Cody Johnson lead the nominees for these annual honors, live from Las Vegas and hosted by Shania Twain (Prime Video).

Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown
They’re naked, they’re afraid (especially of losing out on the show’s biggest cash prize ever!), they’re all previous winners, and they come from all over the world to try to outlast each other in Africa (8 p.m., Discovery).

MONDAY, May 18
You’re Killing Me
Brooke Shields stars in this six-episode murder-mystery drama series about a bestselling novelist who forms an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer to find the killer of a close friend (Acorn TV).

TUESDAY, May 19
W.E.B. Dubois: Rebel with a Cause
Stirring doc about the late, great civil rights activist, who died just before the March on Washington in 1963, but whose legacy continues to resonate and inspire today (9 p.m., PBS).

Forever Young: A Grammy Tribute to Rod Stewart Live
Two-hour TV special honors the GRAMMY Award-winning two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and one of the best-selling artists in music history, bringing viewers on stage and behind the scenes for an all-access concert experience (8 p.m., CBS).

WEDNESDAY, May 20
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
New dark-comedy thriller stars Tatiana Maslany as a mom who thinks she’s witnessed a crime and starts her own investigation, but falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail, murder…and youth soccer (Apple TV).

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War
John Krasinski returns for another season as the iconic supersleuth on a new international covert mission that unravels a deadly conspiracy (Prime Video).

THURSDAY, May 21
Alien: Romulus
2024 sequel in the hit sci-fi franchise (the seventh film in the Alien series) stars Cailee Spaeny in the latest tale of space scavengers encountering the deadliest beastie in the universe (Hulu).

The Boroughs
Residents in a retirement community (Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard and Bill Pullman) deal with a little problem plaguing their placid golden years in the sun-drenched desert of New Mexico—and it involves monsters (Netflix).

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Based on a popular videogame, season two of the Amazon Prime sci-fi series Fallout takes its characters (Ella Purnell, Kyle McLachlin, Walton Goggins and Frances Turner) into a post-apocalyptic hellscape that was once Las Vegas. (Amazon MGM Home Video)

In The Yeti (Well Go USA), a team of explorers runs across a terrifying oversized monster in a remote region of Alaska. It’s a creature feature on ice! With Brittany Allen, Eric Nelsen and Corbin Bernsen.

Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox star in the zippity live-action Speed Racer (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), the latest incarnation of the 1960s Japanese TV series.

The latest adaptation of the classic Wuthering Heights is a steamy affair, with a pair of eye-candy stars (Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi) in the leading roles as their intoxicating romance turns toxic. Directed by Emerald Fennell, whose proclivity for provocation put the spice in Saltburn and Promising Young Woman. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment).

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The Bride is much more than just Frankenstein’s sweetie. Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star in director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s gruesomely fem-centric take on the familiar Gothic horror story. With Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment).

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Elvis fans will love dropping the needle on the double-disc vinyl set of Epic (Legacy Records), the soundtrack to the hit documentary—with a title that noted it stood for “Elvis Presley in Concert.” Tracks include “I Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “Hound Dog,” “Polk Salad Annie,” “Are You Lonesome Tonight” and some two dozen more Elvis in-concert staples.

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It took more than a bunch of miners and gold-rushers to settle California, as you’ll learn in Unsung Heroines (City Lights Publishing). Journalist Rae Alexandra puts the spotlight on 35 largely overlooked women who made important, impactful strides in San Francisco and northern California across the centuries.

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What to watch, and more! Week of May 8 – 14

Sally Field and an octopus, Johnny Knoxville brings the fear & a new ‘Amadeus’

FRIDAY, May 8
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Sally Field, Lewis Pullman and an octopus (yes, you read that right) star in this adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt’s mystery drama, above (Netflix).

Amadeus
Will Sharpe stars as Mozart, and Paul Bethany as his jealous rival Salieri, in this new adaptation of the play that was previously made into a hit movie in 1984 (Starz).

SATURDAY, May 9
K-Everything
Daniel Dae-Kim explores the cultural impact of Korea’s explosive global influence (CNN).

SUNDAY, May 10
America’s Funniest Home Videos
Ten of the season’s biggest winners vie for a $100,000 cash prize. Hilarious highlights include birthday blunders, summer snafus and kids saying the silliest things (7 p.m., ABC).

Mothers’ Day Marathon
Celebrate with mom-centric programming, including hand-picked episodes of Friends and Modern Family (begins 8:30 a.m., TBS)

MONDAY, May 11
BBQ Brawl
If you love ‘cue, you’ll dig digging into the new season of the team competition to find the ultimate pitmaster, hosted by Bobby Flay, Maneet Chauhan and Brooke Williamson (9 p.m., Food Network). 

TUESDAY, May 12
Squatters
Homeowner-rights advocate Flash Shelton and his team take on high-stakes missions to run squatters out of their roosts and help property owners reclaim their homes (10 p.m., A&E).

Chopped Castaways
Twelve elite chefs are “stranded” on a remote island in this new food competition series, where their culinary talents must align with basis survival skills (9 p.m., Food Network).

WEDNESDAY, May 13
Off Campus
College-based soap based on the bestselling book series by Elle Kennedy follows the “opposites attract” romance of an elite ice hockey star and a quiet songwriter, starring Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli, above (Prime Video).

Mistakes That Made America
Host Michael McBride explores the unexpected accidents, mishaps, and misunderstandings that ended up changing the course of American culture (on History’s YouTube channel and available on history.com).

THURSDAY, May 14
Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear
Johnny Knoxville (above) is the ringleader as six contestants compete in epic challenges testing their endurance, with one critical catch: no sleeping! (9 p.m., Fox)!

Nemesis
What happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal) meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective)? Find out in this new series starring Matthew Law and Y’lan Noel (Netflix).

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Trees: A Rooted History (Abrams Books) is an illustrated tree-riffic treasury of just about everything related to trees, from the many ways the benefit our world to their roles in lore and legend, and their vital importance to our global ecosystem. 

Launch your imagination into orbit with Space Journal: Art, Space & Cosmic Inspiration (Thames & Hudson), which weaves together memorabilia, revolutionary experiments and spectacular scenes to celebrate space exploration through the imagination of great dreamers—artists, photographers, filmmakers, rocketeers, astronauts, cosmonauts and scientists—across the centuries.

How did “soap operas” get to be such a pop-cultural touchstone? In Love in the Afternoon, and Evening (W.W. Norton), authors Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen dig into the roots, and the reach, of so-called daytime dramas, the “art” of TV storytelling, and why soaps so often aren’t taken seriously.

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Shutterbugs, you’ll love Brooke DiDonato: Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer (Thames & Hudson), packed with beguiling pics by the highly creative photographer who loved looking at “normal” things through a lens of the fantastical and surreal—like a bouquet of flowers overflowing from a toilet, a nude body covered in books on a fireplace mantle, or a woman balancing brooms on her neck.

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Get down with your bad self, and get watching Soul To Soul (MVD Entertainment Group), a new DVD of the 1971 cross-cultural concert film—recorded in South Africa—featuring Wilson Pickett, Santana, Ike & Tina Turner, the Staple Singers and more.

The totally rockin’ reissue of 1972’s The J. Geils Band “Live” Full House (Rhino) reminds me of how much I loved hearing front man Peter Wolfe and crew tear through high-energy rave-ups like “First I Look at the Purse,” “Whammer Jammer” and “Lookin’ for a Love.” With new liner notes from Wolf, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, it’s a whammer jammer, indeed!

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What to watch, and more! March 6 – March 12

Miley gets Muppet-ized, it’s a wrap for ‘Outlander’ & NatGeo hunts for elephants

Miley Cyrus kicks off a new season of ‘Sesame Street’ Monday night.

FRIDAY, March 6
Outlander
Tonight begins the eighth and final season of the time-traveling romance starring Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, based on author Diana Galbaldon’s international best-selling book series (Starz).

Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese
When 16-year-old Skylar Neese vanishes from her West Virginia home, her family and community are thrown into turmoil. As the search for answers intensifies, attention turns toward Skylar’s closest friends, uncovering a tangled web of secrets, betrayal and identity (Hulu).

SATURDAY, March 7
Vanished in an Instant
A widowed high school teacher (Vinessa Antoine) and rebellious teen daughter (Arista Arhin) find themselves on parallel paths of terror during what was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, March 8
Rooster
Steve Carell stars in this new college-set comedy series about an author and his complicated relationship with his daughter (HBO Max).

Ghost Elephants
Come along with National Geographic explorers in this documentary about the search in South Africa for legendary “ghost” elephants, long believed to exist only in myth. It’s directed and narrated by Werner Herzog (Disney+ and Hulu). 

MONDAY, March 9
The Ultimate Baking Championship
Sixteen elite pastry chefs vie to be crowned the best of the best. Hosted by Duff Goldman (9 p.m., Food Network).

Sesame Street Vol. 2
New season of the newly revived iconic kids’ show features well-known Muppet characters and guests, like tonight’s Miley Cyrus (Netflix).

TUESDAY, March 10
One Piece: Into the Grand Line
Season two, based on Japan’s high-rated animated series, goes live-action for more high-seas adventure (Netflix).

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare
Documentary examines the devastating 2011 9.0 earthquake in Japan and the following tsunami that washed away entire towns—and destroyed cooling systems of three nuclear reactors, causing a chain reaction of high radiation and hydrogen explosions (9 p.m., HBO).

WEDNESDAY, March 11
Sunny Nights
In this dark comedy, a brother and sister (Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden, above) try to set up a spray-tanning business in Australia, only to run afoul of Sydney’s criminal world (Hulu). 

Scarpetta
A doctor tries to unmask a serial killer in this thriller series produced by Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, with an all-star cast including Bobby Cannavale, Ariana DeBose and Simon Baker (Prime Video).

THURSDAY, March 12
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
More secrets, more TikTok-ing wives, more drama (above). Season four starts tonight (Hulu).

The Stroke
Polish dark-comedy drama about an openly gay, middle-aged cultural tastemaker whose stroke shatters not only his body, but his ego, status, and carefully constructed persona (Viaplay).

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If you’re a fan of “hair metal,” you know Cinderella. The new Cinderella in Concert (MVD Entertainment) takes you back to glory days of glam rock, filmed on the Philly-based band’s tour in 1991, and featuring most of the group’s songs you ever heard on the radio (or watched on MTV), including “Nobody’s Fool,” “Gypsy Road” and “Shelter Me.”

The Band’s Levon Helm narrates Elvis ’56 (MVD Entertainment), a chronicle of Presley’s breakthrough year, with his hip-shakin’ early TV appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and other programs. You’ll see rare live performances of “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Hound Dog,” “Don’t Be Cruel” and much more.

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Looking forward to passing along all those souvenirs, family photos and heirlooms to your kids when they leave the nest? Well, guess what? In Nobody Wants Your Sh*t (Skyhorse Publishing), author Messie Condo offers practical—and motivational—advice for the art of decluttering, dealing with all your “stuff” and moving on.

It’s been 50 years since Blondie sang about “Freddy” in the hit rap song “Rapture.” Now Fred Brathwaite (aka Fab 5 Freddy) is telling his own story in Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music and Changing the Culture (Viking). It’s an essential street-level cultural history with an intimate look into New York City’s underground art and music scene, and how it transformed culture into the late ‘70s and beyond.


With spring just around the corner, Flower Power by plant advocate and gardening expert Jac Semmler provides a beautifully illustrated, step-by-step guide to planning and designing your own parcel of year-round botanical goodness. Just add water and sunshine and see! (Thames & Hudson)

The Art of the Book: 75 Years of Thames & Hudson looks at the company founded in 1949 by Walter and Eva Neurath and how it grew into a pinnacle of publishing, with books ranging across art, archaeology, architecture, history, photography and fashion. With covers, reproductions of inside pages and more, it’s a book for book lovers, for sure! 

What’s a Nordic house? Well, find out in The Iconic Nordic House (Thames & Hudson), a visually sumptuous look inside (and outside) architecturally splendid Scandinavian homes, spanning more than a century in some of the most beautiful, and extreme, geographic locations on the planet.

The Entertainment Forecast

What to watch, and more! Jan. 23 – Jan. 29

When daytime TV was wild, the drama of African animals & the return of Patrick Dempsey

FRIDAY, Jan. 23
Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV
Revist the not-so-long-ago era when sensational, tabloid-style talk shows like Jerry Springer (above), Geraldo and Maury dominated ratings with explosive, often scandalous, content, pushing boundaries with fights, paternity tests, and outrageous guests (9 p.m., ABC).

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie
Gabby (Laila Lockhart Kraner) and Grandma Gigi (Gloria Estefan) set off on a magical road trip to Cat Francisco. But when her dollhouse is swiped by the eccentric cat lady (Kristen Wiig), Gabby embarks on a real-world rescue mission (Peacock).

SATURDAY, Jan. 24
Kingdom
New natural history series chronicles the drama of real-life sagas of four African animal families in one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by BBC Studios Natural History Unit (8 p.m., AMC+ and BBC America).

Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again
The Grammy-winning singer kicks off the network’s winter slate in a tale of three women who meet on a reality dating show and suffer heartbreak in the spotlight (10 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, Jan. 25
It’s Not Like That
Scott Foley, Erinn Hayes and J.R. Ramirez star in this new faith-based drama about a recently widowed pastor with three kids who meets a newly divorced mom with two teens (Prime Video).

Memories of a Killer
Patrick Dempsey returns to broadcast TV alongside Michael Imperioli and Gina Torres in this new drama about a hitman living a double life (10 p.m., Fox).

MONDAY, Jan. 26
American Idol
The hit singing competition returns for its ninth season with superstars Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood in the judges’ seats, and making a trip to Nashville for round one (8 p.m., ABC).

TUESDAY, Jan. 27
33 Photos from the Ghetto
Documentary tells the story of civilian photos taken inside the notorious Warsaw Ghetto during the 1943 uprising and purge by German forces (HBO Max).

Moonshiners: Master Distiller
New series of the backwoods competition tests competitors turning beer into spirits, making prison ‘shine and distilling. Yee-haw! (9 p.m., Discovery Channel).

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28
Shrinking
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford return for season three of the dramedy about a therapist who breaks the rules and tells his clients exactly what he’s thinking (Apple TV+).

Queens of Combat
Experts search for evidence to prove that women once fought among men in Rome’s infamous gladiatorial arena (10 p.m., PBS).

The Wrecking Crew
Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa (above) star as two estranged half-brothers who reunite after their father’s death, only to discover a conspiracy that threatens to tear their family apart (Prime Video).

THURSDAY, Jan. 29
Scenes After a Marriage
New imported drama series strips relationships down to their core and captures the universal struggles of love, loss and the uncertainties of divorce (Viaplay).

Cross
Aldis Hodge returns to season two of the pulse-pounding thriller series about a brilliant homicide detective/forensic psychologist now hunting down a ruthless vigilante targeting crooked millionaires (Prime Video).

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Channing Tatum is a real charmer starring in Roofman (Paramount Home Entertainment), based on the surprisingly true story of a real-life prolific robber known for breaking into establishments (you guessed it!) through the roof…and for stealing hearts. With Kristen Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple and Peter Dinklage.

Ready for a good scare? In Shelby Oaks (Decal-Neon Films), a film crew uncovers a disturbing lead in a woman’s search for her missing sister, steering her into a terrifying mystery and an unknown evil. Starring Camille Sullivan and Keith David. Loaded with extras, including commentary and a making-of feature.

Groove to the amazing story of the South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo—who, you might recall, broke into the musical mainstream by performing with Paul Simon on his hit “Graceland—in Beyond Graceland (MVD Entertainment). Tracing the history and success story of the group, it includes commentary from Simon, Oprah Winfrey, Dolly Parton and Whoopi Goldberg.

Reach for the sky! And your remote, to start watching the Outlaws & Lawmen: 10 TV Westerns Collection (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment). Ride alongside Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott in this wild-West roundup of episodes from shows including Crossfire Trail, Rough Riders and Conagher. Special features include commentary, insights and cast profiles.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling drama One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment), a movie-awards favorite this year, stars Leonardo di Caprio as a former counterrevolutionary who reunites with some of his old colleagues when his daughter (Chase Infiniti Payne) goes missing. With Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall and Alana Haim.

In Keeper from director Osgood (The Monkey) Perkins, a romantic retreat takes a dark turn when a sinister presence reveals the cabin’s chilling past. Starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland (pssst…he’s Kiefer’s brother!)

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It rose into pop-cultural prominence after Jurassic Park III when it bested a mighty T-Rex, but how much do you know about the Spinosaurus? In Spinosaur Tales, paleontologists David Hone and Mark P. Whitton explore the ins, outs and all abouts of one of the Earth’s largest land predators of all time—and one of the strangest-looking and most enigmatic dinosaurs.

Explore a master of 20th century photography in Louis Stettner: Photofile (Thames & Hudson), about the New York lensman of the 1940s and ‘50s whose career lasted nearly 80 years and stretched from the streets of the Big Apple into the battles of World War II.

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Why do we love monsters? And why do we love them so much there used to be scuds of magazines about them? In The Great Monster Magazines (McFarland), author Robert Michael Cotter digs into the graveyard of publications that once fed readers’ appetites for fear and fantasy, including Famous Monsters of Filmland, Midnight Marquee, Fangoria, Terror Tales and dozens more, plus monster-adjacent comic books.

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The new remix of Yes Symphonic Live (Mercury Studios)—originally a 2001 LP recorded by members of the prog-rock pioneers with a live orchestra—is a feast for the ears, with lush versions of radio hits like “Close to the Edge,” “I’ve Seen All Good People,” “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and “Roundabout.” Available as a 4-LP set, which includes a Blu-ray documentary, or 2 CDs with a fold-out poster. 

The Entertainment Forecast

What to watch, and more! Friday, Jan. 16 – Thursday, Jan. 22

A landmark Mel Brooks birthday, celebrating Black movies and TV & HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff

HBO Max celebrates Mel Brooks turning 99!

Friday, Jan. 16
How to Lose a Popularity Contest
New comedy for young adults about a charming underachiever and a type-A overachiever teaming up to win student body president…and perhaps more. Starring Chase Hudson and Sara Weisglass (Tubi).

The Nowhere Man
Six-part drama series—unrelated to The Beatles’ song—about an ex-mercenary drawn back into a world of violence after witnessing a home invasion. With Bonko Khoza and Naturi Naughton-Lewis (Starz).

Saturday, Jan. 17
I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco
The wife of the convicted child rapist tells her own story, for the first time, three decades after she was thrust into the spotlight when her husband tried to kill her (8 p.m., Lifetime).

“One Battle After Another”

Celebration of Black Cinema & Television
Spike Lee, David Alan Grier and One Battle After Another stars Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti and Regina Hall will be among the honorees in this ceremony held at Fairmont Century Plaza in Hollywood (streaming on Starz).

SUNDAY, Jan. 18
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
New half-hour drama series—related to the realm of Game of Thrones—follows two unlikely Westeros heroes, a tall young knight (Ser Duncan) and his diminutive squire (Daniel Ings) (10 p.m., HBO).

The Hillside Strangler
Doc about 1970s Los Angeles serial killer known for striking without warning, abducting, raping and murdering a dozen women and leaving their bodies displayed on hillsides like gruesome trophies (9 p.m., MGM+).

MONDAY, Jan. 19
Alma’s Way
Emmy-nominated kids show kicks off its new season with a spotlight on Black cowboy culture, the self-expression of hair and quintessential New York City eats (check local listings, PBS Kids). 

Hoops, Hopes & Dreams
Animation brings to life the untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to connect with young voters (Hulu).

TUESDAY, Jan. 20
Breaking the Deadlock
Eight-episode series asks when it comes to your health and your body, who knows best: You, your doctor, or the government? (9 p.m., PBS).

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21
Steal
Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones stars in this action thriller (above) about the heist of the century, and an ordinary office worker who finds herself in the middle of it (Prime).

Drops of God
The International Emmy-winning multilingual drama series begins season two tonight, about lead characters (Fleur Geffrier and Tomohisa Yamashita) continuing their quest to uncover the origin of the world’s greatest wine (Apple TV).

THURSDAY, Jan. 22
The Curse
Two sisters plagued by misfortune discover they’re victims of a family curse, embarking on a comical quest to end it in this Polish feature film (Viaplay).

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man
Two-part documentary on the filmmaker comedy genius behind Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The title comes from one of his earliest comedy routines (HBO Max).

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Take a wondrous plunge beneath the waves in Ocean: From the Shore to the Abyss, marine biologist Asha de Vos’ amazing visual project celebrating the diversity of life in the sea. It’s full of pics of marine life of all sorts, at various depths, from jellyfish to gigantic squids, plus graphs and charts with insights into ocean science, whale communication, underseas volcanoes and even the history of scuba diving.

Meet renowned Japanese architecture master Fumihiko Maki in Maki Opus and see some 60 buildings he’s made (from the 1960s onward) in Japan and around the world. It’s a visual chronicle of his understanding of how people use and experience structures, his use of materials and the changes in building technology over the years.

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Zip back to a ‘60s Saturday morning with Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har: The Complete Series (AV Entertainment), with all the merry misadventures of a happy-go-lucky lion and his pessimistic hyena sidekick (voiced by the era’s king of cartoon voices, Mel Blanc). Order at https://www.moviezyng.com/lippy-the-lion-and-hardy-har-har-the-complete-series-bluray-blu-ray-daws-butler/840418339619

Look out below! Falling Skies (AV Entertainment), the hit TV series about the aftermath and survivors of an alien invasion, is now assembled in a cool box set. Falling Skies: The Complete Series is a 10-disc set with all the episodes of the TNT post-apocalyptic drama starring Noah Wylie and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. (Order at https://www.moviezyng.com/falling-skies-the-complete-series-bluray-blu-ray-noah-wyle/883929844791).

Meet the sexpot photographer whose work fed America’s growing appetite for “girlie magazines” in the 1950s in Naked Ambition (Bright Iris/Music Box Films). It’s a documentary about Bunny Yeager, whose groundbreaking lens work helped pinup queen Bettie Page go mainstream, popularized the bikini, most likely invented the selfie, and influenced Hugh Hefner in shaping Playboy magazine.

The Entertainment Forecast

What to watch, and more! Jan. 2 – Jan. 8

The ‘Angels’ return to TV, meet the Donkey King & movie awards season begins!

‘Charlie’s Angels’ return to TV in a salute to the work of producer Aaron Spelling.

FRIDAY, Jan. 2
MonsterQuest
The hunt continues in season two, looking for more evidence of bigfoot, UFO encounters, hauntings and killer beasts on land and sea (10 p.m., History).

SATURDAY, Jan. 3
Donkey King
Half-hour docuseries about a 75-acre nonprofit donkey rescue and sanctuary in California, where Ron King and dozens of volunteers have rescued and re-homed more than 400 donkeys (check listings, ABC).

Stolen Girl
Kate Beckinsale and Scott Eastwood star in this tale based on real events about a mom who goes to the Middle East to track down her ex-, who has abducted their young daughter (8 p.m., Lifetime).

SUNDAY, Jan. 4
The Critics Choice Awards
Chelsea Handler returns as host of this annual event, voted by movies critics and kicking off the movie awards season. Sinners (above) and One Battle After Another lead the nominations (7 p.m., E! and USA Network).

Aaron Spelling Sundays
|New weekend programming block features hit-show nostalgia from the iconic TV producer/director, including Charlie’s Angels, Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island and The Love Boat (2 p.m., MeTV).

MONDAY, Jan. 5
My Life is Murder
Season five begins as sharp-witted investigator Alexa Crowe tackles her most perplexing and personal case yet (Acorn TV).

Antiques Roadshow
Season 30 begins with all-new searches for America’s hidden treasures (8 p.m., PBS).

TUESDAY, Jan. 6
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
|The heralded genealogical series kicks off season 12 tonight, looking ahead to upcoming celebrity guests including Kristin Chenoweth, America Ferrera, Spike Lee, Tracy Letts, Barry Diller, Wiz Khalifa and many more (PBS).

Best Medicine
New comedy series set in a Boston hospital stars Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra and Annie Potts (8 p.m., Fox).

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7
The Masked Singer
The hit competition—with masked and heavily costumed celebs singing, until they’re “revealed”—returns for season 14 with more stars, more songs and new twists on pop culture. Hosted by Nick Cannon (8 p.m., Fox).

Harlan Coben’s Final Twist
Author Harlan Coben—whose books include Missing You and Fool Me Once—hosts this new true-crime series (10 p.m., CBS).

THURSDAY, Jan. 8
The Hunting Party
Crime procedural about a team of investigators assembled to track down a dangerous serial killer who’s escaped from prison. Starring Melissa Roxburgh, Patrick Sabongui, Josh McKenzie and Sara Garcia (NBC).

Alfie Allen in ‘Girl Taken.’

Girl Taken
New series about the abduction of an English girl, her escape from captivity, and her discovery that freedom brings its own challenges. Starring Alfie Allen, Jill Halfpenny, Tallulah Evans and Delphi Evans (Paramount+).

Golden Globe Awards|
Tonight’s movie awards are voted by international journalists who cover Hollywood. Helen Mirren will receive the organization’s highest honor, the Cecil B. DeMille Award (8 p.m., CBS).

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Author Carrie Gibson’s The Great Resistance (Atlantic Monthly Press) chronicles dramatic stories of slavery. It’s a powerful reminder of the horrors, and an inspiring saga about some 12 million Africans who were brought to the Western Hemisphere as slaves and the four-hundred-year fight to end the abomination of a system that treated them as subhuman.

David Gilmour: Luck and Strange Studio/Live (Thames & Hudson) is a photographic chronicle by Polly Samson of the former Pink Floyd band member’s latest solo project, “Luck and Strange,” as he makes it and then takes his new music on the road. Includes song lyrics and a Q&A interview.

What if the key to healthier living wasn’t to be found in fads or extreme diets? Find out more in Eat Your Ice Cream (W.W. Norton) by Ezekiel J. Emmanuel, a common-sense guidebook for beneficial behaviors and healthy habits…including, yes, having some ice cream now and then.