In addition to two NFL playoff games, we have today:
Bob's Burgers (returns from hiatus) (7:30 pm, Fox)
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/bobs-burgers/listings/
21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards (special) (8-11 pm,
A&E/Lifetime/LMN)
Showcases the achievements of some of the biggest names in television
and film today.
http://mynewsla.com/hollywood/2016/01/16/mad-max-leads-nominations-for-21st-annual-critics-choice-awards/
http://www.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth [news]
(8 pm, Showtime)
New weekly series produced by political writers Mark Halperin and John
Heilemann goes behind the scenes in the 2016 presidential race.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/circus/listings/
http://www.sho.com/sho/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth/home
Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty [new] (8 pm, Ovation)
If anyone knows beauty, it’s supermodel Rachel Hunter. Now, she’s
revealing those secrets from the world’s most exotic locations in
Ovation’s new series, Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty. Follow her as she
embarks on a global odyssey to discover the indigenous beauty regimens
of diverse cultures, from the magnetism of the Chinese Hainan people, to
the sprightly inhabitants of the Greek island of Ikaria, who live longer
than anyone else on the planet.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/rachel-hunters-tour-of-beauty/listings/
http://www.ovationtv.com/series/rachel-hunter-s-tour-of-beauty/
Los Angeles Times' The Envelope [new] (8:30 pm, Ovation)
Pull up a chair as Ovation TV, America's only arts network, offers up
off-the-cuff discussions with today's top Hollywood talent with the
premiere of Los Angeles Times' The Envelope, a five-part series
featuring the year's most-prolific film actors and directors, hosted by
Times film writers Rebecca Keegan and Mark Olsen.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/los-angeles-times-the-envelope/listings/
http://www.ovationtv.com/series/los-angeles-times-the-envelope/
Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray (special)
(9-11 pm, America Heroes Channel)
Honors the life and death of Dr. King with a two-hour landmark
television event with never-before-revealed details about the hunt
through new interviews with members of his tight inner circle and those
involved in the investigation. This special follows local, federal and
international investigators every step of the way as they partake in the
ultimate game of cat-and-mouse to hunt down one of the most wanted men
in history.
http://www.ahctv.com/justice-for-mlk-the-hunt-for-james-earl-ray/
The Real Housewives of Potomac [new] (9 pm, Bravo)
The first of two new Real Housewives series scheduled to debut in 2016;
The Real Housewives of Dallas will premiere later in the year.
http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-potomac
Sunshine Superman (documentary) (9-11 pm, CNN)
The immersive love story of Carl and Jean Boenish, the couple who
invented BASE jumping in the 1970s and '80s.
http://www.cnn.com/shows/cnn-films-sunshine-superman
Angie Tribeca [new] (9 pm, TBS)
In the satirical look at police procedurals, Rashida Jones stars as
Angie Tribeca, a 10-year veteran of the LAPD’s Really Heinous Crimes
Unit (RHCU) who is not thrilled when her boss (Jere Burns) tells her she
has to work with a partner (guest star Hayes MacArthur). The pilot
features appearances by Alfred Molina, Lisa Kudrow, Gary Cole, Nancy
Carell, and Matthew Glave. The entire 10-episode first season will be
shown over a 25-hour marathon ending at 10 pm on Monday, including a
complete run from 9 pm through 2 am; this five-hour block will then be
repeated four more times. A second season of ten episodes is scheduled
to debut at 9:30 p.m. Mondays, starting Jan. 25, with one episode
broadcast per week.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3597790/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Tribeca
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/angie-tribeca/listings/
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/angie-tribeca [Metacritic score 76]
https://twitter.com/AngieTribecaTBS
http://www.tbs.com/shows/angie-tribeca.html
Democratic Party Debate (special) (9-11 pm,
NBC)
Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (movie) (9
pm, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Abby Knight (Brooke Shields), a former lawyer turned proud flower shop
owner is starting over after the death of her husband with the support
from her father (Beau Bridges), a new business and her daughter off to
college. Life is good in the peaceful town of New Chapel but when a
black SUV rams her prized vintage car, she’s determined to track down
the driver. She begrudgingly accepts the help of a new neighbor, the
handsome and charming ex-Marine Marco Salvare (Brennan Elliott) who just
bought the bar down the street. But their budding relationship is
threatened when an acquaintance is murdered and Abby’s good friend is
the prime suspect and it all links back to the hit and run. Caught up
in a tangle of menacing phone calls, police corruption and murderous
road rage, Abby must work against the clock to find the killer or the
next flower arrangement might be for her own funeral. Based on the novel
by Kate Collins; a proposed new mystery series by HMM.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5211694/
http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/flower-shop-mysteries-mums-the-word
Billions [new] (10 pm, Showtime)
Billions is a bold, contemporary drama that melds the worlds of
ultra-wealth, influence and corruption as personified in two highly
ambitious opposing figures: hard-charging, blue-blooded, politically
connected U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and brilliant,
calculating, blue-collar billionaire hedge fund king, Bobby "Axe"
Axelrod (Damian Lewis). Set amongst the Machiavellian machinations of
New York City power politics and finance, Billions weaves a complex,
intricate narrative featuring a high-stakes game of
predator-versus-prey. Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore,
David Costabile and Condola Rashad also star. 12 one-hour episodes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4270492/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billions_%28TV_series%29
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/billions/listings/
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/billions [Metacritic score 69]
http://www.sho.com/sho/billions/home
Mercy Street [new] (10 pm, PBS)
Follow a diverse cast of characters - doctors, nurses, contraband
laborers and Southern loyalists - who intersect in the chaotic world of
Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia, and the Mansion House Hospital in
the early years of the Civil War. Starring Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth
Winstead, Gary Cole, Peter Gerety, Norbert Leo Butz and AnnaSophia
Robbin the first American drama series in more than a decade from PBS.
Produced by Ridley Scott. Six episodes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4597870/
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/mercy-street/listings/
http://www.metacritic.com/tv/mercy-street [Metacritic score 60]
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-d-mercy-street-20160117-story.html
www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/arts/television/tv-review-mercy-street-pbs.html
http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/home/
Evil Lives Here [new] (10 pm, Investigation Discovery)
What if the person closest to you was a devil in disguise - would you
see the signs? The series explores the true, heart-stopping stories of
people who shared a home and a life with a loved one who would become a
killer.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/evil-lives-here/listings/
http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/evil-lives-here/
The Royals (season 2 finale) (10 pm, E!)
Renewed for season 3.
Also note that CBS is scheduled to run late tonight:
8 pm: 60 Minutes
9 pm: Madam Secretary
10 pm: The Good Wife
--Robin