Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
The Good Doctor returns from its winter break on ABC on January 11 at 10 PM.
On January 12, The CW will debut the Canadian transplant series Trickster at 9 PM. Based on the best-selling novel, the series follows Jared (newcomer Joel Oulette), an Indigenous teen struggling to keep his dysfunctional family above water, but when he starts seeing strange things – talking ravens, doppelgängers, skin monsters – his already chaotic life is turned upside down.
The season premieres of The Resident and Prodigal Son will air on FOX on January 12 at 8 and 9 PM respectively.
On January 13, both SEAL Team and S.W.A.T. will return from their winter breaks on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively.
On January 15, the Amazon movie One Night in Miami will debut online. The first feature film directed by actress Regina King is about a fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) in a Miami hotel room in February 1964, celebrating Ali’s surprise title win over Sonny Liston.
The Hulu feature film The Ultimate Playlist of Noise will debut online on January 15. The film follows Marcus (Keean Johnson), an audio obsessed high school senior who learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf. He decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise – a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Once he sets out, he meets Wendy (Madeline Brewer), a wildly charming, struggling musician who is trying to escape to New York for her chance at a life-changing opportunity. Together they check off his list as they make their way across the country, until painful revelations force Marcus to face reality and his future without sound.
On January 15, the second season of the Apple TV+ drama Servant will premiere online.
The Netflix movie Outside the Wire will also debut online on January 15. In the near future, a drone pilot (Damson Idris) sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer (Anthony Mackie) on a mission to stop a nuclear attack. The cast includes Michael Kelly and Emily Beecham.
On January 15, the long-in-the-waiting Marvel drama WandaVision will finally debut on Disney+. Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are two super-powered beings, who are living idealized suburban lives, but begin to suspect everything is not as it seems. The cast includes Kat Dennings, Kathryn Hahn, Randall Park and Teyonah Parris.
The Hallmark Channel movie Two for the Win will debut at 9 PM on January 16. A world champion ski racer and local ski instructor find romance on the slopes as he returns home and prepares for the biggest race of his life. The movie stars Charlotte Sullivan and Trevor Donovan.
On January 17, the UPtv movie The Baby Proposal will debut at 7 PM. Layla Bennett (Alexandra Chando) has it all figured out: her own place, a thriving career and a loving fiancé. She co-hosts morning show Wake Up Chicago! alongside her charming but sometimes irritating colleague Derek Dray (Mike Merrill). They have different working styles. She likes to be spontaneous and improvise on air, while he’s more of a stick to the script guy. When they’re given the bombshell of caring for a baby together, it’s their worst nightmare. But as they juggle night feeds and nap times with their hectic lives, they can’t deny the growing chemistry. Is this unexpected arrival all they needed to realize they were meant to be?
The CW will premiere the 2nd season of Batwoman on January 17 at 8 PM, with God Friended Me actress Javicia Leslie taking over the lead role.
On January 17, the 6-part PBS series Miss Scarlet & the Duke will debut at 8 PM. Go on the case with private eye Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips), Victorian England’s first-ever female sleuth, as she solves crimes – and sometimes flirts – with her partner and childhood friend, Detective Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington (Stuart Martin). The cast includes Kevin Doyle and Andrew Gower (among others).
Also, lastly on January 17, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Ships in the Night: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery will debut at 8 PM. When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible gallery manager, former Boston detective Jeff Jackson (Jesse Metcalfe) teams up with local Doctor – and old flame – Dr. Zee Madeiras (Sarah Lind), to catch the killer.
Mark your calendars!
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