Here is the list of the programming options to expect on TV this coming week:
On January 20, the winter premieres of 9-1-1: Lone Star and Rescue: Hi-Surf will air on FOX at 8 and 9 PM respectively.
The new Acorn TV drama The Gone will debut online on January 20. Theo Richter (Richard Flood) is an Irish detective who teams with Kiwi cop Diana Huia (Acushla-Tara Kup) to find a young Irish couple after they vanished from an infamous rural North Island New Zealand town. Amid the search and race against time, the pair must contend with a community’s growing concern that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.
On January 22, the new Apple TV+ drama Prime Target will debut online. A post-graduate mathematics student (Leo Woodall) discovers an effort being made to destroy his work in finding a pattern in prime numbers that would allow him to access every computer in the world. The cast includes Stephen Rea, Martha Plimpton, David Morrissey, Jason Flemyng, Quintessa Swindell, Harry Lloyd and Fra Fee.
The sixth season premiere of C.B. Strike will air on HBO on January 23 at 9 PM; and that same day, the second season of The Night Agent will premiere online on Netflix.
On January 24, the Paramount+ movie Star Trek: Section 31 will debut online. Michelle Yeoh reprises her fan-favorite role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou (a character she played in Star Trek: Discovery), who joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past. The show also stars James Hiroyuki Liao, Humberly Gonzalez, Omari Hardwick, Kacey Rohl and Sam Richardson.
The season finale of the new spy drama The Agency will air online on Paramount+ on January 24.
On January 25, the Hallmark Channel movie The Perfect Setting will debut at 8 PM. An aspiring jewelry designer (Laci J. Mailey) returns to Belgium to visit her grandfather and hopefully win the Valentine’s Day Diamond Contest. David Elsendoorn co-stars.
The Lifetime movie Family Affair will debut on January 25 at 8 PM. Inspired by Grammy and Emmy winner Mary J. Blige’s best-selling hit single Family Affair, the third film in the cable network’s movie franchise continues the story of Kendra and Ben (Ajiona Alexus and Da’Vinchi) as they move out of the city to start a life together, but tensions rise when they struggle with fertility issues and Kendra tries to navigate her relationship with Ben’s son.
On January 26, the new CBS drama Watson will debut at 10 PM. The series takes place six months after the death of the titular character’s friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty. The show stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, who resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though – Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine, featuring a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries. The cast includes Rochelle Aytes, Eve Harlow and Inga Schlingmann.
Lastly, the season finale of the PBS drama Vienna Blood will air on January 26 at 10 PM and that same night, the season finale of the new spy drama The Agency will air on Showtime at 9 PM.
Mark your calendars!
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