With network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is vast. These are some of the shows, specials and movies premiering on television this week, January 8-14. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
ANTIQUES ROUTE 8 pm on PBS (check local listings). If you’re nosy like me, this show has it all: a look at people’s homes, their family histories, and the value of their old things. And you get a history lesson along the way. This quintessential PBS show returns for its 28th season, with the first episodes taking place at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage before traveling to Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. Who knows what treasures (or trash) will be discovered.
Tuesday
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY REUNION 8 pm on Bravo. There’s a lot to unpack after season four of RHOSLC, so this is just the first of a three-part reunion. Andy Cohen has returned to his usual hot seat to moderate (or, rather, stir the pot). And in the trailer we see that along with many screams and tears there will be a recreation of the Burn Book from “Mean Girls” and a tribute to Will Smith’s outburst at the 2022 Academy Awards.
HARD BLOWS 9:00 p.m. on HBO. This annual NFL documentary series concludes after following the Miami Dolphins this season. Some key moments included Alec Ingold’s nomination for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, Braxton Berrios’ relationship with TikTok star Alix Earle and plenty of family time for the players and coaches over the holidays.
WOMEN (2019) 9:00 p.m. on Starz. This film, directed by Greta Gerwig and based on Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel of the same name, stars Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen as he Little woman. The supporting cast is also quite stellar with Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Bob Odenkirk and Meryl Streep. The film is “faithful enough to satisfy the book’s passionate devotees, who will recognize the work of a kindred spirit, while standing on its own as an independent and inventive piece of contemporary popular culture,” AO Scott wrote in his review for The New York. Times. At least one scene, if not several, will make you cry.
Thursday
CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING 9:30 pm on The CW. The third season of this Canadian comedy hits American screens this week. This show comes from Kurt Smeaton, producer of “Schitt’s Creek,” another Canadian show that took the United States by storm. Starring Meaghan Rath and Aaron Abrams, the show follows a couple as they navigate their lives in addition to parenting their three young children.
Friday
SINGING IN THE RAIN (1952) 10:00 p.m. on TCM. This is a classic from a category I can’t get enough of: movies about making movies, a la “A Star is Born” (whatever version you want) or “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” This musical focuses on a time in Hollywood when actors, directors and producers were transitioning from silent films to talkies. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star.
Saturday
75TH ANNUAL CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS 8pm on FXX. You can think of this awards show as a lead-up to the main Emmy Awards on January 15. This broadcast, edited from two previous events, honors the more technical and behind-the-scenes work that goes into the nominated shows rather than the acting. , direction and writing.
Sunday
29TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD 7pm on The CW. Every winter I think of a scene from “Schitt’s Creek”: Alexis asks Moira what her favorite season is and she responds matter-of-factly: “prizes.” Around 600 film and television critics and journalists make up the voting body for this program that opens the period leading up to the Oscars. “Barbie” is likely to take home an award or two, as she has 18 nominations. Chelsea Handler will host.
THE COURSE 9 pm on Showtime. This show, starring Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder as a couple at the center of a home renovation reality series, has had us embarrassed all season long, but we still can’t look away. As James Poniewozik wrote in his review of the show in the Times, “it is a dark satire of performative philanthropy and exploitation. It is a psychological horror drama about marriage. It is a reflection on the power of television to create illusions.” The tenth episode of the show concludes the season.
