January 2016 TV premieres, movies, specials

New year, new TV shows. The calendar for January 2016 TV premieres is packed with  both series debuts (“The Shannara Chronicles,” “Teachers,” “Billions,” “Shadowhunters”) and new seasons (“The 100,” “Portlandia,” “Marvel’s Agent Carter,” “Younger”).

Get those DVRs ready, because many other shows are are back after the holiday break (“Limitless,” “Chicago Fire,” “iZombie”). Notable miniseries and one-offs air this month (“The X-Files,” “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride,” “War & Peace,” “London Spy”), along with several awards shows and finale.

All of you eager for the Dowager Countess’s sharp wit, “Downton Abbey” is back for, sadly, its final season.

Even though many shows won’t return until February or March (“The Walking Dead,” “Empire,” “Quantico”), there’s plenty to watch during winter snow days. Here’s the web’s most complete calendar of January 2016 TV premieres, finales, specials, movies and returns.

 

January 2016 TV premieres

All times Central

Friday, Jan. 1

5 a.m.

• “Miami Vice” marathon, El Rey network (holiday marathon through 7 p.m.)

9 a.m.

• “My Lottery Dream Home,” HGTV (series premiere; lottery winners look for dream homes)

10 a.m.

• “127th Rose Parade presented by Honda,” ABC (special)
• “Rose Parade 2016,” HGTV (special)

11 a.m.

• “Outback Bowl,” ESPN2 (Northwestern vs. Tennessee)

Noon

• “Mexico Life,” HGTV (series premiere; homebuyers in Mexico)
• “Citrus Bowl,” ABC (Michigan vs. Florida)
• “Fiesta Bowl,” ESPN (Notre Dame vs. Ohio State)

1:30 p.m.

• “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2016,” PBS (“Great Performances” holiday special; Julie Andrews hosts; encores at 6:30 p.m.)

2 p.m.

• “Mighty Tiny Houses,” HGTV (special)

3 p.m.

• “HGTV Dream Home 2016,” HGTV (special)

4 p.m.

• “Rose Bowl,” ESPN (Stanford vs. Iowa)

7 p.m.

• “A Very Bring It! New Year,” Lifetime (special)
• “I Have Your Children,” LMN (movie premiere; crisis negotiator deals with crisis involving her own son)
• “Roadhouse” marathon, El Rey Network (3 holiday airings through 2:30 a.m.)

7:30 p.m.

• “Sugar Bowl,” ESPN (Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss)

8 p.m.

• “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride,” PBS (“Masterpiece” special; Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a murder in new movie set in 1890s London)
• “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta,” TLC (season premiere)
• “Bring It!” Lifetime (season premiere)
• “Paranormal Survivor,” Destination America (season 2 premiere, 2 episodes)

9 p.m.

• “Love, Lust or Run,” TLC (season premiere)
• “The Rap Game,” Lifetime (series premiere; five young hip hop artists compete)
• “Shock Trauma: Edge of Life,” Discovery Life (series premiere; medical life at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center)

9:30 p.m.

• “Love at First Swipe,” TLC (season premiere)

10 p.m.

• “Ellen’s Design Challenge: Meet the Cast,” HGTV (special)

 

Saturday, Jan. 2

Syndicated

• “Tapping In,” local “Tapping In” listings (4-part series; Linda Swain travels globe to share individuals’ adventures to happiness)

11 a.m.

• “TaxSlayer Bowl,” ESPN (Penn State vs. Georgia)

2:20 p.m.

• “Liberty Bowl,” ESPN (Kansas State vs. Arkansas)

3 p.m.

• “Fear the Walking Dead” marathon, AMC (Season 1)

5:45 p.m.

• “Alamo Bowl,” ESPN (Oregon vs. TCU)

7 p.m.

• “Don’t Wake Mommy,” Lifetime (movie; struggling new mom meets helpful friend with bad intentions)
• “The Grinder” marathon, FX (Fox comedy marathon through 10:30 p.m.)

8 p.m.

• “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” Starz (season 1 finale)

9:15 p.m.

• “Cactus Bowl,” ESPN (West Virginia vs. Arizona State)

 

Sunday, Jan. 3

7 p.m.

• “Galavant,” ABC (season 2 premiere; 2 episodes per week)
• “The Simpsons,” Fox (midseason premiere)
• “The Wrong Roommate,” LMN (movie premiere; house guest threatens family)
• “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge,” CMT (season premiere)
• “Million Dollar American Princesses,” Smithsonian (season 2 premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Life,” Fox (series premiere; group of friends living together for first time)
• “Sunday Night Football,” NBC (season finale)

8 p.m.

• “Downton Abbey, the Final Season,” PBS (“Masterpiece” premiere)
• “Family Guy,” Fox (midseason premiere)
• “Bad Sister,” Lifetime (movie; excellent students senses something off about new nun)
• “Long Island Medium,” TLC (season premiere)
• “Newlyweds: The First Year,” Bravo (series premiere; newlyweds weather the first year)
• “Garage Gold,” FYI (season premiere)

8:30 p.m.

• “Bordertown,” Fox (series premiere; animated comedy about two families living on the U.S.–Mexico border)

9 p.m.

• “A Haunting,” Destination America (season 8 premiere)

 

Monday, Jan. 4

Streaming

• “A Place to Call Home,” Acorn.TV (season 3, eps. 6-7)

2:30 p.m.

• “Tim Farmer’s Country Kitchen,” RFD-TV (series premiere; wild-game cook Tim Farmer offers tips on cooking, hunting, gardening, canning, smoking and more)

7 p.m.

• “Superstore,” NBC (series premiere; wacky goings-on in a mega department store)
• “Supergirl,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Superhuman,” Fox (2-hour special; competition)
• “The Bachelor,” ABC (season 20 premiere)
• “Paris Terror Attack: Charlie Hebdo,” Smithsonian (special; hour-by-hour account of the Jan. 7, 2015, attack on the Paris magazine office)

7:30 p.m.

• “Telenovela,” NBC (time period premiere)

8 p.m.

• “The Biggest Loser: Temptation Nation,” NBC (season 17 premiere)
• “Scorpion,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Kitchen Crashers,” FYI (season premiere)
• “Vanity Fair Confidential,” Investigation Discovery (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Bachelor Live,” ABC (series premiere; after show)
• “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Chuck Norris vs. Communism,” PBS (“Independent Lens” premiere; in 1980s Romania, pirated Western films were released in the Soviet bloc, helping to cause a revolution)
• “Untying the Knot,” Bravo (new night)
• “Diesel Brothers,” Discovery (series premiere; tricking out trucks)

 

Tuesday, Jan. 5

7 p.m.

• “Hollywood Game Night,” NBC (season 4 premiere)
• “New Girl,” Fox (season 5 premiere)
• “NCIS,” CBS (midseason premiere; Part 1 of “NCIS: New Orleans” crossover)

7:30 p.m.

• “Grandfathered,” Fox (midseason premiere)

8 p.m.

• “Chicago Fire,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Fox (midseason premiere)
• “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS (midseason premiere; Part 2 of “NCIS” crossover)
• “Teen Wolf,” MTV (season 5B premiere)
• “The Haves and Have Nots,” OWN (midseason premiere)
• “Building Alaska,” FYI (season premiere)
• “Dance Moms,” Lifetime (season premiere)
• “My 600-lb. Life,” TLC (season 4 premiere)

8:30 p.m.

• “The Grinder,” Fox (midseason premiere)

9 p.m.

• “The Shannara Chronicles,” MTV (series premiere; 4 teens set out on a quest to save The Four Lands from a Demon army)
• “Beyond the Tank,” ABC (season 2 premiere)
• “Chicago Med,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “Limitless,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Pitch Slapped,” Lifetime (series premiere; high school a cappella teams compete)
• “Killing Fields,” Discovery (series premiere; true-crime series follows hunt for real and current killers)
• “Skin Tight,” TLC (series premiere; 12 Americans await skin removal surgery)
• “A Season with Notre Dame Football,” Showtime (season finale; bonus bowl game episodes)

9:30 p.m.

• “10 Things,” truTV (series premiere; Jamie Lee takes listicle to new level)

Wednesday, Jan. 6

1 p.m.

• “Dennis Reis Universal Horsemanship,” RFD-TV (series premiere; horsemanship study course)

2 p.m.

• “Richard Winters Horsemanship,” RFD-TV (series premiere; horsemanship study course)

7 p.m.

• “American Idol,” Fox (2-night season 15 premiere, part 1)
• “The Middle,” ABC (midseason premiere)
• “2 Broke Girls,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Mysteries of Laura,” NBC (midseason premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “The Goldbergs,” ABC (midseason premiere)
• “Mike & Molly,” CBS (season premiere)

8 p.m.

• “Modern Family,” ABC (midseason premiere)
• “Law & Order: SVU,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “People’s Choice Awards,” CBS (special)

8:30 p.m.

• “black-ish,” ABC (midseason premiere)

9 p.m.

• “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” FXX (season 11 premiere)
• “American Crime,” ABC (season 2 premiere)
• “Road to the NHL Winter Classic,” Epix (season finale)
• “Restaurant Startup,” CNBC (season premiere)

9:30 p.m.

• “Man Seeking Woman,” FXX (season 2 premiere)

 

Thursday, Jan. 7

Streaming

• Seeso launch, seeso.com (new comedy subscription site for $3.99 a month)

4 p.m.

• “Market Journal,” RFD-TV (series premiere; experts help agricultural produces improve bottom lines)

7 p.m.

• “American Idol,” Fox (2-night premiere, part 2)
• “Heroes Reborn,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Child Genius: Battle of the Brightest,” Lifetime (season 2 premiere)
• “Smackdown,” USA (season premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “Life in Pieces,” CBS (midseason premiere)

8 p.m.

• “The Blacklist,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “Mom,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “My Diet Is Better Than Yours,” ABC (series premiere)
• “Project Runway Junior,” Lifetime (midseason premiere)

8:30 p.m.

• “Angel from Hell,” CBS (series premiere; wise-cracking angel helps woman)

9 p.m.

• “Shades of Blue,” NBC (series premiere; NYPD detective turned informant straddles line between work and family)
• “Elementary,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” IFC (season 3 premiere; 3 back-to-back episodes)
• “Lip Synch Battle,” Spike (season premiere)
• “Real Detective,” Investigation Discovery (series premiere; homicide detectives discuss the real cases that haunt them)
• “Growing Up Hip Hop,” WEtv (docuseries premiere; celebs’ kids try to step out of parents’ shadows)

 

Friday, Jan. 8

7 p.m.

• “Undateable,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “Reign,” CW (midseason return)
• “Masterchef Junior,” Fox (season premiere)
• “Undercover Boss,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Last Man Standing,” ABC (midseason premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “Dr. Ken,” ABC (midseason premiere)
• “Girl Meets World,” Disney (midseason premiere)

8 p.m.

• “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Love Thy Neighbor,” OWN (midseason premiere)
• “Texas Flip and Move,” FYI (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Blue Bloods,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Ex Isle,” WEtv (series premiere; 5 former couples attempt to end dysfunctional relationships)

10 p.m.

• “The Joey Canyon Show,” RFD-TV (series premiere; country music variety show)

 

Saturday, Jan. 9

7 p.m.

• “My Sweet Audrina,” Lifetime (movie premiere; based on V.C. Andrews psychological thriller about woman who can’t recall past events)

8 p.m.

• “Mythbusters,” Discovery (season 19 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming,” HBO (concert special; J. Cole returns home to Fayetteville, N.C.)
• “Renovation Realities,” FYI (season premiere)

 

Sunday, Jan. 10

3 p.m.

• “Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2016 Golden Globe Awards,” E! (special)

5 p.m.

• “Live From The Red Carpet: The 2016 Golden Globe Awards,” E! (special)

6:30 p.m.

• “Bob’s Burgers,” Fox (2-night premiere, part 1)

7 p.m.

• “Madam Secretary,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Golden Globe Awards,” NBC (special)

8 p.m.

• “Shameless,” Showtime (season 6 premiere)
• “The Good Wife,” CBS (midseason premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Live to Tell,” History (series premiere; 1st person accounts of recent U.S. special ops missions)
• “CSI: Cyber,” CBS (midseason premiere)

10 p.m.

• “E! After Party: The 2016 Golden Globe Awards,” E! (special)

 

Monday, Jan. 11

Streaming

• “Midwinter of the Spirit,” Acorn.TV (U.S. premiere; country vicar and exorcist-in-training helps police in grisly murder case; 3 episodes over 3 consecutive Mondays)
• “A Place to Call Home,” Acorn.TV (season 3, eps. 8-10)

7 p.m.

• “Fashion Police: The 2016 Golden Globe Awards,” E! (special)

9 p.m.

• “Autism in Love,” PBS (“Independent Lens” premiere; stereotype-shattering look at four people with an autism spectrum disorder as they manage romantic relationships)
• “Hall of Fameless: The 10 Best Pranks,” truTV (special)

Tuesday, Jan. 12

7 p.m.

• “Madtv Reunion,” CW (special)
• “Pretty Little Liars,” Freeform, formerly ABC Family (season 6B premiere)

8 p.m.

• “iZombie,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “Shadowhunters,” Freeform (series premiere; Clary Fray learns she’s a human-angel hybrid; based on “The Mortal Instruments” books)
• “State of the Union Address,” multi networks (special)

 

Wednesday, Jan. 13

7 p.m.

• “Natural Born Hustlers,” PBS (“Nature” premiere; shape shifters, mimics, masters of disguise and illusion in the animal world; continues Jan. 20 & 27)

8 p.m.

• “Second Chance,” Fox (series premiere; bad cop gets second chance when he is brought back to life Frankenstein-style)
• “Face Off,” Syfy (season 10 premiere)
• “Criminal Minds,” CBS (midseason premiere)
• “Dual Survival,” Discovery (series premiere; survival experts are dropped into situations anyone could face and show how to survive)
• “Duck Dynasty,” A&E (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Younger,” TV Land (season 2 premiere)
• “American Horror Story: Hotel,” FX (season finale)
• “The Guest List: Live From The Barrel House,” seeso.com (stand-up comedy special)
• “Code Black,” CBS (midseason premiere)

10 p.m.

• “Teachers,” TV Land (series premiere; 6 teachers try to mold young minds but can’t keep their own together)

 

Thursday, Jan. 14

8 p.m.

• “Alaska Proof,” Animal Planet (series premiere; people behind The Alaska Distillery)

9 p.m.

• “Colony,” USA (series premiere; one family’s struggle to survive occupied Los Angeles)
• “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,” IFC (season 3 finale; 3 back-to-back episodes)
• “Workaholics,” Comedy Central (season premiere)

9:30 p.m.

• “Idiotsitter,” Comedy Central (series premiere; straight-laced woman tasked with watching spoiled rich woman under house arrest)

 

Friday, Jan. 15

Streaming

• “Degrassi: Next Class,” Netflix (series premiere, 20 episodes; return of the high school set series)
• “Just Add Magic,” Amazon (series premiere; 3 young friends find a cookbook filled with recipes for magic)

8 p.m.

• “Hell’s Kitchen,” Fox (season 15 premiere)

8:30 p.m.

• “The Lion Guard,” Disney Junior (series premiere; animated follow-up to “The Lion King”)

9 p.m.

• “Real Time with Bill Maher,” (HBO (season 14 premiere)

 

Saturday, Jan. 16

5 a.m.

• Epix Drive-in’s Finest, Epix (cop movie marathon; “Fargo” 5 a.m., “Kiss The Girls” 6:40 a.m., “Black Rain” 8:40 a.m.; “Jennifer 8” 10:50 a.m., “Serpico” 1 p.m., “Kiss The Girls” 3:15 p.m., “Fargo” 5:15 p.m., “RoboCop” 7 p.m., “Beverly Hills Cop II” 9 p.m., “Beverly Hills Cop III” 10:45 p.m., “Black Rain” 12:35 a.m., “RoboCop” 2:45 a.m., “Serpico” 4:45 a.m.)

8 a.m.

• “Sesame Street,” HBO (season 46 premiere; kids program moves to HBO with new half hour episodes)

10:30 p.m.

• “Saturday Night Live,” NBC (midseason premiere)

Sunday, Jan. 17

7 p.m.

• “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth,” Showtime (series premiere; real-time doc series examines 2016 presidential race)
• “21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards,” A&E, Lifetime, LMN (special)

8 p.m.

• “Angie Tribeca,” TBS (series 1 marathon, 10 episodes; cop comedy)
• “Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray,” AHC (special; shooting of Martin Luther King, Jr., sparks one of the largest manhunts in FBI history)

9 p.m.

• “Billions,” Showtime (series premiere; U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and hedge fund king Bobby “Axe” Axelrod butt heads in NYC)
• “Mercy Street,” PBS (“Masterpiece” premiere; 6-part look at two volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the Civil War)
• “The Royals,” E! (season 2 premiere)
• “Evil Lives Here,” Investigation Discovery (series premiere; people with loved ones who become killers)

 

Monday, Jan. 18

Streaming

• “19-2,” Acorn.TV (U.S. premiere; Montreal Police Department partners must put their differences aside as their lives intertwine professionally and personally; 1st 2 eps premiere followed every Monday with new ep through March 14)

7 p.m.

• “Just for Laughs starring Howie Mandel,” CW (comedy special) 

8 p.m.

• “War & Peace,” Lifetime, A&E & History (miniseries premiere; rise and fall of fortunes of five aristocratic families jockeying for top position in the waning days of imperial Russia; airing 8 p.m. Mondays for four weeks)
• “Ellen’s Design Challenge,” HGTV (season 2 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Almost Royal,” BBC America (season 2 premiere)
• “Fameless,” truTV (midseason premiere)
• “Hit the Floor,” VH1 (season premiere)

 

Tuesday, Jan. 19

7 p.m.

• “The Flash,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “Team Ninja Warrior,” Esquire (series premiere; teams of 3 take on each other, the obstacle course)

8 p.m.

• “Marvel’s Agent Carter,” ABC (season 2 premiere, 2 episodes)
• “Bonnie & Clyde,” PBS (“American Experience” premiere)
• “Like a Boss,” Oxygen (docuseries premiere; what it takes to be assistant to Atlanta power players)
• “Total Divas,” E! (season 5 premiere)
• “Friday Night Tykes,” Esquire (season premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Fit to Fat to Fit,” A&E (series premiere; fitness trainers gain weight in order to understand struggles of their obese clients)
• “Just Jillian,” E! (series premiere; life with fitness mogul Jillian Michaels)

Wednesday, Jan. 20

6 p.m.

• “Salam Neighbor,” Pivot (doc premiere; 7 miles from the Syrian border live 85,000 refugees in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp)

7 p.m.

• “Arrow,” CW (midseason premiere)

7:30 p.m.

• “Lab Rats: Bionic Island,” Disney XD (1-hour special event, “Space Colony;” a visit to Davenportia, the first human space colony on remote planet in another galaxy)

8 p.m.

• “Supernatural,” CW (midseason premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Kocktails with Khloé,” FYI (series premiere; talk show set in which Khloe Kardashian dishes with guests in homey atmosphere)

 

Thursday, Jan. 21

7 p.m.

• “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” CW (series premiere; motley crew becomes time-traveling heroes)
• “Heroes Reborn,” NBC (season finale)

8 p.m.

• “The 100,” CW (season 3 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “London Spy,” BBC America (series premiere; 5-part mystery in which young man is drawn into spy game)
• “Baskets,” FX (series premiere; Zach Galifianakis stars as a man who wants to be a French clown but becomes a U.S. rodeo clown instead)
• “Portlandia,” IFC (season 6 premiere)
• “Recipe for Deception,” Bravo (series premiere; culinary competition)

10 p.m.

• “Dark Net,” Showtime (docuseries premiere; exploring the netherworld where virtual and physical lives collide)

 

Friday, Jan. 22

Streaming

• “Mad Dogs,” Amazon (series premiere; reunion of five 40-something friends descends into tangle of  lies, deception and murder)

7 p.m.

• “Reign,” CW (winter finale)

8 p.m.

• “Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon,” History (doc film; inside look at magazine & its key players) 

9 p.m.

• “Truth and Power,” Pivot (series premiere; docuseries explores question, “What happens when private institutions and governments abuse their power and break the public trust?”)

10 p.m.

• “Childrens Hospital,” Adult Swim (season 7 premiere)

 

Saturday, Jan. 23

Streaming

• “Chelsea Does,” Netflix (docuseries premiere, 4 episodes; Chelsea Handler tackles topics such as marriage, racism and drugs through interviews and visits to those impacted)

8:30 a.m.

• “The 7D,” Disney XD (season 2 premiere; comedic take on the Seven Dwarfs)

7 p.m.

• “Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart,” Lifetime (movie premiere; based on artist’s authorized life story)

8 p.m.

• “Black Sails,” Starz (season 3 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Beowulf,” Esquire (series premiere; based on the English poem, the story of a disillusioned and damaged hero in Denmark between the 8th and 11th centuries)
• “Whitney Cummings: I’m Your Girlfriend,” HBO (stand-up special)

 

Sunday, Jan. 24

7 p.m.

• “The X-Files,” Fox (miniseries premiere; Mulder and Scully are back)

9 p.m.

• “Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry,” E! (series premiere; 20-year-old Tyler Henry brings messages from beyond to Hollywood celebs)

Monday, Jan. 25

7 p.m.

• “The X-Files,” Fox (time slot premiere)
• “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “The Fosters,” Freeform (midseason 3 premiere)

8 p.m.

• “The Magicians,” Syfy (series premiere; students at secret school for magic face evil)
• “Lucifer,” Fox (series premiere; devil is hanging in L.A.)
• “Jane the Virgin,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “Recovery Road,” Freeform (series premiere; teen girl deals with addiction)
• “American Dad,” TBS (season 11 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “The Graham Norton Show,” BBC America (new night premiere)
• “In Football We Trust,” PBS (“Independent Lens” premiere; Polynesian community in Salt Lake City produces becomes chief source of Pacific Islander players in the NFL)

 

Tuesday, Jan. 26

8 p.m.

• “Outsiders,” WGN America (series premiere; mountain family defends itself against people in Appalachia town)
• “The Mine Wars,” PBS (“American Experience” premiere; how miners of southern West Virginia struggled for their rights)

Wednesday, Jan. 27

6 p.m.

• “This is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees,” Pivot (doc premiere; intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee Syria’s civil war)

7 p.m.

• “Lucha Underground,” El Rey Network (season 2 premiere)

8 p.m.

• “Little Women: LA,” Lifetime (season 4 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Suits,” USA (midseason 5 premiere)
• “Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan,” Travel (season premiere)

 

Thursday, Jan. 28

7 p.m.

• “You, Me and the Apocalypse,” NBC (series premiere; group of seemingly unconnected characters intersect in comedic ways as they face the end of the world)

8 p.m.

• “Party Down South,” CMT (season 5 premiere)

9 p.m.

• “Redneck Island: Battle of the Lake,” CMT (season premiere)

 

Friday, Jan. 29

7 p.m.

• “The Vampire Diaries,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “Masterchef Junior,” Fox (season finale)

8 p.m.

• “Grimm,” NBC (midseason premiere)
• “The Originals,” CW (midseason premiere)
• “American Masters: Mike Nichols,” PBS (season 30 premiere; doc about the great director)

9 p.m.

• “Banshee,” Cinemax (4th & final season premiere)

Saturday, Jan. 30

5 p.m.

• “Live From The Red Carpet: The 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards,” E! (special)

7 p.m.

• “Lila & Eve,” Lifetime (movie premiere; mothers try to track down children’s killers)
• “Screen Actors Guild Awards,” TNT & TBS (special)

9 p.m.

• “Zombie House Flipping,” FYI (series premiere; house flippers buy and renovate foreclosed/abandoned “zombie houses”)

Sunday, Jan. 31

6 p.m.

• “Grease! Live,” Fox (special; 1950s at Rydell High)

7 p.m.

• “Galavant,” ABC (season finale)