What’s on TV This Week: ‘Ray Donovan,’ ‘Macbeth,’ ‘Euphoria’ and more
SUNDAY
Mayim Bialik reunites with Joey Lawrence and other former co-stars from her 1990s-era sitcom “Blossom” on a very special Season 2 premiere of “Call Me Kat.” 8 p.m. Fox
A teen hooks up with a wealthy gentleman 30 years her senior, much to her mother’s chagrin, in the new TV movie “Trapped by My Sugar Daddy.” 8 p.m. Lifetime
Expect blurry footage of some critter that kinda sorta maybe looks like Bigfoot in the premiere of the docuseries “Monsters Caught on Camera.” 8 p.m. Travel Channel
Three BFFs get a wake-up call after another childhood pal passes away unexpectedly in the new comedy “Pivoting.” With Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin and Maggie Q. 8:30 p.m. Fox
Forget the midwife, call the veterinarian! The period drama “All Creatures Great and Small” returns with new episodes on “Masterpiece.” Nicholas Ralph stars. 9 p.m. KOCE
Zendaya, the hardest-working woman in showbiz, is back on the small screen in the sophomore season premiere of the edgy teen drama “Euphoria.” 9 p.m. HBO
“Nobody is getting their head cut off,” Zendaya says.
Return with us now to the early 1900s for a second season of the dark crime drama “Vienna Blood.” With Matthew Beard. 10 p.m. KOCE
Amen to this! The satirical series “The Righteous Gemstones” is back with new episodes. With John Goodman, Adam Devine and Danny McBride. 10:05 and 10:57 p.m. HBO
MONDAY
The Georgia Bulldogs and the Crimson Tide of Alabama meet in Indianapolis to decide the “College Football Playoff National Championship.” 5 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2
Two couples from “90 Day Fiancé” get spun off into their own series, “David & Annie: After the 90 Days” and “Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days.” 9 and 9:35 p.m. TLC
TUESDAY
The Man of Steel and the missus are back in Smallville for Season 2 of the superhero drama “Superman & Lois.” With Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch. 8 p.m. The CW
Brandeis law professor Anita Hill and activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham research their family histories on a new installment of “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” 8 p.m. KOCE
Cast members from across a reality TV franchise come together in the new series “Teen Mom: Family Reunion.” 8 p.m. MTV
A Black-owned family-run winery serves as the setting for the soapy new drama “The Kings of Napa.” “The Wire’s” Isiah Whitlock Jr. stars. 8 p.m. OWN
Our girl “Naomi” is a Black teen in a small Pacific Northwest town who begins to manifest remarkable abilities in this new superhero drama. Kaci Walfall stars. 9 p.m. The CW
The TV obsessives here at The Times select the new and returning shows they’re most looking forward to this year.
Alvin Ailey, the pioneering dancer-choreographer whose works celebrated the Black experience, is profiled on the season premiere of “American Masters.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Meet a 20-something woman trapped in an 8-year-old’s body, the unforeseen side effect of a childhood cancer treatment, in the new unscripted series “I Am Shauna Rae.” 10 p.m. TLC
WEDNESDAY
“Nova” explores how research into butterflies is driving all manner of technological innovation in the new episode “Butterfly Blueprints.” 9 p.m. KOCE
The adult children of David Hasselhoff, Shaquille O’Neal and other celebs saddle up for the new reality series “Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules.” 9 and 10 p.m. E!
Meet Geege Taylor, an Atlanta-area single mom, cancer survivor and autism-acceptance advocate, in the new reality series “Leave It to Geege.” 10 p.m. Lifetime
THURSDAY
A mystery writer (Alyssa Milano) investigates her estranged sister’s untimely demise in the 2022 thriller “Brazen.” Based on a Nora Roberts novel. Anytime, Netflix
The grown children of single parents play matchmaker in the new reality series “My Mom, Your Dad.” Anytime, HBO Max
You can’t see him! John Cena’s character from the 2021 action flick “The Suicide Squad” gets an origin story in the new superhero drama “Peacemaker.” Anytime, HBO Max
John Cena says — in Mandarin — that he ‘made a mistake’ in a recent interview when he called Taiwan ‘the first country’ that could watch the film ‘F9.’
“Property Virgins” host Egypt Sherrod and her contractor hubby Mike Jackson return in their new reality series “Married to Real Estate.” 9 p.m. HGTV
The new true crime series “Taking the Stand” revisits cases where high-profile defendants, perhaps against the advice of counsel, testified in their own defense. 10 p.m. A&E
FRIDAY
Good grief! Ricky Gervais returns for a third and final season of his darkly comic series “After Life.” Anytime, Netflix
An archivist uncovers dark doings while restoring a documentary filmmaker’s long-lost footage in the new horror drama “Archive 81.” Anytime, Netflix
Is there life on Mars? Not anymore, as the sci-drama “The Expanse” signs off after six seasons. With Shohreh Aghdashloo. Anytime, Amazon Prime
Selena Gomez, “SNL’s” Andy Samberg and “WandaVision’s” Kathryn Hahn lend their voices to the 2022 animated franchise closer “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.” Anytime, Amazon Prime
Knock knock! Meet the various inhabitants of “The House” in this darkly comic, stop motion-animated, three-part supernatural anthology series. Anytime, Netflix
Prolific and seemingly incorrigible scam artist Barry Minkow speaks for himself in the three-part true crime series “King of the Con.” Anytime, Discovery+
An Irish lad and his Spanish gal pal travel to a mystical realm in the family friendly 2021 fantasy tale “Riverdance: The Animated Adventure.” With the voices of Pierce Brosnan and Lilly Singh. Anytime, Netflix
Do you like scary movies? The new true crime series “Scream: The True Story” recalls the case of the serial killer who inspired the hit horror-film franchise. Anytime, Discovery+
A teenage overachiever (Mika Abdalla) turns her attention to Topic A in the 2022 comedy “Sex Appeal.” With Paris Jackson and Margaret Cho. Anytime, Hulu
Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand play Shakespeare’s original power couple in Joel Coen’s black-and-white 2021 adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Anytime, Apple TV+
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Joel Coen’s magisterially bleak Shakespeare adaptation.
The deaths of George Floyd, Eric Garner and others at the hands of law enforcement serve as case studies in the new documentary “Use of Force: The Policing of Black America.” Anytime, Peacock
The tween-themed, Louisiana-set, time-traveling mystery drama “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” returns for Season 2. 8 p.m. Disney Channel
Broadway’s Shoshana Bean (“Wicked,” “Waitress”) performs on a new edition of “Stars on Stage From Westport Country Playhouse.” 9 p.m. KOCE
“Ray Donovan’s” Liev Schreiber is Ray Donovan in “Ray Donovan: The Movie,” a capper to the 2013-20 crime drama. With Jon Voight. 9 and 10:40 p.m. Showtime
SATURDAY
A food and wine critic uncorks a romance with a hunky single dad in the new TV movie “The Perfect Pairing.” With Nazneen Contractor. 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel
A suburban woman fears for the life of her autistic son after he witnesses a murder right across the street in the new TV movie “Safe Room.” With Nicole Ari Parker. 8 p.m. Lifetime
When in Sweden, an American tourist (Florence Pugh) does as the Swedes do — until things take a sinister turn, that is — in Ari Aster’s unnerving 2019 folk-horror fable “Midsommar.” 9 p.m. Showtime
Indie darling Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, and singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun perform on a new “Austin City Limits.” 11:30 p.m. KOCE
Movies on TV this week: January 9: ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ on TCM; ‘Ordinary People ,’ Epix; ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ KCET; ‘Almost Famous,’ IFC
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