The season ends for this Showtime series with Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone, while awards season begins.
With network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Jan. 8-14. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). If you are nosy like me, this show has it all — a look into 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 is back for its 28th season, with the first few 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 uncovered.
Tuesday
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY REUNION 8 p.m. on Bravo. There is a lot to unpack after the fourth season of R.H.O.S.L.C., so this is only the first of a three-part reunion. Andy Cohen is back in his usual hot seat to moderate (or, rather, stir the pot). And from the trailer, we see that along with lots of yelling and tears there will be a recreation of the “Mean Girls” Burn Book and a homage to Will Smith’s outburst at the 2022 Academy Awards.
HARD KNOCKS 9 p.m. on HBO. This annual N.F.L. documentary series is wrapping up after following the Miami Dolphins this season. A few key moments have included Alec Ingold’s nomination for Walter Payton Man of the Year award, Braxton Berrios’s relationship with the TikTok star Alix Earle and lots of family time for the players and coaches around the holidays.
Wednesday
LITTLE WOMEN (2019) 9 p.m. on Starz. This movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and based on the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott of the same name, stars Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen as the little women. The supporting cast is also pretty 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,” A.O. Scott wrote in his review for The New York Times. At least one scene, if not several, will make you weep.
Thursday
CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING 9:30 p.m. on The CW. The third season of this Canadian sitcom is coming to U.S. screens this week. This show comes from Kurt Smeaton, a producer of “Schitt’s Creek,” another Canadian show, which took the United States by storm. Starring Meaghan Rath and Aaron Abrams, the show follows couple as they navigate their lives outside of being parents to their three young children.
Friday
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) 10 p.m. on TCM. This is a classic of a category I can’t get enough of: movies about making movies, à la “A Star is Born” (any version you want) or “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” This musical focuses on a moment in Hollywood when actors, directors and producers were shifting away from silent movies to “talkies.” Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star.
Saturday
75TH ANNUAL CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS 8 p.m. on FXX. You can think of this award show as a pregame to the main Emmy Awards on Jan. 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, directing and writing.
Sunday
29TH ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 7 p.m. on The CW. Every winter I think of a scene from “Schitt’s Creek”: Alexis asks Moira what her favorite season is, and she matter-of-factly responds, “awards.” Around 600 film and TV critics and reporters make up the voting body for this show, which kicks off the run-up to the Oscars. It’s likely “Barbie” will leave with an award or two since it has 18 nods. Chelsea Handler will host.
THE CURSE 9 p.m. 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 cringing all season, but we still can’t look away. As James Poniewozik wrote in his Times review of the show, “it’s a dark satire of performative philanthropy and exploitation. It’s a psychological horror drama about marriage. It’s a reflection on the power of TV to create illusions.” The show’s 10th episode wraps up the season.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
