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January TV Calendar
The following list provides the dates of the dramas that will debut, return or end on the major and cable networks as well as the streaming services; those dramas that will come to an end, a special or two AND the made-for-TV movies and so much more that will air throughout January:
January 1 – The HBO Max special Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts will air online today
Special Synopsis: Twenty years after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, cast members are coming together for a new special that will include in-depth interviews and cast conversations from all of the films. Cast members featured will include Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as well as Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, Alfred Enoch, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Ian Hart [among others].
January 1 – The Hallmark Channel movie Where Your Heart Belongs will debut at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Mackenzie Sullivan (Jen Lilley) is a New York-based marketing executive struggling to keep her clients. When she returns home to a rural maple farm to help her best friend plan her wedding in just two weeks, Mackenzie learns the hard way that the love and support of family and true friends means more than she’d imagined. Christopher Russell co-stars.
January 1 – The New Year’s Day special Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks will air at 2 PM (check your local listings for airtime) on BBC America
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: On New Year’s Eve, the appearance of an executioner Dalek means Sarah and Nick’s countdown to midnight will be the strangest and deadliest they have ever known. Can the Doctor, Yaz and Dan save them?
January 2 – The PBS 8-episode series Around the World in 80 Days, based on the legendary book by Jules Verne, will debut at 8 PM
Show Synopsis: David Tennant stars as literature’s greatest explorer Phileas Fogg in a new adaptation of the classic adventure novel. French actor Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch (Babylon Berlin and The Crown) co-star.
January 2 – The two-hour season finale of Yellowstone will air on the Paramount Network at 8 PM
January 2 – The Rookie will be back from its winter hiatus on ABC at 10 PM
January 2 – Both The Equalizer and NCIS: Los Angeles will return from their winter breaks on CBS at 8 and 9 PM respectively followed by the return of S.W.A.T. at 10 PM, its new night and time
January 3 – Ordinary Joe will be back with new episodes starting tonight on NBC at 10 PM
January 3 – NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i will be back with new episodes on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively
January 3 – 9-1-1: Lone Star will air its season premiere on FOX at 8 PM followed by the debut of the new drama The Cleaning Lady at 9 PM
Show Synopsis (The Cleaning Lady): A whip-smart Cambodian doctor (Elodie Yung from Daredevil) comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her son, but when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she uses her cunning and intelligence to fight back, breaking the law for all the right reasons. The cast includes Adan Canto (Designated Survivor).
January 4 – The final season of This Is Us will premiere on NBC at 9 PM followed by the return of New Amsterdam at 10 PM
January 4 – The CBS dramas FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted will return with new episodes at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively
January 4 – Queens will return with new episodes on ABC at 10 PM
January 5 – Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. will return with new episodes on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively
January 5 – The new CBS medical drama Good Sam will debut at 10 PM
Show Synopsis: The series is about Dr. Sam Griffith (Sophia Bush from One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D.), a gifted heart surgeon, who excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss (Jason Isaacs), who is also her father, falls into a coma. When he wakes up months later demanding to resume his duties, Sam is tasked with supervising this egotistical expert with a scalpel who never acknowledged her stellar talent. The cast includes Wendy Crewson (When Hope Calls and Frankie Drake Mysteries) and Edwin Hodge (The Tomorrow War and Six) [among others].
January 6 – The 6-part limited series Women of the Movement will debut on ABC for two hours at 8 PM
Show Synopsis: Based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren from the Broadway play Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett (Cedric Joe) was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world’s stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the Civil Rights movement as we know it today. The cast includes Alex Desert, Carter Jenkins, Gil Bellows, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Ray Fisher and Timothy Hutton.
NOTE: This limited series will air in three two-hour parts over three consecutive weeks.
January 6 – The Blacklist, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime will be back with new episodes starting tonight on NBC at 8, 9 and 10 PM respectively
January 6 – The winter premiere of Bull will air on CBS at 10 PM
January 6 – The season finale of the reboot of The Game will air online on Paramount+ today
January 7 – Nancy Drew will return with new episodes starting tonight on The CW at 9 PM
January 7 – Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods will be back with new episodes on CBS at 9 and 10 PM respectively
January 7 – The Amazon movie The Tender Bar will debut online today
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: This is an adaptation of the 2005 memoir by J. R. Moehringer, directed by George Clooney about a boy (played by Daniel Ranieri, Tye Sheridan and Ron Livingston throughout his life), seeking a replacement for his father, who disappeared shortly after his birth, who bonds with his uncle (Ben Affleck) and the patrons at a bar. The cast includes Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd and Max Martini.
January 8 – The GAC Family movie The Winter Palace will debut at 8 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: A novelist (Danica McKellar) with writer’s block becomes the caretaker at an empty winter chateau to finish her book. The owner, a prince (Neal Bledsoe), suddenly shows up with his royal entourage, and her job as the caretaker includes taking orders from the royal group.
January 8 – The third and final season of A Discovery of Witches will air online on Sundance Now starting today
January 8 – The Hallmark Channel movie The Wedding Veil will debut at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The first installment of a new trilogy which follows three longtime college friends (Lacey Chabert, Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney) who discover a mysterious, antique veil fabled to unite its bearer with her true love. After discovering a long-lost painting, museum curator Avery and new board member Peter investigate the artwork’s origins as they plan a gala to unveil it. Kevin McGarry co-stars.
January 9 – The season finale of Mayor of Kingstown will air online on Paramount+ today
January 9 – The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie North to Home will debut at 10 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The McBride sisters (Lyndsy Fonseca, Kimberley Sustad and Erica Durance) reunite in Alaska for a memorable birthday celebration connecting their past to the present. Barbara Niven co-stars.
January 9 – The season finale of Dexter: New Blood will air on Showtime at 9 PM
January 9 – The UPtv movie Love’s Second Chance will debut at 7 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When Rose (Gabrielle Christian), a passionate fashion stylist in her 30’s living in New York, inherits her grandmother’s vintage dress shop, she returns to her small hometown to take care of the store. As she’s contemplating closing the store for good, she runs into her charming high school crush, Cole Murphy (Cody Ryan Thompson), who convinces her to restore the store and help people in need that can’t afford new clothes. After hesitantly agreeing, the two friends reminisce about their old feelings, and realize that the store is not the only that deserves a second chance, but so does their love.
January 9 – The season two premiere of All Creatures Great and Small will air on PBS at 9 PM
January 9 – Euphoria will return to HBO for its second season at 9 PM
January 11 – Our Kind of People will be back from its winter break on FOX at 9 PM
January 11 – The season premiere of Superman & Lois will air on The CW at 8 PM followed by the debut of the new drama Naomi at 9 PM
Show Synopsis (Naomi): Based on the DC characters, the series follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book-loving teenager (relative newcomer Kaci Walfall) as she pursues her hidden destiny. When a supernatural event shakes her small hometown of Port Oswego, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, with a little help from her fiercely loyal best friend Annabelle (Mary-Charles Jones from Kevin Can Wait). The cast includes Barry Watson (7th Heaven) and Mouzam Makkar (The Vampire Diaries).
January 12 – DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman will be back from their winter breaks on The CW at 8 and 9 PM respectively
January 13 – The HBO Max drama Peacemaker will debut online today
Show Synopsis: John Cena returns as Peacemker, a compellingly vainglorious man, who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. The cast includes Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Robert Patrick, Christopher Heyerdahl and Lochlyn Munro.
January 13 – The Netflix movie Brazen will debut online today
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Alyssa Milano (Charmed) stars as Grace, a prominent mystery writer and crime expert who heads to Washington DC after her estranged sister summons her only to find out that her sister was killed and lead a double life as a webcam performer. Grace ignores the warnings of cool-headed detective Ed (Sam Page) and gets involved in the case. Based on the Nora Roberts novel Brazaen Virtue.
January 13 – Walker will return with new episodes starting tonight on The CW at 8 PM
January 13 – The season finale of Station Eleven will air online on HBO Max
January 14 – Ray Donovan: The Movie will debut on Showtime at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The film picks up where season seven left off, with Mickey (Jon Voight), in the wind and Ray (Liev Schreiber) determined to find and stop him before he can cause any more carnage. It will also weave together the present-day fallout from the Donovan/Sullivan feud with Ray and Mickey’s origin story from 30 years ago.
January 14 – The series finale of The Expanse will air online on Amazon
January 14 – The animated film Hotel Transylvania: Transformania will air online on Amazon
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When Van Helsing’s (Jim Gaffigan) mysterious invention, the “Monsterfication Ray”, goes haywire, Drac (Brian Hull, who replaces Adam Sandler) and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny (Andy Samberg) becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent. Other voices will be provided by Selena Gomez, Fran Descher, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade and Keegan-Michael Key.
January 14 – The movie The Tragedy of Macbeth will debut online on Apple TV+
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: After being convinced by three witches, a Scottish lord (Denzel Washington) sets out to become the King of Scotland. The cast includes Frances McDormand, Corey Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Moses Ingram, Sean Patrick Thomas and Stephen Root.
January 15 – The Perfect Pairing is the new Hallmark Channel movie that will debut at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Influential and anonymous food and wine critic Christina (Nazneen Contractor) slips on ice and falls while visiting a winery — and no one knows who she is. Single father Michael (Brennan Elliott) and his family take her in to help her jog her memory.
January 16 – The UPtv movie Fishing For Love will debut at 7 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Talented chef Courtney Preston’s (Andrea Brooks) life is turned upside down after the death of her father. Armed with a family heirloom her father left behind called the “Rule Book of Love,” Courtney’s passion for cooking is reignited as she finds love in a place she least expects. Spencer Lord co-stars.
January 16 – The season finale of Yellowjackets will air on Showtime at 10 PM
January 16 – The third season of Britannia will air on EPIX at 9 PM
January 17 – The CW reboot 4400 will be back with new episodes starting tonight at 9 PM
January 20 – The finale of Women of the Movement will air on ABC at 8 PM
January 20 – The new AMC+ series La Fortuna will debut online today
Show Synopsis: Álex Ventura (relative newcomer Alvaro Mel) is a young diplomat who ends up becoming the leader behind a collective effort to recover an underwater shipwreck seized by Frank Wild (Stanley Tucci), a treasure hunter. Clark Peters also stars.
January 20 – The season finale of Close to Me will air online on AMC+ and Sundance Now online today
January 20 – The Netflix movie The Royal Treatment will debut online today
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: New York hairdresser Izzy (Laura Marano from Austin & Ally) seizes the chance to work at the wedding of a charming prince name Thomas (Mena Massoud from Aladdin), but when sparks between them fly, will love or duty prevail?
January 21 – The third season of Servant will air online on Apple TV+ today
January 21 – Part 1 of the fourth season of Ozark will premiere on Netflix online today
January 22 – The Hallmark Channel movie Don’t Forget I Love You will debut at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: On her birthday, Taylor (Emilie Ullerup) opens a time capsule left by her deceased mother, which contains a list of challenges forcing her out of her comfort zone and opening her up to the possibility of love. Clayton James co-stars.
January 23 – The season finale of SEAL Team will air online on Paramount+ today
January 23 – The UPtv movie Love on the Road will debut at 7 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: When restaurant makeover show host Abby (Erin Cahill) gets a new assignment to turn a rustic small-town diner into a place on the culinary map, she knows she’s way out of her element. But as Abby and diner owner Tom (Jesse Hutch) spend time together in and out of the kitchen, Abby discovers the joy of good comfort food, a place she just might call home, and a thing she just might call love.
January 23 – NCIS: Los Angeles will air on CBS at the special time of 8 PM
January 23 – The 6th season premiere of Billions will air on Showtime at 9 PM
January 24 – The third season premiere of Snowpiercer will air on TNT at 9 PM
January 24 – The new drama Promised Land will debut on ABC at 10:01 PM
Show Synopsis: The series is an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. The cast includes John Ortiz, Bellamy Young and Christina Ochoa.
January 24 – The HBO period piece drama The Gilded Age will debut at 9 PM
Show Synopsis: The series begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Christina Baranski) and Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). Accompanied by Peggy Scott (Denee Benton), an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George (Morgan Spector) and Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon). The ensemble cast includes Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Nathan Lane, Taissa Farmiga, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Debra Monk, Bill Irwin, Amy Forsyth, Katie Finneran and Blake Ritson.
January 25 – The finale of Our Kind of People will air on FOX at 9 PM
January 26 – The second season of Resident Alien will premiere on Syfy at 9 PM followed by the debut of Astrid & Lilly Save the World at 10 PM
Show Synopsis (Astrid & Lilly Save the World): High school is hard enough when you’re different, but when outcast BFFs Astrid (Jana Morrison) and Lilly (Samantha Aucoin) accidentally crack open a portal to a terrifyingly quirky monster dimension, it gets a lot more complicated. It’s up to them to vanquish the creepy creatures and save the world, becoming the badass heroes they were meant to be. That is, if they can survive the horrors of high school.
January 28 – The animated movie The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild will debut online today on Disney+
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The movie continues the hilarious escapades of the beloved sub-zero heroes as they create more prehistoric pandemonium. Eager for a little independence, the thrill-seeking possum brothers Crash and Eddie (Vincent Tong and Aaron Harris respectively) set out to find a place of their own, but quickly find themselves trapped beneath the ice in a massive cave inhabited by dinosaurs. They are rescued by the one-eyed, adventure-loving weasel Buck Wild (Simon Pegg), and together, with the help of some new friends, embark on a mission to save the Lost World from dinosaur domination.
January 28 – The new Netflix 8-episode drama In From the Cold will debut online today
Show Synopsis: A mom’s (Margarita Levieva from Revenge) life turns upside down when she must choose between putting her family at risk and returning to her past as a bioengineered Russian agent.
January 28 – The Netflix limited series The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window will debut online today
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: The dark comedy centers around heartbroken Anna (Kristen Bell), for whom every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder…or did she? The cast includes Tom Riley, Shelley Hennig and Michael Ealy.
January 29 – The Hallmark Channel movie Butlers in Love will debut at 9 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: In a prestigious butler academy, passionate Emma (Stacey Farber) and rebellious Henry (Corey Cott) train to become royal butlers where the competition is fierce and sparks fly. Maxwell Caulfield also stars.
January 30 – The FOX drama Monarch will debut at 10 PM (special night and time)
Show Synopsis: The series is an epic, multi-generational musical drama about America’s first family of country music. The Romans are passionate and fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of this family’s success is a lie. When dangerous truths bubble to the surface, the Romans’ reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy. Nicky Roman (Anna Friel), the brilliant and fierce heir to the crown, already battling an industry and world stacked against her, will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy. It’s finally her turn. But is it too late? Susan Sarandon and country artist Trace Adkins star as the heads of the Roman family. The cast also includes D.W. Moffett, Damon Dayoub, Eva Amurri, Faith Prince, Josh Sasse and Reshma Shetty.
NOTE: Monarch has been pulled from the line-up, and will be held back until this fall.
January 30 – The UPtv movie Love & Where To Find It will debut at 7 PM
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Two local coffee shop business owners (Elise Gatien and Clayton James) despise each other in real life, but fall in love while unknowingly sending each other messages through a dating app on their friends’ behalf.
January 31 – The 64th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS at 8 PM. NOTE: The Grammy’s have been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 related concerns.
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