This week on New Girl, Nick attempts to throw Jess a birthday party. “Attempts” being the operative word. Nick struggles to throw Jess the perfect birthday party, while Schmidt works overtime to help out Cece in her new job as bartender and Winston and Coach engage in a bake-off. “Birthday” airs Tuesday, January 21 at 9/8c on FOX.

The French medieval setting of Reign appears to agree with the CW. At the TCA’s last week, the network announced that it has acquired Labyrinth, a four-hour event series that jumps back and forth between modern and medieval France as it follows the lives of two women separated by centuries but united in their search for the Holy Grail. The project, …

A trip to the West Coast brings Mindy face-to-face with her ex-fiance (and Kevin Smith) and Peter goes after his crush on this week’s episode of The Mindy Project. Jeremy sends Mindy, Danny, Peter and Morgan to Los Angeles to receive cosmetic injectables certification. Once they arrive, Peter attempts to track down the object of his affection, Maria Menounos, and …

This week on New Girl, Jess uses basketball to solidify her friendship with Coach which causes problems with Nick. Jess does a full-court press to solidify her friendship with Coach. But Nick goes on defense when they bond over his rival basketball team. Meanwhile, Schmidt is assigned to mentor a much older new hire at work and Winston discovers a new …

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit returns with its first new episode of 2014, the next chapter in one of the most intense ongoing cases in this procedural’s history. In “Psycho/Therapist”, Olivia Benson once again comes face to face with her kidnapper, William Lewis, this time in the courtroom. After numerous motions and attempts to strike a deal, Lewis is …

Mindy is kicking off the new year by tackling her resolution to get in shape for a weekend away with Cliff, and she’s enlisted Danny to help in The Mindy Project. In an attempt to get in shape before a weekend away with Cliff (guest star Glenn Howerton), Mindy convinces Danny to be her personal trainer. Meanwhile at the office, …

New Girl starts the new year by looking back: in tonight’s episode, the gang remembers the jobs that lead to their current careers. Jess has 20 minutes to decide if she should give up teaching and take a new job, prompting the gang to recall how they all landed in their current professions. “Stuck in the Bar” airs Tuesday, January …

It’s 1985, the Cold War is in full swing, and Sandy Grimes is at the forefront of the CIA’s espionage efforts in ABC’s new series, The Assets. This eight-part “limited series” – or “miniseries” in ’80s parlance – unspools on Thursdays beginning January 2. Based on the real life events of CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes (Jodie Whittaker), The Assets …

PBS airs the annual Call the Midwife holiday special tonight at 7:30/6:30c, giving us a little prelude to the third season which airs in Spring 2014. In 1958 East End London, the holidays are not just about the opening of presents, but also about the closing of deep wounds. Although the weather is unseasonably mild for this time of year, …

Lifetime’s latest holiday movie, Christmas in the City, is a sweet tale of a single mom trying to do what’s right for her family. Wendy Carroll (the always delightful Ashley Williams) is struggling to keep her late father’s candy store afloat in her small hometown. She feels a responsibility to maintain his legacy, while caring for her mother and her …