S.W.A.T., on CBS
To help his foster brother Nate (Cory Hardict) escape a drug ring, Street (Alex Russell) puts his life on the line in this new episode. Hondo (Shemar Moore) and the rest of the team rally together to have his back.
Q: Can you explain the end of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" for me? Why did [spoiler] kill [other spoiler]?
Sorry for tinkering with your question (get it?), but I had to protect anyone who hasn't yet seen the movie or read the book. So, if you haven't and you plan to, read no further.
Bless This Mess, on ABC
Lake Bell and Dax Shepard star as Rio and Mike, a New York couple who are adjusting to living the simple life in Nebraska in a new episode of this comedy. Their simple life as farmers turns out to be a lot harder than they expected.
Returning champs: 'Chopped' $50,000 tournament gets underway
Ted Allen hosts "Chopped"
They're baaack!
They're already winners, but 16 past champions are stepping back into the "Chopped" kitchen and our TV-loving lives this week, as Food Network rolls out its newest installment of the "$50,000 Champs Challenge" tournament.
Come together: The heroic first responders of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' team up in a race against time
Jesse Williams stars in "Grey's Anatomy"
Prodigal Son, on Fox
When criminal profiler Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne) goes against orders to find the "Junkyard Killer," he gets himself kidnapped in this mid-season premiere. Now, the NYPD must team up with the FBI in order to save him. Michael Raymond-James guest stars.
Q: Is the new "Jumanji" movie the third movie in the series, or the fourth? I heard someone say it was the fourth but I only know of three.
Anyone saying that "Jumanji: The Next Level" is the third "Jumanji" movie is making the understandable mistake of forgetting about "Zathura: A Space Adventure." And to be fair, the director of "Zathura" made a point of forgetting about "Jumanji."
New Releases for the week of January 19 - 25
Zombieland: Double Tap
A decade after the events of the first film of the franchise, the survivors -- Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) -- have settled in the abandoned White House. When the familial tension tears the makeshift family unit apart, the group splits, and Wichita and Little Rock head away from their male companions. When Wichita returns a month later and tells them about the shocking discovery of more agile and resilient super zombies roaming the country, the gang heads off on a mission across the country to save Little Rock. This film is a direct sequel to "Zombieland" (2009).
Director: Ruben Fleischer. Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Zoey Deutch, Avan Jogia, Rosario Dawson, Luke Wilson, Thomas Middleditch. 2019. 99 mins. Action.
Jay & Silent Bob Reboot
After getting busted for growing marijuana in the old RST Video Store, Jay (Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) head to court. There, they discover that, in order to facilitate a big-budget reboot of "Bluntman and Chronic," they have been tricked into signing away their naming rights by Brandon (Long), a shady lawyer, and can hence forth never identify as "Jay and Silent Bob" ever again. The two friends must travel across the country to Chronic-Con to reclaim their identities before the movie is released.
Director: Kevin Smith. Stars: Melissa Benoist, Matt Damon, Chris Hemsworth, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Justin Long, Joe Manganiello. 2019. 105 mins. Comedy.
The Addams Family
Having fled to New Jersey after being persecuted by an angry mob, Gomez (Isaac) and Morticia Addams (Theron) settle into their macabre life in an abandoned asylum on a hill. Thirteen years later, the couple has two children, Pugsley (Wolfhard) and Wednesday (Moretz), and they must fend off a reality television host determined to build an idyllic planned community and ruin the family's morbid way of life. This is a reboot of the TV show from the 1960s and the 1991 film of the same name.
Directors: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon. Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, Allison Janney, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Tituss Burgess. 2019. 86 mins. Animation.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, on HBO
Larry David stars as himself, a cynical comedy writer from New York with famous friends, in the Season 10 premiere of this acclaimed series. Varying fictionalized versions of celebrity guests appear in this hilarious depiction of his life.
We have lift-off: HBO launches new Hugh Laurie space comedy
Hugh Laurie stars in "Avenue 5"
We have lift-off: NASA has big plans for the new decade, including a return trip to the moon (the last moon landing was in 1972) with an eye toward a mission to Mars. But if this week is any indication, the 2020s may prove to be a big decade for space on small screens, too.