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Q: Can you explain the end of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" for me? Why did [spoiler] kill [other spoiler]?

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

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.

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.

"S.W.A.T." star Shemar Moore
"S.W.A.T." star Shemar Moore

Returning champs: 'Chopped' $50,000 tournament gets underway

Author: 
Michelle Rose / TV Media
Ted Allen hosts "Chopped"

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.

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.

Dax Shepard and Lake Bell as seen in "Bless This Mess"

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.

Author: 
Adam Thomlison / TV Media

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."

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.

Tom Payne stars in "Prodigal Son"
Tom Payne stars in "Prodigal Son"

Come together: The heroic first responders of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' team up in a race against time

Author: 
Francis Babin / TV Media
Jesse Williams stars in "Grey's Anatomy"

Jesse Williams stars in "Grey's Anatomy"

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.

Larry David, star of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Late Laughs for the week of January 19 - 25

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

The holidays are bearing down on us like a pack of cheerful hyenas, and I can't wait for them to catch me. Just get out of town, unplug, and glug glug.

 

It's Impeachment Eve! It's a magical time, and like every Impeachment Eve, we've put the kids to bed, but they're all up listening hard to see if accountability is coming.

 

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