Ruff-and-tumble: Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl returns for a 15th year
An adorable contestant in the Puppy Bowl
Ruff-and-tumble: Once every year, families and friends across the nation come together for one of the most furry sporting events there is. Nope, it isn't the other big game happening on Sunday -- although there might be a few sets of eyes watching that one -- but rather Animal Planet's annual Puppy Bowl, airing Sunday, Feb. 3.
Crashing, on HBO
Pete's (Pete Holmes) new girlfriend, Kat (Madeline Wise), urges him to be more aggressive when it comes to his career in this new episode. On the night of their three-week anniversary, the couple visits a sex shop and attends a comedy show.
New Releases for the week of Feb. 3 - 9
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Vigilante and hacker Lisbeth Salander (Foy) has made it her personal mission to hunt down men who hurt women, but when she takes a job to retrieve a computer program capable of accessing all of the world's nuclear codes, she finds that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. After a group of mercenaries steals the program from her, she contacts her former lover, Mikael (Gudnason), for help. He identifies her assailants as members of a crime syndicate called "The Spiders," which has a disturbing connection to Lisbeth's long-buried past.
Director: Fede Alvarez. Stars: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Claes Bang. 2018. 117 min. Action.
The Grinch
Every Who in Whoville loves Christmas, but the green, furry Grinch (Cumberbatch), who lives in a nearby mountaintop cave, does not. The bitter creature devises a plan to steal Christmas, and on Christmas Eve he disguises himself as Santa Claus and sets out to rob every home in Whoville, stealing all of the presents. When he falls into the trap that the young Cindy Lou Who (Seely) has set to capture the real Santa, he begins to learn the true meaning of Christmas, and she teaches him that there's more to the holiday than just gifts.
Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier. Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury. 2018. 86 min. Animation.
The Sisters Brothers
Brothers Eli (Reilly) and Charlie (Phoenix) Sisters are hitmen in the Wild West working for the mysterious Commodore (Hauer), who sends them to track down a man who stole something from him. After tracking their target to California, they discover that, rather than having stolen from the Commodore, he instead has an exciting new invention that could make the Commodore a lot of money, forcing the Sisters brothers to choose between staying loyal to their employer and joining their target to strike it rich.
Director: Jacques Audiard. Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Rebecca Root. 2018. 121 min. Adventure.
9-1-1, on Fox
Police, paramedics and firefighters rush to the aid of people in need in this hard-hitting drama. This season, Jennifer Love Hewitt joins the cast as 911 operator Maddie Buckley Kendall, alongside Angela Bassett as police officer Athena Grant and Peter Krause as firefighter Bobby Nash.
Q: Was Karl Malden a guest star in "Hawaii Five-0" recently? I thought he died about 10 years ago, but it sure looked like him.
You've made the same mistake probably thousands of other people have made, mistaking the great crime show character actor Richard Herd with the great big-screen character actor Karl Malden.
Raising hellions: Family sitcom 'Man With a Plan' returns for a third season
Liza Snyder and Matt LeBlanc star in "Man With a Plan"
Raising hellions: Family sitcom 'Man With a Plan' returns for a third season
Liza Snyder and Matt LeBlanc star in "Man With a Plan"
Hell's Kitchen, on Fox
Chef Gordon Ramsay hosts as the remaining chefs compete in culinary challenges for a shot at the $250,000 grand prize. For the first time in the show’s history, chefs who appeared in previous editions of the series get a shot at redemption as they face off against rookies.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, on NBC
Hotshot cop Det. Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) somehow manages to nab the bad guys, despite his penchant for pranks and joking around. Peralta’s colleagues at the NYPD's 99th precinct include his boss, Capt. Holt (Andre Braugher), and his new wife, Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero).
Suits, on USA Network
Lawyer Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and his colleagues at corporate law firm Zane Spencer Litt in Manhattan rely on their wit and intuition to keep clients happy in this new episode. Katherine Heigl has joined the cast as powerhouse attorney Samantha Wheeler.
