What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Robots are now in disguise

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy

Something evil's watching over you! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, December 30!

The Top Pick is Netflix's anime adaptation of Transformers, which releases its second season today. The animation is top tier, though the story putters at times. Plus, like many anime, the some characters are pretty high on emotions... a lot. But the first season was good, giving us a look at life on Cybertron during the war and before anyone traveled to Earth. We even met the Guardians and there were some big battles over AllSpark. This season: to Earth!

Elsewhere, Vikings finishes its television run, Netflix gives you leftover ideas, Tyler Perry comedies are still new, comedians gather to bid 2020 goodbye, The CW honors front line workers, and Johnny chats with fruitcake lady Gladys Farek.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

Best Leftovers Ever! (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. While the title is serviceable as an after show for The Leftovers, it is about food.

Equinox (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. A Dutch series. "Astrid was traumatized by the mysterious disappearance of a school class in 1999. Twenty years later, when she finds out that the only survivor from 1999 mysteriously died, Astrid sets off to discover what really happened."

The Expanse (Amazon, midnight): Amos and Clarissa are trapped in a collapsed building. Naomi contends with her old family. Holden assembles a new crew on the Roci. Alex and Bobbie make a dangerous discovery in the Belt.

A House Divided (UMC, 3 a.m.): Another new episode of this soapy soap.

Jeopardy! 💲📺 (Syndicated, check local listings): Today's throwback episode is from 2011 and features operatic costumes at the Met. Alex's final five episodes begin next week.

My Cousin Vinny 🎥 (IFC, 7 p.m.): If you wanna know a must-see movie that will probably get a spot in the White House counsel, this Academy Award-winning movie is it.

The Rope Curse 🎥 (Netflix, 3 a.m.): "A Taiwanese film about a teen girl who was bullied at school so she decides to hang herself."

SanPa: Sins of the Savior (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Italian doc about the controversial rehab community of San Patrignano, founded by Vincenzo Muccioli in 1978 in Coriano in the Province of Rimini, since his foundation until 1995.

Terror Lake Drive (UMC, 3 a.m.): SEASON FINALE. Finale episode for the thriller anthology.

⭐ Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SEASON TWO. Season one of this anime adaptation of the Transformers story dealt with the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons and growing polarization of their leaders Optimus Prime and Megatron. Now the two sides, seeking AllSpark, find their way toward Earth in season two, subtitled Earthrise. Megatron is getting desperate.✔️

Vikings (Amazon, midnight): SERIES FINALE. Vikings signs off the air with the latter half of its season six episodes. Did you know the show was still airing new episodes?

Yearly Departed (Amazon, midnight): SPECIAL. Comedy special features eulogies for the year 2020 with a line-up of all-women comedians discussing everything from casual sex to beige Band-Aids and everything in between that we've "lost" in 2020.

FOR THE RECORD: 30 Days With: Ryan Garcia (YouTube, 1 p.m.)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

The Birds 🎥 (TCM, 8 p.m.): When Hitchcock's horror classic about killer birds premiered on television in the 1968, it set all sorts of movie-viewing records with a 38.9 rating and 58.8 share.✔️

The Heroes on the Front Line (The CW, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. "Celebrating the on-the-ground heroes who dared to make a difference in the midst of the unprecedented pandemic." Dean Cain hosts. He must have some dirt on The C or The W.

Survival of the Snow Leopard (Smithsonian Channel, 8 p.m.): SPECIAL. In the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, a devoted momma kitty raises two young cubs while an aging king kitty tries to retain his crown.

QUICK HITS:

2020 Goodyear Cotton Bowl (ESPN, 8:10 p.m.): Florida vs. Oklahoma

FOR THE RECORD: AEW: Dynamite (TNT); Married at First Sight (Lifetime); My 600-lb Life (TLC, season premiere); The UFO Phenomenon (Travel Channel, special); WWE NXT (USA)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL 

Assisted Living (BET, 9:30 p.m.): Mr. Brown prepares dinner for the kids. "I'm out of ketchup?! Ahhhhh!"

House of Payne (BET, 9 p.m.): "Calvin demands that the family not have contact with Miranda at all."

FOR THE RECORD: Forged in Fire (History); Guy's Grocery Games (Food Network); The Murder Tapes (Investigation Discovery); NFL: The Grind (Epix); Property Brothers: Forever Home (HGTV); The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo); Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (National Geographic)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

QUICK HITS:

The Crimes That Changed Us (Investigation Discovery, season finale): Rodney King

FOR THE RECORD: Beat Bobby Flay (Food Network, special); House Hunters/House Hunters International (HGTV); Marrying Millions (Lifetime, special); Narco Wars (National Geographic); The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL 

FOR THE RECORD: Bravo's Chat Room (Bravo); True Conviction (Investigation Discovery, season premiere)

The Birds (via Gfycat)

LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE

The Dick Cavett Show 📺 (Decades, 9 p.m.): Pat McCormick, Bette Davis, Jonathan Miller, and Buck Henry (31 Dec 1969)

Johnny Carson 📺 (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): James Stewart, Larry Miller, and Gladys Farek (27 Dec 1989)

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Note: All times are Eastern.

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

🏈🥊⛳🏎️: Sportsballs

Happy watching, everyone!