What's On Tonight (Wednesday): The murder, the mayhem, the depravity... Riverdale!

Riverdale (via Tumblr)

Have a milkshake at Pop's Chock'Lit Shoppe! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, January 20!

Prom season is back on at Riverdale High now that the gang outed Mr. Honey. After all, Archie & Co. couldn't stand his attempts to get rid of the murder, mayhem, and depravity. The first few episodes are the end of senior year for the gang. Then, the show jumps forward, skipping the college years. This show is not like the Archie comics I read.

Elsewhere, America gives Joe Biden a four-year, first-season order, spy gadgets get docuseries treatment, Nancy Drew is still at odds with a sea spirit, Naomi becomes bait, Strike investigates inside parliament, and Harris brings home a friend.

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

Daughter from Another Mother (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. A telenovela, I think, about being switched at birth.

The Expanse (Amazon, midnight): Amos returns to Baltimore with Clarissa. On Luna, Avasarala's alliances begin to shift. Alone and adrift, Naomi (still alive!) becomes a deadly lure.

Jeopardy! 💲 (Syndicated, check local listings): Ken is doing a good job.

Mike Hammer 📺 (Get TV, 6 p.m.): When the members of the private investigator association's admitting committee are killed off, one by one, Mike has to find the reason. (This is the Stacy Keach series.)

Spycraft (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. A docuseries about spy gadgets and the people who made them.

Starsky & Hutch 📺 (Get TV, 7 p.m.): Driving from San Francisco with the daughter of a crime czar, who has agreed to tell all when the girl arrives, Starsky and Hutch are pursued by killers who will stop at nothing to prevent the girl and her escorts from surviving the journey.

FOR THE RECORD: American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Married at First Sight: Unfiltered (Lifetime, 7:30 p.m.); Random Acts (BYUtv, 7 p.m.)

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

The Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. (An ABC News Special) (ABC) / One Nation: Indivisible (CBS) / The Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. (NBC / MSNBC) / The Inauguration of Joe Biden (CNN): SPECIALS. "Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris take the oaths of office to become the next president and..." Whoa whoa whoa! Wait.... was there an election??!

Celebrating America (ABC / CBS / NBC / PBS / CNN / CNBC / MSNBC, 8:30 p.m.): SPECIAL. Tom Hanks hosts a celebration of the beginning of a national journey toward a united America, featuring remarks from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and performances by Demi Lovato, Justin Timberlake, Ant Clemons, and Jon Bon Jovi.

Doctor Who 📺 (Retro TV, 8 p.m.): The Doctor attempts to broker peace between humanity and the Silurians, an intelligent race of reptilians that ruled Earth before humans.

Nature (PBS, 8 p.m.): Nature at the Alps, Part 2! This is still scheduled though stations can opt carry Celebrating America instead. Check your local listings!

⭐ Riverdale (The CW, 8 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Bett and Jughead's investigation into the auteur leads them to the discovery of a secret underground for red-band screenings. Elsewhere, Archie agrees to participate in a boxing exhibition against KO Kelly. Meanwhile, as Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) prepares for prom, she stumbles upon a major secret that Toni’s (Vanessa Morgan) been keeping from her.

QUICK HITS:

The Big Interview with Dan Rather (AXS TV): Regina King

FOR THE RECORD: AEW: Dynamite (TNT); The Challenge (MTV); House in a Hurry (HGTV); Married at First Sight (Lifetime); The Masked Dancer (Fox); My 600-lb Life (TLC); My Perfect Family (BYUtv); WWE NXT (USA)

Nancy Drew (via Tenor)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL 

Nancy Drew (The CW, 9 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Nancy and her friends realize they need to come up with a plan to stop the Aglaeca before it's too late. Det. Tamura shows up at The Claw to bring Nancy in for questioning in a mysterious comatose girl's assault.✔️

One Week to Sell (HGTV, 9 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Taylor Spellman and her team make unsold homes market-ready on a small budget."

FOR THE RECORD: Bitchin' Rides (Motor Trend); Court Cam (A&E); Guy's Grocery Games (Food Network); Man's Greatest Food (Cooking Channel); Name That Tune 💲 (Fox); The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

C.B. Strike: Lethal White (HBO, 10 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. It took a couple years, but C.B. is finally back! (And now on HBO.) "A mentally-disturbed young man wants Cormoran Strike to look into a murder he thinks he witnessed as a child. Concurrently, Robin goes undercover to investigate the blackmail of a Member of Parliament."✔️

Call Your Mother (ABC, 10:30 p.m.): Jean attempts to hang out with her kids but quickly realizes they have jobs and lives of their own. (She is not a great mom.) Jean finds herself lost in Los Angeles and discovers a new friend along the way.

The Conners (ABC, 10 p.m.): Harris brings home her new friend, Josh, leaving the family questioning his intentions. Becky and Ben's attempt to build a closet stirs up family drama.

When Disaster Strikes (PBS, 10 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. The government and international aid workers help survivors in the Bahamas following one of the Caribbean's strongest hurricanes.

FOR THE RECORD: House Hunters/House Hunters International (HGTV); Kitchen Crash (Food Network); Narco Wars (National Geographic); Nature Gone Wild (A&E); The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)

🕚 EASTERN / 🕙 CENTRAL 

FOR THE RECORD: Nightly Pop (E!, 11:30 p.m.); Ridiculousness (MTV)

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Dust (Comet, 1 a.m.): Expo, Again, and Breaker.

C.B. Strike (via Giphy)

🌙 LATE-NIGHT TALK & SATIRE

Conan (TBS, 11 p.m.): Max Greenfield
The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.)
The Dick Cavett Show 📺 (Decades, 9 p.m.): James Garner (27 Jan 1986)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS, 10:30 p.m.)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 p.m.): John Oliver, Charles P. Pierce, and Ashley McBryde
Johnny Carson 📺 (Antenna TV, 10 p.m.): Milton Berle, Carol Siskind, and Don Yesso (14 Jan 1988)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 a.m.): Dakota Johnson and AJR
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:36 a.m.): Chris Hayes, Sarah Thawer
A Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.): Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, Peter CottonTale, Chance the Rapper, Cynthia Erivo, the Chicago Children's Choir, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Kofi Lost

A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC, 12:37 a.m.): Karamo Brown
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 p.m.): Martin Scorsese, Fran Lebowitz, Hunter Schafer, and Playboi Carti
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen: @ Home (Bravo, 10 p.m.): Meredith Marks and Heather Gay

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Note: All times are Eastern.

Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!