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America, America, this is you! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, January 16!
Our top pick tonight is the special tribute episode of America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.), a show that has never been a Top Pick. Tonight, the submitted video clip show honors its original host, Bob Saget, who died a week ago. As a child of the 1990s, yes, Bob Saget was everywhere with Full House and its reruns and AFV, both of which were appointment television for me.
Elsewhere, the Yellowjackets reunite, Bridget Everett is Somebody Somewhere, Euphoria questions friendships, Britannia invades Epix, CNN Reframes Marilyn Monroe, Around the World crosses the desert, 60 Minutes investigates the search for Anne Frank, and The CW defies Horror Stories with Two Sentences.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
Thoughts On (The Films of 1988) (9 a.m.): The premiere of this Thoughts On miniseries kicked off yesterday with Hard Rain. It continues today with Fallen.
Year-in-Review: The Best of 2021 (5 p.m.): Give us your favorite movies and/or TV shows of 2021. All are welcome. Even those who liked Dear Evan Hansen and Tom and Jerry.
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
1883 (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Shea and Thomas cope with the aftermath of the river crossing, but there is little time to grieve and no shortage of challenges ahead. Elsa and Ennis share a romantic moment.
⭐ America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.): This special episode is a tribute to Bob Saget, who died last week, and hosted by current host Alfonso Ribeiro. AFV posted several hours worth of his early episodes. I find the early episodes fascinating because of the crowd shots. People still got dressed up in their Sunday best to be in the audience.✔️
🎥 Fishing for Love (UPtv, 7 p.m.): When Kendall, a successful restaurant designer, comes home to Mystic Bay for the annual Big Catch Festival, she finds herself in uncharted waters with town newcomer Zack.
Killer Relationships with Faith Jenkins (Oxygen, 7 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Murder? Murder.
📺 The Proud Family (Disney+, now): Before the revival next month, revisit the original and delightful animated Disney Channel series from the 2000s about Penny Proud and her eccentric family. The show only ran 2 years, but season 2 spanned three years. As a show about a Black family, it was a fairly unique show in its day, and the guest stars are fantastic.
🎥 Schindler’s List (Tubi, now): A landmark movie of the 1990s and perhaps Spielberg's finest. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) joined the Nazi party to make money as World War II began, and begins to protect his Jewish workers as the SS begins exterminating Jews in the ghetto. "The list is life."
SEAL Team (Paramount+, 3 a.m.): Bravo will need all hands on deck for a massive mission to shut down the Venezuelan nuclear program, but the biggest threat to their success could be one of their own.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Home Town (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Season finale
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🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
60 Minutes (CBS): An unprecedented investigation into the seven-decade-old mystery of how the Nazis discovered Anne Frank, her family and four others in hiding in an Amsterdam annex... singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton.✔️
Around the World in 80 Days (PBS): "Fogg and Passepartout hire a camel driver to cross the desert so they can meet their connection in Aden."
🎥 My Best Friend's Secret Life (Lifetime): Maggie is a teen who's happy to make a new friend, until she realizes she's being groomed for something much worse.
Power Book II: Ghost (Starz): Tariq finds himself on a quest for normalcy forever just out of reach. As he returns to school, Tariq searches for evidence to prove his innocence with the help of his loyal friends Davis and Saxe.
The Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen): Bravo's sister network Oxygen makes a spinoff of its Real Housewives title?
WHAT ELSE IS ON
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days (TLC)
Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel)
Legends of the Hidden Temple (The CW)
The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Porsha's Family Matters (Bravo)
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🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
All Creatures Great and Small (PBS): James invites Helen to the gala spring dance. Siegfried tries his luck at romance.
Britannia (Epix): SEASON PREMIERE. In Rome, Aulus makes a sacrifice to the cult of Lokka. Back in Britannia, Aulus tries to negotiate with the Druids before he receives a visitor. Cait has a bone to pick with Veran.
Claws (TNT): Desna vows not to rest until she has dismantled Uncle Daddy's organization from the inside out. Jenn's questionable friendship with Tony is discovered by both Desna and Bryce, threatening to destroy both relationships.
Euphoria (HBO): "As the semester kicks off, Jules questions Rue and Elliot's new friendship. While Cal hunts for answers, Nate makes a tough decision. The lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur as Kat ponders her relationship, and Maddy contemplates the decision to end hers."✔️
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (CNN, 9 & 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Reclaiming the life and legacy of Hollywood bombshell Marilyn Monroe, a woman ahead of her time."
Two Sentence Horror Stories (The CW, 9 & 9:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Living amongst their hoard of forgotten memories, elderly twin sisters Mabel and Jane are at each other's throats until they find a common enemy. Later, after a technology-addicted man receives a strange plant from his boyfriend, he experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body as the plant takes root in his apartment.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Cheat Day USA (Cooking Channel): Season finale
Guy's Chance of a Lifetime (Food Network)
Out of Stock: Supply Chain Crisis (Science)
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo)
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🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
The Righteous Gemstones (HBO): The Gemstone siblings seek to pull back the curtain on their father's past. Eli shares a hard truth, and Kelvin grapples with an unruly God Squad.
Somebody Somewhere (HBO, 10:35 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Sam (Bridget Everett) is a true Kansan on the surface, but, beneath it all, struggles to fit the hometown mold. Grappling with loss and acceptance, she discovers herself and a community of outsiders who don't fit in but don't give up.✔️
Vienna Blood (PBS): Oskar Rheinhardt and Max must widen the search as they investigate the death of the countess.
Yellowjackets (Showtime): SEASON FINALE. On the night of their 25th reunion, the girls navigate damning evidence, false alibis and a dubious attempt to "heal." In the wilderness, the Doomcoming leaves everything off the rails as simmering resentments come to a head.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Alex vs. America (Food Network)
Mountain Monsters (Travel Channel)
Mysteries of the Abandoned (Discovery Channel)
Sister Wives (TLC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Heather Bay, Lukas Gage
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📺 The Fugitive (MeTV, 2 a.m.): Charles Bronson is a government agent who goes undercover as a boat captain to spy on Anne Francis, the wife of an international embezzler hiding out in Mexico and she's presumably coming down to him with the stolen money.
📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): In the Middle East, Willy and Barney infiltrate a chemical plant to gain access to Dehominant-B, a quick-acting lethal gas. Barney is exposed to Dehominant-B and crippled.
Smiling Friends (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:15 a.m.): Pim ventures into the forest across the road to fetch firewood for the office Halloween party. Later, the life of famous food tycoon Simon S. Salty and investigating why he was brutally murdered in his own restaurant.
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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; J-Archive; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
Happy watching, everyone!
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