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| Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts |
Happy New Year! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, January 1!
Grab the butterbeer and pumpkin juice, our top pick tonight is the Hogwart reunion Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (HBO Max, 3 a.m.), which reunites the Harry Potter cast 20 years since the first movie, though the guest list is full of people that got involved in the following movies. 20 years since the first movie; 10 years since the last movie; 24ish years since the first book. You might learn something, if you struggle with Jeopardy's Potter categories. [*coughJayScough*]
Elsewhere, the Doctor gets an extension, ABC burns off Helen Mirren, Lifetime gets Deadly, Dr. Jova is on call, Ghost Hunters is back, Yashashime has a finale showdown, Rob Lowe remembers The '80s, and Crikey the Irwins are back.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
22 GREAT PILOTS to STREAM to BEGIN 2022
Cheers, "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (Hulu / Paramount+ / Peacock)
ER, "24 Hours" (Hulu / Philo)
Hannibal, "Apéritif" (Hulu)
Hill Street Blues, "Hill Street Station" (Hulu)
The Jeffersons, "A Friend in Need" (Amazon Prime) (see also: All in the Family, "The Jeffersons Move Up")
The Larry Sanders Show, "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" (HBO Max)
The Larry Sanders Show, "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" (HBO Max)
Lost, "Pilot" (Hulu / IMDb TV)
Mad Men, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (IMDb TV)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Love Is All Around" (Hulu / Pluto TV)
M*A*S*H, "Pilot" (Hulu)
Miami Vice, "Brother's Keeper" (Peacock)
The O.C., "Pilot" (HBO Max / Hulu)
The Odd Couple, "Pilot" (Hulu)
Peter Gunn, "The Kill" (Pluto TV)
Quantum Leap, "Genesis" (NBC)✔️
The Shield, "Pilot" (Hulu)
The Sopranos, "Pilot" (HBO Max)
Taxi, "Like Father, Like Daughter" (Hulu / Paramount+ / Pluto TV)
Three's Company (Pluto TV)
The Twilight Zone, "Where Is Everybody?" (Paramount+)
Twin Peaks, "Pilot" (Paramount+)
The Wonder Years, "Pilot" (Hulu)
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| Quantum Leap (via ConfusingMiddle) |
22 MOVIES THAT STARTED FRANCHISES/SERIES to STREAM to BEGIN 2022
Alien (Amazon Prime)
Batman (1989) (HBO Max)
Blondie (Amazon Prime)
The Bourne Identity (HBO Max)
Dick Tracy (1945) (Pluto TV)
Dracula (1931) (Criterion Channel)
Ghostbusters (AMC+ / Fubo)
Godzilla (1954) (HBO Max)
Halloween (1978) (AMC+ / IndieFlix / Shudder)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (HBO Max)
Iron Man (Disney+)
Jurassic Park (HBO Max)
The Mummy (1932) (Criterion Channel)
Planet of the Apes (1968) (HBO Max)✔️
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Paramount+)
Rocky (HBO Max)
Spider-Man (Peacock / Fubo / Spectrum)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Hulu)
Star Wars (Disney+)
Superman (HBO Max)
The Terminator (Amazon Prime)
X-Men (Disney+)
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| Planet of the Apes (via Suburbia666) |
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STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
📺 Date with the Angels (YouTube, now): This short-lived late-midseason replacement about the Angels, new bride Vickie (Betty White) and her insurance salesman husband Gus (Bill Williams) was a disaster critically and commercially. Promos didn't sell the show either. But you can still find episodes on YouTube.
📺 The Golden Girls (Hulu, now): Betty White becomes a star of the 1980s in this show about older women enjoying life's latter act. The Golden Palace arrives on Hulu on Jan. 10.✔️
⭐ Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (HBO Max, 3 a.m.): SPECIAL. The legendary cast returns to where the magic started to celebrate the anniversary of the beloved franchise's first film. It is odd that this reunion includes many, many people who weren't in the first movie. Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Evanna Lynch, Gary Oldman, Imelda Staunton? Nope. Directors Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates? Definitely Not. Oh well. The more the wizardry-er.
📺 Hot in Cleveland (Paramount+, now): In this Golden Girls update and TV Land's first scripted sitcom, Betty White was only going to be in the first episode, but producers liked her performance so well, she became a series regular.
📺 Ladies Man (Crackle, now): Betty White played mom in this short-lived and mostly forgotten Alfred Molina-led CBS sitcom. Crackle only has season one.
📺 Life with Elizabeth (Pluto TV, now): In her first sitcom, Betty White starred alongside Del Moore in this early 1950s syndicated series. It even garnered her an Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
INTERNATIONAL:
🎥 Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Nigeria
The Hook Up Plan (Netflix, 3 a.m.): France, season 3
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Ghost Hunters (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Series premiere/Revival
Homeboy (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Special
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| The Golden Girls (via Giphy) |
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
🎥 Deadly Infidelity (Lifetime): Awakening from a month-long coma, a woman discovers the last five years of memories of her husband and daughter are gone. However, things go from bad to dangerous when a man she doesn't remember appears, claiming they had a passionate affair.
Doctor Who (BBC America): While the New Year's Day episode ("Eve of the Daleks") premieres at 2 p.m., the evening airing is an extended version.✔️
From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2022 (Great Performances) (PBS): Ringing in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna City Ballet at the Musikverein.
🎥 Where Your Heart Belongs (Hallmark Channel): When a marketing executive returns home to help with her best friend's wedding, she learns the hard way that love and support from family and friends means more than she'd ever imagined.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Cold Justice (Oxygen): Season finale
Crikey! It's the Irwins (Animal Planet): Season premiere
Day 1 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (Peacock): WWE special
HGTV Dream Home 2022 (HGTV): Special
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
The '80s: Top Ten (National Geographic): SERIES PREMIERE. "Rob Lowe counts down the greatest watercooler moments of the '80s."
WHAT ELSE IS ON
American Pickers (History): Season premiere
911 Crisis Center (Oxygen): Season finale
Destination Fear (Travel Channel)
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild)
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren (ABC)
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| Doctor Who (via Tenor) |
🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
🎥 Deadly Cheers (Lifetime): A high school cheerleading coach will stop at nothing to cover up the accidental death of a student -- even if it means... murder.
New York Homicide (Oxygen): SERIES PREMIERE. Murders in New York City are profiled. I hope Dets. Curtis, Green, Bernard, and Lupo are interviewed for various cases.
Pop Goes the Vet with Dr. Jova (National Geographic Wild): SERIES PREMIERE. Veterinary dermatologist Dr. Joya and her staff take care of their patients in an animal dermatology clinic in Kentucky.
48 Hours (CBS)
The '80s: Top Ten (National Geographic): Streetwear
Kindred Spirits (Travel Channel)
📺 SNL Vintage (NBC): Eddie Murphy, Lizzo (21 Dec 2019)
When Nature Calls with Helen Mirren (ABC): Season finale
💤💤😴💤💤
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Adult Swim, midnight): Frustrated that no one believes her theory about Black Lotus, Officer Davis lands in hot water while presenting her findings to the department.
📺 Cowboy Bebop (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Why bother with a Netflix remake when you have the untouchable original? Toonami will air the first six episodes.
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): SEASON FINALE. Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha are left to confront Kirinmaru, but in the face of overwhelming power, they must pay a great price.✔️
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| Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (via Tumblr) |
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