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| One Piece (via this clip) |
Holy limited television listings! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, January 22!
Our top pick tonight is the return of One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.) to Toonami, a show that has garnered a raised profile since it left the lineup 5ish years ago. However, the long-running anime about Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates crew searching for the world's ultimate treasure doesn't start from the beginning. Instead it starts with season 15, which is also where fans say the show became exceptionally good (and is a good entry point). If you wanna catchup with the earlier 14 seasons, you have 516 episodes to watch. To date, there are more than 1,000 episodes.
Elsewhere, MacGruber is live from New York, Bob Odenkirk is an action star, it is Kyle Richards Line, the Black Lotus is really lost, Duran Duran goes to the City Limit, and Made in Abyss seeks its robot's origin.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
ON THIS SITE
This Weekend in Pop Culture (9:30 p.m.): What pop culture have you consumed lately? This is our weekly thread for you talk about it.
Thoughts On (The Films of 1998) (9 a.m.): Slappy and the Stinkers.
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
A Discovery of Witches (Sundance Now, 3 a.m.): "In New Orleans, Matthew and Marcus struggle to reconnect with Marcus's children. In London, Diana and Phoebe find a lead in their hunt for the missing pages."
📺 Frasier (Hulu / Paramount+ / Peacock, now): Before the revival arrives on Paramount+ later this year, revisit the Cheers spinoff about Dr. Frasier Crane and his radio show and family in Seattle that was on the air for too long and set Emmy records. It won Comedy Series 5 years in a row. Sadly, Eddie never won an Emmy.✔️
🎥 The Wizard of Oz (HBO Max, now): I've long assumed this is the pre-'90s movie that most Americans have in common. Maybe even on an international level? I think it is about the closest that Hollywood has gotten to perfect. If I taught a film class, this is the movie I'd start with.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Ghost Hunters (Discovery+, 3 a.m.)
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| Frasier (via Giphy) |
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
🎥 Don't Forget I Love You (Hallmark Channel): Taylor opens a time capsule left by her late mother on her birthday. It contains a list of challenges that force her out of her comfort zone, giving her a chance at the possibility of love.
🎥 Nobody (HBO): Docile family man Bob Odenkirk slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him going to a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.✔️
🎥 Vanished: Searching for My Sister (Lifetime): Jada gets pulled into a world of drugs and deceit in order to learn the shocking truth about what really happened to her missing sister, Kayla.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Crikey! It's the Irwins (Animal Planet)
Holmes Family Rescue (HGTV)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW): Jonathan Mangum, Kyle Richards
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| Nobody (via Giphy) |
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Incredible Dr. Pol (Nat Geo Wild)
Unfinished Business (HGTV)
World's Funniest Animals (The CW)
🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
📺 Kojak (Get TV): Two graduate psychology students involved in the murder of their professor attempt to destroy the only witness to their crime.
48 Hours (CBS)
Kindred Spirits (Travel Channel)
Pop Goes the Vet with Dr. Jova (National Geographic Wild)
📺 SNL Vintage (NBC): Charles Barkley, Kelly Clarkson (1 Jan 2012)
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Assassination Classroom (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m.): Isogai's job hinges on the result of a match between A class and E class at the sports festival.
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Adult Swim, midnight): Desperately lost and searching for peace, Elle hatches a radical plan to put her haunted memories to rest.
Made in Abyss (Adult Swim, 1 a.m.): Riko and her friends attempt to figure out exactly what Reg is, but cannot find anything mentioning a robot in the list of recorded relics recovered from the Abyss.
Naruto: Shippuden (Adult Swim, 2:30 & 3 a.m.): "The fighting rages between Naruto and the team of Madara and Obito." Later, "Ten Tails is on the brink of its final transformation and begins to form a massive Tailed Beast Bomb."
⭐ One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 & 2 a.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. After 5 years away, One Piece is back at Toonami! "After two years of rigorous training, the new and improved Straw Hats make their way to Sabaody Archipelago, but their long-awaited reunion is spoiled by a villainous gang of imposters." This is the start of season 15, which comprises the Fishman Island story arc. I've heard plenty of comments that this is a great entry point for new viewers and the show steps up its production values, too.
📺 That Girl (Antenna TV, 11 p.m.): "Ann's flight to Florida is hijacked."
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Duran Duran
Deadly Affairs: Betrayed by Love (Investigation Discovery, 11 & 11:30 p.m.): Season finale
Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:29 p.m.): Will Forte, Måneskin
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| Blade Runner: Black Lotus (via Tumblr) |
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Happy watching, everyone!
(NOTICE: Saturday Night Live is tomorrow night, so the Sunday WOT will be up a few minutes early.)
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