Tuesday, February 1, 2022

What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Something fishy about these Traffick pirates

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller

Yabba dabba doo! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, February 2!

Our top pick tonight is Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic, 9 p.m.), a docuseries which follows the award-winning journalist as she goes to the frontlines of various black markets and societal underbellies. She does an excellent job in her presentation and her interviewing skills are extraordinary considering the situations she frequently lands.

ElsewherePam & Tommy make a sex tape, an Alien plays poker, Legends lure the evil Waverider, "celebrities" wanna be the Big BrotherSouth Park is back, The Wonder Years does Valentine's, Santa has sink holes, and Fuse returns to Dating Stories.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)

ON THIS SITE

🍽️ Occasional Cooks (4 p.m.): What have you been making in your kitchen lately? Want some inspiration? Check out our weekly food thread!

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+, 3 a.m.): Hey, maybe Boba Fett will be in this episode of his television show.✔️

πŸ“Ί The Flintstones (HBO Now, now): Before the upcoming adult-animated spinoff series Bedrock arrives to Fox's Animation Domination at some point in the next year or two, revisit the original primetime animated hit. See Pebbles and Bam-Bam as kids and the Flintsones and Rubbles get in all sorts of mayhem. They are the modern stone-age family.

πŸŽ₯ The General (IMDb TV, now): THAT'S ENTERTRAINMENT  for $1600: As Reb engineer Johnnie Gray in this silent classic, Buster Keaton chases down the damn Yankees who stole his train (27 Jan 2009)

πŸ’² Jeopardy! (Syndicated, check local listings): She's baaaaack! (I'm talking about Mayim.)

Pam & Tommy (Hulu, midnight): SERIES PREMIERE. Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's honeymoon sex tape is stolen and leaked to the public. I hope this isn't the start of a sextape tele-verse.

WHAT ELSE IS ON:
Black Stories Presents: Your Attention Please (Hulu, midnight)
Dark Desire (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season 2, Mexico
Meateater (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season 10, part 2
πŸŽ₯ The Tinder Swindler (Netflix, 3 a.m.)
The Book of Boba Fett (via Giphy)

πŸ•— 8 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•– 7 P.M. CENTRAL

The Goldbergs (ABC): Adam and Brea attempt remaining just friends post-breakup. In my experiences, that only works on television. Beverly goes out of her way to protect Adam from further heartbreak (again). Barry tries to get closer with Erica.

Legends of Tomorrow (The CW): The Legends break a fixed point, creating an aberration that will attract the evil Waverider. They learn who has been hunting them, and Sara tries to negotiate, which doesn't go as planned.

South Park (Comedy Central): SEASON PREMIERE. "The 4th grade class is banned from wearing their pajamas to school on the most important day of the year."✔️

The Wonder Years (ABC, 8:30 p.m.): Dean's plans to ask Keisa to the Valentine's Day Dance are foiled when another boy asks her out first. Bill and Lillian make Kim sign up for a Big Sister program to have extracurricular activities for her college applications.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Celebrity Big Brother (CBS): Season premiere
πŸ’² Guy's Grocery Games (Food Network)
πŸ’² I Can See Your Voice (Fox): Macy Gray, Loni Love, Jodie Sweetin, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Houghton
Married at First Sight (Lifetime)
My 600-Ib Life (TLC)
Property Brothers: Forever Home (HGTV)
The Wizard of Paws (BYUtv): Season finale
South Park (via Giphy)

πŸ•˜ 9 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•— 8 P.M. CENTRAL 

Batwoman (The CW): Just when it seems things can't get worse, Batwoman's identity is once again at risk of being exposed. Some of Gotham's most villainous unite. Alice gets into Mary's head.✔️

The Conners (ABC): No longer poppin' pills, Mark returns to public school and finds it hard to fit in. Darlene isn't happy when she finds out what Mark's doing to make a little extra cash for college. Becky finds herself in an interesting situation with one of her college professors.

Home Economics (ABC, 9:30 p.m.): Connor and JoJo's Valentine's Day takes an awkward turn when his ex-wife and daughter crash their romantic evening. A pregnancy scare derails Tom, Marina, Sarah, and Denise's dinner.

Nova (PBS): Sink holes? In the Arctic?! Sink holes! In the Arctic!! Investigating explosions in Siberia and other evidence that melting soil in the Arctic is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Resident Alien (Syfy): Harry has a plan to save Asta and himself but he must first attend the Sheriff's poker game.

Sistas (BET): Zac may find himself facing serious problems as a mysterious woman appears and Karen confesses a huge secret.

⭐ Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (National Geographic): SEASON FINALE. "Mariana explores the billion-dollar underworld of illegal fishing."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Calls from the Inside (Investigation Discovery): Season finale
Forged in Fire (History): Season finale
Next Level Chef (Fox)
The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo)
Worst Cooks in America (Food Network)
Batwoman (via Tumblr)

πŸ•™ 10 P.M. EASTERN / πŸ•˜ 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Astrid & Lilly Save the World (Syfy): A monster attacks bullies at school, and Astrid and Lilly must choose between joining her and defeating her.

Good Sam (CBS): When a gunshot victim is rushed to the emergency room, the incident triggers flashbacks to the aftermath of Griff's own shooting.✔️

Skyville Live (CMT): SPECIAL. "Musical history with Gregg Allman and classic performances by Chris Stapleton, Taj Mahal, Little Big Town and more."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
American Greed (CNBC): Jho Low
πŸ’² The Chase (ABC): The Beast chases
Fastest Cars in the Dirty South (Motor Trend): Season premiere
Food Paradise (Cooking Channel)
Growing Belushi (Discovery Channel): Season finale
True Dating Stories (Fuse): Season premiere
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Gina Kirschenheither, Larsa Pippen

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πŸ“Ί Caroline in the City (Rewind TV, 1 a.m.): "Caroline gives Richard a 7 p.m. deadline to make a marital commitment to her."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.): Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Don't Cancel Me with Amara La Nagra (Fuse, 11 p.m.): Trina, Marivette Navarrete, season finale
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 p.m.): Andy Cohen, Slash, Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS, 12:37 a.m.): Annette Bening, Dave Franco, The Linda Lindas
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:36 a.m.): Charlie Day, Sam Richardson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.): Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart
Moving for Love (HGTV, 11 p.m.)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 p.m.): Maluma, Julia Garner, Kamasi Washington
Good Sam (via Giphy)

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⭐: Top Pick
πŸ’²: Game show
πŸŽ₯: Movie
πŸ“Ί: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!

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