What's On Tonight (Sunday): The stuff that TV shows are made of

Monsieur Spade

You're a good man, sister! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, January 14!

Our Top Pick tonight is the premiere of Monsieur Spade (Acorn TV & AMC+, 3 a.m. & AMC, 9 p.m.). This limited series brings Sam Spade to the small screen, albeit in small-town France many years after the events of The Maltese Falcon. Spade (Clive Owen) wants a peaceful life, but then nuns are murdered and some old World War II-era wounds reveal themselves.

Elsewhere, Critics give out awards, True Detective returns, sportsballs are thrown for wildcards (and next week... regionals!), Boarding School gets deadly, vets go in for a Pet Rescue, and Belgravia welcomes a new Generation.

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

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Best of 2023 (6 p.m.): Our annual thread to sound-off on what we thought the best thing was that we watched the previous year. Your opinion is much requested. Movies, TV, music... whatever.

Cancellation League (Morning): One week you're up, the next week you're down.

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

🏆 29th Critics Choice Awards (The CW, 7 p.m.): SPECIAL. Honoring the finest in cinematic and television achievement. Chelsea Handler hosts, and America Ferrera receives the SeeHer Award. A red carpet pre-show airs at 6.

60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m. / Paramount+, Monday): The crisis in commercial real estate, specifically in New York City's office sector and later, a groundbreaking approach to brain surgery that could revolutionize the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and drug addiction without any incisions.

📺 The John Larroquette Show (Rewind TV, 6 p.m.): John deals with boredom when his vacation plans with Catherine are dashed.

🎥 Love on Retreat (UPtv, 7 p.m.): When beauty brand Bloom decides to focus on online sales, Jenny must find a way to "live" in "work-life balance" while Nate has already figured it out.

⭐ Monsieur Spade (Acorn TV & AMC+, 3 a.m. & AMC, 9 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Twenty years after the events of the novel The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade has retired in the small town of Bozouls in southern France; it's 1963, the war has ended, and in a very short time, so, too, will Spade's tranquility."✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m. / Hulu, Monday)

🇰🇷 Maestra: Strings of Truth (Hulu, 8:50 a.m.)

🇰🇷 Welcome to Samdal-ri (Netflix, 8:30 a.m.)

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

🎥 The Boarding School Murder (Lifetime): Frankie gets the chance to leave her foster care home to attend an exclusive Swiss boarding school. However, the opportunity of a lifetime comes at a deadly price when one of her classmates is murdered and everyone is quick to blame her.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

90 Day Fiancé (TLC / Max, Monday)

📡 Miss Scarlet & the Duke (PBS / PBS Passport, now)✔️

The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo / Peacock, Monday)

🏈 Sunday Night Football (NBC): 🐏 at 🦁

We Are Family (Fox / Hulu, Monday)

Worst Cooks in America (Food Network / Max, Monday)

Miss Scarlet & the Duke (via Tenor)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

Belgravia: The Next Chapter (MGM+): SERIES PREMIERE. Twenty-five years after the events of the previous show, scandals continue to plague the Trenchard family.✔️

True Detective: Night Country (HBO & Max): SEASON PREMIERE. When researchers suddenly disappear, Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) orders a search but tempers expectations of finding the men. Navarro (Kali Reis) tries to convince a skeptical Danvers that the men's disappearance is connected to the murder of local activist Annie Kowtok.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

📡 All Creatures Great and Small (PBS / PBS Passport, now)

📡 The Curse (Showtime / Paramount+ with Showtime, now): Season finale

Extreme Airport Africa (Smithsonian Channel)

🎥 The Lion King (The Wonderful World of Disney) (ABC / Disney+, now)

Married to Medicine (Bravo / Peacock, Monday)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Operation: Pet Rescue (National Geographic Wild): SERIES PREMIERE. Vets to the rescue of our lil furballs! In this first outing, "a dog has a ball stuck in its throat, and vets aid a cat with a ruptured eye."

WHAT ELSE IS ON

📡 Funny Woman (PBS / PBS Passport, now)

Sister Wives (TLC / Max, Monday): Season finale

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo / Peacock, Monday): Reneé Rapp, Gizelle Bryant✔️

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (via Tenor)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast

🇰🇷: Korean Drama
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback

✔️: Video/gif/photo included

Happy watching, everyone!