What's On Tonight (Wednesday): Prime time by the numbers

Prime Target

The wheels on the bus don't scab! Here's what's on television for tonight, Wednesday, January 22!

Our Top Pick tonight is the premiere of Prime Target (Apple TV+, midnight). This incredibly silly show is about a young mathematician (Leo Woodall) who begins researching prime numbers and... figures out how one could access every computer in the world. With such power, he becomes a... prime target. What. Huh? [*checks synopsis again*] Yeah. That's it. [*sighs loudly*] Quintessa Swindell, Martha Plimpton, and Sidse Babett Knudsen also star.

Elsewhere, Mrs. Maisel answers in the form of a question, Nova seeks UFOs, the Expedition is on, big kitties belong in Nature, bus drivers for the Elementary are striking, The Challenge is solved, MTV heads to the Isle of Malta, BritBox wants us to be Captivated.

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

ON THIS SITE

🍽️ Feed Me (Afternoon): A recipe for discussion and to talk about what you're doing in your kitchen.

💲 Jeopardy! Recap (Afternoon): Jay S.'s daily recap of the day's Second Chance Tournament episode.

EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

Captivated (BritBox, 3 a.m.): SEASON ONE. "Rachel, a single mother and cleaner, is offered a better job by a wealthy businessman. She accepts, but grows suspicious of his motives as she becomes more involved in his affairs." This series is titled Too Good to Be True across the pond.

Prime Target (Apple TV+, midnight): SERIES PREMIERE. "A post-graduate mathematics student (Leo Woodall) discovers an effort being made to destroy his work in finding a pattern in prime numbers that would allow him to access every computer in the world."✔️

The Thundermans: Undercover (Nickelodeon, 7:30 p.m.): A training accident makes Chloe's powers faultyMax tries to cure her and gets a misleading positive result, so she goes to a party. But his treatment actually creates brand new powers Chloe can't control.

Whiskey on the Rocks (Hulu, midnight): LIMITED SERIES. "Inspired by the events of the 11-day standoff in 1981 between Sweden and the USSR when a Soviet U-137 'Whiskey'-class submarine ran aground on rocks deep inside Swedish territorial waters." Subtitles!✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON

💲 Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity (Amazon Prime Video, midnight)

Ishura (Hulu, 9 a.m.)

Isle of MTV (Paramount+): Malta

💲 Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Amazon Prime Video, midnight)

W.A.G.s to Riches (Netflix, 3 a.m.): Season 1

🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL

Abbott Elementary (ABC, 8:30 p.m. / Hulu, Thursday): When city buses stop running due to a strike, resulting in many students being absent from school, the teachers at Abbott try to find creative solutions and adapt to hybrid learning.

Chicago Med (NBC / Peacock, Thursday): An army of surgeons prepares to separate conjoined twins. Asher reconnects with someone from her past, which I assume will be a mini Hallmark movie.

Nature (PBS): Lion, leopard and cheetah parents (aka kitties) attempt to co-exist and raise their cubs on the shores of Botswana's Gomoti River.

Shifting Gears (ABC / Hulu, Thursday): Riley, desperate for work, reluctantly takes a job at Matt's shop." I'm surprised this plot took until episode 3.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

AEW Dynamite (Max & TBS)

The Challenge (MTV): Season finale

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin (Smithsonian Channel)

My 600-lb Life (TLC / Max, Thursday)

💲 The Price Is Right at Night (CBS / Paramount+, Thursday)

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo / Peacock, Thursday)

Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Fox / Hulu, Thursday)

🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL

Chicago Fire (NBC / Peacock, Thursday): The team responds to a crisis at a community center. Severide is forced to investigate one of his own squad members. Kidd helps a teacher going through a post-incident spin-out.

Nova (PBS): "Astrophysicists and engineers look at evidence that supports the existence of UFOs."

Sistas (BET & BET Her): Both Karen and Andi receive unexpected visitors, while Sabrina and Rich are given devastating news.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

💲 Celebrity Jeopardy! (ABC / Hulu, Thursday): Rachel Brosnahan, Seth Green, Margaret Cho✔️

Expedition X (Discovery Channel & Max): Season premiere

Inside the NFL (The CW / The CW App, Thursday)

Pawn Stars (History): Season premiere

Raid the Cage (CBS / Paramount+, Thursday)

An Update on Our Family (HBO & Max)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo / Peacock, Thursday): Julia Fox, Bronwyn Newport

Rachel Brosnahan (via Giphy)

🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL

Chicago P.D. (NBC / Peacock, Thursday): An unexpected visitor causes disruption for Ruzek and Burgess amidst an emotional investigation involving an unidentified young girl.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

Dark Side of the Cage (Vice)

Expedition Bigfoot (Discovery Channel): Season premiere

Scam Goddess (Freeform / Hulu, Thursday)

What Would You Do? (ABC / Hulu, Thursday)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

📺 Caroline in the City (Rewind TV, 1 a.m. / Paramount+, now): Caroline is forced to go to Wisconsin when Grandma Duffy (Kathleen Freeman) refuses to leave her house.

WHAT ELSE IS ON

After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson (CBS, 12:37 p.m. / Paramount+, Thursday): Utkarsh Ambudkar, Betsy Sodaro, Punam Patel

The Daily Show with host Ronny Chieng (Comedy Central, 11 p.m. / Paramount+, Thursday): Talib Kweli

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC, 11:35 p.m. / Hulu, Thursday): Jesse Eisenberg, Danielle Deadwyler, Larkin Poe✔️

Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC, 12:36 a.m. / Peacock, Thursday): Michelle Yeoh, Kristen Welker
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m. / Paramount+, Thursday): John Dickerson, Willow Avalon

Nightline (ABC, 12:37 p.m. / Hulu, Thursday)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC, 11:34 p.m. / Peacock, Thursday): Lucy Liu, Questlove, Debra DiGiovanni

Jesse Eisenberg (via Giphy)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!