Friday, January 16, 2026

What's On Tonight (Saturday): Open season

2026 Australian Open

Hey now, you're an all star! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, January 17!

Our Top Pick tonight is 2026 Australian Open (ESPN+, 7 p.m.). The only things I know about tennis are from Challengers, Match Point, and King Richard. Too bougie for my taste. But the matches going on Down Under are one of the few things on tonight. The tournament begins tonight and will go for 2 weeks.

Elsewhere, Finn Wolfhard is Live from New York, Renee Rapp goes to the Limits, Mary Jo Buttafuoco gets Lifetime movie treatment, Iyanla has the Fix, Miss Hong is going Undercover, and Love Island is full of All Stars.

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

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

⭐ 2026 Australian Open (ESPN+, 7 p.m.): Live from Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, it's the Australian Open! Men's and women's first round games are streaming all night on ESPN+. Games will also be broadcasted on ESPN Deportes and ESPN2.

Undercover Miss Hong (Netflix, 3 a.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Set in the late 1990s, Hong Geum-bo, an elite securities supervisor in her 30s, disguises herself as a 20-year-old junior employee at a securities company where suspicious money flows are detected.✔️

WHAT ELSE IS ON
πŸ€ Unrivaled (TruTV, 7:30 p.m.): Mist vs. Lunar Owls; Breeze vs. Vinyl

πŸ•— PRIMETIME πŸ•š

48 Hours (CBS, 10 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): A woman dies after an alleged accidental shooting in her bedroom. 8years later, surveillance audio upends the case.

πŸŽ₯ I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Mary Jo Buttafuoco finds herself fighting for her life when her husband's mistress, Amy Fisher, shoots her in the head. As tabloids sensationalize the scandal and dub Amy the "Long Island Lolita," Mary Jo tries to find peace amid unimaginable trauma.

πŸŽ₯ Love on the Amazon (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Hallmark+, Sunday): The river, not the tech/e-commerce company.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
AEW Collision (HBO Max & TNT, 8 p.m.)
Dateline NBC (NBC, 9 p.m. / Peacock, Sunday)
πŸŽ₯ Dinner and a Movie (TBS, 8 p.m.): Rampage
House Hunters (HGTV, 10 p.m.)
πŸŽ₯ House of Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): Flight 7500
Love Island All Stars (Peacock, 9 p.m.): Season premiere
🏈 NFL Divisional Game (Fox, 8 p.m.): San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Iyanla: The Inside Fix (OWN, 8 p.m.): Series premiere✔️
Maxxed Out (OWN, 9 p.m.)

πŸ’€πŸ˜΄ LATE NIGHT πŸ˜΄πŸ’€

One Piece (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m.): Night and day, Jack faces the fury of the two sworn defenders of Zou, but while they put up a good fight, the Minks aren't able to subdue Jack, especially after he brings out his secret weapon.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
Austin City Limits (PBS, 11 p.m.): Renee Rapp, Thee Sacred Souls
πŸ“‘ Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (Adult Swim, 12:30 p.m. / CrunchyRoll, now)
πŸ“‘ Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga (Adult Swim, 1 a.m. / CrunchyRoll now)
πŸ“‘ Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m. / Netflix, now)
Saturday Night Live (NBC & Peacock, 11:29 p.m.): Finn Wolfhard, ASAP Rocky

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Key SourcesThe Futon CriticGracenoteIMDbTV Passport
⭐: Top Pick
πŸ’²: Game show
πŸ“‘: Linear broadcast
πŸŽ₯: Movie
πŸ“Ί: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
πŸˆπŸ€⚾⚽🏐🎾🏌️πŸ’πŸŽ️πŸ‚: Sports

Happy watching, everyone!

ReminderSNL is tomorrow, therefore the Sunday WOT will be posted a few minutes early!

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