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Premiere dates for new and returning shows and specials
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) and returning shows, TV movies, miniseries, and specials (including streaming exclusives) with announced premiere dates are listed below. All times are both ET/PT unless otherwise indicated.
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November premieres
| MON / November 19 | |||
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Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham  Trailer |
Drama/Comedy | Acorn TV | |
| Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| The Last Kingdom Trailer | Drama |  |
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The Little Drummer Girl  Trailer |
Drama |  9p |
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| After The Night Manager scored impressive reviews and received a dozen Emmy nominations for AMC in 2016, it became inevitable that more John le Carré adaptations would follow. (Not that we're complaining.) Next up is The Little Drummer Girl, le Carré's 1983 novel about an Israeli spy who enlists an actress to help him track down a Palestinian terrorist moving through Europe, and once again there is some major talent involved. Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook makes his TV debut (he directs the entire series) with a cast led by Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgard, and Michael Shannon. Set in the late 1970s, the six-hour miniseries will air across three consecutive nights. | |||
| TUE / November 20 | |||
| Brothers in Arms |
Reality | History, 10p | |
Creative Galaxy Holiday Special  |
Animation/Family | Prime Video | |
| The Final Table Trailer |
Reality competition | |
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| Netflix's new cooking competition series features accomplished chefs from around the world in a series of international-themed challenges (structured more like Iron Chef than Top Chef). The cooking talent includes Grant Achatz, Timothy Hollingsworth, Johnny Spero, and Aaron Bludorn, while noted food critics Sam Sifton and Jay Rayner are among the judges and Bon Appétit's Andrew Knowlton hosts. All 10 episodes stream today. | |||
| Hope at Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| Kulipari: Dream Walker |
Animation/Family | |
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| Motown Magic |
Animation/Family | |
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| Pete the Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas |
Animation/Family | Prime Video | |
| Sabrina |
Foreign/Horror/Thriller | |
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| Trevor Noah: Son Of Patricia Trailer |
Comedy special | |
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| WED / November 21 | |||
| The Bureau | Foreign/Drama | Sundance Now | |
| A Christmas Arrangement |
Drama | Lifetime, 10p | |
| Christmas at the Palace |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| My Christmas Inn |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| Religion of Sports | Reality/Sports | AT&T/DirecTV, 8p | |
| The Tribe |
Foreign/Comedy | |
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| THU / November 22 | |||
| Christmas at Grand Valley |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| The Christmas Chronicles Trailer |
Family/Adventure/Comedy | |
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| The Christmas Contract |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| I'm Coming Home |
Reality |  10p |
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| MasterChef Junior: Celebrity Showdown |
Reality competition |  8p |
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| Meghan's New Life: The Real Princess Diaries |
News-ish | 9p |
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| Mystery Science Theater 3000 Trailer | Comedy | |
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| The bingeable, six-episode second Netflix season of the revived cult classic streams in its entirety today (aka Turkey Day) in honor of the show's 30th anniversary. Movies riffed this time include the "classics" Mac and Me, Atlantic Rim, Killer Fish, and The Day Time Ended. | |||
| No Activity Trailer | Comedy | CBS All Access | |
| All eight episodes of the 2nd season are available to stream today. | |||
| 'Tis the Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion |
Special | Lifetime, 10p | |
| FRI / November 23 | |||
| Every Other Holiday |
Drama | Lifetime, 10p | |
| Frontier Trailer | Drama | |
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| Fugitiva |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape Trailer |
Comedy special |  11p |
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| My Windfall Dream Home |
Reality | HGTV, 9p | |
| Poinsettias for Christmas |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Sick Note |
Comedy | |
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| Two seasons of the British dark comedy series stream today. Rupert Grint stars as a slacker who is misdiagnosed with terminal cancer who then decides to hide the truth from his friends after he notices that everyone treats him much better when they think he's dying. Nick Frost also stars, while guests include Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan. | |||
| SAT / November 24 | |||
| Christmas Everlasting |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Christmas Harmony |
Drama | Lifetime, 10p | |
| Every Day Is Christmas |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| Killer Unknown |
Reality | ID, 10p | |
| SUN / November 25 | |||
| 2018 Soul Train Awards |
Music | BET, 8p | |
| Christmas Perfection |
Drama | Lifetime, 10p | |
| Dirty John Trailer Full 1st episode (free) |
Drama | Bravo, 10p | |
| This fictionalized adaptation of the true-crime podcast of the same name (which traces the twisty story of the relationship between divorced doctor John Meehan and businesswoman Debra Newell, which ends poorly for all involved) stars Connie Britton, Eric Bana, Jean Smart, and Juno Temple. It's an anthology series, so the second season (which has already been greenlit) will feature a different true-crime story. | |||
| The Flood |
Documentary/Nature | Nat Geo, tbd | |
| Holiday Gingerbread Showdown |
Reality competition | Food, 10p | |
| Holiday Wars |
Reality competition | Food, 8p | |
| Jingle Belle |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| Paul Walker: Behind Closed Doors |
Documentary | Reelz, 9p ET | |
| A Shoe Addict's Christmas |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| The Truth About Christmas Trailer |
Drama | Freeform, 9p | |
| Welcome to Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| MON / November 26 | |||
| The Great Christmas Light Fight | Reality competition | 8p |
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| Love & Hip Hop: New York Trailer | Reality | VH1, 8p | |
| The Panama Papers |
Documentary | Epix, 9p | |
| The Truth About Killer Robots |
Documentary |  10p |
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| TUE / November 27 | |||
| Adam Ruins Everything | Reality/Comedy | truTV, 10p | |
| Body Cam |
Reality | ID, 10p | |
| Bumping Mics With Jeff Ross & Dave Attel |
Comedy special | |
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| The Devil Next Door |
Reality | A&E, 10p | |
| Goatface Trailer |
Comedy | 10p |
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| House Hunters: Home for the Holidays |
Reality | HGTV, 9p | |
| Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | Reality | A&E, 9p | |
| WED / November 28 | |||
| Bargain Mansions | Reality | DIY, 9p | |
| Catfish: The TV Show | Reality | MTV, 9p | |
| Chrisley Knows Best | Reality | USA, 9p | |
| Christmas in Rockefeller Center |
Special |  8p |
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| Conan in Japan |
Comedy | TBS, 10p | |
| Kentucky Ayahuasca |
Reality | Viceland, 10p | |
| Knight Fight |
Reality | History, 10p | |
| A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy |
Variety | 10p |
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| Man Fire Food | Reality | Cooking, 9p ET | |
| Vikings Trailer | Drama | History, 9p | |
| THU / November 29 | |||
| Cold Valley |
Reality | ID, 9p | |
| The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration |
Variety | 9p |
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| FRI / November 30 | |||
| 1983 Trailer |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| Baby Trailer |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding Trailer |
Rom-com | |
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| Death by Magic Trailer |
Reality | |
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| F Is for Family Trailer | Animation/Comedy | |
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| The Great British Baking Show: Holidays | Reality competition | |
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| Happy as Lazzaro |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| This well-reviewed, Italian-language Cannes entry from director Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders) is a fable that follows the eponymous peasant on a fantastical journey through time. | |||
| Inside Jokes Trailer |
Reality/Comedy | Prime Video | |
| Six-part docuseries follows beginning stand-up comedians working for a chance to perform at Montreal's prestigious Just for Laughs festival. | |||
| Rajma Chawal Trailer |
Foreign/Comedy/Drama | |
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| Spy Kids: Mission Critical | Animation/Family | |
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| Time Share (Tiempo compartido) |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| A Very Nutty Christmas |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| The World Is Yours |
Foreign/Comedy/Drama | |
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December premieres
| SAT / December 1 | |||
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| Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Disney Parks Presents a 25 Days of Christmas Holiday Party |
Special | Disney, 8p | |
| Memories of the Alhambra |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| SUN / December 2 | |||
| 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting |
Special | Ovation/Reelz, 10p | |
| Berlin Station | Drama | Epix, 9p | |
| Discovery Live: Into the Blue Hole Trailer |
Documentary/Nature | Discovery, 4p ET | |
| Garth: Live at Notre Dame! |
Music |  8p |
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| Life-Size 2 Trailer |
Comedy | Freeform, 9p | |
| A Majestic Christmas |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Merry Wishmas |
Drama | TV One, 7p | |
| Nightflyers Trailer |
Sci-fi/Horror/Drama | Syfy, 10p | |
| Former author George R. R. Martin's 1980 sci-fi/horror novella—and subsequent 1987 feature film adaptation—is the inspiration for this new Syfy series, reportedly the network's most expensive show to date. Set in 2093, the show follows the crew of the most advanced spacecraft ever built as it heads to the edge of our solar system. What awaits them there is bloody, creepy, and horrific—but also much less campy than the 1987 movie. (Several writers who saw the first footage unveiled at Comic-Con compared it to The Shining.) The cast features Gretchen Mol, Eoin Macken, David Ajala, and Brian F. O'Byrne, and the series is being helmed (after a last-minute showrunner change) by TV newcomer Jeff Buhler, who also penned the adaptation. The unconventional rollout will see new episodes air across five consecutive nights this week (and again next week beginning on Sunday), while all 10 episodes will also be available to view immediately beginning tonight on VOD and online at Syfy's website. | |||
| Northern Lights of Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special |
Special | 10p |
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| MON / December 3 | |||
| Big Questions, Huge Answers with Jon Dore Trailer |
Comedy special | 11:30p |
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| The Brokenwood Mysteries | Drama | Acorn TV | |
| Deal or No Deal | Game show | CNBC, tbd | |
| Howie Mandel returns to host a revival of the NBC primetime game show. | |||
| Finding Joy Trailer |
Comedy | Acorn TV | |
| Maine Cabin Masters | Reality | DIY, 10p | |
| Pop Up Santa Holiday Special |
Reality | Freeform, 9:30p | |
| Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland |
Documentary | 10p |
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| Unanchored |
Reality | Bravo, 10p | |
| Vanderpump Rules | Reality | Bravo, 9p | |
| Vidago Palace Trailer |
Foreign/Drama | Acorn TV | |
| TUE / December 4 | |||
| Legends of the Lost With Megan Fox |
Reality | Travel, 8p | |
| The Profit | Reality | CNBC, 10p | |
| WED / December 5 | |||
| America's Mississippi |
Documentary | Smithsonian, 8p | |
| Border Live Trailer |
Reality | Discovery, 9p | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Trailer | Comedy/Drama | Prime Video | |
| A winner of eight Emmy awards for its debut year, the latest series from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino finally returns for its second season. (It has already been renewed for a third.) The period dramedy continues to follow a housewife turned stand-up comic (a terrific Rachel Brosnahan) in late 1950s New York, and this year it will also venture to Paris and the Catskills and feature Zachary Levi in a recurring guest role (while season 1 guest Jane Lynch will also return for an episode). | |||
| THU / December 6 | |||
| 2018 AmericanaFest Trailer |
Music | CMT, 9p | |
| Botched | Reality | E!, 10p | |
| The Great American Baking Show | Reality competition | 9p |
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| Top Chef | Reality competition | Bravo, 9p | |
| FRI / December 7 | |||
| Dogs of Berlin Trailer |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| Dumplin' Trailer |
Comedy | |
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| Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses) directs an adaptation of Julie Murphy's novel starring Danielle MacDonald (PattiCake$), Jennifer Aniston, Dove Cameron, and Harold Perrineau. The soundtrack features new recordings from Dolly Parton. | |||
| The Hookup Plan Trailer |
Rom-com | |
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| Icebox |
Drama | tbd |
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| Love After Lockup Trailer | Reality | WE, 9p | |
| Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Trailer |
Adventure/Fantasy | |
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| Andy Serkis directs and stars (alongside Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Benedict Cumberbatch) in a darker, motion-capture take on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. (It's definitely not for young kids.) The long-gestating film will play in a few theaters beginning November 29 before today's Netflix debut. | |||
| Nailed It! Holiday Trailer | Reality competition | |
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| Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas |
Anime | |
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| The Ranch | Comedy | |
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| RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular |
Reality competition | VH1, 8p | |
| SAT / December 8 | |||
| Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic |
Reality | Freeform, 8p | |
| Homegrown Christmas |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Memories of Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| SUN / December 9 | |||
| Casey Anthony |
Documentary | Reelz, 9p ET | |
| Christmas Wonderland |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Counterpart Trailer | Drama/Sci-fi | Starz, 9p | |
| The critically acclaimed sci-fi series starring J.K. Simmons in a dual role returns for a second season. | |||
| Deadly Legacy |
Reality | ID, 10p | |
| Homicide for the Holidays | Reality | Oxygen, 8p | |
| Once Upon a Christmas Miracle |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| The Shivering Truth Trailer |
Animation/Comedy | Adult Swim, midnight | |
| MON / December 10 | |||
| CMA Country Christmas |
Music | 8p |
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| No Sleep 'Til Christmas Trailer |
Rom-com | Freeform, 9p | |
| Vice Special Report: The Panic Artists |
Documentary | 10p |
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| TUE / December 11 | |||
| 30 for 30: 42 to 1 |
Documentary/Sports | ESPN, 9p ET | |
| Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas |
Variety | 9p |
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| Momentum Generation |
Documentary/Sports | 10p |
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| WED / December 12 | |||
| Champaign Ill Trailer |
Comedy | YouTube Premium | |
| YouTube original comedy series from the team behind Happy Endings stars Adam Pally and Sam Richardson. | |||
| Out of Many, One Trailer |
Documentary short | |
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| Paris to Pittsburgh |
Documentary | Nat Geo, 9p | |
| Susan Powell: An ID Murder Mystery |
Reality | ID, 9p | |
| THU / December 13 | |||
| Dr. Pimple Popper: The 12 Pops of Christmas |
Reality | TLC, 9p | |
| FRI / December 14 | |||
| 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade |
Special |  8p |
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| Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter's Tale | Drama | |
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| Special holiday-themed episode. | |||
| The Fix Trailer |
Comedy/Talk | |
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| Comedians attempt to solve the world's biggest problems through a series of panel discussions. | |||
| Fuller House | Comedy | |
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| The Innocent Man |
Documentary | |
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| Six-part true-crime series is based on John Grisham's nonfiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. | |||
| LOL: Last One Laughing |
Foreign/Reality/Comedy | Prime Video | |
| The Protector Trailer |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| Roma Trailer |
Drama | |
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| This could be Netflix's best chance to finally crack the Oscar best picture field. Certainly, after an impressive fall festival debut, Roma stands as one of 2018's very best films. (It will get an awards-qualifying theatrical run beginning in November, and possibly continuing past today's Netflix debut.) The first film from director Alfonso Cuarón since 2013's Gravity, Roma is a major change in both style and substance: It's a naturalistic, almost documentary-like tale of class and family centering on a housemaid for a fairly well-off family in Mexico City in the early 1970s (with some details drawn from the filmmaker's own life). The black-and-white, Spanish-language film is both intimate in its focus on the personal and also large in format, shot in 65mm by Cuarón himself. (Don't watch it on your iPad.) | |||
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Reality competition | VH1, 8p | |
| Sunderland Till I Die |
Reality/Sports | |
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| Tidelands Trailer |
Drama | |
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| Eight-episode, Australian-language (aka English) supernatural drama series centers on a small community of "Tidelanders," who are half-human, half-Siren. | |||
| Travelers | Drama/Sci-fi | |
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| SAT / December 15 | |||
| A Gingerbread Romance |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean |
Comedy special | 10p |
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| The Price of Fame | Reality | Reelz, 9p ET | |
| Springsteen on Broadway |
Music | |
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| Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| SUN / December 16 | |||
| 2018 Miss Universe |
Live event | 7p |
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| Coins for Christmas |
Drama | TV One, 7p | |
| Entertaining Christmas |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2018 |
Music | 8p |
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| Reunited at Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| MON / December 17 | |||
| Blood Trailer |
Drama | Acorn TV | |
| TUE / December 18 | |||
| Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2018 |
Special | 8p |
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| Greatest Holiday Video Countdown |
Special | 9p |
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| WED / December 19 | |||
| Full Frontal: Christmas on I.C.E. |
Comedy | TBS, 10:30p | |
| THU / December 20 | |||
| Ex on the Beach | Reality | MTV, 8p | |
| Timeless |
Drama/Sci-fi | 8p |
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| Two-hour "movie" (which is really just two episodes aired back-to-back) serves as a finale to the recently canceled time-travel series of the same name. | |||
| FRI / December 21 | |||
| Bird Box Trailer |
Thriller/Horror | |
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| Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) directs Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich in a post-apocalyptic horror thriller (set in a world where survival depends on being blindfolded) based on Josh Malerman's novel. | |||
| Diablero Trailer |
Foreign/Drama/Horror | |
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| A Home for the Holidays: The 20th Anniversary |
Special | 8p |
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| Marvel's Runaways Trailer | Drama | Hulu | |
| Tales of Arcadia: 3 Below Trailer |
Animation | |
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| Vanity Fair |
Drama | Prime Video | |
| British production is a seven-part adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel (previously made into a 2004 movie). Olivia Cooke and Tom Bateman head the cast. | |||
| SAT / December 22 | |||
| Christmas Copy |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Small Town Christmas |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| SUN / December 23 | |||
| Christmas Bells are Ringing |
Drama | HMM, 9p | |
| Christmas Made to Order |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| Marilyn Monroe for Sale |
Reality | Smithsonian, 9p | |
| Gingerbread Giants |
Reality competition | Food, 9p | |
| Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic |
Magic speical | 8p |
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| MON / December 24 | |||
| Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam |
Comedy/Drama | Acorn TV | |
| Murdoch Mysteries Trailer | Drama | Acorn TV | |
| TUE / December 25 | |||
| Call the Midwife 2018 Holiday Special |
Drama |  9p |
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| When Calls the Heart Christmas Special |
Special | Hallmark, 8p | |
| WED / December 26 | |||
| The 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors |
Special | 8p |
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| This year's honorees include Philip Glass, Cher, Rebe McEntire, and Wayne Shorter. | |||
| FRI / December 28 | |||
| Niko and the Sword of Light | Animation/Family | Prime Video | |
| Popstar's Best of 2018 |
Special | 9p |
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| Selection Day |
Foreign/Drama | |
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| SAT / December 29 | |||
| Focus on Love |
Drama | Hallmark, 8p | |
| SUN / December 30 | |||
| The Orville Trailer | Comedy/Sci-fi | 8p ET* |
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| Special two-hour premiere airs live coast to coast (meaning a likely 5p PT start) immediately following NFL football. The show will then air on Thursday nights at 9p beginning 1/3. | |||
| MON / December 31 | |||
| NBC's New Year's Eve |
Live event | 10p |
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| NBC News Special: A Toast to 2018! |
News | 8p |
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January premieres
| TUE / January 1, 2019 | |||
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| Bad Chad Customs |
Reality | Discovery, 10p | |
| I Am Jazz | Reality | TLC, 10p | |
| Married at First Sight | Reality | Lifetime, 9p | |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events Trailer | Drama/Comedy | |
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| This seven-episode third season adapts the final four books in the Lemony Snicket series. | |||
| Windy City Rehab |
Reality | HGTV, 9p | |
| WED / January 2 | |||
| American Beauty Star | Reality competition | Lifetime, 10p | |
| Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back | Reality | 8p |
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| grown-ish | Comedy | Freeform, tbd | |
| The Masked Singer Trailer |
Game show | 9p |
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| This U.S. adaptation of an international format asks contestants to guess the identity of a celebrity who performs a song in front of them—but disguised head to toe in an elaborate costume. | |||
| Love & Hip Hop: Miami | Reality | VH1, 8p | |
| MythBusters Jr. |
Reality | Science, 9p | |
| MythBusters spinoff features six young regulars (aged 12-15) alongside returning host Adam Savage. | |||
| Project Runway All Stars Trailer | Reality competition | Lifetime, 9p | |
| THU / January 3 | |||
| 60 Days In Trailer | Reality | A&E, 10p | |
| Gotham | Drama | 8p |
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| Music City Trailer | Reality | CMT, 10p | |
| Racing Wives Trailer |
Reality | CMT, 9p | |
| Survivng R. Kelly Trailer |
Documentary | Lifetime, 9p | |
| The Titan Games Trailer |
Reality competition | 8p |
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| Physical competition series is produced by Dwayne Johnson, who also hosts. Note that Superstore (formerly in this timeslot) will go on hiatus until March. | |||
| FRI / January 4 | |||
| The Blacklist | Drama | 8p |
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| The series moves to Fridays for its 6th season. Following tonight's two-hour premiere, the show will air at 9p weekly. | |||
| Young Justice: Outsiders Trailer |
Animation | DC Universe | |
| The nascent streaming service's second scripted original is actually a continuation of the Young Justice animated series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2010-2013. | |||
| SUN / January 6 | |||
| 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards |
Live event | tbd |
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| MON / January 7 | |||
| America's Got Talent: The Champions | Live event | 8p |
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| Terry Crews hosts a special edition of the competition series that brings in top acts from past seasons of the various international versions of America's Got Talent. | |||
| The Bachelor |
Reality competition | 8p |
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| TUE / January 8 | |||
| Ellen's Game of Games | Game show | 8p |
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| Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Reality | 8p |
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| Good Trouble Trailer |
Drama | Freeform, tbd | |
| Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez star in a spinoff of The Fosters. Tonight's opener is directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians). | |||
| Project Blue Book Trailer |
Drama | History, 10p | |
| History's new scripted series is based on what amounts to a real-life X-Files: a series of secret investigations into UFO sightings conducted by the Air Force in the 1950s and '60s. The drama comes from producer Robert Zemeckis and stars Aiden Gillen, Neal McDonough, and Michael Malarkey. | |||
| WED / January 9 | |||
| I'm Sorry | Comedy | truTV, 10p | |
| Andrea Savage's excellent Curb Your Enthusiasm-style comedy series finally returns for a 2nd season that features guest appearances from Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman, Lennon Parham, June Diane Raphael, Rob Hubel, and Kurt Braunohler. | |||
| Jon Glaser Loves Gear Trailer | Reality | truTV, 10:30p | |
| You're the Worst Trailer | Comedy |  10p |
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| THU / January 10 | |||
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Comedy | 9p |
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| The former Fox series moves to NBC for its sixth season. It will air in front of The Good Place, which shifts to 9:30p for its remaining episodes this month. Regular Chelsea Peretti will depart 9-9 this season, though she will appear in several episodes to wrap up her story. | |||
| THU / January 10 | |||
| The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta Trailer |
Reality | A&E, 9p | |
| The Rap Game | Reality competition/Music | Lifetime, 9p | |
| FRI / January 11 | |||
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Comedy/Musical | 9p |
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| Friends From College Trailer | Comedy/Drama | |
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| SUN / January 13 | |||
| 24th Annual Critics' Choice Awards |
Live event | 7p |
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| True Detective Trailer | Drama | 9p |
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| HBO's up-and-down anthology series returns a bit late for its third season, which is written in its entirety by series creator Nic Pizzolatto (save for one David Milch-penned episode, which arrives in three weeks). Pizzolatto also makes his debut as a director, sharing those duties with Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room) and, in a last-minute substitution after Saulnier departed early due to creative differences, Daniel Sackheim. The new story is set in the Ozarks across three separate time periods and stars Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Stephen Dorff, Carmen Ejogo, Scoot McNairy, Ray Fisher, and Mamie Gummer. | |||
| Valley of the Boom |
Drama/Documentary | Nat Geo, 9p | |
| Blending documentary and scripted drama, this six-part series chronicles the 1990s tech bubble in Silicon Valley. Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, and Lamorne Morris star. | |||
| Victoria Trailer | Drama | 9p |
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| MON / January 14 | |||
| The Passage Trailer |
Drama | 9p |
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| Produced by Ridley Scott and Matt Reeves, The Passage is based on Justin Cronin's genre-blending vampire(-ish) book trilogy of the same name (though will seemingly focus on just the first part of the story). Mark-Paul Gosselaar stars as federal agent Brad Wolgast, who finds himself serving as a surrogate father to a 10-year-old girl who is a test subject for a secret government medical experiment that has the potential to eliminate all disease—or wipe out the human race. Emmanuelle Chriqui and Vincent Piazza also star. The adaptation comes from Liz Heldens (Deception, Mercy). | |||
| Those Who Can't Trailer | Comedy | truTV, 10p | |
| TUE / January 15 | |||
| Corporate | Comedy | 10:30p |
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| Drunk History | Comedy | 10p |
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| The Flash | Drama | 8p |
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| Roswell, New Mexico |
Drama | 9p |
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| It's a semi-reboot of Roswell, the cult series which ran for three seasons on both The WB and UPN at the turn of the century. Like the prior show, it's an adaptation of the Roswell High novels by Melinda Metz. In the new series, which centers on slightly older characters this time, the daughter of undocumented immigrants (Jeanine Mason, Grey's Anatomy) relocates to her hometown, where she discovers that her one-time crush (Nathan Parsons, The Originals) is secretly an alien of another sort. (The space kind.) And he's not the only one. This new adaptation comes from Carina MacKenzie, a writer on The Originals. | |||
| Temptation Island | Reality | USA, 10p | |
| Reboot of the former Fox reality series returns the original host, Mark Walberg (no, not that one). | |||
| WED / January 16 | |||
| All American | Drama | 9p |
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| Deadly Class Trailer |
Drama | Syfy, 10p | |
| Adaptation of the Image Comics graphic novel (about a homeless teen boy who is recruited into an elite private academy populated by the offspring of the world's top crime families) stars Benjamin Wadsworth, Benedict Wong, and Lana Condor. | |||
| Riverdale | Drama | 8p |
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| Schitt's Creek | Comedy | Pop, 10p | |
| THU / January 17 | |||
| Bring It | Reality | Lifetime, 9p | |
| A Discovery of Witches |
Drama/Fantasy | Shudder/Sundance Now | |
| This adaptation of the novel by Deborah Harkness stars Matthew Goode, Alex Kingston, and Teresa Palmer. The entire season is available to watch today on both streaming services. | |||
| Star Trek: Discovery Trailer | Sci-fi/Drama | CBS All Access | |
| The second season of the streaming Star Trek prequel series features a young version of Spock, played by Ethan Peck, while Anson Mount will play USS Enterprise captain Christopher Pike. Rebecca Romijn also joins the cast. New episodes stream weekly on Thursdays. | |||
| Supernatural | Drama | 8p |
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| FRI / January 18 | |||
| Dynasty | Drama | 8p |
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| SAT / January 19 | |||
| Dynasties |
Documentary/Nature | BBC America, 9p | |
| The network's latest David Attenborough-narrated nature miniseries follows five different species of endangered animals around the globe. | |||
| Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story Trailer |
Drama | Lifetime, 8p | |
| SUN / January 20 | |||
| Black Monday Trailer |
Comedy |  10p |
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| Don Cheadle heads the cast of a comedy set in Wall Street during the 1987 stock market crash, which comes from writer/producers David Caspe (Happy Endings) and Jordan Cahan (My Best Friend's Girl). Regina Hall, Paul Scheer, and Andrew Rannells also star. Tonight's opener is directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. | |||
| Charmed | Drama | 9p |
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| Crashing | Comedy | 10p |
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| High Maintenance | Comedy | 10:30p |
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| Shameless | Drama/Comedy | 9p |
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| SMILF Trailer | Comedy | 10:30p |
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| Supergirl | Drama | 8p |
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| MON / January 21 | |||
| Arrow | Drama | 8p |
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| Black Lightning | Drama | 9p |
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| Moves to a new timeslot. | |||
| WED / January 23 | |||
| The Magicians Trailer | Drama | Syfy, 9p | |
| THU / January 24 | |||
| Broad City Trailer | Comedy | 10p |
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| Legacies | Drama | 9p |
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| The Other Two Trailer |
Comedy | 10:30p |
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| Former SNL writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider are the creators of this new scripted series about an aspiring actor (Drew Tarver) who struggles to land anything other than a bit role—and his adult sister (Heléne York), who struggles to find any meaningful career path—as their 12-year-old brother (Case Walker) achieves instant, massive internet stardom. Molly Shannon and Ken Marino also star. | |||
| Siren Trailer | Drama | Freeform, tbd | |
| FRI / January 25 | |||
| Kingdom |
Foreign/Drama/Horror | |
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| Korean zombie thriller (which has already been renewed for a second season) is set during medieval times. | |||
| Sydney to the Max |
Comedy/Family | Disney, 8:30p | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Comedy | |
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| The final six episodes of the Tina Fey-created comedy series stream today. | |||
| SUN / January 27 | |||
| 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |
Live event | TBS/TNT, 8p ET | |
| Rent |
Musical/Live event | 7p |
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| Three-hour live production of the mutliple-award-winning musical stars Kiersey Clemons, Tinashe, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Vanessa Hudgens. | |||
| THU / January 31 | |||
| Will & Grace | Comedy | 9:30p |
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| Returns from a brief hiatus in a new timeslot. | |||
Later 2019 premieres
| SUN / February 3 | |||
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| Super Bowl LIII |
Sports/Live event | 3p ET |
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| The World's Best |
Reality competition | 10p ET * |
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| New talent competition series hosted by James Corden airs immediately following Super Bowl coverage nationwide (* time approximate). Judges include Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles, and Faith Hill. | |||
| SUN / February 10 | |||
| 61st Annual Grammy Awards |
Music/Live event | 8p ET |
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| FRI / February 15 | |||
| Proven Innocent |
Drama | 9p |
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| Created by David Elliot (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and is produced by Danny Strong (Empire), TV's latest legal procedural is set at a law firm that specializes in representing wrongfully convicted clients. Late addition Kelsey Grammer joins a cast that also features Rachelle Lefevre (Under the Dome), Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Nikki M. James (BrainDead), Laurie Holden (The Americans), and Riley Smith (Frequency). | |||
| The Umbrella Academy |
Drama | |
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| This Netflix original is a 10-episode, live-action adaptation of the award-winning graphic novels (about a family of superheroes) by My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way. The cast includes Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Mary J. Blige, Emmy Raver-Lampman, and Kate Walsh. | |||
| WED / February 20 | |||
| Documentary Now! | Comedy | IFC, 10p | |
| The seven-episode "52nd" (aka third) season of the documentary spoof series includes parodies of recent Netflix hit Wild Wild Country, D.A. Pennebaker's Original Cast Album: Company, bowling doc League of Ordinary Gentlemen, and Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present. Guests include Cate Blanchett, Michael C. Hall, Michael Keaton, Owen Wilson, Tim Robinson, Bobby Moynihan, Natasha Lyonne, and John Mulaney. | |||
| SUN / February 24 | |||
| 91st Annual Academy Awards |
Live event | tbd |
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| MON / February 25 | |||
| Shadowhunters | Drama | Freeform, tbd | |
| THU / February 28 | |||
| Wife Swap |
Reality | CMT, 9p | |
| Revival of the "classic" reality series. | |||
| SUN / March 3 | |||
| Cosmos: Possible Worlds Trailer |
Documentary | 9p |
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson returns to host a follow-up to the 2014 miniseries based on Carl Sagan's original. | |||
| MON / April 1 | |||
| Cannon Busters |
Anime | |
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| FRI / April 5 | |||
| Our Planet Trailer |
Documentary/Nature | |
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| The streaming service borrows the narrator (David Attenborough), production company, and (presumably) Emmy aspirations behind the BBC's recent nature miniseries hits Planet Earth and Blue Planet for a similarly ambitious wildlife series filmed (in 4K video) across a wide range of habitats on all seven continents over a four-year period. | |||
| SUN / April 7 | |||
| 54th Academy of Country Music Awards |
Music/Live event | 8p |
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| SUN / May 19 | |||
| Hair Live! |
Musical | tbd |
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| SUN / June 9 | |||
| 73rd Annual Tony Awards |
Live event | 8p |
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| TUE / September 17 | |||
| The American Game |
Documentary/Sports | ESPN, tbd | |
| Eleven-episode series (airing weekly on Tuesdays) examines the history of college football. | |||
| THU / September 19 | |||
| The Greatest |
Documentary/Sports | ESPN, tbd | |
| FRI / October 4 | |||
| WWE SmackDown Live | "Sports" | 8p |
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| Moves to Fox from USA. | |||
2020 premieres
| SUN / January 26, 2020 | |||
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| 62nd Annual Grammy Awards |
Music/Live event | 8p ET |
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| SUN / February 9 | |||
| 92nd Annual Academy Awards |
Live event | tbd |
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2021 premieres
| SUN / Janaury 31, 2021 | |||
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| 63rd Annual Grammy Awards |
Music/Live event | 8p ET |
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| SUN / February 28 | |||
| 93rd Annual Academy Awards |
Live event | tbd |
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