Television Premieres and Notables: January 11-16, 2016

Monday, 1/11

Cake Wars; Food. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 1/12

Shadowhunters; Freeform (formerly ABC Family). 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.

MADtv 20th Anniversary Reunion; The CW. 7 pm CST. Special.
I'm excited for this, but also disappointed that it's only an hour.


Wednesday, 1/13

Second Chance; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A 75-year-old dies and comes back (with some help) as a young man.

Younger; TV Land. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.
Somehow, they made this premise last long enough for another season.
I found the series fun, and Sutton Foster is excellent.

Teachers; TV Land. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A workplace comedy that looks at what teachers do.


Thursday, 1/14

Workaholics; Comedy Central. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Colony; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Lost Exec Producer Carlton Cuse brings us this series about a Los Angeles that was invaded by an unknown force.
And he brought Josh Holloway with him as a man who is trying to get into a resistance group.

Idiotsitter; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A Harvard grad looks into a babysitting/nanny/tutor job to find out it's for watching over an adult heiress.
I saw the pilot, and it's pretty lowbrow and crass (like many recent cable comedies) without any of the charm.  I'll give it a few eps, but I don't have high hopes.


Friday, 1/15

Hell's Kitchen; Fox. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Real Time With Bill Maher; HBO. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Degrassi: Next Class; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.


Saturday, 1/16

Sesame Street; HBO. 8 am CST. Season Premiere.
Now on HBO, so expect the premiere ep to be "Brought to you by the letter 'F'".
And maybe have more titties than usual...


Sunday, 1/17

Angie Tribecca; TBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A detective sitcom brought to us from Steve and Nancy Carell.

Mercy Street; PBS. 9 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
PBS brings us this series set at a field hospital in the early years of the Civil War.

Billions; Showtime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Damian Lewis plays a billionaire, and Paul Giamatti plays the prosecutor who is trying to bring him down.