This Week On TV: Jan. 14-20

By Brent Furdyk. 14 Jan 2019 9:47 AM

This Week: Mark-Paul Gosselaar stars in “The Passage”, the early days of Silicon Valley come alive in “Valley of the Boom”, new reboots with “Roswell, New Mexico” and “Carmen Sandiego”, students fight to survive the world’s most dangerous school in “Deadly Class”, new seasons for “Grace and Frankie”, “The Punisher”, “Star Trek: Discovery” and “The Grand Tour”, and Idris Elba returns to his signature role for a new season of “Luther”.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' - season premiere

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'Marvel's The Punisher' - season premiere

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'The Passage' - series premiere
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When a government creates a virus that could wipe out all disease — or possibly wipe out humanity — a young girl may hold the clue to saving the world — or presumably that's what a rogue federal agent (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) believes when he kidnaps her and goes on the run from authorities who want to use her as a test subject. * Monday, Jan. 14
'Valley of the Boom'
National Geographic Channel
This limited-run miniseries goes all the way back to the infancy of the Internet and the dramatic early days of Silicon Valley, with a cast including Bradley Whitford and Steve Zahn. * Monday, Jan. 14 on National Geographic Channel
'Roswell, New Mexico' - series premiere
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The latest TV reboot places a fresh spin on teen drama/sci-fi hybrid "Roswell". In this new iteration, the daughter of undocumented immigrants (Jeanine Mason) discovers her former teenage crush is actual an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities under wraps for his whole life. As they reconnect, she promises to protect his secret, but when a violent attack indicates there may be a far greater alien presence on Earth, fear and hatred may expose him. * Tuesday, Jan. 15 on Showcase
'Drunk History' - season premiere
Comedy Central
Get ready for a new season of booze-fuelled history lessons, with the season debut tackling the story of Frankenstein. Evan Rachel Wood ("Westworld") will play author Mary Shelley, with Seth Rogen as Dr. Frankenstein, Will Ferrell as Frankenstein’s monster, Elijah Wood as Mary’s husband, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and 30 Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") as poet Lord Byron. * Tuesday, Jan. 15
'Deadly Class' - series premiere
Syfy
Based on the graphic novel set in the 1980s, a homeless, disillusioned teen named Marcus is recruited into Kings Dominion, a secret academy for the Deadly Arts, where he fights for survival among his classmates, who just happen to be some of the world's deadliest characters. * Wednesday, Jan. 16
'Star Trek: Discovery' - season premiere
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The second season continues the storyline after Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the Discovery crew joined forces with Captain Pike (Anson Mount), while Burnham is forced to face the past with the return of her estranged brother, Spock (Ethan Peck). * Thursday, Jan. 17
'Grace and Frankie' - season premiere
Netflix
TV's funniest septuagenarians return as Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin) kick off a whole new season of laughs from this fan-favourite series from "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman. * Friday, Jan. 18
'Marvel's The Punisher' - season premiere
Netflix
Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) is back for a second season of beating bad guys to a pulp in one of the few remaining Marvel series that Netflix hasn't cancelled. * Friday, Jan. 18
'The Grand Tour' - season premiere
Amazon Prime Video
The former "Top Gear" crew debut a new season of their Amazon Prime Video series, which finds Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond taking on all manner of vehicular challenges — as only they can. * Friday, Jan. 18
'Carmen Sandiego - series premiere
Netflix
"Jane the Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez provides the voice of the titular spy in this animated reboot of the iconic 1990s geography-themed game show that had kids trying to figure out "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?". * Friday, Jan. 18
'Fyre'
Netflix
This documentary looks at the notorious Fyre Festival, an ambitious music festival on a tropical island that wound up becoming a hellish disaster, resulting in lawsuits from those who attended and jail time for the fraudster who organized it. * Friday, Jan. 18
'Brexit'
HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Dominic Cummings, a key figure in the controversial Vote Leave movement that convinced a majority of British voters that leaving the European Union would be a good thing for the U.K. * Saturday, Jan. 19
'Saturday Night Live'

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan makes her debut as "SNL" host in the first show of 2019, joined by musical guest Greta Van Fleet. * Saturday, Jan. 19 on Global
'Black Monday' - series premiere
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Don Cheadle, Regina Hall and Andrew Rannells star in this comedy about a group of outsiders who try to crash the Wall Street old boys' club in the days leading up to the infamous "Black Monday" stock market crash in Oct. 19, 1987. * Sunday, Jan. 20
'Crashing' - season premiere
HBO
Pete Holmes is back with a third season of his quasi-autobiographical comedy, starring as an aspiring comedian with no permanent address after splitting from his wife, leading him to crash on the sofas of some of NYC's funniest comedians. * Sunday, Jan. 20
'Home Town' - season premiere
HGTV
In the new season, Erin and Ben Napier continue to offer modern but affordable updates to some of the rundown historical houses in their small Mississippi hometown. * Sunday, Jan. 20 on HGTV Canada
'Luther' - season premiere
BBC
Until those rumours come true and Idris Elba is cast as 007, the actor's signature role remains London police detective John Luther, who is back to investigate a new case in the latest season of the critically acclaimed cop show. * Sunday, Jan. 20 on BBC Canada

This Week On TV: Jan. 14-20

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