This Week On TV: Dec. 30-Jan. 5

By Brent Furdyk. 30 Dec 2019 9:49 AM

This Week: Ryan Seacrest and Steve Harvey ring in the New Year, “Doctor Who” fires up the TARDIS for a new season, a miraculous mystery unravels in “Messiah”, Stephen Dorff brings a Wild West vibe to L.A. crimefighting in “Deputy”, more women share their horror stories of “Surviving R. Kelly”, the creators of “Sherlock” open the coffin for their take on “Dracula”, and Ricky Gervais scorches even more of Hollywood when he returns to host the Golden Globe Awards.

'Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest'

ABC/ Jeff Neira

'Fox's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square'

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BBC

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'What Is Jeopardy!? Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show'

ABC/Eric McCandless

Michael Becker/FOX

'Christina On The Coast' - Season Premiere

HGTV

Miller Mobley / FOX

Lifetime

'My Feet Are Killing Me' - Series Premiere

TLC

'The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU'

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Amazon Prime Video

Netflix

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'Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest'
ABC/ Jeff Neira
Ryan Seacrest returns to ring in the New Year, live from NYC's Times Square, joined by an A-list roster of performers including Post Malone, country music superstar Sam Hunt and Alanis Morissette making her first-ever appearance with the cast of Broadway's "Jagged Little Pill".

* Tuesday, Dec. 31
'Fox's New Year's Eve with Steve Harvey: Live from Times Square'

Meanwhile, over in another part of Times Square, Steve Harvey will be joined by co-hosts Maria Menounos and NFL Ex-Pat Rob Gronkowski, along with a performance by The Village People, attempting to set a world record for the largest YMCA dance. Other scheduled performers include LL Cool J and DJ Z-Trip, The Chainsmokers, The Lumineers, Florida Georgia Line, Backstreet Boys, Tyga and The Killers, along with celebs including Gordon Ramsay, Will Arnett and Jenna Dewan (all of whom, not coincidentally, have new Fox shows). And because why not, the evening also will feature a WWE match with Roman Reigns.

* Tuesday, Dec. 31
'The Circle' - Series Premiere
Netflix
Michelle Buteau hosts this new game show inspired by social media, which the goal is to become the most successful person on the show's unique social media platform — without any of the competitors ever meeting face to face. Here's hoping the show has its own team of psychologists, and that they're all standing by speed dial...

* Wednesday, Jan. 1
'Doctor Who' - Season Premiere
BBC
The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) is firing up the TARDIS for a new season of adventures in space and time, kicking things off on New Year's Day.

* Wednesday, Jan. 1
'Messiah' - Series Premiere
Netflix
In this intriguing new Netflix series, a mysterious figure (Mehdi Dehb) emerges in the Middle East, spreading a message of peace and seemingly performing actual miracles. While his ever-growing legions of followers are convinced he's the long-prophesied Second Coming, a CIA analyst (Michelle Monaghan) isn't so sure...

* Wednesday, Jan. 1
'What Is Jeopardy!? Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show'
ABC/Eric McCandless
In advance of the upcoming "Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time" champions special, this one-hour special offers an up-close-and-personal look at the show's longtime host, Canadian TV icon Alex Trebek.

* Thursday, Jan. 2
'Last Man Standing' - Season Premiere
Michael Becker/FOX
Tim Allen laughs at cancellation, which he's proving with the second resurrected season of his long-running sitcom that ran for several years on ABC until getting the axe, only to be revived on Fox.

* Thursday, Jan. 2
'Christina On The Coast' - Season Premiere
HGTV
According to the press release for the second season of "Flip of Flop" star Christina Al Moussa's solo series, the new season "will spotlight Christina’s custom SoCal-inspired designs for clients, as well as her personal journey with her new husband Ant Anstead, their blended family and their first baby together."

* Thursday, Jan. 2 on HGTV Canada
'Deputy' - Series Premiere
Miller Mobley / FOX
When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely candidate into the job: a fifth-generation lawman (Stephen Dorff) a rough-edged lawman more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics.

* Thursday, Jan. 2
'Surviving R. Kelly' - Season Premiere
Lifetime
Watching the first series of docu-series "Surviving R. Kelly" was a horrific experience as numerous women detailed allegations of abuse against the embattled R&B singer. Expect the second season to contain even more scandalous accusations.

* Thursday, Jan. 2 on Lifetime
'My Feet Are Killing Me' - Series Premiere
TLC
Fans of TLC's "Dr. Pimple Popper" will want to check out this similar medical series in which a pair of podiatrists treat some of the most gnarly foot problems every captured on camera.

* Thursday, Jan. 2
'The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU'
NBCUniversal
With "L&O: SVU" making history as the longest-running live-action primetime series in TV (finally beating the 20-season record set by "Gunsmoke"), creator Dick Wolf, star Mariska Hargitay and other stars of the procedural crime drama discuss the show onstage at the Paley Center for Media.

* Thursday, Jan. 2
'Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning'
Amazon Prime Video
One half of "Broad City" steps out in her first-ever solo standup show for Amazon Prime Video. Say it with us: "Yas Queen!"

* Friday, Jan. 3
'Dracula' - Series Premiere
Netflix
"Sherlock" creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are back with another interpretation of an iconic literary character. This time out, they reinvent filmdom's most famous vampire, with Danish actor Claes Bang cast as the iconic bloodsucker. Given what the duo did for Sherlock Holmes, fans are curious to see their take on Count Dracula.

* Saturday, Jan. 4
'The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards'
Todd Antony/NBC
Nobody can mock Hollywood quite like Ricky Gervais, and despite his brutal, scathing takedowns in years past, the Hollywood Foreign Press is inviting him back one more time. Tune in to find out if there's any earth he didn't manage to scorch in his earlier hosting appearances. Oh yeah, awards will also be handed out in between insults.

* Sunday, Jan. 5

This Week On TV: Dec. 30-Jan. 5

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