What To Watch: Critics' Choice Awards, Angie Tribeca Marathon, Billions And Other Premieres And More
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On TV this Sunday: The critics award their favorite TV and movie stars, Angie Tribeca makes herself at home on TBS and Showtime invests Billions. Here are 13 programs to keep on your radar.
Showtimes for January 17, 2016
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Bob's Burgers
Fox
When Bob throws a dinner party to bond with a new friend, Gayle uses the opportunity to introduce her new beau… with whom Louise has a long-standing feud.
ET
The Circus
Showtime
Series premiere: Political experts Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon lead this docuseries' deep, real-time dive into the 2016 presidential race.
Critics' Choice Awards
A&E, Lifetime and LMN
Silicon Valley star T.J. Miller hosts this year’s ceremony, which for the first time honors both TV and film. (Brush up on the nominees.)
Galavant
ABC
First, Galavant is fed up with Richard after he trades the Jewel of Valencia for a dragon. Then, at 8:30 pm, Galavant stumbles upon his father, Sir Arnold. (Watch a sneak peek.)
ET
Angie Tribeca
TBS
Series premiere: Stay with me on this one: The 10-episode first season of this Rashida Jones police comedy airs in its entirety, on a loop, for 25 hours. Season 2 — for which it has already been renewed — will then begin airing (weekly!) beginning Monday, Jan. 25, at 8:30 pm. Whew.
Madam Secretary
CBS
Special time! Elizabeth goes to Myanmar to sign a Pacific Rim trade agreement, but she is met with resistance by the country’s American ambassador. (Who’s our Performer of the Week?)
The Real Housewives of Potomac
Bravo
Series premiere: This latest installment in the RH franchise centers on a group of women who must navigate the social waters of Maryland’s "best kept secret."
ET
Billions
Showtime
Series premiere: The world of high finance is the setting for this drama, which tracks the imminent collision between two heavyweights: U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti, John Adams) and hedge fund king Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis, Homeland). Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy) and Malin Akerman (Trophy Wife) co-star.
The Good Wife
CBS
Special time! Alicia and Cary join forces to defend a former client (returning guest star Matthew Lillard) against a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over ownership rights to his new music.
Mercy Street
PBS
Series premiere: Josh Radnor (HIMYM) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (The Returned) star in this historical drama, which follows volunteer nurses on opposite sides of the Civil War.
The Royals
E!
Season finale: The royal family faces the possibility of the abolition of the monarchy. (Renewed.)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
AXS TV
Check local listings | As tribute to the late David Bowie, the network presents his classic 1973 concert film — the only known hi-def performance footage of Bowie in existence.
