What To Watch: Animal Control Returns, Denis Leary Is Going Dutch, Sugar Bowl And More
On TV this Thursday: Animal Control returns for Season 3, Denis Leary is Going Dutch, and Colin Firth leads Lockerbie: The Search for Truth. Here are 13 programs to keep on your radar. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, our monthly streaming guide and master list of Every New TV Show in 2025.)
Showtimes for January 2, 2025
Creature Commandos
As Dr. Phosphorus emerges from his own research, the Creature Commandos face looming peril.
Cunk on Life
The feature-length Cunk on Earth follow-up sees documentarian Philomena Cunk confound philosophers and academics in her journey to understand the meaning of life.
Lockerbie: The Search for Truth
Limited series premiere: Based on the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, a grieving father (played by Colin Firth) demands answers on behalf of all the disaster's victims. (Watch trailer.)
The Rig
Season 2 premiere: The surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo arrives at a secret offshore facility where they face the fallout of the devastating tsunami.
Vera
Final season premiere: Vera searches for answers after an ex-prisoner's body is discovered on the banks of the Tyne.
College Football
Georgia faces Notre Dame in the postponed Sugar Bowl (at 4 pm, here's how to stream), then it's Duke vs. OIe Miss in the Gator Bowl at 7:30 pm.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Reboot premiere: Families share heartwarming stories before receiving mind-blowing builds; The Home Edit's Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin host.
Hell's Kitchen
The top eight chefs compete in an international cuisine challenge before creating a special meal for charity night.
Animal Control
Season 3 premiere: A zoo break makes Frank realize he must end things with Yasmin; Patel's gorilla rescue goes viral; Emily finds a surprising benefactor.
Bookie
As Hector, Walt and Lorraine fight over their psychedelic business, Danny brainstorms ways to get Wendy out of his life.
Only Murders in the Building
Season 2 broadcast premiere: When Charles, Oliver and Mabel are implicated in the murder of Bunny Folger, they must decide whether to lay low or search for the killer.
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Bela tries to break her dry spell; Kimberly attends a campus tour; Whitney's science project gets messy.
Going Dutch
Series premiere: A loudmouth colonel (played by Denis Leary) gets reassigned to the least important army base in the world; Danny Pudi (Community) co-stars. (Watch trailer.)