What To Watch: Jeopardy! Tournament, Schitt's End Begins, ODAAT Special, Zoey's Playlist Preview And More
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On TV this Tuesday: It's the beginning of the end for Schitt's Creek, Pop previews One Day at a Time, and Jeopardy! pits the best of the best against each other — in primetime. Here are 16 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for January 7, 2020
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Ellen's Game of Games
NBC
Season 3 premiere (two episodes): Contestants play new games Mazed and Confused, Dirty Laundry, and Buckin' Blasters. (Watch Kate McKinnon's Ellen tribute.)
Finding Your Roots
PBS
Winter premiere: Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Jon Batiste (The Late Show) and Sasheer Zamata (SNL) learn more about previously unknown ancestors.
Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time
ABC
Tournament premiere: Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer — the three all-time highest earners — compete in a series of matches; the first to win three receives $1 million, while the two runners up get $250,000.
NCIS
CBS
Winter premiere: Gibbs faces the reality of his actions after he agrees to assist Ziva with "the one thing" she needs to take care of before she returns to her family.
The Resident
Fox
Winter premiere: Conrad accompanies a patient on a zero-gravity adventure; Cain implements a commission-based pay system. (Get First Look; read preview.)
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Dave Chappelle: The Mark Twain Prize
PBS
90 minutes: Neal Brennan, Michael Che, Common, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman, Tiffany Haddish, Colin Jost, John Legend, Lorne Michaels, Q-Tip, Trevor Noah, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart and Kenan Thompson gather to honor the comedian.
FBI
CBS
Winter premiere: The team looks into the murder of a businessman with a history of harassment claims against him.
Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
Fox
Season 3 premiere: Ramsay and his crew helps two brothers save their failing seafood restaurant in Tappahannock, Va.
The Haves and the Have Nots
OWN
Season 7 premiere: Candace rethinks her motives after Charles lets her down.
Schitt's Creek
Pop TV
Final season premiere: On their way to drop off Alexis at the airport, David stops to check out a potential wedding venue; Moira emerges with a new lease on life. (Watch trailer.)
mixed-ish
ABC
Winter premiere: In the wake of the Challenger explosion, Rainbow and her family process their grief in many different ways. (Read preview.)
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One Day at a Time Promo Special
Pop TV
In this terrific half-hour special, the cast and crew revisit the first three seasons of the former Netflix comedy ahead of Season 4's Pop TV debut.
black-ish
ABC
Winter premiere: Diane is conflicted about relaxing her hair again, and embarks on a hair journey with Bow, Ruby and their stylist, Yaya (First Wives Club's Jill Scott).
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Emergence
ABC
Winter premiere: The Evans family finally receives information that could lead them to Piper; Ed helps Mia as she attempts to send Piper a message.
FBI: Most Wanted
CBS
Series premiere: This offshoot follows Jess LeCroix (Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon) and his team of Fugitive Task Force agents as they track criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list; Kellan Lutz (Twilight) co-stars.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
NBC
Sneak preview: An introverted computer programmer (Suburgatory's Jane Levy) begins to hear the innermost desires of everyone around her — through song! Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Peter Gallagher (Law & Order: SVU) and Mary Steenburgen (Last Man on Earth) co-star; Lauren Graham (Parenthood) recurs. (Episode 2 airs Sunday, Feb. 16 at 9/8c, in its regular time slot; get First Look; read our review.)
