What To Watch: NFL Wild Card Games, Surviving R. Kelly Parts 3-6 And More

On TV this Saturday: The NFL playoffs get underway, NBC gives viewers a second chance to partake in the Titan Games and Super Troopers 2 comes to HBO.  Here are eight programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern:

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Showtimes for January 5, 2019

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NFL AFC Wild Card Game

ABC & ESPN

First up, the Houston Texans (11-5) host the Indianapolis Colts (10-6), live from NRG Stadium in Houston. 

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Surviving R. Kelly

Lifetime

Parts 3 through 6 of the docu take a look at a damning sex tape, R. Kelly's trial on multiple counts of child pornography, the parents who accused R. Kelly of psychologically imprisoning their daughters, and the question: "Is his time up?"

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NFL NFC Wild Card Game

Fox

Then, the Dallas Cowboys host the Seattle Seahawks, live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Super Troopers 2

HBO

Premium cable premiere: The troop returns to police a small Canadian town that is about to be handed over to America.

The Titan Games

NBC

Series premiere encore: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson serves as host and EP of this competition, in which men and women push their bodies to the limit in head-to-head challenges. (How did the premiere do in ratings?)

Winter Castle

Hallmark Channel

TV-movie premiere: A woman (Chesapeake Shores' Emilie Ullerup) falls for the best man (Heartland's Kevin McGarry) at her sister's ice hotel wedding. Ice hotel?

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The Alec Baldwin Show

ABC

The burn-off continues with the penultimate Q&A, featuring stand-up comedian/former sitcom star Jerry Seinfeld. Nope, this actually is not on; ABC quietly swapped in a Rookie rerun instead.

SNL Vintage

NBC

Golden Globes host/Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg presides over the Season 39 finale, which first aired May 17, 2014; St. Vincent performs.

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Saturday Night Live

NBC

Repeat to Revisit: Ray Donovan's Liev Schreiber hosts, with musical guest Lil Wayne. (Season 44 episodes, ranked! What were the Best and Worst fall sketches?)

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