What To Watch: The Bad Batch Returns, Abbott Elementary Crew Spins Wheel, #OneChicago, Tough As Nails And More
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On TV this Wednesday: The Abbott Elementary cast appears on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, the #OneChicago block is back from break and Star Wars: The Bad Batch returns for Season 2. Here are 12 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for January 4, 2023
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Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street
Netflix
The seven-part docuseries chronicles the rise and fall of financier Bernie Madoff, who orchestrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in Wall Street history.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Disney+
Season 2 premiere (first two episodes): The Bad Batch continue their journey navigating the Empire after the fall of the Republic.
Also streaming Wednesday: New episodes of Netflix's The Circle, Freevee's Leverage: Redemption, and Disney+'s National Treasure: Edge of History and Willow.
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
ABC
Special night: It's Abbott Elementary Night, with contestants Janelle James, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Chris Perfetti. (The Conners and Goldbergs return next week.)
Chicago Med
NBC
Charles and Nellie help an elderly patient and her developmentally disabled grandson; Will treats a high school swimmer with a heart condition. (New hire!)
The Price Is Right at Night
CBS
The first of five primetime specials (airing weekly through Wednesday, Feb. 1) welcomes back former contestants for "a shot at redemption."
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
Fox
Series premiere (two hours): Sixteen celebrities — including 7th Heaven's Beverly Mitchell, Zoey 101's Jamie Lynn Spears, RHOA's Kenya Moore and blink-and-you-missed-him White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci — "try to survive" an array of demanding training exercises. (Watch trailer.)
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Abbott Elementary
ABC
Melissa and Janine's classrooms go head-to-head in a Read-a-Thon; Jacob and Gregory attempt to get their student podcasting club off the ground.