What To Watch: The Way Home And Drag Race Return, NBC Comedies Back From Break And More

On TV this Friday: The Way Home returns for Season 3 on Hallmark+ Hallmark Channel, Happy's Place and Lopez vs. Lopez are back from break, and RuPaul welcomes 14 new queens to the Werk Room. Here are 15 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 3, 2025

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They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce

ESPN

Series premiere: The Super Bowl champ and former Philadelphia Eagles center hosts celebrity guests from the football world and beyond. (Get details.)

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The Agency

Paramount+ With Showtime

Martian's hand is forced when Poppy's life is under threat.

Dexter: Original Sin

Paramount+ With Showtime

After a kill goes wrong, Dexter is grounded by Harry; Deb bonds with her brother on the anniversary of their mother’s death. (Read Episode 4 recap.)

The Front Room

Max STREAMING PREMIERE

A pregnant woman (played by Moesha's Brandy) finds her life turned upside down after her mother-in-law (Andor's Kathryn Hunter) moves in.

Selling the City

Netflix ALL EIGHT EPISODES

Series premiere: Stylish and savvy agents at Douglas Elliman navigate the cutthroat world of luxury real estate in New York City.

Severance

Apple TV+ FREE STREAMING WEEKEND

Revisit Season 1 of the sci-fi thriller (or watch it for the first time) ahead of Season 2’s Jan. 17 premiere, then check out other Apple TV+ series like Shrinking, Bad Sisters, Bad Monkey and Presumed Innocent — all for free!

Silo

Apple TV+

Juliette discovers something has happened to Solo; Bernard makes an offer to Walker.

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Netflix

Movie premiere: Gromit springs into action after Wallace's high-tech invention goes rogue and he's framed for a series of suspicious crimes.

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College Football

ESPN

North Texas vs. Texas State in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (4 pm); Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl (7:30 pm).

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The Greatest @Home Videos: Cedy Awards

CBS

Cedric the Entertainer honors the cutest and craziest viral videos, and awards the No. 1 clip with the Golden Cedy.

Happy's Place

NBC

Winter premiere: Bobbie and Gabby compete for the title of emcee for the tavern's upcoming anniversary party.

Outlander

Starz

Lord John Grey and Ian race to save William; Brianna makes an important decision. (Read Episode 14 recap and post mortem.)

RuPaul's Drag Race

MTV

Season 17 premiere: The new queens must survive a game of Ru Light, Green Light. (Meet the cast; watch trailer.)

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Lopez vs. Lopez

NBC

Winter premiere: George secretly spends time with Rosie's ex-fiancé (returning guest star Jaime Camil) behind her back.

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The Way Home

Hallmark Channel

Season 3 premiere: New mysteries unfold across generations, as the Landry family looks to their past to find the truth. (Get first look.)

Courtesy of Hallmark Media

On This Day in TV History

Michael Ansell/ABC/Everett Collection

Thirteen years ago, ABC's Work It (one of TV's fastest flame-outs) premiered to 6.1 million total viewers and a 2.0 demo rating — which, at the time, marked ABC's lowest rated in-season comedy debut ever. It earned a TVLine reader grade of "F," and was shelved after two episodes.

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