What To Watch: War & Peace Begins, Celebrity MasterChef And More
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On TV this Monday: Gillian Anderson boards War & Peace, Revenge's big bad comes to National City, Terry Crews competes with MasterChef alumni and The Bachelor suffers a personal tragedy. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar:
Showtimes for January 18, 2016
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Acorn TV
Series premiere (two episodes): Adrian Holmes (Continuum) and Jared Keeso (Falling Skies) star as feuding partners in the Montreal PD. (Episodes will release weekly through March 14.)
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The Bachelor
ABC
Ben gets tragic news from home; the bachelorettes are coached by Alex Morgan and Kelley O’Hara of the U.S. women's soccer team for an "intense" competition.
MasterChef Celebrity Showdown
Fox
Empire's Kaitlin Doubleday and Ta'Rhonda Jones, Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Terry Crews and Last Man on Earth's Boris Kodjoe are among the celebs competing against current and former MasterChef-testants.
Supergirl
CBS
Kara stands by Winn when his dad, the supervillain Toyman (Revenge's Henry Czerny), breaks out of prison and contacts his son. (Get scoop, casting news.)
Superstore
NBC
Amy gets competitive with Jonah after Glenn congratulates him for exquisite test results; Cloud 9 employees await a secret shopper.
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Scorpion
CBS
Team Scorpion works alongside Sylvester's father when an African dictator is hellbent on putting World War II-era WMDs to use. (Watch a Smash-ing sneak peek.)
War & Peace
History/Lifetime/A&E
Mini-series premiere (Part 1 of 4): Pierre Bezukhov (Paul Dano, Love & Mercy) inherits his father's fortune; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (James Norton, Happy Valley) goes to war; Lily James (Downton Abbey), Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) co-star. (Airing Mondays through Feb. 8.)
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Fameless
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Winter premiere (two episodes): Jaleel White (Family Matters) and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) stop by as a wannabe star gets trapped in a psych ward and wedding bells ring for the wrong bride.
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
The CSI: Cyberteam investigates the murder of a tech entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist who devised software for undetectable data collection.
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Almost Royal
BBC America
Season 2 premiere (two episodes): Poppy and Georgie judge a baby beauty pageant and explore the great outdoors.
