On the network front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 2 new series and the return of A Million Little Things & The Flash. New series premiering in the next two weeks include CTV’s new original drama The Spencer Sisters and ABC’s new comedy Not Dead Yet. In addition, Transplant and Hell’s Kitchen conclude their current season. Also, the 65th Annual Grammy Awards air February 5.
On the specialty and streaming front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 6 new series and the return of C.B. Strike, Harlem, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder & You. New series premiering in the next two weeks include Apple TV+’s new drama Dear Edward, Freeform’s new mystery thriller The Watchful Eye (airing on ABC Spark), Netflix’s new drama On My Block: Freeridge, Syfy’s new mystery drama The Ark, (airing on CTV Sci-fi Channel) and 2 new Norwegian series from Viaplay Group: crime drama Fury and action thriller The Machinery (both airing on Crave). In addition, Criminal Minds: Evolution, Leverage: Redemption, National Treasure: Edge of History, The Game, The Legend of Vox Machina & Velma conclude their current season.
Other highlights include the premiere of 3 new documentaries: Black Ice, a TSN & Crave original documentary film that examines the role of black players in hockey; Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World, a 4-Part docuseries that looks back at hip-hop’s inception and documents the genre’s steps in revolutionizing and challenging America’s history over four decades & UNLOVED: HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN, a 2hr documentary film that documents the history of child abuse at Ontario’s Huronia Regional Centre facility for developmentally disabled children, based in part on the story of director Barri Cohen and her own two older brothers, who died at the institution.
On the reality front, 2 new food competition series premiere: Superchef: Grudge Match (Food Network) and Bake Off: The Professionals (Netflix). Also, Food Network series Baking It & Chopped conclude their current season.
Happy Viewing!
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SUNDAY JANUARY 29
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UNLOVED: HURONIA’S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN – DOCUMENTARY FILM PREMIERE (CBC @ 8pm ET)
Filmmaker Barri Cohen leads part detective story, part social history as she uncovers the truth about Alfie and Louis, her two long-dead half-brothers. They were institutionalized at the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia in the 1950s.
THE SPENCER SISTERS – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV @ 10pm ET)
Mystery novelist Victoria Spencer and her daughter Darby Spencer are mistaken as sisters as they tackle puzzling cases in Alder Bluffs.
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MONDAY JANUARY 30
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THE WATCHFUL EYE – SERIES PREMIERE (ABC Spark @ 9pm ET)
Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvers her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan, where she quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.
Baking It – SEASON 2 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
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TUESDAY JANUARY 31
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La Brea – Season 2 Winter Premiere (NBC @ 9pm ET)
FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD – DOCUSERIES PREMIERE (PBS @ 9pm ET) *4-Part Docuseries*
Chuck D transports audiences back to hip-hop’s inception and documents the genre’s steps in revolutionizing and challenging America’s history over four decades.
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1
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BAKE OFF: THE PROFESSIONALS – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
Professional pastry chefs from top hotels, restaurants, and businesses around the UK compete in a series of baking challenges in teams.
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Disney+)
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! 50TH ANNIVERSARY SINGALONG – 1hr Special (ABC @ 8pm ET)
Black Eyed Peas, Derek Hough, Hayley Erbert, Fortune Feimster, Jason Biggs, Jenny Mollen, Julianne Hough, Kal Penn, The Muppets, NE-YO, Raven Symoné and Retta perform classic “Schoolhouse Rock!” hits.
THE MACHINERY – SERIES PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 9pm ET)
Olle wakes up on the car ferry after a binge on a work conference; he remembers nothing, but finds a bag of cash, a gun and a ski mask next to him; will he find out what has happened and why, before the police catch up to him.
FURY – SERIES PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 10pm ET)
Undercover cop Ragna infiltrates a nationalistic subculture following a killing in Norway, and her journey pulls her into a spiral of hatred and reveals a terrorist plot aimed at the heart of Europe.
THE ARK – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Sci-Fi Channel @ 10pm ET)
Spacecraft Ark One encounters a catastrophic event on a mission to secure the survival of the human race; the remaining crew must survive with a lack of life-sustaining supplies, loss of leadership, and over a year until they reach the target planet.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2
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ON MY BLOCK: FREERIDGE – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
In a spin-off of the teen drama On My Block, a group of friends may or may not have unleashed a deadly curse, starting a new adventure.
Celebrity Jeopardy! – SEASON 1 FINALE (CTV and ABC @ 8pm ET)
BLACK ICE – DOCUMENTARY FILM PREMIERE (TSN1 & TSN3 @ 9pm ET)
Exploring the history of Black hockey players, from the creation of Canada’s Colored Hockey League to their inclusion into the NHL, highlighting their often-overlooked and marginalized contributions to the game.
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
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Harlem – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
DEAR EDWARD – SERIES PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
The story of a 12-year-old boy who survives a plane crash that kills every other passenger, but forges unexpected friendships, romances, and communities.
Transplant – SEASON 3 FINALE (CTV @ 9pm ET)
BLACK ICE – DOCUMENTARY FILM PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 9pm ET)
Exploring the history of Black hockey players, from the creation of Canada’s Colored Hockey League to their inclusion into the NHL, highlighting their often-overlooked and marginalized contributions to the game.
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5
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65th Annual Grammy Awards – 3.5hr Special (Citytv and CBS @ 8pm ET)
Trevor Noah hosts festivities at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles honoring excellence in the recording industry as voted on by the Recording Academy’s membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixers and engineers.
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MONDAY FEBRUARY 6
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C.B. Strike – SEASON 5 PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 9pm ET)
STAB THAT CAKE! – SERIES PREMIERE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
Two teams of cake fans armed with knives are let loose in a grocery store, where they must determine what is real and what is actually a hyper-realistic cake hiding in plain sight; hosts John Henson and Jocelyn Delk Adams.
HISTORY’S GREATEST OF ALL TIME WITH PEYTON MANNING – SERIES PREMIERE (History Canada @ 10pm ET) *8-Part Docuseries*
Peyton Manning asks 100 experts in various categories to rank each greatest-of-all-time contender using statistics, innovation and legacy as criteria.
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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7
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Chopped – SEASON 52 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 9pm ET)
SUPERCHEF GRUDGE MATCH – SERIES PREMIERE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
The food world is filled with rivalries and in “Superchef Grudge Match,” hosted by Darnell Ferguson, some long-standing personal and professional feuds are settled in one-round, one-dish, winner-takes-all heavyweight battles. In each episode, Darnell stages two different battles between chefs who have beefs with each other to finally bury the hatchet and win a cash prize, a prized knife from the losing chef and lifelong bragging rights over their food foe.
THE SEVEN TOUGHEST DAYS ON EARTH – SERIES PREMIERE (National Geographic Canada @ 10pm ET)
Polar expeditionist Dwayne Fields visits some of Earth’s most extreme places at their deadliest times for a week, with the goal of keeping himself and his film crew alive and making it to an extraction point.
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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8
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National Treasure: Edge of History – SEASON 1 FINALE (Disney+)
The Flash – SEASON 9 PREMIERE (The CW @ 8pm ET) *Final Season*
NOT DEAD YET – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV2 and ABC @ 8:30pm ET)
Nell Serrano, a broke and newly single self-described disaster, works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago; when she lands the only job she can find — writing obituaries, she starts getting life advice from an unlikely source.
Leverage: Redemption – SEASON 2 FINALE (CTV Drama Channel @ 9pm ET)
Vanderpump Rules – SEASON 10 PREMIERE (Slice @ 9pm ET)
Kung Fu – Season 3 Winter Premiere (The CW @ 9pm ET and CTV2 @ 10pm ET)
A Million Little Things – SEASON 5 PREMIERE (W Network and ABC @ 10pm ET) *Final Season*
NFL Tailgate Takedown – SEASON 1 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9
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You – SEASON 4, PART 1 PREMIERE (Netflix)
The Game – SEASON 2 FINALE (Paramount+)
Hell’s Kitchen – SEASON 21 FINALE (FOX @ 8pm ET) *2hr Finale*
Velma – SEASON 1 FINALE (Crave 1 @ 10:30pm ET)
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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10
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The Legend of Vox Machina – SEASON 2 FINALE (Amazon Prime Video)
Criminal Minds: Evolution – SEASON 1 FINALE (Disney+ Canada)
Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars – SEASON 1 FINALE (The CW @ 9pm ET)
