Must See HDTV (January 14th - 20th)
As we return from CES (and dive headlong into the North American International Auto Show) we've got a number of our favorite TV shows returning from break. While sci fi fans wave good-bye to one high profile series they can welcome another this week, and sports fans are just making it until the conference championship games on Sunday. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
Continuum
Often recommended in our comments during its Canadian run on Showcase last year, this sci fi show finally starts airing in the US tonight. You can hit Wikipedia for a summary of the plot (it involves time travel) or check out the trailer after the break, but until we watch it's going to be hard to explain. For now, just know it comes highly (and often) recommended by our readers, so it's probably worth a shot.
(Syfy, January 14th, 9PM)
Fringe
Fox's laws of science bending / universe and time stream jumping sci fi show finally ends its run this week. Unlike Continuum we've been watching every episode, but again, due to the presence of time travel as a plot device, your guess is as good as ours as to what's going on at the moment.
(Fox, January 18th, 8PM)
Archer
Our favorite cartoon spy is back on FX this week. If you don't know about Archer, you should immediately lock yourself away with nothing but a Netflix subscription to get familiar with the one of the more drunken and incompetent contributors to national security that there ever could be. We're definitely in the Danger Zone.
(FX, January 17th, 10PM)
Blu-ray & Games
Taken 2
Being Human (S4)
Merlin (S4)
To Rome With Love
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Possession
Won't Back Down
Hannah and Her Sisters
Sniper: Ghost Warrior (Xbox 360, PS3)
Devil May Cry (Xbox 360)
Monday
The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
Bones (winter premiere), Fox, 8PM
Continuum (series premiere), Syfy, 9PM
The Carrie Diaries (series premiere), CW, 8PM
How I Met Your Mother (winter premiere), CBS, 8PM
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States (season finale), Showtime, 8PM
Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
2 Broke Girls (winter premiere), CBS, 9PM
Being Human (season premiere), Syfy, 9PM
Bunheads, ABC Family, 9PM
Mike & Molly (winter premiere), CBS, 9:30PM
Hawaii Five-0 (winter premiere), CBS, 10PM
Lost Girl (season premiere), Syfy, 10PM
Deception, NBC, 10PM
Castle, ABC, 10PM
Tuesday
Raising Hope, Fox, 8PM
Hart of Dixie (winter premiere), CW, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
NCIS, CBS, 8PM
Ben & Kate, Fox, 8:30PM
Go On, NBC, 9PM
The Lying Game, CW, 9PM
NCIS: LA, CBS, 9PM
New Girl, Fox, 9PM
Happy Endings, ABC, 9PM
Emily Owens M.D., CW, 9PM
Dual Survival, Discovery, 9PM
The Mindy Project, Fox, 9:30PM
The New Normal , NBC, 9:30PM
Don't Trust the B In Apartment 23, ABC, 9:30PM
Africa, Discovery, 10PM
Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
Private Practice , ABC, 10PM
Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
The Burn with Jeff Ross, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Flashpoint, Ion, 11PM
Wednesday
American Idol (season premiere), Fox, 8PM
Arrow (winter premiere), CW, 8PM
Stars in Danger, Fox, 8PM
The Middle, ABC, 8PM
Hornets/Celtics ESPN, 8PM
The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM
Criminal Minds (winter premiere), CBS, 9PM
Supernatural (winter premiere), CW, 9PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 9:30PM
Workaholics (winter premiere), Comedy Central, 10PM
American Horror Story, FX, 10PM
NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 10PM
Nashville, ABC, 10PM
The Kroll Show (series premiere), Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Heat/Warriors, ESPN, 10:30PM
Thursday
30 Rock, NBC, 8PM
Haven (season finale), Syfy, 8 & 9PM
Impact Wrestling, Spike TV, 8PM
The Vampire Diaries (winter premiere), CW, 8PM
Last Resort, ABC, 8PM
Clippers/Timberwolves, TNT, 8PM
Parks & Recreation (winter premiere), NBC, 8:30PM
Anger Management (season premiere), FX, 9 & 9:30PM
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
The Office, NBC, 9PM
Archer (season premiere), FX, 10PM
1600 Penn, NBC, 9:30PM
Bellator MMA Live (series premiere), Spike TV, 10PM
Suits (winter premiere), USA, 10PM
Elementary, CBS, 10PM
Scandal, ABC, 10PM
Legit (series premiere), FX, 10:30PM
Heat/Lakers, TNT, 10:30PM
Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell (season premiere), FX, 11PM
Friday
Bulls/Celtics, ESPN, 7PM
Nikita (winter premiere), CW, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Malibu Country, ABC, 8:30PM
Fringe (series finale), Fox, 8PM
CSI: NY, CBS, 9PM
Thunder/Mavericks, ESPN, 9:30PM
Real time with Bill Maher (season premiere), HBO, 10PM
Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
Merlin, Syfy, 10PM
Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
Saturday
College football All-Star Classic, CBS Sports Network, 3PM
East West Shrine Game, NFL Network, 4PM
NFLPA Collegiate bowl, ESPN2, 6PM
Cops, Fox, 8PM
Tasmanian Devils, Syfy, 9PM
Gonzaga/Butler college basketball, ESPN / ESPN 3D, 9PM
Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Lawrence / The Lumineers, 11:30PM
Sunday
NFC Championship: 49ers/Falcons, Fox, 3PM
AFC Championship: Ravens/Patriots, CBS, 6:30PM
Once Upon A Time, ABC, 8PM
Girls HBO, 9PM
Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
Downton Abbey, PBS, 9PM
Revenge, ABC, 9PM
Enlightened, HBO, 9:30PM
House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10PM
Happy Endings, ABC, 10PM
Californication, Showtime, 10:30PM
Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23, ABC, 10:30PM