The TVLine-Up: What’s Returning, New and Leaving the Week of Jan. 5

Ryan Schwartz

4 January 2025 at 5:00 pm·3-min read

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch column, our monthly breakdown of What’s on Streaming, and our master list of Every New TV Show Premiering in 2025.

With over 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the VCR… however it is you roll.

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This week, you’ll find 19 returning favorites (including the highly anticipated premieres of Mayfair Witches, The Rookie and Will Trent), six series premieres (including Tim Allen and Kat Dennings in Shifting Gears, and Noah Wyle in The Pitt) and six finales (including Brilliant Minds, Creature Commandos and Outlander).

SUNDAY, JAN. 5
7 pm America’s Funniest Home Videos returns (ABC)
8 pm Golden Globes (CBS)
8 pm The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper Season 3 premiere (CNN)
8 pm Worst Cooks in America Season 28 premiere (Food Network)
8:15 pm Sunday Night Football Season 38 finale (NBC)
9 pm Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Season 2 premiere (AMC)
9 pm When Calls the Heart Season 12 premiere (Hallmark Channel)
10 pm Vienna Blood Season 4 premiere (PBS)

MONDAY, JAN. 6
8 pm Kids Baking Championship Season 13 premiere (Food Network)
8 pm WWE Monday Night RAW premiere (Netflix)
9 pm Brilliant Minds Season 1 finale (NBC; two episodes)

TUESDAY, JAN. 7
3 am Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy comedy special (Netflix)
3 am Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action docuseries premiere (Netflix; two episodes)
8 pm Deal or No Deal Island Season 2 premiere (NBC)
8 pm Finding Your Roots Season 11 premiere (PBS)
8 pm Kitchen Nightmares Season 2 premiere (Fox)
8 pm Will Trent Season 3 premiere (ABC)
9 pm Doc series premiere (Fox)
9 pm High Potential returns (ABC)
9 pm The Oval Season 6 premiere (BET)
10 pm The Irrational returns (NBC)
10 pm The Rookie Season 7 premiere (ABC)

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
8 pm Chicago Med returns (NBC)
8 pm The Price Is Right at Night returns (CBS)
8 pm Shifting Gears series premiere (ABC)
8 pm Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test Season 3 premiere (Fox)
8:30 pm Abbott Elementary/It’s Always Sunny… crossover (ABC)
9 pm Chicago Fire returns (NBC)
9 pm Raid the Cage Season 2 premiere (CBS)
9 pm Celebrity Jeopardy! Season 3 premiere (ABC)
10 pm Chicago P.D. returns (NBC)
10 pm What Would You Do? returns (ABC)

THURSDAY, JAN. 9
3 am American Primeval limited series premiere (Netflix; all six episodes)
3 am Creature Commandos Season 1 finale (Max)
3 am Fast Friends Season 1 finale (Max)
3 am On Call series premiere (Prime Video; all eight episodes)
3 am The Pitt series premiere (Max; first two episodes)
3 am The Upshaws Part 6 premiere (Netflix; all 10 episodes)
3 am Vera series finale (BritBox)
8 pm Hollywood Squares reboot premiere (CBS)
9 pm The Traitors Season 3 premiere (Peacock)
10 pm Impractical Jokers returns (TBS)

FRIDAY, JAN. 10
3 am Goosebumps Season 2 (aka The Vanishing) premiere (Disney+ and Hulu; all eight episodes)
3 am Look Into My Eyes streaming premiere (Max)
10 pm Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? comedy special (HBO)

Want scoop on any of the above shows? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.

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