What to watch WEDNESDAY
Dec. 29, 2021
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
Crime Scene:
The Times Square Killer Netflix New Series
This is the second installment of an ongoing documentary series about how certain locations became accomplices to crimes that took place there. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer will examine how the danger and depravity of New York’s Times Square in the late 1970s and early ’80s made it possible for one man to commit — and nearly get away with — unthinkable acts in a nearly lawless area rife with drugs and sex work. These three episodes will delve into the social and systemic forces that allowed horrific crimes to go unnoticed for too long.
The Book of Boba Fett Disney+ New Series
One of the most beloved and mysterious figures in the Star Wars galaxy, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), gets his story told in this new series. The legendary bounty hunter resurfaced in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, and the season finale offered a peek into Fett’s future. Fett will take over Jabba the Hutt’s criminal empire on the desert world of Tatooine, but he intends to do things differently. “Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect,” Fett says in the series trailer. He’ll have to convince Jabba’s former allies and rivals that he means business. Fortunately, he has an able associate in mercenary Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). Morrison hinted that the series will reveal some of Fett’s backstory, so fans might finally get the canonized explanation for how he escaped the Sarlacc from Return of the Jedi. Episodes are available Wednesdays.
College Football ESPN, Beginning at 10 a.m. Live
Four bowl games are on ESPN’s schedule today: SMU vs. Virginia in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl at Boston’s Fenway Park; Maryland vs. Virginia Tech in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at New York’s Yankee Stadium, Clemson vs. Iowa State in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida; and Oregon vs. Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
Married at First Sight Lifetime, 7 p.m.
Ahead of the Jan. 5 return of this quickcommitment hit, two specials go behind the scenes. Tonight, the Matchmaking Special looks at the fix-up process. Thursday, the Kickoff Special, hosted by Kevin Frazier, introduces the five pairs about to marry in Season 14!
Calls From the Inside Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m. New Series
It’s a well-known part of any crime story: When a suspect is arrested, they get one call. In reality, once a person enters the criminal justice system, they have multiple opportunities to make calls as they await trial. The vast majority of those calls are recorded. An admission, a threat, a slip of the tongue, a bribe — it’s all on tape, and the suspect knows it. But this doesn’t always stop them from talking and talking. This series uses jailhouse phone calls to frame the narrative of murder investigations steeped in mystery.
Trafficked
With Mariana van Zeller Nat Geo, 8 p.m.
Mariana van Zeller follows a meth superhighway from a massive cartel-run lab in Sinaloa in Mexico across the border and into the lives of American users. Her guide is a wily, meth-smoking dealer whose smuggling empire stretches from coast to coast. Some get rich, some get high, while others wind up dead. It’s a hellish tour of an overlooked drug crisis that’s burning a hole through America.