What to watch WEDNESDAY
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Spycraft Netflix New Series
This series looks at the gadgetry behind some of history’s greatest stories of espionage, the minds that invented them and the agents who used them.
Inauguration Day Parks and Recreation Marathon
IFC, beginning at 10 a.m.
As America’s new president and vice president are inaugurated today, spend some time with a few lesser, but very funny, political figures with episodes of Amy Poehler’s beloved sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Presidential Inauguration Coverage
Various Networks, 11 a.m.
Joe Biden will officially become the 46th president of the United States, and Kamala Harris will become the first Black woman, and person of South Asian descent, to serve as vice president. Few details on what this Inauguration Day will look like were available at press time, but it’s likely that with pandemic precautions in place, there will not be the normal crowds gathered in Washington, D.C., for the oath-of-office ceremonies. The traditional nighttime celebratory balls and parties will probably be more subdued than usual, if they are held at all. You’ll find coverage throughout the day on usual networks like ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, NBC and PBS.
Riverdale
The CW, 7 p.m. Season Premiere
In “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax,” Betty
(Lili Reinhart) and Jughead’s (Cole Sprouse) investigation into the auteur leads them to the discovery of a secret underground for red-band screenings. Elsewhere, in order to impress the visiting Naval Academy Commandant, Archie (KJ Apa) agrees to participate in a boxing exhibition against another candidate — KO Kelly (guest star
Zane Holtz). Meanwhile, as Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) prepares for prom, she stumbles upon a major secret that Toni’s (Vanessa Morgan) been keeping from her.
The Masked Dancer FOX, 7 p.m.
The remaining Group A dancers perform and one will be unmasked at the end of the new episode “Group A Playoffs — So You Think You Can Mask?”
Mysteries of the Unknown Travel Channel, 7 p.m.
In “Vanishing Island, Trapped in Space and War Dog,” host Don Wildman examines a map to a phantom island, a harrowing near-death experience on the edge of space, a tenacious terrier that became a hero and more.
Nancy Drew The CW, 8 p.m.
Season Premiere
In “The Search for the Midnight Wraith,” Nancy (Kennedy McMann) and the Drew
Crew are still reeling from witnessing the visions of their deaths. They realize even more now that they need to come up with a plan to stop the Aglaeca before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Detective Tamura (guest star Ryan-James Hatanaka) shows up at the Claw to bring Nancy in for questioning as she is now a suspect in a mysterious comatose girl’s assault.