Foxtel highlights: Wednesday, January 16

Roswell: New Mexico FOX8 108, 8.30pm

This new series centres around Liz Ortecho (Jeanine Mason) who returns home to Roswell to care for her ailing father and discovers her teenage crush Max (played by Aussie Nathan Parsons, pictured with Mason) is an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden from her his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect, but when a violent attack points to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him. If you’re after a new supernatural mystery full of government conspiracies, romance and life-threatening consequences to get you hooked on right from the get-go, it’s time to jump on board the mothership. Roswell: New Mexico makes its worldwide debut tonight.

RIDICULOUSNESS MTV 124, 9.30pm

If you like your Internet videos unbelievable and downright dangerous, Ridiculousness really has to be seen to be believed. Join Rob Dyrdek (Rob Dyrdek’s

Fantasy Factory, pictured), who knows a thing or two about pushing the envelope from his pro skateboarding days, Sterling “Steelo” Brim and Chanel (the rapping receptionist from Fantasy Factory) as they break down individual clips by putting them in categories such as Hot Mess, Worst Case Scenario, Redneck Good Times and What Happened Last Night. Make sure you have a trusty cushion on hand, because this is jaw-dropping entertainment at its finest. Boys really will be gooses at the end of the day! Make no mistakes about it.

CORPORATE The Comedy Channel 121, 7.30pm

Welcome to another day at soulless company Hampton DeVille, where junior execs-intraining Matt (Matt Ingebretson, pictured) and Jake (Jake Weisman) are at the beck and call of their tyrannical CEO Christian (Lance Reddick) and his top brown-nosers John (Adam Lustick) and Kate (Anne Dudec). In this hilarious comedy Matt and Jake make their way through an ever-revolving series of disasters alongside their only ally Grace, a human resources rep, who is strung out by their toxic workplace as much as they are. If you like your comedy dark and edgy – and happen to work in a corporate hellhole – you’re in for a real treat. If you don’t, you’ll enjoy it even more.

VENOM Foxtel Store, On Demand

Set in the Spider-Man universe, Marvel’s darkest outing yet centres around journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy, pictured), who becomes infected with a mysterious ‘symbiote’ (a fictional species) while investigating genius inventor Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), and it left him with superhuman strength and power. While that may sound like a good deal to many, there’s one little problem: Drake wants it back! Twisted, dark and fuelled by rage, this action-packed thriller decimated the global box office, taking home a staggering $850 million. No wonder a sequel is already in the works. Now’s your chance to tune in to see what all the fuss is about!

blood work Thriller Movies 415, 9.30pm

Once upon a time FBI profiler Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood, pictured) was hot on heels of tracking down “The Code Killer” until a cardiac arrest and subsequent heart transplant put him out of commission. But when issues are raised about the origins behind his surgery, McCaleb suspects something’s just not right, and The Code Killer is pulling all the strings. Can the elderly and feeble McCaleb, who had intended to spend his retirement living on his boat, muster up the endurance to find the killer? Come on now.

He’s played by Clint Eastwood. What do you think?