TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
8 PM _ Flirty Dancing Shut up and dance! That appears to be the mantra for this new dating series hosted by actress and dancer Jenna Dewan (“The Resident”), in which a blind date starts out with dance lessons for some perfect strangers. Each person is taught half of a dance routine, then taken to a romantic location where, without saying a word, they perform the dance twice, once with each of two different partners.
8 PM ( SHO) Ray Donovan In a new episode called “The Transfer Agent,” Mickey (Jon Voight) finally learns the truth behind why the heist was so badly botched. Elsewhere, Ray and Molly (Liev Schreiber, Kerry Condon) are ready to do whatever it takes to track down Sandy (Sandy Martin) and Mickey. Eddie Marsan, Pooch Hall and Dash Mihok also star.
9 PM ( FOOD) Duff’s New Year’s Eve Cake-Off Host Duff Goldman rings in the New Year a couple of days early as four professional bakers compete in a variety of unconventional baking and design challenges in which flavor is only — pardon the expression — the icing on the cake. The bakers are challenged to capture and convey a theme of change across the years in their cakes, but the cakes themselves also must transform from old to new.
10 PM (USA) Dare Me This new drama explores teen angst and power dynamics in the cutthroat world of high-school cheerleading. Set in a small Midwestern town, the story follows the volatile relationship between best friends Addy and Beth (Herizen Guardiola and Marlo Kelly, respectively), whose bond is tested by newly arrived coach Colette French (Willa Fitzgerald), who has been tasked with whipping their squad into championship shape.
11 PM (TRAV) Lost in the Wild Adventures that take an unexpected turn for the worst is the unifying theme of this new eight-episode docu-series featuring veteran explorer J.J. Kelley and journalist Kinga Philipps, who retrace each ill-fated journey to find some answers. In the series premiere, “Hike Into Hell,” Kelley and Philipps try to solve the mystery of what happened to Dutch tourists Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, who vanished in 2014 while hiking on a trail in Panama.