WEDNESDAY’S BEST PICKS
7:30 PM (TNT) NHL Hockey A clash of Original Six teams goes down tonight in the Motor City, where Dylan Larkin and the Detroit Red Wings will defend home ice from Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Wings drew blood in the season series back on Oct. 24, when rookie Lucas Raymond scored his first career hat trick in his sixth game, paving the way for a 6-3 Detroit victory in Chicago.
8PM G DC’s Legends of Tomorrow The Legends have had their fill of running from a sinister A.I. and her robosoldiers, so Sara (Caity Lotz) hatches a plan to create an aberration that will allow the team to seize control of the Evil Waverider in the new episode “The Fixed Point.” When they find themselves in a bar that’s a popular gathering spot for time travelers, though,
Sara begins to second-guess her odds of success. Lisseth Chavez, Tala Ashe, Shayan Sobhian, Olivia Swann, Matt Ryan and Jes Macallan also star.
9PM ^ NOVA Centuries ago, ancestors of the modern Mayans enjoyed a thriving culture in large, sophisticated cities that sprawled across Central America. Something happened around 750 AD, however, to prompt those
CSPN FNC MSN BSN BSUN ESPN ESP2 FS1 GOLF with monsters. The rest of mankind may not know it, but their fate rests entirely in the hands of these reluctant heroines.
10:03 PM (LIFE) Leave It to Geege Geege throws her prim and proper mother, Puddin’, an old-time birthday
NEWS party in the wilderness in the new episode “Party Like It’s 1899.” Conceding that, in her case, the apple really did fall far from the tree, Geege pledges to keep her behavior in check for the gathering as a gift to her mom, but that may wind up costing her.
(3:30) Public Affairs Events Special Report The Beat With Ari Melber The Rally (N) Pregame The Rally (N) Inside HEAT SportsCenter (cc) College Basketball College Basketball Coll. Golf Golf Central (N) (Live) (cc) (5:00) Apollo 13 ★★★ (’95) Tom Hanks. Based on the true story of the ill-fated 1970 Gran Torino ★★★
moon mission. ‘PG’ (cc) ‘R’ (cc) (6:15) The Queen ★★★ (’06) Helen Mirren. Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair The Gilded Age (9:25) Nobody ★★★ (11:40) struggle over a tragedy. (s) ‘PG-13’ Nielsen. (s) ‘R’ (cc) (cc) (6:15) Changing Lanes ★★★ (’02) Ben Affleck. A car accident puts two men on a Euphoria “Ruminations: Big and Little (9:05) REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel Somebody Somewhere (11:35) Proof of collision course. (s) ‘R’ (cc) Bullys” (N) (cc) (s) (cc) Life ★★
(6:15) Croupier ★★ (’98) Clive Owen. A struggling writer takes a gamble on a gaming Complicit (’13) David Oyelowo. An MI5 agent tries to implicate (9:45) The Talented Mr. Ripley ★★★ (’99, Crime Drama) Matt Damon. A young man murders then impersonates career. (s) ‘NR’ (cc) a terror suspect. (s) a wealthy playboy. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(5:50) Bleeding Steel (’17, Action) Jackie Chan. A police inspector investigates a (8:05) Stuber ★★ (’19) Dave Bautista. A cop recruits an Uber driver to help him nab Stuber ★★ (’19, Comedy) Dave Bautista. A cop recruits an Uber driver to help him strange phenomenon. ‘R’ (cc) a drug dealer. ‘R’ (cc) nab a drug dealer. ‘R’ (cc) (5:58) Rocky ★★★★ (’76) Sylvester Stallone. A heavyweight champ gives a club The Faculty ★★ (’98, Horror) Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall. (9:45) The Quiet Ones ★★ (’14) Jared Harris. A university professor plans to create fighter a title shot. (s) ‘PG’ (cc) (s) ‘R’ (cc) a poltergeist. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (5:08) Red Dragon ★★★ (’02) Anthony (7:13) Adventureland ★★★ (’09) Jesse Eisenberg. A college graduate takes a lowly This Is 40 ★★ (’12) Paul Rudd. A long-married couple deal with personal and professional Hopkins. ‘R’ job at an amusement park. ‘R’ crises. ‘R’ (cc) Last Holiday ★★ (’06, Comedy) Queen Latifah. A terminally ill woman lives it up on Lee Daniels’ The Butler ★★★ (’13) Forest Whitaker. A White House butler serves vacation. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) many presidents over the years. (6:15) Embattled (’20) Stephen Dorff. The son of an MMA champion tries to end a (8:15) 21 Bridges ★★ (’19, Action) Chadwick Boseman. An NYPD detective joins a cycle of abuse. (s) ‘R’ (cc) manhunt for two cop killers. (s) ‘R’ (5:56) Paul ★★ (’11, Comedy) Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. (s) ‘R’ (7:44) Power Book II: Ghost “Drug Related” (8:45) White House Down ★★ (’13, Action) Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx. Paramilitary soldiers take over (cc) (s) (cc) the White House. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc) (4:58) The Broken Hearts Gallery ★★ (6:50) State of Play ★★★ (’09) Russell Crowe. A journalist probes the murder of a Lakeview Terrace ★★ (’08) Samuel L. Jackson. A police officer harasses the interracial (’20) (s) ‘PG-13’ congressman’s mistress. ‘PG-13’ couple next door. (cc) (5:45) Cool Hand Luke ★★★ (’67) Paul Newman. A Southern loner on a chain gang The Egg and I ★★★ (’47) Claudette Colbert. A wife scrambles to survive on her refuses to be broken. ‘GP’ (cc) husband’s chicken ranch. ‘NR’ (cc) Burden (’18, Drama) Garrett Hedlund. An ex-Klansman learns tolerance through A Most Violent Year ★★★
(cc)(’14) Oscar Isaac. A man tries to maintain his integrity love and faith. (s) ‘R’ (cc) amid corruption. (s) ‘R’
(s) (cc) ancient Mayans to abandon several of those cities. In the new episode “Ancient Mayan Metropolis,” archaeologists study evidence of catastrophic droughts and instability during that distant era that taxed the resources of those cities beyond their limits. The hour also celebrates the resilience of the Mayan people, whose culture continues today.
9PM G Batwoman Batwoman (Javicia Leslie) finds herself with a full plate as she tries to balance a new romantic entanglement with Jada’s (Robin Givens) demands and Mary’s (Nicole Kang) escalating power in the new episode “Toxic.” Given those stakes, loyalties are tested and motives are called into question as Batwoman tries to save Gotham and those closest to her. Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson and Nick Creegan also are featured; Bridget Regan guest stars. 9PM (NGEO) Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller A sobering new episode called “Amazon Mafia” takes host Mariana van Zeller deep into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to expose the nefarious networks behind the illegal destruction of much of this jungle, accompanied by a sickening number of murders. In the process, she also tries to uncover an Amazon mafia that aims to profit from the mining of “dirty gold,” as well as clandestine logging operations.
9PM (SYFY) (USA) Resident Alien A breakout hit in its first season, thanks in large part to a virtuoso comedy performance by Alan Tudyk as stranded extraterrestrial Harry Vanderspeigle, this adaptation of a Dark Horse comics series returns for Season 2, which finds Harry bracing for inevitable consequences following his failure to destroy humanity. As his human emotions grow stronger, Harry struggles to cling to alien identity. Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds and Levi Fiehler also return for this sophomore season, which will have a mid-season finale in March, then resume in the summer.
10 PM (SYFY) (USA) Astrid & Lilly Save the World High school life can be challenging for any teenager, especially if they’re social outcasts like BFFs Astrid and Lilly (Jana Morrison, Samantha Aucoin) in this new sci-fi comedy. Things get even trickier for the pair, though, when they accidentally open a portal to a terrifying alternate reality teeming
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Politics and Public Policy Today Hannity (N) (Live) (cc)
The Rachel Maddow Show
Postgame
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FOX News Primetime (N) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) The ReidOut (N) (Live) (cc) All In With Chris Hayes (N)
NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Orlando Magic. (N) (Live)
Pregame NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Miami Heat. (N) (Live)
NBA NBA Basketball Memphis Grizzlies at San Antonio Spurs. (N) (Live) Florida at Tennessee. (N) (Live) College Basketball Oklahoma at West Virginia. (N) (Live)
Bowling Inside PBC Inside PBC
PGA Tour Golf Farmers Insurance Open, First Round. (cc)
(’08, Drama) Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley. A veteran faces his longtime prejudices.
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The Ingraham Angle Gutfeld! (N) (cc)
The Last Word The 11th Hour (N) (Live) (cc)
Inside Magic Inside World Poker
Postgame Inside HEAT Inside HEAT
(10:05) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Utah Jazz. (N)
2022 Australian Open Tennis Women’s Semifinals. (N)
PBC Collection (cc) College Basketball
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Enemy of the State ★★★ Hackman. ‘R’ (cc)
(’21, Action) Bob Odenkirk, Connie
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Coll. Golf
(’98, Suspense) Will Smith, Gene
Gemstones
Inside the
Euphoria
Admission (11:25)
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(’13) Mia Wasikowska.
(11:14) Stoker ★★
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(10:15) Philadelphia ★★★ (’93, Drama) Tom Hanks. Fired by his firm, lawyer with AIDS fights back. (s) ‘PG-13’ (cc)
Kobe Bryant’s Muse NBA player Kobe Bryant. (s) (cc)
Pulp Fiction ★★★★
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Power Book II: Ghost Davis helps Tariq protect himself.
(10:54) Into the Blue ★★
Walker. (s) ‘PG-13’
The Southerner ★★★★ (’45) Zachary Scott. A poor sharecropper and his family try to eke out a living. ‘NR’ (cc)
(10:05) Skin (’18, Biography) Jamie Bell. A young man tries to leave a white supremacist gang. (s) ‘R’ (cc)
(’05) Paul