What to watch FRIDAY
January 12, 2024
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Lift Netflix Original Film
This heist comedy was originally slated to debut on Netflix in August but was postponed due to the actors strike. It finds a band of expert criminals recruited to prevent a terrorist attack by doing what they do best — robbing the rich. It’s a simple “lift,” nothing complicated — other than the fact that the heist, involving $500 million in gold, will take place on a passenger plane at 40,000 feet. Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-raw and Vincent D’onofrio lead the cast.
Love Is Blind: Sweden New Series
Netflix
The popular dating experiment series lands in Sweden as 32 local singles seek true love and propose marriage, all before seeing each other in person. Swedish television presenter and reporter Jessica Almenas hosts. The first four episodes drop today, followed by four more on Friday. The weddings episode will be available Jan. 26, and a reunion episode will conclude the season on a date that had yet to be determined at press time.
The Traitors Peacock Season Premiere
The reality competition series returns for Season 2, again hosted by Alan Cumming. The first three episodes stream today; subsequent episodes will drop Thursdays at 9 p.m. This season also features an official after-show following each episode, offering additional footage and interviews with eliminated contestants.
Role Play Prime Video Original Film
In this action comedy, Kaley Cuoco plays
Emma, who has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey. She also has another life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband, Dave (David Oyelowo), discovers when the couple decides to spice up their marriage with a little role-playing. Connie Nielsen and Bill Nighy also star.
NBA Basketball ESPN, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Live
The Houston Rockets launch into the Motor City to face the Detroit Pistons, and the Charlotte Hornets try to sting the Spurs in San Antonio.
Transplant NBC, 7 p.m. New Time Slot
The Canadian medical drama returns from winter hiatus to finish out its third season in this new time slot beginning tonight with this episode, “Unstuck in Time,” which finds Bash (Hamza Haq), Novak (Gord Rand) and the team racing to save a bride and groom whose wedding was interrupted by gunfire. Meanwhile, Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) deals with a demanding teen patient in need of birth control, June (Ayisha Issa) struggles with a dangerous old habit, and Theo (Jim Watson) counsels a patient in a life-or-death situation.
True Justice: Family Ties Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 8 p.m.
Original Film
A law student (Katherine Mcnamara) sets out to prove her brother was wrongfully convicted. But the closer she and her friends get to finding the real killer, the more danger they are all in.