What to watch FRIDAY
Jan. 28, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
The Afterparty
Apple TV+ New Series
This eight-episode comedy is executive produced by Oscar-winning duo Chris Miller
and Phil Lord (Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse, The LEGO Movie). Miller also serves as showrunner and created and directed the series, which centers on a murder mystery at a high school reunion. Each of the episodes features a retelling of the same night through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s personality. Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Sam Richardson, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Dave Franco and Jamie Demetriou star. The first three episodes are available today; subsequent new episodes are available Fridays.
Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness
Netflix New Series
Queer Eye cohost Jonathan Van Ness
headlines his own series that offers an unabashedly smart and quirky exploration into topics and questions that make him curious. From skyscrapers to bugs, gender identity and snacks, each episode follows Jonathan as he meets with experts in various fields to uncover complexities in a wide range of subjects.
In From the Cold
Netflix New Series
During a European vacation with her daughter, an American single mother’s life is
turned upside down when the CIA forces her to confront her long-buried past as a Russian spy who was also the product of a highly classified KGB experiment granting her special abilities. After a mysterious string of manic and murderous incidents suggests someone with her exact abilities is targeting innocent people, Jenny (Margarita Levieva) is forced out of hiding to stop this villain or risk losing the family and new life she has built.
Home Team
Netflix Original Film
This family sports comedy that includes Adam Sandler as a producer is inspired by New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton’s experiences returning to his hometown following his suspension from the NFL in the wake of the “Bountygate” scandal and reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team. Kevin James portrays Payton, with Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider and Jackie Sandler also starring.
The Legend of Vox Machina
Prime Video New Series
Based on the characters and adventures of media company Critical Role Productions’ first live-streamed tabletop role-playing game campaign, this animated fantasy/ adventure series for adults follows Vox Machina, a band of misfits with a fondness for boozing and brawling. In a desperate
attempt to pay off their mounting bar tab, these unlikely heroes end up on a quest to save the realm of Exandria from dark magical forces. Among the Critical Role founders who also serve as executive producers and voice cast members for the series are Laura Bailey (The Last of Us: Part II), Taliesin Jaffe (Final Fantasy XIV), Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us), Liam O’Brien (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Matthew Mercer
(Overwatch) and more. Season 1 consists of 12 episodes; three episodes will be available
Fridays beginning today.
NBA Basketball ESPN, 6:30 p.m. Live
ESPN’s NBA doubleheader opens with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in Atlanta to take on Trae Young and the Hawks. The second game has Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks hosting Julius Randle and the New York Knicks at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.
Undercover Boss CBS, 7 p.m.
Linda L. Chadwick, president and CEO of
Rita’s Italian Ice, goes undercover to see how her new initiatives are working and to help
franchisees become more profitable in the new episode “Rita’s Ice.”
Blue Bloods CBS, 9 p.m.
In the new episode “Cold Comfort,” Frank (Tom Selleck) contends with a potentially
dirty cop within his ranks after an investigation into a brutal assault on an NYPD detective reveals the officer may be corrupt.