/A\ ends January with new episodes of FRINGE, PRIVATE PRACTICE, NIP/TUCK, CASTLE, THE MIDDLE, LAW & ORDER and TOUGH LOVE. /A\ also brings feature films to the small screen including Sweet Home Alabama and Independence Day.
Programming highlights on /A\ include:
* Sean (Dylan Walsh) makes a life changing decision on NIP/TUCK (Jan. 24)
* Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) try to solve a murder case tied to a multi-million dollar heist on CASTLE (Jan. 25)
* Mike (Neil Flynn) reluctantly takes a night job as a driver delivering snack cakes with Bob (Chris Kattan) on THE MIDDLE (Jan. 27)
* A lethal toxin uncovers a skeleton in the bishop family’s closet on FRINGE (Jan. 28)
* Matt’s (John Hensley) secret is outed by Christian (Julian McMahon) and Sean (Dylan Walsh) on NIP/TUCK (Jan. 31)
Below is a chronological listing of programming highlights for January 23 – January 31. All programming is subject to change. All times ET/PT (unless otherwise stated)
Saturday, January 23
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Black Widower – /A\ PREMIERE
Also airs at 9 p.m. on /A\ Atlantic
Based on a true story, Black Widower is about a charming, popular American who managed to kill his mother and 3 wives before anyone even suspected him.
10 p.m. – STARGATE ATLANTIS – “Irresistible” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team meets an obnoxious man who is adored by all thanks to a secret that he carries — and who has an unexpected affect on them.
Sunday, January 24
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Sweet Home Alabama
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Sophisticated Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon, Four Christmases), a rising New York clothing designer, suddenly finds herself engaged to the city’s most eligible bachelor. But this is no fairy tale romance for Melanie. She has skeletons in her fashion-filled closet that include Jake (Josh Lucas, Management), the backwoods husband she married in high school who refuses to divorce her. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, Melanie returns to Alabama. But home starts to tug at her heartstrings, and what she thought she wanted may not be what she wants at all.
10 p.m. – NIP/TUCK – “Briggitte Reinhart” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
Sean (Dylan Walsh) makes a life changing decision. Christian (Julian McMahon) gives advice on relationships to Mike (Mario López).
Monday, January 25
8 p.m. – TOUGH LOVE – “Sex and the Male Brain” – ALL-NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
The girls get a chance to show Steve what they think is sexy when they step in front of the camera for a photo shoot.
9 p.m. – THE LISTENER – “Emotional Rescue” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
After receiving telepathic visions of an explosion, Toby (Craig Olejnik) saves his former foster brother Vince Pirell (Michael Miller) from an apartment fire. But with a reputation as a tweaker and cooker of crystal meth, the victim becomes the suspect. Toby is convinced Vince is telling the truth and determined to track down the arsonist responsible. He just doesn’t realize he will fall under suspicion when Detective Charlene ‘Charlie’ Marks (Lisa Marcos) informs him that the fires look like the work of an emergency responder with a god complex.
10 p.m. – CASTLE – “The Third Man” – ALL-NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
Mysteries abound when a family returns from vacation to discover a dead man in their daughter’s bed. Thinking they’re investigating the murder of a squatter, Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) soon find themselves unraveling a multi-million dollar heist. Meanwhile, Castle tries to keep Beckett from finding out that they’ve been romantically linked when he’s featured as one of New York’s 10 Most Eligible Bachelors.
Tuesday, January 26
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Independence Day
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
In the beginning of July, a strange spaceship is heading towards Earth. Humans received a strange signal, and this has turned into a global phenomenon. It was aliens. Smaller spaceships began to cover entire cities around the world. Suddenly, the wonder turns into horror as the spaceships destroy the cities. The alien ships are invincible to normal weapon systems, so The President of the United States heads to area 51, to formulate a plan to defeat the aliens. Now, the fate of the world rests on a handful of surviving humans.
Wednesday, January 27
8 p.m. – NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE – “Bahamian Rhapsody”– ALL-NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
After Barb (Wanda Sykes) was thrown in jail by immigration during Richard’s (Clark Gregg) and New Christine’s (Emily Rutherfurd) disastrous wedding in the cliffhanger season finale, Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Matthew (Hamish Linklater) head to the Bahamas to try to get her an illegal visa.
8:30 p.m. – THE MIDDLE – “The Yelling”– ALL-NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9:30 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8:30 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Frankie (Patricia Heaton) vows to stop yelling and nagging her kids if they agree to follow through on their school work and chores without her intervention. Meanwhile, Mike (Neil Flynn) reluctantly takes a night job as a driver delivering snack cakes with Bob (Chris Kattan).
9 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Never Been Kissed
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
In the film Never Been Kissed, a copy editor in her early 20s (Drew Barrymore, Whip It) gets her chance to become a reporter at a Chicago daily. She’s sent to do a feature on what cool high-schoolers are doing. To really find out, she goes undercover as a student. Back at school, she gets to repair her own scarred teen psyche, as she was a total geek in her first go-around.
Thursday, January 28
9 p.m. – FRINGE – “The Bishop Renewal” – ALL-NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A lethal toxin uncovers a skeleton in the bishop family’s closet. With the escalating threat of more deadly attacks and unexpected familial ties to the case, the Fringe team stops at nothing to prevent further catastrophic events.
Friday, January 29
9 p.m. – LAW & ORDER: SVU – “Wildlife” – NEW to /A\
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Detective Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) jeopardizes his marriage when he goes undercover to infiltrate an animal smuggling ring with detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) posing as a prostitute.
Saturday, January 30
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Fire Serpent – /A\ PREMIERE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
In the film Fire Serpent, alien creatures emerge from the sun and attack Earth. This 2007 film stars Nicholas Brendon (LAW & ORDER) as Jake Relm and Sandrine Holt (THE L WORD) as Christina Andrews.
Sunday, January 31
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Wedding Crashers –/A\ PREMIERE
Also airs at 8 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
John Beckwith (Owen Wilson, Marley & Me) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn, Couples Retreat), a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams, The Time Traveler’s Wife).
10 p.m. – NIP/TUCK – “Jenny Juggs” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
Christian (Julian McMahon) has a hard time understanding one of his patient’s anger-management problem. Matt’s (John Hensley) secret is outed by Christian and Sean (Dylan Walsh).
