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January 29
King of the Hill: Yankee Hankee Season 5, Episode 10
Hank is a proud Texan, which is all about to change when Cotton reveals to him he was born in New York City.
January 28
Gilmore Girls: Nick & Nora / Sid & Nancy Season 2, Episode 5
Rory starts writing for the school newspaper. Max Medina gives an interview. And the world's most adorable punk-ass comes to town to stay with his Uncle Luke. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: The Road Trip to Harvard Season 2, Episode 4
In the wake of the broken engagement, Lorelai and Rory hit the road to experience some of the best that New England has to offer. Sookie helps get the news spread around town. Lane returns home from Korea. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Red Light on the Wedding Night Season 2, Episode 3
Sookie throws Lorelai a bachelorette party. [more inside]
Movie: Blue Ruin
"When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family." [more inside]
King of the Hill: High Anxiety Season 4, Episode 14
When Debbie, Buck's former girlfriend and lover, turns up dead in a dumpster, a city detective suspects Hank of murdering her.
King of the Hill: Hanky Panky Season 4, Episode 13
Buck Strickland is getting a divorce. Since Texas is a community property state, he sells Sugarfoot's Barbecue to Hank until the divorce is final.
Movie: Cómo ves?
Gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music. [more inside]
January 27
Movie: Runaway Train
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Hammers and Veils Season 2, Episode 2
Rory learns about volunteer work. Sookie throws Lorelai an engagement party. Emily promises to come to the wedding if she's in town. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Sadie, Sadie... Season 2, Episode 1
Lorelai tells (almost) everyone about her engagement. Rory brings Dean to Friday Night Dinner. Lane packs her bag. [more inside]
Movie: Demon Seed
A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife. [more inside]
King of the Hill: A Firefighting We Will Go Season 3, Episode 10
Hank and the boys become volunteer firemen, but when the firehouse burns down, they all have a different version of how the event took place.
Movie: Original Cast Album: Company
"Company", the musical's original cast recording session was filmed by D.A. Pennebaker in one long day (and night) in 1970. Captures interactions between Stephen Sondheim, performers and live recording process, culminating with Elaine Stritch's iconic "The Ladies Who Lunch"... [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Love, Daisies and Troubadours Season 1, Episode 21
Tristan gets Rory tickets to P.J. Harvey. The Town Troubadour gets some competition. Max gets Lorelai some flowers. (Season 1 finale) [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: P.S. I Lo... Season 1, Episode 20
Rory runs away to her grandparents. Lorelai buys Luke some new clothes. Mrs. Kim inspects Lane's new science partner. [more inside]
Movie: The Artifice Girl
A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original...
Movie: Brotherhood of the Wolf
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. [more inside]
King of the Hill: Hilloween Season 2, Episode 4
Hank goes to war with a litigious Evangelical Christian woman (Sally Field) bent on banning Halloween and indoctrinating the kids by inviting them to a hell house, and Peggy gives Luanne a piece of her mind when a freshly-converted Luanne says Peggy does not have good morals and values.
Dexter: Original Sin: The Big Bad Body Problem Season 1, Episode 7
Dexter needs to find a new hiding place after his most recent dumping ground is blown. Harry and LaGuerta pitch a controversial theory to Spencer, as the hunt for a missing child continues.
The Pitt: 10:00AM Season 1, Episode 4
Bets are taken on the whereabouts of a stolen ambulance, while Santos takes a hard lesson, and Whitaker helps to tame "The Kraken". [more inside]
Movie: Wolf Man
A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. [more inside]
January 26
Gilmore Girls: Emily in Wonderland Season 1, Episode 19
Rory takes Emily on a tour of Stars Hollow. Lane gets a call from Henry. Rachel shows Lorelei a photo of an inn. [more inside]
Person of Interest: The Crossing Season 3, Episode 9
The battle to bring the crime organization HR to justice reaches new heights. Also, the Machine suddenly gives out Reese’s number. [more inside]
Movie: The Ipcress File
Insubordinate British sergeant Harry Palmer is recruited to help investigate a puzzling series of top scientists who've suddenly become inactive. Loosely based in the novel by Len Deighton. Stars Michael Caine. [more inside]
King of the Hill: Peggy the Boggle Champ Season 1, Episode 9
Hank's promise to coach Peggy at the Texas State Boggle Championship is jeopardized when his buddies try to lure him away to the Ninth Annual Dallas Mower Expo. Meanwhile, Bobby and Luanne freak out when they leave a condensation ring on the new coffee table, but their efforts to fix it cause even more trouble.
Gilmore Girls: The Third Lorelai Season 1, Episode 18
Richard's mother sets up a trust for Rory. Rory sets up a date for Paris. Emily and Lorelai are set against each other. [more inside]
Movie: Presence
Showcases a suburban house inhabited by a mysterious entity. [more inside]
Movie: It Happened Tomorrow
A 1944 American fantasy film, starring Dick Powell, partially based on a play by Lord Dunsany. Currently available to watch for free in the US via Tubi. In 1898, a young newspaper reporter happens upon what you might call an extremely early edition of the next day's paper; this turns out to be less of a boon than he initially thinks. In a slightly different alternate universe this was going to be a Frank Capra movie. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: The Breakup, Part 2 Season 1, Episode 17
Rory goes to a Chilton party. Lorelai goes to Max's place. Lane goes for a guy her parents would approve of. [more inside]
January 25
Movie: one of them days
When best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. [more inside]
AEW Collision: January 25, 2024: Homecoming Season 2, Episode 30
AEW returns to its ancestral home of Daily's Place in Jacksonville Florida with matches that have implications for various titles. Katsuyori Shibata and Komander stage a minor invasion by Ring Of Honor, Mercedes Moné will see her next challenger, the former House of Black goes into business for themselves, Nick Wayne and Samoa Joe get a do-over, and new papa Cool Hand Angelo reunites Team 2point0. [more inside]
Movie: Star Trek: Section 31
Philippa Georgiou, enlisted by the nefarious organization Section 31, is confronted by fallout from her past evil deeds. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers Season 1, Episode 16
Luke's ex-girlfriend Rachel swoops into town. Rory and Dean celebrate their three-month anniversary. Lorelai ends up on the balcony for the second week in a row. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Christopher Returns Season 1, Episode 15
Emily and Richard have Christopher's parents over for dinner. Lorelai slips out onto the balcony. Christopher tries to buy Rory a book. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: That Damn Donna Reed Season 1, Episode 14
Rory watches Babette's kitten. Lorelai loses Rory's chick. Emily and Richard don't go to the Vineyard. [more inside]
January 24
Abbott Elementary: Strike Season 4, Episode 11
City buses go on strike. Melissa makes it clear that not a hint of scabbing will be tolerated. The teachers experiment with hybrid learning, since many students are unable to get to school. Ava turns out to own a timeshare in a party bus.
Gilmore Girls: Concert Interruptus Season 1, Episode 13
Rory goes to a Bangles concert with her Chilton "friends." The town holds a charity rummage sale. Lane thinks about what she heard in church. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Double Date Season 1, Episode 12
Sookie wants a date with Jackson, but needs Lorelai to wingman her. Lane wants a date with Dean's friend Todd, but needs Rory to be her cover. Rune just wants to go bowling. [more inside]
Movie: Crimes of Passion
A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Paris Is Burning Season 1, Episode 11
It's parent-teacher day at Chilton, and Lorelai doesn't want to go. Paris' parents are getting divorced, and it's all anyone is talking about. Sookie has a question for Jackson. [more inside]
Movie: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Imagine it's 1958, the golden days of summer are upon you, you bum your way up the East Coast to Newport, Rhode Island, looking to vibe to some magic Jazz music. You sit on the grass and wait for the line-up: [more inside]
January 23
Movie: Get Away
A family's vacation to a remote island to witness a local tradition is greeted with intense hostility by the locals. [more inside]
Severance: Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig Season 2, Episode 2
Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message. Lumon grapples with the fallout of the Overtime Contingency.
Book: American Rapture by C. J. Leede
A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Forgiveness and Stuff Season 1, Episode 10
Emily disinvites Lorelai from Christmas dinner, so Rory goes without her. After Richard suffers a health scare, they all meet up at the hospital. Lorelai gives Luke a hat. [more inside]
Movie: Scream 4
[Trailer] "Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer." [more inside]
Movie: Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Endgame Season 3, Episode 8
The POI team’s war with HR nears a boiling point when Finch receives 38 numbers at once from the Machine. Meanwhile, Carter’s past is seen through flashbacks with her son’s father. [more inside]
Movie: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba [more inside]
January 22
Stargate SG-1: The Gamekeeper Season 2, Episode 4
O'Neill and the SG-1 team travel to P7J989 where they discover a beautiful garden and a dome full of strange metallic chambers. [more inside]
Movie: Omni Loop
[TRAILER] A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with a black hole growing in her chest and only a week to live. When she meets a gifted student (Ayo Edibiri), they team up to save her life -- and to unlock the mysteries of time travel. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: January 22, 2024 Season 6, Episode 17
It's put-up-or-shut-up time for Private Party, because the Hurt Syndicate is coming for their tag titles, and they are bigger, meaner and more experienced. Cope will foolishly attempt to single out another member of the Death Riders, while Jamie Hayter and Julia Hart will attempt to clobber and bewitch each other, respectively. Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay will meet again in a talking segment that probably already has six Meltzer stars. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Perfect Mark Season 3, Episode 7
The number of a hypnotherapist comes up whose life, upon investigation by the team, suggests he is more than just a master of the mind. Meanwhile, Carter tracks an antique dealer whose business is connected to HR. [more inside]
Movie: Idiocracy
[TRAILER] In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world. [more inside]
North of North: Top of the World Season 1, Episode 1
Siaja is an Inuk woman living in a teeny Arctic village. She isn't happy and she's trying to figure out how to sort out her life. She wants a job, and a better relationship with her family. She makes a big, public change and has to figure out how to live with it.
Movie: A Different Man
An aspiring actor undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance, but his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.
Movie: The Breaking Ice
"In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite man, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world." [more inside]
January 21
Movie: Kaiju Tuesday: original Daimajin trilogy (1966)
The vengeful stone warrior god, Daimajin (a.k.a. Majin), comes to life to rescue peasants and his faithful, who are brutalized by violent warlords. [more inside]
Movie: Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
[TRAILER] When famous American detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in the strange case of a missing dog and an even stranger carnivorous plant. [more inside]