No more channel-surfing, or sifting through infinite Netflix catalogs. To save you time we’ve scoured the listings, watched the previews, and hand-selected the best TV to watch for the week – and the ones all of your friends will be talking about. Set your DVRs, sit back, and get ready to watch TV like a boss with our must-see picks.
Colony
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This new sci-fi thriller stars Lost’s Josh Holloway and The Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies, who head what would be a picture-perfect poster family – if not for the occupation and colonization by an advanced alien race during the near-future dystopian L.A. in which they reside. Problems they encounter include keeping their family alive, a missing son, choosing between opposing forces of collaboration and resistance, and, oh yeah, the fate of humankind against extraterrestrial forces. Resistance is futile. Watch the much-awaited debut this Thurs., Jan. 14 at 10 p.m. on USA.
Idiotsitter
An Ivy League grad finds herself taking a job babysitting a fully grown, yet not-so-smart, woman under house arrest at her father’s mansion. Creators Jillian Bell (Workaholics) and Charlotte Newhouse star in the sitcom, which premiered originally as a web exclusive before Comedy Central picked up the series for television. Catch the premiere this Thurs., Jan. 14 at 10:30 p.m. on Comedy Central.
Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
A special all-star tribute to country-music legend Willie Nelson with appearances by Rosanne Cash, Neil Young, Paul Simon and Alison Krauss. The special event airs Sat., Jan. 15 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
Angie Tribeca
Less Brooklyn Nine-Nine and more Sledge Hammer, this new police sitcom, created by Steve Carell and wife Nancy Carell, is a spoof of classic cop procedurals like Naked Gun. Rashida Jones stars as Angie Tribeca, a crime-solving member of LAPD’s RHCU (meaning Really Heinous Crimes Unit). Expect a healthy serving of guest star appearances including Bill Murray, Lisa Kudrow, James Franco – to name a few. Straying from traditional broadcasting convention, TBS will air all 10 episodes of the entire first season back-to-back over a 25-hour ad-free marathon. The binge-watching debut drops this Sun., Jan. 17 at 9 p.m., and airs air weekly beginning Jan. 25.
Ying Lo writes about TV and entertainment for Creative Loafing. She also has a blog, Ying Lo and ranks second best in Florida in HBO’s Girls and Pop Hits of the 90s, according to the trivia app QuizUp. Watch for her piece every Monday.
This article appears in Jan 7-13, 2016.