What to Watch Tonight: The Series Premiere of The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore and the Returns of The Originals, Chasing Life, and Jane the Virgin
What to watch on Monday, January 19...
SEASON 2B PREMIERE, 8pm, ABC Family
The Fosters
"Over/Under" finds Lena and Stef at odds, Callie reeling from Robert's volte-face, and Jesus stunned by what he overhears after sneaking into Ana's AA meeting. Meanwhile, Mariana's dance team leader deals her a setback, and Brandon receives an invitation from a summer music program.
WINTER PREMIERE, 9pm, The CW
The Originals
In "Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire," Hayley and Jackson gather the vamps and wolves to talk truce—which becomes tougher after Vincent's enchantment traps them all in their compound. (Luckily Josh brought board games. Who's up for 700 rounds of Star Wars Monopoly?!) Also imprisoned: Rebekah, whose new host body is locked in an asylum.
8pm, NBC
The Celebrity Apprentice
The late Joan Rivers makes one of her final TV appearances as a Boardroom advisor in "I Wish I Had a Project Manager." She'll weigh in on the teams' efforts to turn a media truck into a shoe boutique, and to produce a viral video hawking coffee.
8pm, Fox
Gotham
To get his job back, Gordon must apprehend Arkham escapee Jack Gruber (Christopher Heyerdahl), an electrical genius who's a few volts short of a fuse box. Elsewhere in "What the Little Bird Told Him," Fish Mooney makes a play that knocks Falcone back on his heels.
8pm, CBS
2 Broke Girls
In "And the Past and the Furious," Caroline receives a surprising birthday gift from her father: a Lamborghini that he ordered four years ago. Geez, a guy that rich and he can't even bother to sign up for Amazon Prime and get the two-day shipping?
8:30pm, CBS
Mike & Molly
Word of his parents' financial woes has Samuel considering a return home in "Support Your Local Samuel."
SEASON 1B PREMIERE, 9pm, ABC Family
Chasing Life
April's return to the office after a four-month layoff begins inauspiciously in "Next April." Meanwhile, Sara decides to get in touch with Natalie's mother, and Brenna excitedly awaits her reunion with Greer at school.
WINTER PREMIERE, 9pm, The CW
Jane the Virgin
Jane is cooped up at the Marbella when a hurricane rolls into town in "Chapter Ten." Elsewhere, Rafael is faced with a tough decision upon resuming his old job, Rogelio offers Xo his shoulder in the wake of Alba's injury, and Michael quietly provides Alba with some aid.
9pm, Fox
Sleepy Hollow
An art restorer bites it under mysterious circumstances at a Historical Society gala, prompting Ichabod and Katrina to recall their old friend Abigail Adams (Michelle Trachtenberg). Meanwhile in "Pittura Infamante," Abbie is thrown for a loop by an unexpected visitor to the precinct.
9pm, Disney XD
Star Wars Rebels
"Idiot's Array" places the crew in the service of entrepreneur, rogue, and cape enthusiast Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). He's starting up a mining operation on Lothal, not to mention staying one step ahead of a dangerous crime boss.
9pm, CBS
Scorpion
An ex-Secret Service agent with memory problems (David James Elliott) holds the key to stopping an attack on a nuclear weapons silo in "Forget Me Nots."
10pm, ABC
Castle
"Private Eye Caramba!" tasks Beckett's team with solving the murder of a telenovela actress. That is, unless P.I. Castle, who's been hired by the show's star, doesn't solve it first.
10pm, MTV
Eye Candy
Lindy pursues her hunt for the killer by going on dates with suspects in "BRB," because I guess even "probable serial killer" is a bigger draw on dating apps than, for instance, "TV listings columnist for popular website."
10pm, NBC
State of Affairs
The team must prove that a sorority girl is actually a member of a terror cell in "Cry Havoc." Geez, I know their Rush Week hazing rituals with the ice water and the rubber chickens might have gotten a little out of hand, but "terror cell" seems awfully strong. Elsewhere, Nick Vera closes in on Omar Fattah, and Charlie grapples with the possibility that she's been stabbed in the back.
10pm, PBS
Independent Lens
"The Kill Team" follows a young U.S. infantryman in Afghanistan who faces dangers and reprisals when attempting to report war crimes committed by his platoon. It's followed by an animated feature, "Confusion Through Sand," about a teenage military recruit stranded on his own in the desert.
SERIES PREMIERE, 11:30pm, Comedy Central
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore
The Daily Show's longtime Senior Black Correspondent takes the helm of his own late-night talker, which is set to include panelists, interviews, and man-on-the-street segments in its mix. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Talib Kweli, and Bill Burr are the first scheduled guests.
SPECIAL EPISODE, 12am, Cartoon Network
The Venture Bros.
"All This and Gargantua-2" sends Team Venture aboard Jonas Venture Jr.'s titular space station for an hour-long installment packed with adventure, intrigue, and appearances by just about every character in the Ventureverse.
LATE-NITE:
– Rob Lowe, Jay Baruchel, and Alington Mitra on Conan, 11pm, TBS
– Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, 11pm, Comedy Central
– Jennifer Lopez, Anthony Mackie, and Iliza Shlesinger on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11:35pm, NBC
– Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer and Bad Suns on Jimmy Kimmel Live, 11:35pm, ABC
– Don Cheadle, Ruth Wilson, and Night Terrors of 1927 on Late Night with Seth Meyers, 12:35am, NBC
– Michael Ian Black, Ashley Williams, and guest host Jim Gaffigan on The Late Late Show, 12:37am, CBS
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING TONIGHT?
