TV This Week, Jan. 5-11: ‘Justified’ returns on FX
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SUNDAY
A weeklong salute to a dearly departed local TV legend kicks off with five classic episodes of “California’s Gold” and “Visiting … with Huell Howser.” 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 p.m. KCET
“Best of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” compiles sketches, songs parodies, etc., featuring the soon-to-be host of “The Tonight Show.” 9 p.m. NBC
After the untimely death of Matthew Crawley, “Downton Abbey” seems more like “Downer Abbey” when the British period drama returns on “Masterpiece Classic.” 9 p.m. KOCE
MONDAY
Auburn faces Florida State in the “2014 Vizio BCS National Championship.” Now let us never speak of the BCS again. 5:30 p.m. ESPN
Red rover, red rover: The saga of the mobile science labs Spirit and Opportunity is recounted in “Ten Years on Mars.” 7 p.m. National Geographic Channel
“Bachelorette” also-ran Juan Pablo Galavis is the latest leading man looking for love on the return of “The Bachelor.” 8 p.m. ABC
Life in Detroit’s Muslim American community in the years since Sept. 11 is detailed in the documentary “The Education of Mohammad Hussein.” 9 p.m. HBO
TUESDAY
“American Experience” revisits the early 20th-century innovation of crime solving through chemistry in “The Poisoner’s Handbook.” 8 p.m. KOCE
Thanks to a microchip implanted in his brain, “Lost’s” Josh Holloway is a walking Wi-Fi hotspot in the new action-drama “Intelligence.” Marg Helgenberger (“CSI”) also stars.
“Battlestar Galactica” femme fatale Tricia Helfer is a Texas Ranger tracking down bad guys and gals in the Lone Star State in the new action-drama “Killer Women.” 10 p.m. ABC
“Frontline” exposes shady dealings in the hedge-fund industry in “To Catch a Trader.” 10 p.m. KOCE
She’s gonna make it after all: Gabrielle Union plays a cable news anchor in the new series “Being Mary Jane.” 10 p.m. BET
Elmore Leonard is gone, but “Justified” lives on with the return of this Kentucky-set crime drama based on one of the late novelist’s short stories. Timothy Olyphant stars. 10 p.m. FX
Courteney Cox and company uncork another season of “Cougar Town.” Christa Miller and Busy Philipps also star. 10 p.m. TBS
WEDNESDAY
J.J. Abrams’ on-again, off-again post-apocalyptic drama “Revolution” moves to its new night and time. 8 p.m. NBC
“2 Broke Girls’” Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs will pick up a little extra cash when they co-host “The 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards.” 9 p.m. CBS
“Nova” explores strange new worlds, seeks out new life and new civilizations, etc., in “Alien Planets Revealed.” 9 p.m. KOCE
The mystery-comedy “Psych” returns with regular — i.e., nonmusical — episodes. James Roday and Dulé Hill star. 9 p.m. USA
They’re coming to Antarctica … today! A six-man team follows in the footsteps of an intrepid polar explorer in the three-part series “Chasing Shackleton.” 10 p.m. KOCE
Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, the witchiest woman in rock history, guest stars as herself on a new “American Horror Story: Coven.” 10 p.m. FX
“Chicago Fire” begets a spin-off, the Windy City-set cop drama “Chicago PD.” Jason Beghe, Jon Seda and “One Tree Hill’s” Sophia Bush star. 10:01 p.m. NBC
THURSDAY
Break out the back bacon, eh, it’s time for “Chopped Canada,” the north-of-the-border edition of the hit cooking competition. 9 p.m. Food Network
There’s ginseng in them thar hills and a pretty penny to be made off of the highly sought-after herb in the new reality series “Appalachian Outlaws.” 10 p.m. History
To the victor go “The Spoils of Babylon” in this star-studded send-up of the miniseries genre. With Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Val Kilmer and Jessica Alba. 10 p.m. IFC
FRIDAY
It’s a night at the opera with soprano Renée Fleming, et al., on the season premiere of “Live From Lincoln Center.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Ronald D. Moore, the brains behind the “Battlestar Galactica” reboot, is back with the new sci-fi drama “Helix.” Billy Campbell stars. 10 p.m. Syfy
SATURDAY
See who’s nicest on ice at the “U.S. Figure Skating Championships.” Noon and 8 p.m. NBC
The 2013 doc “Milius” profiles the movie-making maverick who had a hand in such flicks as “Apocalypse Now” and “Conan the Barbarian.” 8 p.m. Epix
Ryan Gosling takes the money and runs, or rather, rides away on a motorcycle, in Derek Cianfrance’s 2012 crime drama “The Place Beyond the Pines.” With Bradley Cooper. 8 p.m. HBO
A bereaved New Jersey teen finds healing in New Mexico in the 2012 adaptation of Judy Blume’s young-adult novel “Tiger Eyes.” 8 p.m. Lifetime
“When Calls the Heart,” Lori Loughlin and Erin Krakow answer in this new series set in frontier-era Canada. 9 p.m. Hallmark
“A Good Day to Die Hard” is the 2013 entry in the action franchise that, like Bruce Willis’ John McClane, just doesn’t know when to quit. 10 p.m. Cinemax
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