MONDAY
The Passage: Based on the novel series of the same name (and written by a former Rice University professor) The Passage is about a government experiment that goes out of control and turns people into vampires, and the young girl who might be able to save humanity. Lots of strong reviews for this one, and as a fan of horror, I’m very excited. Series premiere. 8 p.m., Fox
Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: A documentary about the heyday of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders and how they were caught in a weird place, trapped between the patriarchy and feminists. It looks fascinating. 8 p.m., Starz
Sidelined: RELATED: This documentary is about a scandal that ensued when some NFL cheerleaders posed in Playboy in 1978. 9 p.m., Lifetime
The Neighborhood: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., CBS
The Resident: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., Fox
Magnum P.I.: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
Bull: Mid-season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
The Good Doctor: Mid-season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
Happy Together: Season finale. (Possibly series finale.) 7:30 p.m., CBS
TUESDAY
This is Us: Randall’s campaign comes to a close in the mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., NBC
Roswell, New Mexico: Liz Ortecho returns to Roswell, in this reboot of the late 90s series, and discovers that basically everyone she knew was an alien. Series premiere. 8 p.m., The CW
Drunk History: Pour the tequila, we’ve got some history to learn. Season premiere. 9 p.m., Comedy Central
Corporate: It looks like the boys become middle management this season. Series premiere. 9:30 p.m., Comedy Central
Teachers: Season premiere. 9 p.m., TV Land
Temptation Island: Oh, hey! This trash is back! Series premiere. 9 p.m., USA
The Flash: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW
FBI: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., CBS
black-ish: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., ABC
NCIS: New Orleans: Mid-season premiere. 9 p.m., CBS
WEDNESDAY
Deadly Class: There is only one show about a school for assassins that has Henry Rollins in its cast and this is it. Series premiere. 9 p.m., Syfy
Schitt’s Creek: Season premiere. 9 p.m., Pop
Riverdale: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW
All American: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW
Wayne: I haven’t seen this, but it looks like an American version of The End of the Fucking World — and fittingly, the teenage serial killer is replaced by a teenager vigilante. America! Series premiere. YouTube
THURSDAY
Supernatural: Michael’s back in charge of Dean. Knew it couldn’t be that easy. 7 p.m., The CW
Discovery of Witches: Vampires and witches get it on in this series. Series premiere. Sundance Now
Star Trek: Discovery: Emo Spock is emo. Season premiere. CBS All Access
Lip Sync Battle: The Queer Eye guys lip sync for their lives. Season premiere. 8 p.m., Paramount
Grey’s Anatomy: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC
A Million Little Things: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., ABC
How to Get Away With Murder: Mid-season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC
FRIDAY
The Punisher: This is back. But for how long with Netflix’s merciless Marvel purge? Anyway. Season premiere. Netflix
Carmen Sandiego: Gina Rodriguez voices Carmen in this animated origin story. Series premiere. Netflix
The Grand Tour: Cars and stuff. Season premiere. Amazon
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened: Watch a bunch of trust fund babies get stuck on an island with nothing but cheese sandwiches and LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH. Netflix
Grace & Frankie: Old ladies and stuff. Season premiere. Netflix
IO: Everyone’s moved to Jupiter’s moon Io except for these two people somehow stuck on Earth so they try to get to Io. Netflix
Close: Noomi Rapace is a badass hired to protect an heiress in this action film. Netflix
Girl: In this drama inspired by a true story, a 15-year-old trains as a ballerina while transitioning genders. Netflix
Butterfly: A drama about a family torn apart when their young son identifies as a girl in this British series. Series premiere. Hulu
Dynasty: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW
SATURDAY
Saturday Night Live: Rachel Brosnahan and Greta Van Fleet 10:30 p.m., NBC
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story: Nellie Bly was a journalist in the 19th century who went undercover as a psychiatric patient to expose the horrific abuses in state institutions (and pretty much invented this form of investigative journalism), and was the inspiration for Lana Winters in the second season of American Horror Story. Anyway, Christina Ricci plays her int his new lifetime movie. 7 p.m., Lifetime
Dynasties: David Attenborough’s new series explores the lives of penguins, chimpanzees, lions, painted wolves and tigers. Series premiere. 8 p.m., BBC America
Brexit: Confused by Brexit? Benedict Cumberbatch is here in an unflattering bald cap to help dramatize what happened, exactly. 8 p.m., HBO
SUNDAY
Black Monday: Don Cheadle stars in this comedy about the s19 9 p.m., Showtime
Crashing: Pete Holmes’ inside baseball look at the New York comedy scene is back. Season premiere. 9 p.m., HBO
SMILF: Frankie Shaw’s raw comedy is back. Season premiere. 9:30 p.m., Showtime
Shameless: Emily Rossum’s final episodes, y’all. 8 p.m., Showtime
High Maintenance: The best pot comedy series is back. Season premiere. 9:30 p.m., HBO
Supergirl: Mid-season premiere. 7 p.m., The CW
Charmed: Mid-season premiere. 8 p.m., The CW
NFL Football Playoffs: I guess we find out who’s going to the Super Bowl, right? 2:05 p.m., Fox & 5:05 p.m., CBS