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‘Severance,’ ‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,’ ‘Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy,’ and everything else you don’t want to miss on TV this week

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MONDAY

NFL Football: I don’t usually recommend football, because I don’t care. But this game between the Minnesota Vikings and the L.A. Rams feels different in light of the devastation in Los Angeles. The Vikings should just be nice and let the Rams win this one. (I didn’t have this same attitude when the Texans played the Chargers this weekend, obviously.)  7:15 p.m., ABC & ESPN

Dune: Wait, WAIT, this iteration of Dune came out in 2021? That was four years ago! That can’t possibly be right … can someone please hit pause or something? 7 p.m., TNT

Annihilation: I’ve read the books, I’ve seen the movie and I’m still not entirely sure what is going on here except it’s haunting, creepy and worth your time. 9 p.m., MGM+ Drive-in

TUESDAY

St. Denis Medical: Serena helps Bruce confront his fear of needles in the winter premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

Night Court: Mayim Bialik guest stars. Winter premiere. 7:30 p.m., NBC

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy: This documentary looks into Sean Combs’ early years and his transformation into “Puffy” and “Diddy” through the current allegations of sexual misconduct. Peacock

WEDNESDAY

With Love, Meghan: Meghan Markle invites friends to her California estate where she shares cooking, gardening, and lifestyle tips. Series premiere.  Netflix Postponed due to the wildfires

Love Island: All Stars: Because what even is a reality series if you don’t make an “all-star” season? Peacock

An Update on Our Family: This docuseries explores the ethically nebulous world of family vlogging. Series premiere. 8 p.m., HBO

THURSDAY

Law & Order: A young man is pushed in front of a train for a shocking motive in the winter premiere. 7 p.m., NBC

Law & Order: SVU: A woman is confronted with a video of a night she can’t remember. Winter premiere. 8 p.m., NBC

Found: One of the team members is critically injured in the winter premiere. 9 p.m., NBC

Hollywood Squares: The premiere was pushed back to tonight thanks to the devastating wildfires. Series premiere. 7 p.m., CBS

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night: More than 60 contributors, including SNL alumni, talk about the  Peacock

A Real Pain: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin star as cousins who travel to Poland together to honor their grandmother. Chaos ensues. Streaming premiere. Hulu

Sesame Street: 55th and final season premiere — on HBO and Max. Hopefully not the final season premiere (although with the way things are going politically …) Max

Harley Quinn: Fifth season premiere. Max

XO, Kitty: Second season premiere. Netflix

FRIDAY

Severance: The LOOOOOOOOONG-awaited second season is upon us and all of the reviews have been tripping over themselves to say how wonderful it is. CAN’T WAIT. Apple TV+

Outlander: William asks for help in saving Jane in the season finale. 7 p.m., Starz

The Couple Next Door: But if you need your Sam Heughan fix while Outlander is on hiatus, check out this new psychosexual thriller series.  8 p.m., Starz

Shark Tank: Winter premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

Silo: Season two finale. Apple TV+

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappell and GloRilla 10:30 p.m., NBC

A Different Man: Sebastian Stan won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for this performance as an actor who changes his appearance and his life, only to have what he expected to be a dream turn into a nightmare. 7 p.m., HBO

SUNDAY

It Comes at Night: A family takes shelter in a remote location during a mysterious plague only to be threatened when a young couple takes shelter with them. This small little horror thriller that didn’t get much attention when it was released, but was well-received by critics, was directed by Houston-area native, Trey Edward Shults. 7:28 p.m., Action Max

Jack Reacher: Before Prime Video turned the Jack Reacher books into a TV series starring Alan Ritchson, they tried to make it a film series starring Tom Cruise. Who is, you know, a very different type than Alan Ritchson. 7 p.m., Showtime

Indiana Jones marathon: Because, you know, sometimes you need to punch some Nazis. 12:55 p.m., Showtime Showcase

 

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