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#SetTheVCR for Sunday, January 6 to Saturday, January 12 2019

Posted on January 6, 2019December 31, 2023 By Sammy Younan

Ah January! While the rest of us plan resolutions, sign up for gym memberships, repair relationships…our media doesn’t typically inspire the first month of every year…on television and at the movies. So yeah…if you’re gonna sell the whole this is golden age of television don’t include January.

Sunday, January 6
UFO Cover Ups: Secrets Revealed (9 p.m.) History Channel

Monday, January 7
The Clemson Tigers take on the Crimson Tide of Alabama for the College Football Playoff National Championship. From Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California (5 p.m.) ESPN

Tuesday, January 8
Project Blue Book (10 p.m.) History Channel
Executive Produced by Robert Zemeckis, shot in Vancouver…oh hopefully this is gonna be my new X-Files:

Wednesday, January 9
Godzilla the Planet Eater: Season 1, Netflix
Solo: A Star Wars Story, Netflix
The Dictator’s Playbook (10 p.m.) PBS
The new six-part series The Dictator’s Playbook examines the terror tactics used by such power-mad rulers as Kim Il Sung, Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein.

Thursday, January 10
Roswell: Mysteries Decoded (9 p.m.) The CW

Friday, January 11
Future Man: Season 2, Hulu
Sex Education: Season 1, Netflix
The Last Laugh, Netflix

Saturday, January 12
It is Saturday night…maybe time to find The One? She’s out there…all lonely just waiting for your touch.

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