{"id":40329,"date":"2025-01-06T01:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/jerry-springer-fights-camera-action-plus-6-things-to-watch-on-tv-this-week\/06\/01\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T01:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:44:57","slug":"jerry-springer-fights-camera-action-plus-6-things-to-watch-on-tv-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/jerry-springer-fights-camera-action-plus-6-things-to-watch-on-tv-this-week\/06\/01\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action,\u2019 Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a selection of TV shows and specials that are available live or streaming this week, Jan. 6-12. Details and times are subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-4745e41b\">A populist showman<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He grew up in Queens and went on to become a reality TV star who cast a long cultural shadow \u2014 and no, I don\u2019t mean the former and future president Donald J. Trump. Jerry Springer made a name for himself in the 1990s as the host of \u201cThe Jerry Springer Show,\u201d which became synonymous with spectacles of family drama, lovers quarrels, brawling guests and, at times, flying chairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Springer, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/27\/arts\/television\/jerry-springer-dead.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">died in 2023<\/a> at the age of 79, didn\u2019t live to see the summary of his career in the new Netflix two-part, behind-the-scenes series, \u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action.<\/strong>\u201d But if he once had us clutching our pearls, we may now be reaching for tissues, as the show\u2019s insiders and guests\u2019 relatives discuss an unseen part of Springer\u2019s legacy and the costs of such tell-all television. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Streaming on Tuesday on Netflix.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The drama \u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Landman<\/strong>\u201d concludes its first season this week after 10 episodes of Billy Bob Thornton\u2019s titular character trying to outmaneuver drug cartels, oil tycoons and his ex-wife. In a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/15\/arts\/television\/billy-bob-thornton-landman.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">profile on Thornton<\/a>, the New York Times television editor Austin Considine described \u201cLandman\u201d as \u201ca male fantasy about roughnecks and the unrealistically attractive women who love them.\u201d After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife? <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Streaming Sunday on Paramount+.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thornton is hardly the only brooding leading man this week. In \u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">The Agency<\/strong>,\u201d Michael Fassbender plays a C.I.A. case officer who survived undercover operations only to suffer now a sedated life in London. An adaptation of the French series \u201cThe Bureau,\u201d the show neatly ties in contemporary current events. The show is, among other things, a romantic drama, but it concerns itself mostly with the corrosive effects of espionage on spies themselves. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Airing Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showtime and available to stream on Paramount+.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-19598a72\">Slow reality television<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Finding Your Roots<\/strong>\u201d begins its latest season this week and fits into a niche category of reality television. The Harvard academic Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses the topic of ancestry with his guests, digging back in the archives to present them with histories of long-lost relatives. In past seasons the actor Edward Norton discovered that Pocahontas was a distant relation, and the comedian Maya Rudolph learned the identities of her Black ancestors born into slavery. This season will kick off with the actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Airing on Tuesday at 9 p.m. on PBS.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Antiques Roadshow<\/strong>\u201d is not exactly a potboiler, but as the series prepares to embark on its whopping 29th season, it\u2019s clear the show knows how to sustain its following. Tune into this season for a pit stop at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., and a future foray to Las Vegas. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Airing on Monday at 8 p.m. on PBS.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7380d9d7\">Old footage, new colors<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nothing affords us the chance to indulge our nostalgia quite like a new year, and the Smithsonian Channel seems to be making the most of that opportunity with its multipart series \u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Liberation: D-Day to Berlin.\u201d<\/strong> The show focuses on much storied parts of World War II, though perhaps its freshest contribution is the series\u2019s use of archival film footage. Unlike documentary filmmaker Ken Burns\u2019s slow-zoom, Smithsonian&#8217;s series is imbuing the images with new colors. For the history lovers among us, it might be a welcomed trumpet blast to usher in 2025. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Airing on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Smithsonian Channel.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7034613d\">Self as spectacle<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now in its 17th season \u201c<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/strong>\u201d is bigger than big, with a separate \u201cAll Stars\u201d series and several offshoots (see the French and Australian versions). But even as the challenges for contestants become more elaborate (like last week\u2019s referenced \u201cSquid Game\u201d), the show still offers moments of self-reflection and spunky, devil-may-care attitudes for which it became a sensation. This week\u2019s episode will feature the rapper and singer Doechii as a guest judge and the promise of enough sequins to make even the dark days of January sparkle. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Airing Friday at 8 p.m. on MTV.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/06\/arts\/television\/jerry-springer-fights-camera-action-plus-6-things-to-watch-on-tv-this-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between streaming and cable, there is a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. 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