What To Watch: The High Note On HBO, Ruffalo Treads Dark Waters And More
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On TV this Saturday: Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson kick off the year on a High Note, Mark Ruffalo enters Dark Waters and Netflix hosts a Cobra Kai afterparty. Here are eight programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for January 2, 2021
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The Netflix Afterparty
Netflix
Series premiere: Hosts David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes chat with guests from the newest Netflix release. First up: the cast of Cobra Kai.
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The High Note
HBO
Premium cable premiere: A high-maintenance diva (black-ish's Tracee Ellis Ross) and her overworked personal assistant (Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson) navigate the high-stress world of entertainment showbiz; Bill Pullman (The Sinner) and Eddie Izzard (The Riches) co-star.
Kidnapped in Paradise
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: Parents (Five-0's Claire van der Boom and Vampire Diaries' Todd Lasance) panic when their daughter disappears from an Aussie resort.
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Dark Waters
Showtime
Premium cable premiere: An environmental attorney (I Know This Much is True's Mark Ruffalo) tries to take down a chemical manufacturing plant; Tim Robbins (Castle Rock), Anne Hathaway (Modern Love) and Bill Pullman (The High Note) co-star.
Taking a Shot at Love
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: Romance blooms when a ballet instructor (Spy Kids' Alexa PenaVega) helps a pro hockey player (Killjoys' Luke Macfarlane) recover from the same injury that halted her career.
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48 Hours
CBS
After taking nearly 12 years to solve the disappearance of a Georgia teacher, recent findings suggest the 2005 case could've been cracked much sooner.
SNL Vintage
NBC
Dolly Parton hosts and performs in this Season 14 throwback, which originally aired April 15, 1989.
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Saturday Night Live
NBC
Former SNL writer John Mulaney hosts this repeat from October; The Strokes perform. (Season 46 episodes, ranked!)
