This is what happens in the world of television on Wednesday 13 January. All hours are Eastern.
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Night Stalker: The Hunt for A Serial Killer (Netflix, 3:01 am, full docseries): Some people calm the anxious mind by listening to Mahershala Ali reading stories. Some look The office in an endless loop. Some head to the internet to explain how they have to pay Peacock now and then keep looking The office in an endless loop. And some, maybe you’re there, readers, resort to the real crime. If this is your adaptation mechanism you choose, here it is!
Netflix’s latest real-life crime documentaries focus on the search for Richard Ramirez, the serial killer and rapist who terrorized Los Angeles in the summer of 1985. It’s not a light vision, but for everyone. Look for the review of Katie Rife today.
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Vikings (Amazon): Binge coverage continues
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Everyone is doing very well (Hulu, 3:01 am, US premiere, first full season): This comedy series from Hill of a tree James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti follow two actors whose hit series is the vampire drama Eternals, has been out of the air for five years. As TV editor Danette Chavez put it, this looks like a pretty, light-hearted “Jensen Ackles-Jared Padalecki fan”.
Call your mother (ABC, 9:30 p.m., series premiere): Kyra Sedgwick does the sitcom and mom thing New adventures of old Christine the latest creator of Kari Lizer, in which an empty nest (Sedgwick) decides it’s time to feed her adult human children.