Best-bets for Jan. 6: Friday is crime time again

1) “Blue Bloods,” 10 p.m., CBS. After stuffing Christmas specials and reruns into six Fridays, CBS finally has new drama hours. “SWAT” (8 p.m.) has a random shooter; “Fire Country” (9) has a probe, after someone dies during a difficult rescue. Then “Blue Bloods” finds Joe Hill (shown here), Frank’s grandson, furious: Someone has insulted his father, who was killed during undercover police work. Read more…

1) “Blue Bloods,” 10 p.m., CBS. After stuffing Christmas specials and reruns into six Fridays, CBS finally has new drama hours. “SWAT” (8 p.m.) has a random shooter; “Fire Country” (9) has a probe, after someone dies during a difficult rescue. Then “Blue Bloods” finds Joe Hill (shown here), Frank’s grandson, furious: Someone has insulted his father, who was killed during undercover police work.

2) “Lopez vs. Lopez,” 8 p.m., NBC. There seems to be an evil spirit lurking in the house; George is told it’s his mother, seeking revenge. That’s followed at 8:30 by a new “Young Rock”: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reflects on when his parents were battling another wrestling promoter in Hawaii; often ignored, he ended up hanging with other latchkey kids.

3) “Pale Blue Eyes,” any time, Netflix. When Edgar Allan Poe reached West Point, he was already 21 and a published poet. He had dropped out of the University of Virginia and the Army; he would soon do the same at West Point. This film, however, imagines that while he was there, he linked with a retired detective to solve gruesome murders. Harry Melling and Christian Bale star, with support from Robert Duvall, Lucy Boynton and Gillian Anderson.

4) More streaming: “She Said” arrives on Peacock, after drawing praise and awards. Carey Mulligan (Golden Globe-nominated) and Zoe Kazan play reporters tracing stories of sexual abuse by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Also today: Amazon Prime has “The Rig,” with an oil rig overtaken by fog and fear; Apple TV+ has the season-finales of “Mosquito Coast” and “Mythic Quest.” On Thursday, Discovery+ debuted its “January 6th” documentary.

5) More movies. Cable has a couple big ones at 8 p.m. — “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022) on Epix and “Jaws” (1975) on AMC – and some little ones: Over the past 45 years, Nancy Drew has been at the core of at least three TV series and a movie. In the late-’30s, however, she had a batch of low-budget movies. Turner Classic Movies airs them at 8, 9:15, 10:30 and 11:45 p.m. ET.

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