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TV This Week Jan. 19 - 25: ‘Reign’ on KTLA

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This week’s TV Movies

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SUNDAY

The following serves to inform you that “The Following” is back for a second season. Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy star in this creepy drama. 7 p.m. Fox

It’s the special Queen Elizabeth doesn’t want you to see, “Greatest Mysteries: Buckingham Palace,” 9 p.m. Travel

Basil Rathbone? Jeremy Brett? Never heard of ‘em! Benedict Cumberbatch is “Sherlock” when this contemporized take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s über-detective returns on “Masterpiece Mystery!” Martin Freeman also stars. 9:58 p.m. KOCE

Three gay thirtysomethings are out and about and “Looking” for love and self-fulfillment in this new drama. 10:30 p.m. HBO

MONDAY

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup are back, as is the villainous Mojo Jojo, in the animated special “The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed” featuring a new character voiced by the Beatles’ Ringo Starr. 7:30 p.m. Cartoon Network

What would you do for a “Klondike” miniseries? Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson and Abbie Cornish star in this three-part frontier-era tale. 9 p.m. Discovery Channel; also Tue., Wed.

A troubled youth from Pittsburgh works at an orphanage for HIV-positive children in India in the inspirational 2013 doc “Blood Brother” on “Independent Lens.” 10 p.m. KOCE

TUESDAY

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The East is read: Stephen Fry surveys the state of literature in the former Soviet Union in “Russia’s Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin.” 7 p.m. KOCE

For its 200th episode, “American Masters” explores the life and reclusive times of “Catcher in the Rye” author J.D. Salinger. 9 p.m. KOCE

It’s like they’re living in “Opposite Worlds,” one rich and flush with the new technologies, the other not so much, in this new reality competition. 10 p.m. Syfy; also Wed.

WEDNESDAY

“Meet the Coywolf” — part coyote, part wolf, and his hair is perfect — in this new episode of “Nature.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Former series regular Alana de la Garza reprises her role as Connie Rubirosa on a new “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Chaz Palminteri also guest stars. 9 p.m. NBC

Typhoon Haiyan, the massive storm that ravaged the Philippines in November and claimed more than 5000 lives, is recalled on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE

Mmm… “Wahlburgers.” Actors brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg help their brother Paul open a unique eatery in their old Boston neighborhood in this new unscripted series. 10:30 p.m. A&E

If you can’t get enough of girls behaving badly in NYC, check out Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in the new Amy Poehler-produced sitcom “Broad City.” 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central

THURSDAY

Make it “Reign.” This stylish period drama starring Adelaide Kane as Mary, Queen of Scots, is back with new episodes. 9 p.m. KTLA

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Greg Kinnear is an ethically challenged lawyer — which is to say, he’s a lawyer — in the new series “Rake.” 9 p.m. Fox

They’re brawling in Beantown in the Boston-set, boxing-themed unscripted series “The Fighters.” 9 p.m. Discovery Channel

The geek shall inherit the title “King of the Nerds” on the return of this reality series hosted by “Revenge of the Nerds” Curtis Armstrong and Robert Carradine. 10 p.m. TBS

FRIDAY

The housing bubble bursts in the worst way possible in the made-for-cable thriller “Foreclosed.” Marlee Matlin, James Denton, Jamie Kennedy and Paul Sorvino star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

“The Real Mary Poppins” delves into the less-than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious childhood that inspired novelist P.L. Travers to create her most enduring character. 9 p.m. KOCE

James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill are … James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, respectively, in the star-studded 2013 comedy-pocalypse “This Is the End.” 9 p.m. Starz

Last bite: The supernatural drama “Dracula” offers its season finale. 10 p.m. NBC

They’re not who they say they are; they’re “Impostors” in this new true-crime series. 10 p.m. Investigation Discovery

SATURDAY

Are you ready for some snowboarding? The special “Shaun White: Russia Calling” tracks the two-time gold-medal winner’s preparations for the upcoming Winter Olympics. 8 p.m. NBC

Magic man: Steve Carell is “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” in this 2013 comedy. Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin and Olivia Wilde also star. 8 p.m. HBO

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“Lizzie Borden Took an Ax” and gave her mother… well, we won’t spoil it for you. Christina Ricci stars as 19th century America’s most infamous accused murderess in this new TV movie. Billy Campbell and Clea Duvall also star. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Arrr! Thar be “Black Sails” on the horizon in this new period drama, a prequel of sorts to Robert Louis Stevenson’s pirate tale “Treasure Island.” With Toby Stephens. 9 p.m. Starz

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