Proof that sometimes a change of scenery can improve things, the creepy, addictive series “You” shifts its focus to Los Angeles. Launched on Lifetime, this series has become a Netflix original.
Penn Badgley stars as Joe Goldberg, a stalker, killer and bookshop owner. Once on the West Coast, our stalker protagonist becomes obsessed with a chef named Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti).
The show’s stalker vibe limited its appeal when season one ran on Lifetime beginning in September 2018. The show’s audience only exploded when it moved to Netflix two months later.
That is probably the most distinctive fact about the disturbing show. It was seemingly lost when it aired on cable.
, but found when it appeared among Netflix’s thousands of choices.
— Also on Netflix, a seemingly endless movie franchise gets the kids-cartoon treatment. Billed as family fare, “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers” follows Tony Toretto (Tyler Posey), the film character Dominic Toretto’s cousin, as he works for a super-secret agency infiltrating a racing circuit that serves as a front for an evil organization named SH1FT3R.
Like most of the “Furious” franchise, this was produced by Vin Diesel, who can be seen in the 2000 thriller “Pitch Black” (7 p.m., Syfy, TV-PG) and “The Chronicles of Riddick” (9:30 p.m., Syfy, TV-14).
If twin Vin helpings aren’t your cup of Diesel, there’s always cable’s fixation on Adam Sandler. He’s a sad sack in the genial 1998 comedy “The Wedding Singer” (8 p.m., CMT, TV-14). If you think about it, ‘80s nostalgia has been a thing for two decades now. Sandler also stars in the 1995 comedy “Billy Madison” (9 p.m., Starz Encore).
Looking for a Tom Hanks movie you’ve never seen? Hanks plays a middle-aged, downsized guy who goes back to college in the 2011 romantic comedy “Larry Crowne” (7:19 p.m., Starz). Julia Roberts co-stars. The two also appeared in the 2007 real life drama “Charlie Wilson’s War,” directed by Mike Nichols.
Hank’s son Colin stars in the 2002 comedy “Orange County” (8 p.m., TMCX). Colin Hanks had a great part in the first season of “Fargo” on FX. He co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 2008 comedy “The Great Buck Howard,” as well as his father’s directorial debut, the 1996 musical comedy “That Thing You Do!”
TONIGHT’S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
— Prizes galore on “Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG)
— Our hero ponders “War and Peace” in the 1986 special “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-G).
— ‘Tis the season to go wild on “9-1-1” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).
— Set in 1995, the autobiographical drama “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” (9 p.m., NBC, TV-G) stars Alyvia Alyn Lind as the young singer, Jennifer Nettles and Ricky Schroder as her parents and Gerald McRaney as her grandfather.
— Six contestants put the accent on flaky pastries on “The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG).
— Sean Sr. gets to usher midnight mass on “The Moodys” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14).
— A woman confesses to homicide during her exorcism on “Evil” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).
CULT CHOICE
June Allyson, Joan Collins and Dolores Gray star in the 1956 musical “The Opposite Sex” (10 p.m., TCM, TV-PG), a tuneful remake of George Cukor’s 1939 comedy “The Women.” Unlike the original, the cast here features men, including Dick Shawn (“The Producers”) and Jim Backus (“Gilligan’s Island”).
SERIES NOTES
Pastor Jeff needs comforting on “Young Sheldon” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) … A glance back on “iHeartRadio Music Festival Greatest Moments” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG) … Wade feels the weight of responsibility on “The Unicorn” (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG).
Keeping compulsions in check on “Mom” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) … An escape plan emerges on “Legacies” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) … A “star” patient arrives on the floor on “Carol’s Second Act” (9:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG).
