What To Watch Tonight? BBC America’s annual end of year Doctor Who marathon (leading up to the New Year’s Day season premiere) continues tonight and includes the classic Tenth Doctor episode, “The Waters of Mars.” Check out all of our picks for the night below. What are you watching tonight?
8pm Hour:
1st Choice: America Salutes You Presents Guitar Legends 3. “A roster of epic talent performs in this annual concert benefitting brain and mental wellness charities for veterans and first responders. Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) hosts the benefit concert joined by guitar legends George Thorogood (George Thorogood & The Destroyers), Grammy Award-winner Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule), Nancy Wilson (Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and co-founding member of Heart), Steve Lukather (co-founding member of Toto), Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) and Ellis Hall (Tower of Power Lead Vocalist). World renowned drummer Kenny Aronoff leads an All-Star band.” The CW
2nd Choice: Doctor Who. “Planet of the Dead. A burglar (Michelle Ryan) encounters the Doctor on a bus that takes an abrupt detour to a desert world inhabited by hostile life-forms. Malcolm: Lee Evans.” BBC America
3rd Choice: New Order: Decades. NOTE: This began at 7:30pn. “Part concert, part documentary following the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration, So It Goes, with artist Liam Gillick and a 12-piece synthesizer orchestra.” Showtime
9pm Hour:
1st Choice: Popstar’s Best of 2019. “Host Elizabeth Stanton counts down the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2019, based on polls from Popstar Magazine. Produced by Associated Television.” The CW
2nd Choice: Doctor Who. “The Waters of Mars. The Doctor visits a base on Mars, where he helps Adelaide Brooke (Lindsay Duncan), the base’s commander, combat a crisis from beneath the planet’s surface that threatens both humanity and the Time Lord’s beliefs.” BBC America
3rd Choice: Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know. “Duran Duran open up about their extraordinary career and talk candidly about the highs and lows they have endured together over four long decades.” Showtime
10pm Hour:
1st Choice: Doctor Who. “The Waters of Mars” episode continues. BBC America
2nd Choice: Scott Peterson: An American Murder Mystery. “Twenty-seven-year-old expectant mother Laci Peterson vanishes on Christmas Eve. Suspicion falls on her husband Scott. Featuring an intimate look into the gripping investigation and explosive trial that became a national spectacle.” ID
3rd Choice: Flack. “Robyn accompanies a difficult client on an international flight, but learns that the police have found incriminating content on his laptop. Robyn must work fast to make this problem vanish before word gets out and the plane lands.” Showtime