Amazon Prime Video, 12:00 a.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Last year at this time, this series and
Transparent helped Amazon establish itself as a serious contender in the original programming streaming business. Today, Amazon Prime drops Season 2 of
Mozart in the Jungle, its vibrant series dramatizing the artistry and intrigue behind the scenes of a symphony orchestra. Lola Kirke stars as Haley, an oboe player who earns a chair in the fictitious New York Symphony. For a full review, see
David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.
CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
SPECIAL: Once again, CBS presents an end-of-year I Get That a Lot special, in which celebrities are thrown into menial places and jobs, and toil there until someone asks them if they know they look just like… themselves. It’s a vanity special, and an even more diluted TV idea than the oldest Candid Camera gags – but on a slow TV night, it works. But really, would anyone have a problem identifying the “real” Kristin Chenoweth, for example?
Disney Channel, 8:00 p.m. ET
If you haven’t seen this made-for-TV Disney musical, you might want to catch up: This 2015 movie, about the next-generation offspring of familiar Disney villains and villainesses, proved so popular with its young TV audience that sequels, and theme-park attractions, are foregone conclusions.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Frank Sinatra sings 14 songs on this 1969 TV special, one of many unearthed this month as TCM has saluted the 100th anniversary of the singer’s birth. Songs include “My Way,” but also some numbers much less associated with the Chairman of the Board, including “Little Green Apples” and “Goin’ Out of My Head.”
Crackle, 11:30 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: I love this smartly focused Jerry Seinfeld talk show: one guest, one car, two cups of coffee. And this new season begins with quite a guest: President Barack Obama, whom Seinfeld says is qualified as a “Comedian” because of his well-timed delivery during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. As for the car: It’s a 1963 Corvette Stingray, which Seinfeld and the President of the United States take turns steering around the circular drive on the South Lawn. And the coffee joint? It’s a staff dining room inside the White House basement.