Seth Meyers hosts the Golden Globe Awards. And “The Chi” premieres on Showtime.
What’s on TV
THE 75TH GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 8 p.m. on NBC. The Golden Globes are usually a breezy, joyous affair, but the tone this year is likely to be much more solemn, as sexual harassment scandals hover. Many stars will wear black on the red carpet in solidarity, and the host, Seth Meyers, said he will attempt to find a balance between humor and gravity in his monologue. “It’s safe to say Hollywood has been tipped on its side,” Mr. Meyers said in an interview with The New York Times. “The Shape of Water” and “The Post” lead the movie nominations, while “Big Little Lies” (see below) leads the television pack.
NFL PLAYOFFS: WILD CARD ROUND The often-hapless Buffalo Bills return to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at 1:05 p.m. Then, at the Superdome, Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers face the New Orleans Saints, who have beaten them twice this year, at 4:40 p.m.
THE CHI 10 p.m. on Showtime. The controversy over how to depict violence in modern Chicago came to an explosive head following the 2015 release of Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq,” which many Chicagoans, including Chance the Rapper, deemed exploitative and demeaning. Lena Waithe, a Chicago native who won an Emmy last year for an episode of “Master of None,” will offer another perspective with “The Chi,” which focuses less on murder than on the lives that go on in the aftermath. The story begins with a street-corner killing and unfurls to examine the people inside the surrounding African-American neighborhood. “My mission is to show these young black men are not born with a gun in their hand,” Ms. Waithe said in an interview with The Times.
What’s Streaming
BIG LITTLE LIES on HBO Go and iTunes. This drama is the television front-runner at the Golden Globes on Sunday and will contend for six awards, including best limited series. Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, both executive producers, are matched up against each other in the category of lead actress for a limited series, while Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley face off in the supporting category. (Ms. Kidman and Ms. Dern already won Emmys for their roles.) The rabidly followed show examines feuding upper-class families in Monterey, Calif., in the wake of a murder; it was recently renewed for a second season.
LOST on Hulu. Just days ago, this loopy, modern epic vanished from Netflix, only to appear immediately on Hulu. So go down the hatch into the tropical world of plane crash survivors who fight to see another day. “Lost,” created by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber, features dizzying shifts between time periods, constantly changing alliances, shrewd Easter eggs and agonizing cliffhangers.
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