The events of that Gargantua II episode come to change everything. Even though tonight’s superb (11:59 p.m.) installment of “The Venture Bros.” was completed long before the death of David Bowie, a lot of the episode deals with the death of David Bowie.
Last week everybody learned of the secret help the late Sybil Crawley offered a former Downton maid. This week, conservative minister of health Neville Chamberlain (still 12 years from becoming prime minister) visits Downton for dinner.
Malin Ackerman has the best plotline in tonight’s strong third installment of “Billions.” Does Ackerman do a lot of movie nudity? Because in the “Billions” episode airing in two weeks she gets really naked. Maggie Siff not so much though, it saddens me to report.
Returning tonight:
Cutthroat Kitchen (Food)
Lone Star Law (AP)
The Venture Bros. (CN)
A blockbuster NFL game brought “Empire”-size ratings to the “X-Files” return, if only for one night.
You think the “Agent Carter” and “American Crime” ratings are bad? ABC will not be asking back next season “Galavant,” which airs its “season” finale tonight.
Sundays Dec. 27, 2015-Jan. 24, 2016
(Adults 18-49; repeats in gray; older weeks in parentheses)
15.7(---)(12.1) (6.5) (8.3) NFL Fox
6.1 (---) (---) (---) (---) The X-Files
1.5 (4.8) (0.8) (2.8) (1.4) 60 Minutes
1.2 (1.4) (1.4) (1.4) (1.4) Real Housewives Atl
1.0 (1.0) (1.0) (1.2) (---) Keeping/Kardashians
0.9 (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) (0.6) Alaska Last Frontier
0.9 (---) (---) (---) (---) NBC Movie
0.8 (0.8) (0.8) (1.1) (0.8) AFH Videos
0.8 (---) (---) (---) (---) NCIS
0.7 (2.0) (1.0) (---) (---) Madam Secretary
0.7 (0.9) (---) (---) (---) Real Hwives Potomac
0.7 (0.7) (0.6) (---) (---) Shameless
0.6 (0.8) (---) (---) (---) Dateline
0.6 (---) (---) (---) (---) Hollywood Medium
0.6 (0.7) (0.6) (0.6) (0.5) Tyson Mysteries
0.6 (0.7) (0.7) (0.6) (---) Worst Cooks
0.5 (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) (0.4) Ax Men
0.5 (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) Cutthroat Kitchen
0.5 (0.6) (0.6) (0.9) (---) Galavant
0.5 (0.6) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) Grocery Games
0.5 (0.4) (0.5) (0.4) (0.4) SportsCenter
0.4 (---) (---) (---) (---) Agent Carter
0.4 (0.5) (0.4) (---) (---) Caribbean Life
0.4 (0.5) (0.4) (---) (---) Island Life
0.4 (0.4) (---) (0.4) (---) Watch What Happens
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) Hoarders
0.3 (---) (---) (---) (---) Work Out New York
