Just ask Steve 💜📺: December 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

📺New Years Eve (CNN)

Hosts: Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen
Plus, several guest performers

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

📺 Bookish (PBS WTTW) new series

Key search word:
"Bookish"
then "sort by date"

New Murder Mystery Series
Premières Sundays, January 11 – February 15, 2026

Episode descriptions are provided below:

Season Première
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 10p/9c
Episode 1: “Slightly Foxed, Part 1”

It’s Jack’s first day as Book’s assistant, but excavation of a nearby bomb site means the business of bookselling takes an instant back seat, because the site is full of skeletons. And when local chemist Harkup is found poisoned in his shop, Jack realizes that his new employer has an unexpected sideline: solving murders.

Sunday, January 18, 2026, 10/9c
Episode 2: “Slightly Foxed, Part 2”

The investigation into Harkup’s death continues and Book discovers something surprising about the bomb site skeletons. With multiple suspects in the frame, a missing jade figurine, and an unexpected beneficiary in Harkup’s will, Book will need all his ingenuity to solve the case. The Law must take its course, but over whom does the shadow of the gallows lie?

Sunday, January 25, 2026, 10/9c
Episode 3: “Deadly Nitrate, Part 1”

The nation’s favorite screen couple, Sandra Dare and Stewart Howard
descend on Archangel Lane to film their latest picture, but is all as rosy as it seems? A journalist hovers around in search of juicy gossip, and then an extra drops dead after eating poisoned chocolates destined for one of the cast. Who was the intended victim? And will the killer strike again?

Sunday, February 1, 2026, 10/9c
Episode 4: “Deadly Nitrate, Part 2”

On the film set, poisoned chocolates have given way to broken necks. Book finds himself in a race against time to uncover the truth before anyone else is left on the cutting room floor — permanently. But might the written word hold the key to the murderer’s identity? Meanwhile, Jack gets an unexpected answer when he confronts Trottie and Book about their past.

Sunday, February 8, 2026, 10p/9c
Episode 5: “Such Devoted Sisters, Part 1”

The Walsingham Hotel has seen it all and come through the war battered but unbowed, but can the grand old place cope with murder? When Captain Victor Orr is poisoned by a cocktail in the hotel bar, there is no end of potential suspects — including Trottie! But was Captain Orr the intended victim? The two exiled Princesses of Scutari — living in constant fear of assassination — think not.

Season Finale
Sunday, February 15, 2026, 10/9c
Episode 6: “Such Devoted Sisters, Part 2”

A gunshot, an unexpected bottle of champagne, and an unfortunate misunderstanding lead to chambermaid Eadie enjoying the hospitality of the Royal House of Scutari. Meanwhile, Book discovers something curious in Captain Victor Orr’s little black book and the source of the Princesses’ threatening letters becomes clear. Secrets from the past will be revealed — and not just about the case at hand.

All episodes of BOOKISH will be available to binge the night of premiere via PBS Passport and will also stream with
PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video

📺 Inspector George Gently (PBS WTTW) new series

Key search word:
"Inspector George Gently"
then "sort by date"

A British crime drama series, loosely based on the novels written by Alan Hunter
Martin Shaw stars as Inspector George Gently, an incorruptible cop transplanted from London to the North East of England in the mid-1960s. Lee Ingleby stars as DS John Bacchus, Gently’s young protégé
The setting is centered in New Castle upon Tyne, North Umberland and County Durham

George Gently
Season 1, Episode 1 8:30p WTTW

After his wife is murdered, Inspector George Gently considers retirement

Tune in to watch live starting January 1, 2026
~or~
binge all six episodes
currently streaming with member benefit WTTW Passport

Monday, December 29, 2025

📺 The Year: 2025 (ABC ❄️️ Winter ❄️) 20/20 Special tonight

"Oh, what a Year it has been!
Unimaginable, Historic, Awe-inspiring, Extraordinary"

Premières December 29, 2025, 8/7c
Stream on Disney+ and Hulu

📺Popstar! Best of 2025 (The CW)

December 26, 2025, 8p

A fan-voted entertainment rewind that celebrates the biggest moments of the year
The special is hosted by Elizabeth Stanton and features commentary from various experts
It includes a comprehensive countdown of the best movies, shows, music hits, and viral moments from 2025. The event is a tribute to the interconnectedness of the entertainment landscape, allowing fans to shape narratives and celebrate creativity