As the New Year arrives, TV celebrates with a new season of "Galavant" on ABC and Fox premieres its new comedy series "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" and the animated "Bordertown."
"Downton Abbey" casts its final farewell on PBS and an official biography about star Dame Maggie Smith hits bookshelves on Tuesday.
On the big screen, Quentin Tarantino's latest film, "The Hateful Eight," premieres nationwide and recording artist Rachel Platten releases her third studio album, "Wildfire.
See what else HNGN is anticipating in entertainment this week:
In Theaters (Jan. 1)
The Hateful Eight (R)
Quentin Tarantino sets his new bloody thriller in the Wyoming mountains a few years after the American Civil War. A bounty hunter escorting a fugitive takes shelter at a stagecoach stopover where eight strangers have also holed up.
The ensemble film stars Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum and Tarantino-regular, Samuel L. Jackson.
TV Must Watch
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Kennedy Center Honors (Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 9 p.m. on CBS)
Stephen Colbert hosts this year's ceremony honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa and actress Cicely Tyson.
Downton Abbey (Sunday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. on PBS)
PBS premieres the sixth and final season of the Emmy-winning series that has chronicled the lives of the Crawley family through the early 20th century.
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life (Sunday, Dec. 3 at 8:30 p.m. on Fox)
Cooper Barrett has made all of life's mistakes. The new Fox comedy follows Cooper and his friends as they try to navigate life's struggles and explore what went wrong when they screw up.
Jack Cutmore stars as the titular character alongside Meaghan Rath, Charlie Saxton, James Earl and Justin Bartha.
Bordertown (Sunday, Dec. 3 at 9:30 p.m. on Fox)
"Family Guy" writer-producer Mark Hentemann introduces a new Fox animated comedy on Sunday nights that follows two families, the Buckwalds and the Gonzalezes, living in a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border.
DVD Releases
The Perfect Guy
A Walk in the Woods
Hitman Agent 47
Album Releases
Wildfire by Rachel Platten
The 34-year-old singer releases her third studio album, the first on her new label, Columbia Records. The album features her hit single "Fight Song" and "Stand by You."
Book Releases
Maggie Smith: A Biography
The award-winning actress gave her blessing to author Michael Coveney for his biography on her. He gathered information from her personal archives and interviews with close family and friends to paint a complete picture of her successful career over six decades.
