TV Talk: Steve Harvey as a judge, a new culinary competition and a Jules Verne classic highlight midseason broadcast TV

This year broadcast networks tried a different premiere pattern with both NBC (“American Auto” and “Grand Crew”) and ABC (the excellent comedy “Abbott Elementary”) debuting some series in December but then not rolling them out weekly until the new year.

Here are the other midseason series you can expect to see:

ABC

“Judge Steve Harvey” (8 p.m. Jan. 4, WTAE-TV): Imagine a daytime court show (with more comedy, I’d guess) imported to prime time.

“Women of the Movement” (8 p.m. Jan. 6): Six-episode drama about the real-life murder of Emmett Till and his mother’s activism and quest for justice.

“Promised Land” (10 p.m. Jan. 24): Two rival families vie for wealth and power in California wine country.

Returning: “The Bachelor” (8 p.m. Jan. 3), “Abbott Elementary” (9 p.m. Jan. 4), “Black-ish” (9:30 p.m. Jan. 4), “The Chase” (10 p.m. Jan. 5).

CBS

“Good Sam” (10 p.m. Jan. 5, KDKA-TV): “House” redux. Arrogant Dr. Griffith (Jason Isaacs) rides the younger docs hard, including his daughter Sam (Sophia Bush). Then a turn of events changes their father-daughter dynamic. Lighter with more twinkly music than most CBS procedurals, “Good Sam” offers both medical-case-of-the-week and soapy storylines along with the who-needs-who more back-and-forth between father and daughter. This one’s more middling OK than good.

“How We Roll” (9:30 p.m. March 31): Inspired by the life story of professional bowler Tom Smallwood, the sitcom stars Pete Holmes as Tom, who gets laid off from a car assembly line and pursues his dream of becoming a pro bowler.

Returning: “S.W.A.T.” (moves to 10 p.m. Sunday on Jan. 2), “The Amazing Race” (8 p.m. Jan. 5), “Undercover Boss” (8 p.m. Jan. 7), “Celebrity Big Brother” (8 p.m. Feb. 2), “Survivor” (8 p.m. March 9).

The CW

“Naomi” (9 p.m. Jan. 11, WPCW-TV): Yeah, it’s yet another superhero show, but this one’s a winner thanks to an incredibly likable lead character, skate-boarding, comic book-loving Naomi (a winning Kaci Walfall) whose life is shaken by a supernatural event that may involve Superman. Credit writers Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship with breathing new life into a saturated genre.

“March” (8 p.m. Jan. 24): Eight-part docu-series about the Prairie View AM University marching band.

“Great Chocolate Showdown” (8 p.m. Jan. 29): Dessert competition series imported from Food Network Canada.

“All American: Homecoming” (9 p.m. Feb. 21): College-set spin-off of The CW drama. This one’s about unsupervised early adulthood at an HBCU.

Returning: “Penn Teller: Fool Us” (8 p.m. Jan. 7), “Nancy Drew” (9 p.m. Jan. 7), “Superman Lois” (8 p.m. Jan. 11), “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” (8 p.m. Jan. 12), “Batwoman” (9 p.m. Jan. 12), “Two Sentence Horror Stories” (9 p.m. Jan. 16), “4400” (9 p.m. Jan. 17), “Walker” (8 p.m. Jan. 13), “Legacies” (9 p.m. Jan. 27), “All American” (8 p.m. Feb. 21), “Riverdale” (8 p.m. March 6), “The Flash” (8 p.m. March 9), “Kung Fu” (9 p.m. March 9), “Charmed” (8 p.m. March 11).

Fox

“Next Level Chef” (8 p.m. Jan. 2, then 9 p.m. Wednesdays, WPGH-TV): Gordon Ramsey’s latest culinary competition, this one filmed on an impressive three-story set with a modern kitchen on top, a middle of the road kitchen beneath it and a sad, pathetic kitchen in the basement.

“The Cleaning Lady” (9 p.m. Jan. 3): A Cambodian doctor-turned U.S. cleaning lady (Elodie Young) who cleans up after mob hits and demands the respect of her boss – “I agreed to clean, not be treated like garbage” – who strangely does not immediately kill her when she gives him guff.

“Pivoting” (8:30 p.m. Jan. 9): A great cast — Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin and Maggie Q star in this series with occasionally funny moments. It’s about a trio of friends mourning the loss of a fourth friend who died of cancer.

“Monarch” (10 p.m. Jan. 30, then 9 p.m. Tuesdays): “Empire”-like music-themed soap but about the “first family” of country music instead of hip-hop. It stars Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins and Anna Friel.

Returning: “9-1-1: Lone Star” (8 p.m. Jan. 3), “I Can See Your Voice” (8 p.m. Jan. 5), “Joe Millionaire” (8 p.m. Jan. 6), “Call Me Kat” (8 p.m. Jan. 9),

NBC

“American Song Contest” (8 p.m. Feb. 21, WPXI-TV): An Americanized version of “Eurovision Song Contest” featuring live musical performances representing all 50 states, five U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., in a competition to win the vote of best original song.

“The Endgame” (10 p.m Feb. 21): Heist drama about an international arms dealer (Morena Baccarin) in a cat-and-mouse game with an outcast FBI agent (Ryan Michelle Bathe).

“The Thing About Pam” (10 p.m. March 8): Six-episode limited series – “New Amsterdam” rests until April 20 – about a real-world 2011 murder masterminded by Pam Hupp (Renee Zellweger).

Returning: “Kenan” (8 and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 3), “That’s My Jam” (9 p.m. Jan. 3), “American Auto” (8 p.m. Jan. 4), “Grand Crew” (8:30 p.m. Jan. 4), “This Is Us” (9 p.m. Jan. 4), the original “Law Order” (8 p.m. Feb. 24), “Young Rock” (8 p.m. March 15), “Mr. Mayor” (8:30 p.m. March 15).

PBS

“American Masters” offers profiles of a legendary choreographer, Alvin “Ailey” (9 p.m. Jan. 11, WQED-TV), and singer, “Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands” (9 p.m. Feb. 8).

Ken Burns’ latest, the four-hour “Benjamin Franklin,” airs 8-10 p.m. April 4 and 5.

“Frontline” updates its April show “American Insurrection” (10 p.m. Jan. 4) and debuts civil rights era doc “American Reckoning” (10 p.m. Feb. 15).

“Masterpiece” goes “Around the World in 80 Days” (8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2-Feb. 20, WQED-TV) as David Tennant stars in a new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel.

Drama “Before We Die” (10 p.m. Sunday, March 20-April 24) follows a detective whose son is an undercover informant in the investigation of a murder,

Returning: “Antiques Roadshow” (8 p.m. Jan. 3), “Finding Your Roots” (8 p.m. Jan. 4), “Masterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small” (9 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9-Feb. 20), “Vienna Blood” (10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9-Feb. 13), “Expedition with Steve Backshall: Unpacked” (10 p.m. Wednesday, March 16-April 6), “Masterpiece: Sanditon” (9 p.m. Sunday, March 20-April 24), “Call the Midwife” (8 p.m. Sunday, March 20-May 8).

Channel surfing

In addition to reprising his role as Batman in the big-screen movie “The Flash,” due in theaters Nov. 4, 2022, Pittsburgh native Michael Keaton will reprise the character again in the HBO Max streaming movie “Batgirl,” expected to debut on the streaming service sometime in 2022 … Just a few months after a new documentary on Beaver Falls native Joe Namath, there’s now a six-episode docu-series on a Monongahela football star with Peacock’s “Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure,” streaming Jan. 6.