What to Watch on Wednesday: Doctor Who returns with one of the show's 'biggest stories ever'

EW Staff

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Doctor Who

HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: 8 p.m. on BBC America

Season Premiere
The new season of Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker in the title role kicks off with a two-part episode titled “Spyfall,” which showrunner Chris Chibnall promises to be “an absolute action-packed, location-packed, rollercoaster ride of a story. Probably one of our biggest stories ever in the history of the show.” The story, which features guest stars Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry, finds MI6 turning to the Doctor and her friends for help after intelligence agents around the world are under attack from alien forces. They’re “coming back with a bang,” Chibnall says, for the premiere, and the action doesn’t seem to stop there. “This season, we’ll be delving deeper into the Doctor Who universe. There will be some returning monsters.” Daleks not included. —Gerrad Hall

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The Circle

HOW/WHEN & WHERE TO WATCH: Streaming on Netflix

Series Debut
“The Circle has no chill.” That’s how one player sums up this three-week social experiment/reality competition where the handful of contestants don’t meet face to face but are seen only through a social media platform. That, of course, means they can describe themselves however they want, use any photos they want, and say anything they want. Popularity and influence are the goal as they catfish each other and try to avoid elimination — all in pursuit of a $100,000 grand prize. Instamoney. —Gerrad Hall

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6 p.m.
AKC National Championship Dog Show — Animal Planet

8 p.m.
Flirty Dancing — Fox
Married at First Sight (season premiere) — Lifetime
My 600-lb Life (season premiere) — TLC

9 p.m.
On the Basis of Sex (movie’s TV premiere) — Showtime
Property Brothers: Forever Home (season premiere) — HGTV
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — CNN
Almost Family (winter premiere) — Fox
The Real Housewives of Dallas (Reunion, Pt. 1) — Bravo

10 p.m.
Supernanny (season premiere) — Lifetime

Streaming
Messiah — Netflix
Spinning Out (series debut) — Netflix

*times are ET and subject to change