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Katt’s back and he’s heading your way. The comic is on the road again and hopefully without some of the issues that have led him astray in the past. If you’d rather sit on the couch and watch football, this is the weekend to do it because the AFC and the NFC Championships will decide who will go to the Super Bowl. The league showcases its top quarterbacks with the marquee matchups between the two of the young talented Black QB’s. If you missed the first episode of Being Mary Jane, BET repeats it this weekend and will probably do so again, but you can catch up before the next episode airs on Tuesday at 10 p.m. Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are the comic duo in Ride Along and the Jack Ryan franchise updates with Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Enjoy the long weekend, and for those of you interested in participating in the Martin Luther King Day Of Service on Monday, here’s a link to a list of events nationwide. 

HOT ON TV:

All Times Eastern 

Friday, January 17

Being Mary Jane 

BET, 10 p.m.

If you missed the new hit show on BET the first time, watch the second episode tonight

 Where Are They Now? 

OWN, 9 p.m.

Debbie Allen, Lisa Whelchel from The Facts of Life and Star Trek’s William Shatner are profiled

Saturday January 18

Men of Honor 

BET, 8 p.m.

Cuba Gooding Jr. becomes the Navy’s first Black diver, with Robert DeNiro helping him along

Mom’s Got Game 

OWN, 10 p.m.

Pamela and JaVale McGhee navigate their mother/son relationship when mom is a former WNBA player and son is an NBA player

 Sunday January 19

AFC Championship: New England Patriots at Denver Broncos

CBS, 3 p.m.

Brady vs. Manning in a marquee matchup of future Hall of Fame quarterbacks

 NFC Championship: San Francisco 49’ers at the Seattle Seahawks 

Fox, 6:30 p.m.

Duel of the Black QB’s: Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick square off for the NFC title, ensuring at least one Black quarterback in the Super Bowl again this year

 READ IT:

 The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson

In 1946 Mississippi, young female lawyer seeks justice for a murdered Black man

SEE IT:

Ride Along 

Kevin Hart and Ice Cube team up in this comedy about what happens when Cube’s cop allow Hart’s security guard to join him on the job

PG-13

 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 

Chris Pine and Kevin Costner co-star in the latest adaptation of Tom Clancy’s best-selling spy novels

PG-13

IN CONCERT/EVENTS: 

 Friday, January 17

 KANSAS CITY, MO 

Charlie Wilson

Arvest Bank Theater at the Midland

8 p.m.

NORFOLK, VA

Eric Benet

Attucks Theater

8 p.m.

NEW YORK, N.Y. 

Sinbad 

Apollo Theater

7 p.m.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. 

An Evening With Bill Cosby

Crown Center

8 p.m.

NEWARK, N.J. 

Katt Williams: Growth Spurt

Newark Symphony Hall

8 p.m.

Saturday, January 18

THACKERVILLE, OK

Keith Sweat and SWV

8 p.m.

Global Event Center at WinStar Casino and Resort

MIAMI, FL 

Katt Williams: Growth Spurt 

James L. Knight Center

8 p.m.

Sunday, January 19

CINCINNATI, OH

Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds

8 p.m.

The Pavilion at Horseshoe Casino

8 p.m.

HOUSTON, TX

Lavell Crawford 1st Annual Martin Luther King Comedy Jam

Bayou

7 p.m.