TCM Schedule for Monday January 26, 2026 - Guest Programmer Michael Kalish

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Daytime has a birthday salute to Paul Newman.

(all times Eastern)

6:30 AM Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
2h | Drama | TV-PG
Adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a young man dreaming of stardom who meets up with a has-been movie star and travels with her to his small hometown to find the girl he left behind (and pregnant), only to be awaited by her father.
Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight

8:45 AM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
2h | Western | TV-14
A self-appointed judge cleans up a corrupt western town twice.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs

11:00 AM The Prize (1963)
2h 16m | Suspense | TV-PG
An American Nobel Prize-winner gets mixed up with spies when he travels to Stockholm to collect his award.
Director: Mark Robson. Cast: Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer

1:30 PM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
1h 48m | Drama | TV-PG
As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, lies and secrets surface that threaten to rip the family apart.
Director: Richard Brooks. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives

3:30 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
1h 53m | Drama | TV-PG
True story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Director: Robert Wise. Cast: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane

5:30 PM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
2h 9m | Drama | TV-14
A brooding loner is sentenced to a prison chain-gang, stands up to the Nazi-like guards, and eventually becomes the leader of his fellow prisoners.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg. Cast: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon

8:00 PM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
1h 51m | Drama | TV-PG
The landmark teen film that solidified Dean's image with the public, follows the story of rebellious middle-class teens, disenfranchised with their parents, and given to a life of thuggery and deadly, dangerous drag racing to win over women.
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

10:00 PM Blue Hawaii (1961)
1h 41m | Musical | TV-PG
A Hawaiian playboy defies his possessive mother to take a job with a tourist agency.
Director: Norman Taurog. Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury

12:00 AM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1h 40m | Suspense | TV-PG
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
Director: John Huston. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

1:45 AM The Apartment (1960)
2h 5m | Comedy | TV-PG
An aspiring executive lets his bosses use his apartment for assignations, only to fall for the big chief's mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

4:00 AM Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
1h 57m | Drama | TV-14
A husband and wife fight to conquer alcoholism.
Director: Blake Edwards. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford