On TV Tonight for Wednesday, January 3: ‘The Amazing Race’ returns, ‘Black-ish’ kid goes to college in ‘Grown-ish’

Check Out What’s On TV Tonight:

“Grown-ish” (8:00 p.m., Freeform):  A contemporary take on the current issues facing both students and administrators in the world of higher education. Yara Shahidi portrays Zoey – Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially active 17-year-old daughter — as she heads off to college and quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest. Yara is joined by ”black-ish”’s Deon Cole (Charlie) who portrays Charlie, Dre’s eccentric and unpredictable co-worker at Stevens & Lido. Zoey runs into Charlie during college orientation where she learns that he moonlights as an adjunct marketing professor. Arlook will portray Miriam, a freshman know-it-all at Southern California University with a no-holds-barred attitude. Parnell will portray the dean of Southern California University, and Jackson will portray a socially conscious sophomore at Southern California University.

“The Amazing Race” (8:00 p.m., CBS): The Emmy-winning show is back for a 30th season with 11 teams trying to win  $1 million. This season the teams depart from New York and head to their first destination, Ireland, where they must travel through a massive canyon high above the Geitargljufur River. 

“The X-Files” (8:00 p.m., FOX): Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) are reunited for one last time in the upcoming 10-episode season. This season’s storyline involves the pair looking for their son.