‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ Midseason Premiere: What Time & Channel Is it On?

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Caity Lotz as Sara Lance and Nick Zano as Nate Heywood in DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. (Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW)

How different would the world be without Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark? That important question will be answered in the midseason premiere of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The show moves to a new night, starting on Tuesday, January 24. It airs at 9 p.m. ET, right after The Flash. Read on for a preview of the episode.

In “Raiders of the Lost Art,” the main goal for the Legends is to finally get Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) back after finding him in 1967. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know that he’s Rip Hunter, so they have to convince him to go with them. Meanwhile, their mission is made a little difficult because an Aberration is making it hard for Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) and Nate Heywood (Nick Zano) to help.

That Aberration turns out to be George Lucas – the creator of Star Wars – dropping out of film school. Since Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark never exists, Nate and Ray lose their inspirations to become historians and scientists.

“Because of circumstances, the time aberration in episode 209 is George Lucas quits film school,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim told Entertainment Weekly. “As a result, he never makes Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark. As a result, Ray, who became an engineer because of Star Wars, and Nate, who became a historian because of Raiders, slowly start to lose their brilliance, because those things that inspired them to become who they are didn’t exist.”

Matt Angel, who appeared in an episode of Grimm and starred in Sweet/Vicious, plays a young George Lucas.

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The Legends dress for the 1960s. (Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW)

MIDSEASON PREMIERE DATE: Tuesday, January 24, 2017

TIME: 8 p.m. ET

CHANNEL: The CW (Click here to find your local The CW affiliate and type in your zip code.)

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: “Raiders of the Lost Art” – When Damien Darhk (guest star Neal McDonough) and Malcolm Merlyn (guest star John Barrowman) try to capture Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) in 1967, they create an Aberration big enough to draw the attention of the Legends. However, when the team arrives they discover that Rip has no memories of his past due to “time drift” and is just a graduate film student. After trying to convince Rip of who he was, they discover that he possesses an incredibly powerful artifact known as the Spear of Destiny, which the Legion of Doom is after. Ray (Bradon Routh) and Nate (Nick Zano) realize that the Aberration has also affected them personally making it difficult to help the team. Meanwhile, Rory (Dominic Purcell) asks Stein (Victor Garber) for help and makes him promise to keep it a secret from the team. Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh and Maisie Richardson-Sellers also star.

CAST:
Victor Garber as Dr. Martin Stein
Brandon Routh as Dr. Ray Palmer/The Atom
Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter
Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary
Franz Drameh as Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm
Nick Zano as Dr. Nate Haywood/Citizen Steel
Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Amaya Jiwe/Vixen
Nick Zano as Nate Heywood/Steel
Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash
Amy Pemberton as Gideon

Guest Star:
Matt Angel as George Lucas