Best-bets for March 13: Bieber and basketball

1) “Kids Choice Awards, 7:30-9 p.m., Nickelodeon, rerunning at 9:30. Kenan Thompson hosts and Justin Bieber (shown here) performs – a year later than expected. Bieber was scheduled for last year, until the show was delayed two months and done virtually. This one will also be virtual, but he’ll sing “Anyone” and (with Quavo) “Intentions.” His wife Hailey will appear; so will Kim Kardashian, Lin-Mamuel Miranda, Gal Gadot, BTS, Millie Bobby Brown, Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Garner, Tiffany Haddish and more. Read more…

1) “Kids Choice Awards, 7:30-9 p.m., Nickelodeon, rerunning at 9:30. Kenan Thompson hosts and Justin Bieber (shown here) performs – a year later than expected. Bieber was scheduled for last year, until the show was delayed two months and done virtually. This one will also be virtual, but he’ll sing “Anyone” and (with Quavo) “Intentions.” His wife Hailey will appear; so will Kim Kardashian, Lin-Mamuel Miranda, Gal Gadot, BTS, Millie Bobby Brown, Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Garner, Tiffany Haddish and more.

2) Basketball tournaments, all day. On the eve of the NCAA tournment annoumcements, there will be basketball everywhere. CBS has the Big Ten semi-finals at 1 and 3:30 p.m. ET, with the Moumtain West championship at 6. Fox has the Big East finals at 8:30 p.m. ET and cable will be stuffed. ESPN has SEC semi-finals at 1 and 3:30 p.m., with finals at 6 (Big 12), 8:30 (ACC) and 10:30 (Pac-12).

3) “A House on Fire,” 8-10 p.m., Lifetime. Debora Green was an emergency-room doctor whose marriage to another doctor quickly deteriorated. He fell ill often – poison was suspected – and died in a fire. Stephanie March stars, depicting a woman whose addiction and mental illness were ignored.

4) “Game of Talents,” 9 p.m., Fox. Here’s a quick rerun of Wednesday’s opener, with people guessing someone’s talent. The skill is impressive; the gamesmanship not so much. The structure makes the first few rounds irrelevant; also, the clues are wildly imbalanced. Some are difficult; one absurdly easy: With “gospel singer” as one of the choices, the clues reel off the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

5) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. Here’s a rerun of the Jan. 30 episode, with John Krasinski hosting and Machine Gun Kelly as music guest. There’s another rerun next week, but March 27 will be new, with Maya Rudolph hosting and Jack Harlow as music guest.

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