Day: January 6, 2022

1) Football. The college season ends today … but the pros are just starting their month-long trek to the Super Bowl. First is the college championship game (8 p.m.ET today on ESPN and ESPN2), which is simply a rematch of the SEC championship game. Alabama beat Georgia 41-24 in that one; in the rest of the season, Georgia is 13-0, with an average score of 48-7; Alabama (shown here) is 12-1, with a 41-18 average. Then the NFL takes over. It has two games Saturday, three more on Sunday and one next Monday. Read more…

1) “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. Here’s a sweeping adventure, with deep characters and the true story of an Englishman who led Arab revolutionaries. The film won seven Oscars, including best picture and director (David Lean).It also drew nominations for Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif (they’re shown here) and for the script, written by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson — who was then anonymous, because of blacklisting. The American Film Institute puts it at No. 7 on its all-time list. Read more…