Best-bets for March 4: slime, spies and Bond

1) “Kids Choice Awards,” 7 p.m., Nickelodeon channels, plus CMT, TV Land, and MTV2. Each year, this offers lots of star and slime. This year’s hosts are Nate Burleson of “NFL Slimetime” and Charli D’Amelio, who was slimed two years ago. There’s music by Bebe Rexha (shown here) and Young Dylan and a career award for Adam Sandler. Presenters include Pete Davidson, Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina, Chris Pine, Halle Bailey, Seth Rogen and more. Read more…

1) “Kids Choice Awards,” 7 p.m., Nickelodeon channels, plus CMT, TV Land, and MTV2. Each year, this offers lots of star and slime. This year’s hosts are Nate Burleson of “NFL Slimetime” and Charli D’Amelio, who was slimed two years ago. There’s music by Bebe Rexha (shown here) and Young Dylan and a career award for Adam Sandler. Presenters include Pete Davidson, Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina, Chris Pine, Halle Bailey, Seth Rogen and more.

2) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. These days, athletes are gobbling up the TV time. ABC has the pros — hockey at 1 and 3:30 p.m. and basketball (Suns-Bucks) at 8:30; others have college basketball. And “SNL” has Travis Kelce host..He caught 110 passes uring the regular season, then had six more (and a touchdown) in the Super Bowl, helping the Chiefs beat his brother’s team, the Eagles. Kelsea Ballerini is the music guest.

3) “Navalny,” 8-10 p.m. ET, CNN. Here’s a fresh chance to see this Oscar-nominated documentary, eight days before the Academy Awards. We meet Alexei Navalny (Putin’s foe in the presidential race) after barely surviving a poisoning. Recovering with his wife and daughter (a Stanford student), he prepares to return to Russia … and tricks a scientist into virtually confessing a role in the poisoning.

4) “True Lies,” 8 p.m., CBS. If you missed this debut Wednesday, catch it now. Ginger Gonzaga plays a college prof whose husband (Steve Howey) failed to mention he’s a top spy. Naturally, she then trains to join him. The result gets silly at times, but offers a slick blend of action and humor.

5) Movies. A James Bond marathon is 11:40 a.m. to 3:10 a.m. on MGM+ (formerly Epix). You can catch four different Bonds by catching the films at 3:55, 5:50, 8 and 10:10. p.m. On a more-serious note, “Black Girl Missing” (8-10 p.m., Lifetime) looks at the disparity of attention given to cases. And Turner Classic Movies continues its Oscar emphasis, including “Some Like It Hot” (1959) and “Tom Jones” (1963), at 5:45 and 8 p.m. ET.
— Mike Hughes, TV America

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