Day: March 23, 2023

Best-bets for March 25: Skaters and dunkers share the night

1) Basketball and figure-skating. The 7-footers and the 5-footers each have their moments tonight. The big guys are in the college basketball tournament, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. ET on TBS, setting half of next Saturday’s final four. And the petite folks (shown here) are in the finals of the World Figure Skating Championships; that’s tape-delayed from 8-10 p.m. on NBC. For more sports, catch XFL football (7 p.m., FX) or pro hockey (Capitals-Penguins, 8 p.m. ET, ABC). Read more…

Week’s top-10 for March 27: Joni, country and a drama surge

1) “CMT Music Awards,” 8-11 p.m. Sunday, CBS. Once confined to cable, this is now a big-network event, stuffed with stars. Performers include the hosts – Kelsea Ballerini (shown here) and Kane Brown – plus Lainey Wilson (who leads with four nominations), Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Carly Pierce, Cody Johnson, Katelyn Brown (Kane’s wife) and many more. The CMT network, which created the awards, will have a red-carpet at 7. Read more…