1) U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 8-11 p.m., NBC. Four weeks before the Winter Olympics begin, the U.S. picks its stars. Tonight has women (led by Amber Glenn, shown here) and pairs, Saturday has men and free-dance. At 2 p.m. ET Sunday, the Olympic figure-skating team will be announced.
2) Football, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN. In the first round of the college championships, the four top-ranked teams had a bye. Then three of them promptly lost in the second round. The exception was top-ranked Indiana; now it faces Oregon (ranked No. 5) in the Peach Bowl. The winner faces Thursday’s winner on Jan. 19.
3) “Sheriff Country,” 8 p.m., CBS. Probing an assault at the high school, the sheriff finds a web of lies. In a night of reruns, that’s followed by one for “Fire Country” (Manny tells Bode about a troubling discovery) and “Boston Blue” (Lena’s intensity puts Danny in the rare position of moderation).
4) “The American Revolution,” 9-11 p.m., PBS. This reruns the start of Ken Burns’ masterful six-parter. It begins with 13 colonies that have little in common. Then they’re molded by disputes with the British. Tonight ends in 1775, at the brink of a powerful change in world history.
5) ALSO: There’s violence from gladiators (“Spartacus: House of Ashur,” at 1:55 and 10 p.m. on Starz) and bare-knuckle fighters (“A Thousand Blows” season-opener on Hulu). The latter wraps a streaming week that on Thursday brought the six-part crime mini-series “His & Hers” on Netflix and the season-opener of the Emmy-winning “Pitt” on HBO Max.