Best-bets for Jan. 10: sports stars, brawny and nimble

1) Football. Now the pros take over. College football had its semi-finals Thursday and Friday; the NFL starts its playoffs today. At 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox, the Panthers — the only playoff team with a losing record — face the Rams (shown here). At 8, Amazon Prime has the Packers and Bears. There are three more games Sunday and one Monday. Read more…

1) Football. Now the pros take over. College football had its semi-finals Thursday and Friday; the NFL starts its playoffs today. At 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox, the Panthers — the only playoff team with a losing record — face the Rams (shown here). At 8, Amazon Prime has the Packers and Bears. There are three more games Sunday and one Monday.

2) Figure skating, 8-11 p.m., NBC. While the big guys are colliding, smaller ones will be spinning and swirling. Tonight has the national-championship finals for men and free-dance. Women and pairs had their finals Saturday; at 2 p.m. ET Sunday, we learn who will skate for the Olympic team.

3) “TV We Love,” 8 and 9 p.m., CW. This reruns hours about “The Brady Bunch” and “Happy Days.” Except for one similarity — both focus on cute teens — they’re opposites: “Happy Days” went beyond its cliches, creating clever moments for talented stars (Ron Howard, Henry Winkler) and guests (Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Robin Williams).

4) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. On the eve of her second turn hosting the Golden Globes, here’s a rerun of Nikki Glaser hosting “SNL.” The music guest calls himself Sombr.

5) ALSO: At 8 p.m., Lifetime has Kate Cassidy portraying Karen Read, the financial analyst accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston Cop. CBS had also planned a true-crime tale (a “Harlan Coben’s Final Twist” rerun), but now has changed its plan. Coben will have new episodes at 8 p.m. Tuesdays and reruns at 10 p.m. Wednesdays; tonight’s 8 p.m. slot goes to a “Tracker” rerun, with Colter and his brother (Jensen Ackles) probing a scary conspiracy.

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