Best-bets for Jan. 12: football, fun and murders

1) Football, 8:15 p.m. ET, ABC and ESPN. The first round of the pro playoffs concludes with the Texans facing Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers (shown here). The Texans were 12-5 in the regular season; the Steelers were 10-7, but get home field because they won their division. Tonight’s winner joins seven others — five from this past weekend, plus the Broncos and Seahawks — Saturday and Sunday. Read more…

1) Football, 8:15 p.m. ET, ABC and ESPN. The first round of the pro playoffs concludes with the Texans facing Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers (shown here). The Texans were 12-5 in the regular season; the Steelers were 10-7, but get home field because they won their division. Tonight’s winner joins seven others — five from this past weekend, plus the Broncos and Seahawks — Saturday and Sunday.

2) “Stumble,” 8:30 p.m., NBC. This comedy (uneven, but sometimes quite funny) is in a two-a-week routine. It has reruns Mondays (after a new “St. Denis Medical”), new episodes Fridays. Tonight’s rerun is fairly good, as the cheer team plans a Media Day routine, with its star in a wheelchair.

3) “Best Medicine,” 8 p.m., Fox. Here’s the third chance to see the charming opener of this “Doc Martin” reboot. It’s followed by a rerun of a pivotal “Doc,” with a crisis at Jake’s father’s funeral. Both shows have excellent new episodes on Tuesday.

4) “My Life is Murder,” www.acorn.tv. After a so-so season-opener, the show bounces back with a fairly sharp mystery. This one is death-by-jellyfish, taking Alexa to an aquarium on New Zealand’s waterfront.

5) ALSO: At 10 p.m., NBC’s “Brilliant Minds” has a cowboy who’s a patient; PBS has a documentary about Latino colleagues in their post-combat lives. Movies include two great directors: Rob Reiner (“A Few Good Men,” 8 p.m., BBC America) and Tim Burton (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Beetlejuice,” 6:15 and 8:55, Freeform).

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