1) Grammy awards, 8-11:30 p.m. ET (5-8:30 p.m. PT) Sunday, CBS. Trevor Noah has his sixth turn as host. Performers range from top stars (Sabrina Carpenter, shown here, was the first announced) to a number that links the new-artist nominees — Addison Rae, Alex Warren, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Sombr, Katseye and the Marias.
2) “American Idol” season-opener, 8-10 p.m. today, ABC. Maybe we’ll see future Grammy-winners here. Carrie Underwood won “Idol” at 21; now (21 years later), she has eight Grammys, has sold 95 million records … and starts work as an “Idol” judge. Also changing: This will be one night a week, not two; “Hollywood Week” will be in Nashville.
3) “Bridgerton” new season, Thursday, Netflix. As the second Bridgerton son, Benedict has savored sex (twosomes and threesomes) and art. His brother bought him a spot in the Royal Art Academy, where he showed talent (and had more sex). Now he turns serious: He meets a woman at an elegant ball and, “Cinderella”-style, can’t find her afterward.
4) “Wild Cards” season-opener, 8 p.m. today, CW. Likable characters help this survive a decline in the quality of its stories. The first season had a cute scam-artist link with cops to outsmart other crooks. The second strayed, looking for colorful settings. Now this hour brushes off its main story (pool-hall schemes) to set up a longer one. It’s still fun, but mildly.
5) “Memory of a Killer,” 9 p.m. today, Fox. In the post-football opener Sunday, we met a suburban dad (Patrick Dempsey) who’s secretly a hitman, while struggling with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Now his problems build: Someone seems to know where he lives and who his daughter is. In a fairly good hour, he ignores orders and goes on the attack.
6) “The Rookie,” 10 p.m. today, ABC. After being shelved for months, this now gets a prime spot. For 15 straight weeks, ABC says, it will have new episodes behind “Idol.” Tonight’s hour — Nolan and Bailey are on the town and see a murder — is set to rerun at 10 p.m. Tuesday. On March 3, the Tuesday spot goes to a Scott Speedman detective show.
7) “American Masters,” 9-10:30 p.m., Tuesday, PBS. The first half-hour is compelling and deeply moving. Using his words (plus photos and stylish art), it tells of Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust experience and the dark years after he was freed at 16. The final minutes are also moving. Some middle portions (a modern classroom, a Reagan controversy) run too long.
8) “Next Level Chef” opener, 8 p.m. Thursday, Fox. Eight pro chefs battle for five spots. (“Battle” is literal; two women have an intense tug-of-war over a tuna carcass.) The next two weeks will have home and internet chefs. That’s in a busy time for Fox’s reality shows. “Extracted” opens its season at 8 today; “Fear Factor” has its second episode at 9 Wednesday.
9) “Stumble,” 8:30 p.m. Friday, NBC. After two straight hilarious episodes, here’s one that’s merely quite funny. Amid a town blackout, the cheer team can’t practice. Its coach fidgets, schemes and ignores her husband’s free-time suggestions. We miss seeing most of the cheer kids — (catch them in a rerun at 8:30 Monday) — but there’s a dazzling moment near the end.
10) “Deliverance” (1972), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Moviea, or “I Am Burt Reynolds” (2021), 8-10 p.m., CW; both Saturday. You can catch Reynolds’ best film, the compelling story of a river trip gone bad. Or catch an excellent biography, with a former football star building a care-free movie image … then occasionally shifting to some potent work.