1) Super Bowl, 6:30 p.m. ET, NBC. The New England Patriots (shown here) have already been to the Super Bowl 11 times (a record), winning six (tied with the Steelers). Now they face the Seattle Seahawks, who have been here three times, winning once. Both were 14-3 in the regular season.
2) Super Bowl fuss. The “Road to the Super Bowl” film is at noon ET, with the pre-game show at 1. At 6, this moves to the field, with music by Charlie Puth (National Anthem), Brandi Carlile (“America the Beautiful”) and Coco Jones (“Lift Every Voice and Sing”). Bad Bunny does the halftime show.
3) Olympics. While people talk about football on NBC, team figure-skating has its finals on USA. It will be pairs at 1:30 p.m., women at 2:45 and men at 3:55. That’s part of all-day coverage by USA, including men’s luge finals at 12:45 p.m. NBC will be there from 7 to noon (including women’s Alpine skiing at 9:20) and repackages coverage after the game.
4) “Miss Scarlet.” 8 p.m., PBS. Here’s the season’s best episode, one the show has built toward. We’ve seen the romance between a young police detective and a charming secretary; we’ve also seen Eliza nab a crime kingpin. Now that builds into a jailhouse siege. It’s followed by fairly good episodes of “All Creatures Great and Small” and “Bookish.”
5) ALSO: Most spots settle for reruns: At 8 p.m., Fox’s “The Simpsons” (Bart runs for student council) and CBS “Tracker” (amateur sleuths); at 9, ABC’s “Ameriocan Idol.”But HBO has new episodes of “Industry” and “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” at 9 and 10. Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl” is at 2, 5 and 8 p.m., with puppy features starting at 6 a.m.
— Mike Hughes, TV America