Best-bets for Feb. 23: heroics in fact and fiction

1) “Independent Lens: The Interrogator,” 10 p.m., PBS. Emerging from a hard-scrabble Houston neighborhood, Barbara Jordan (shown here) was an instant leader. Her Texas Southern University debate team beat Yale and tied Harvard. She got a law degree and was a pioneering state senator and congresswoman, delivering a potent impeachment talk. Here’s a compelling profile. Read more…

1) “Independent Lens: The Interrogator,” 10 p.m., PBS. Emerging from a hard-scrabble Houston neighborhood, Barbara Jordan (shown here) was an instant leader. Her Texas Southern University debate team beat Yale and tied Harvard. She got a law degree and was a pioneering state senator and congresswoman, delivering a potent impeachment talk. Here’s a compelling profile.

2) “CIA” debut, 10 p.m., CBS. Colin (Tom Ellis) is a CIA agent who keeps secrets and avoids rules. Goodman (Nick Gehlfuss) is an FBI guy; Colin calls him “a Boy Scout with a briefcase,” but needs an FBI link to work on U.S. soil. They’re a great combination, opening with a high-stakes case.

3) More, CBS. After a two-month winter nap, CBS suddenly is back. This week it has two debuts (“CIA” and Sunday’s “Marshals”), the start of the 50th survivor and 11 shows that finally return to new episodes. Tonight, that’s “The Neighborhood” at 8, “DMV” at 8:30, “FBI” at 9.

4) “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” 8-9 p.m., NBC. First is a rerun of the pilot film, with a disgraced football star (Tracy Morgan) and a failed filmmaker (Daniel Radcliffe) trying a comeback reality show. Then a new episode includes Reggie’s inability to apologize. There’s a hit-and-miss feel here, but at the right moments, it’s hilarious.

5) “The Voice” opener, 9-11 p.m., NBC. Fresh from the Olympics, NBC tries to start big. It has new rules and trims to three judges — the most successful one (Kelly Clarkson, four champs in nine tries), plus Adam Levine (three in 17 tries) and John Legend (one in nine). This overlaps with ABC’s “American Idol” and reruns at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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