1) “Finian’s Rainbow” (1968), 5:30 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. OK, we don’t usually associate Francis Coppola with Irish culture. But before his “Godfather” films, he beautifully directed this zesty musical. Tommy Steele and Fred Astaire star(they’re shown here), with Petula Clark, Tommy Steele a Don Francks star, with some great comic moments from Al Freeman Jr.
2) More St. Patrick’s Day shows. TCM precedes that at 3:30 with “Young Cassidy,” set in the Irish rebellion of 1910. On the lighter side, Hallmark has two romances set in Ireland –“As Luck Would Have It” (2021) at 6 p.m. and “Love of the Irish” (2025) at 8. And, alas, Syfy fills the day with leprechaun horror films; they’re every hour, to 2 a.m.
3) Sports overlap. The World Baseball Classic is concluding, just as the college basketball tournament begins. For baseball, the championship game is 8 p.m. ET on Fox. For basketball, games are at 6:30 and 9 p.m. ET today and Wednesday on TruTV. They fill the final spots in a 64-team tourney that starts Thursday on CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV.
4) “Will Trent,” 8 p.m., ABC. Will races to Puerto Rico, when he hears about the murder of a man with his uncle’s name. That’s followed by “High Potential” (the murder of a former astronaut) and “RJ Decker” (a tycoon’s son is missing).
5) ALSO: PBS stations have been in pledge-drive mode lately, but at 9 p.m. many will have a documentary movie about the barrier-bashing life of Bella Abzug. Also, some will have St. Patrick’s Day music, travel and even the morning parade from Dublin.