1) “Best Medicine,” 8 p.m., Fox. For the second straight week, the town has a big, bizarre festival. Last week’s blueberry fest was awash in blue; now a “Blood Factory” event is all-red. That’s trouble for the doctor, who’s allergic to blood … and (shown here) trouble for the participants. “Best” has become the opposite of the show it’s based on. “Doc Martin” was droll, dry and clever; this is just amiably goofy. Read more…
1) Winter Olympics. The final week begins, with NBC going live at 10 a.m. ET (instead of noon on other weekdays) and carrying a women’s hockey semi-final at 10:40. The USA Network starts the pairs figure finals — which includes the U.S. duo of Danny O’Shea and Ellie Kam, shown here — at 1:45; at 3:55, NBC takes over and USA catches the other hockey game. And as usual, NBC re-packages it all, from 8-11 p.m. Read more…
After a long Olympic break, “Saturday Night Live” will return with three new episodes.
They’ll be hosted by Ryan Gosling (shown here), Connor Storrie and … well, somebody.
The Winter Olympics bump “SNL” on Feb. 7, 14 and 21. Once that’s done, however, there will be new episodes: Read more…
1) “The Simpsons,” 8 p.m., Fox. The first episode (back in 1989) included the rescuing of a scraggy greyhound. Now the 800th shows what happened next: Homer overindulges him; Marge transforms him into a sleek champion… and takes him to a national dog show in Philadelphia. The rest is awash in Philly (shown here) and “National Treasure” moments, many of them quite funny. Read more…
1) Olympic figure skating. The pairs’ long program starts at 2 p.m. ET today on the USA Network, then moves to NBC from 12:55 to 2. Then the women (shown here is the U.S.; Alysa Liu) take over — short, Tuesday (12:35 p.m., USA; 2:40, NBC); long, Thursday (1-5 p.m., NBC). There’s a gala — no rules, just fun — at 12:55 a.m. and 13:40 p.m. Saturday. And it’s all repackaged at night. Read more…
1) Valentine’s Day movies, Hallmark Channel. For Hallmark, this is like Super Bowl Sunday. Beginning at 8 am., it reruns romance tales every two hours; four have “Valentine” in the title, all have young love. At 8, “Because of Cupid” (shown here) debuts, adding a supernatural touch. Also, Great American Family has its own love marathon, every two hours starting at 6 a.m. Read more…
1) Figure skating. It’s time for the men’s finals, with strong prospects. Ilia Malinin (shown here), the U.S. “quad god,” has been considered the favorite. Japan’s Yuri Kagiyama, however, topped him in the short program during the team portion and came close during the individuakl short program. That’s 12:45 p.m. ET on the USA Network, then 3-5 on NBC. Read more…
1) “Next Level Chef,” 8 p.m., Fox. In pro football, Jared Veldeer says, he was “a professional fat guy,” 318 pounds. He was a starting offensive lineman for six teams over a decade. Then he trimmed and became a rarity — “a 6-foot-8 lunch lady” at his kids’ school. Now he’s among eight contestants (including a school cop) competing for five spots, in a fun hour. He’s shown here with Gordon Ramsay, a former soccer pro. Read more…
1) “Nova: Mammal Origins,” 9 p.m., PBS. In our minds, we’re descended from the boldest beasts, which ruled the planet. Science, alas, finds that mammals probably evolved from critters (depicted here) who burrowed and hid, while the big guys were vanquished. That’s illustrated here, with terrific special effects. Read more…
When viewers met Jeanine Mason, she was a teen dancer, quick and joyful.
Now she’s a vigilante suspect (fictionally), filled with rage. That requires some acting.
“There’s a lot of anger, there’s a lot of fear” in the character, Mason (shown here) told the Television Critics Association. “We wanted you to be scared of her, certainly, but … you see how much she’s carrying.”
That’s for the second season of “Cross,” which starts with three episodes Wednesday (Feb. 11) on Amazon Prime, then has five weekly episodes. Read more…
