Daily Best Bets

1) Super Bowl, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox. After three straight years of rooting for or against the New England Patriots, we now have new teams. The Pats have been in five of the past eight Super Bowls, winning three of them, but here are two others: The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t been to the game in 50 years; the San Francisco 49ers were there in 2013, their only Super Bowl loss after five wins. To get here, Jimmy Garoppolo (shown here) and the 49ers bounced back from a 4-14 season … and the Chiefs overcome a 24-0 deficit in a play-off game. Read more…

1) “Doctor Zhivago” (1965) and “Funny Girl” (1968), 8 and 11:30 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. The 25th year of “31 Days of Oscar,” starts splendidly. It will be stuffed with Oscar-winners, each with a connection to the film that follows, In this case, the link is Omar Sharif (. He stars in the large and lush “Zhivago,” then co-stars in the musical “Funny Girl.” Both were nominated for best picture, but didn’t win. “Zhivago” won five other Oscars; “Funny Girl” won for Barbra Streisand’s great performance, mixing humor, heartbreak and superb music. Read more…

1) “Magnum P.I.” mid-season finale, 9 p.m., CBS. Faced with a drama overload, CBS keeps shuffling. Next week, “Tommy” (an excellent Edie Falco cop show) takes over the “Evil” slot on Thursday and “MacGyver” (on the shelf for four-plus months) returns to Fridays. .“Magnum” steps aside for a while, after tonight’s episode (shown here): Jin, the pickpocket, learns that an innocent woman is the target of a hit; he asks Magnum and Higgins to protect her. Read more…

1) “The Good Place” series-finale, 8:30-10 p.m., NBC. One of the TV’s best and brightest shows is leaving – voluntarily and way too soon. “Good Place” (shown here in a previous episode) has won the best-comedy award from the Television Critics Association and been nominated by the Emmys and the Golden Globes. It’s won Peabody and American Film Institute awards, while taking a smart and offbeat look at the afterlife. Last week, our characters finally got to the real “good place” and Michael (Ted Danson) was put in charge. Read more…

1) “Harry & Meghan: The Royals in Crisis,” 8 p.m., Fox. When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (shown here) exited their royal duties, pop culture hit overdrive. Fox says this hour, produced by TMZ, has Mark Cuban, Lisa Vanderpump, Phil McGraw and “more than a dozen people with real ties” to the royals. Read more…

1) “Miracle Workers: Dark Ages,” 10:30 p.m., TBS. King Cragnoor the Heartless earned his name as a young man. His son, alas, remains Prince Chauncley the (To Be Determined). He’s not sure about taking over the family business; neither is Mary Poopshoveler (we’re using a euphemism). She dreams of getting an education … except there’s not currently any knowledge available. This is from the writer of last year’s brilliant “Miracle Workers,” with the same actors (Daniel Radcliffe, shown here,, Steve Buscemi, etc.) in new roles. The result is hilarious.
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1) “Bob (hearts) Abishola,” 8:30 p.m., CBS. Gina Yashere (shown here) has been the semi-secret strengths of this terrific show. She’s a writer and producer, guiding it through the intricacies of Nigerian/American customs; she also co-stars as Kemi. In this dandy rerun, Kemi has lied – or, at least, been slow to tell the truth – to her friend Abishola. And with Bob’s mom remaining ill, her kids insist she should make a will. Read more…

1) Grammys, 8-11 p.m. ET, CBS. On his final Grammycast (after 40 years), producer Ken Ehrlich continues the “Grammy moments” he’s known for. When Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus (shown here) do “Old Town Road,” they’ll add BTS, Diplo and more. A tribute to the late Nipsy Hussle links Kirk Franklin, John Legend, DJ Khaled, and YG. Run-D.M.C. links with Aerosmith … and a song from “Fame”: has Camila Cabello, Joshua Bell, Misty Copeland, Common and more. Also performing: Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani. Jonas Brothers, Lizzo, more. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. After a five-week break, “SNL” is finally back with a new episode, its first in 2020. Adam Driver hosts and Halsey is the music guest. Driver has done this twice before; shown here is a previous sketch with Kate McKinnons. A hear ago, Halsey doubled as host and music guest, doing two spectacular music numbers. Read more…

1) Figure skating, 8-11 p.m., NBC. Here are the women’s finals, choosing a 2020 champion. (Show here is Alysa Liu, who was last year’s winner at 13.) The guys, as usual don’t get prime time; they’ll have their short programs from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday and their finals from 3-6 p.m. Sunday. Those are on NBC; there’s more on the NBC Sports Network and via streaming/ Read more…