1) Sports surge. The baseball season starts with one game Wednesday (Yankees-Giants, 8:05 p.m. ET on Netflix) and lots on Thursday, including two on NBC — Pirates and Mets at 1:15 p.m., Dodgers (shown here) and Diamondback at 8:30. Also, Thursday is when the college basketball tourney starts a new round, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. on CBS, 7:30 and 10 on TBS. Read more…
1) College basketball tournament. This starts at 3:30 and 6 p.m. PT Tuesday and Wednesday on TruTV, filling the last four spots. Then comes the cascade: On Thursday and Friday, CBS has games at 9 and 11:30 a.m. PT and 4 and 6:30 p.m. Then it’s 9 and 11:30 a.m. and 2 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 9, 11:30 and 2 Sunday. There’s more on TBS, TNT and TruTV.(Shown here is top-rated Duke.) Read more…
1) Academy Awards, 7 p.m. ET Sunday, ABC. Conan O’Brien hosts a night led by “Sinners” and (shown here) “One Battle After Another.” They have 16 and 13 nominations; for best-picture, they face “Marty Supreme,” “Frankenstein” and “Sentimental Value” (9 apiece), “Hamnet” (8) and “F1,” “Train Dreams,” “Secret Agent” and “Bugonia” (4 each). Read more…
1) “NCIS” shows return, 8-11 p.m. Tuesday, CBS. After waiting for the Olympics, State of the Union and more, all three have new hours. Ellie (Emily Wickersham, shown here), now a suspected terrorist, returns to the original show. On “Origins” (9 p.m.), young Gibbs, already widowed, has married Diane; they ponder their future. On “Sydney” (10 p.m.), the team probes a murder in Antarctica. Read more…
1) “Marshals” debut, 8 p.m. Sunday, CBS. In “Yellowstone,” Kayce Dutton (shown here) left his family’s mega-ranch to be a SEAL and then to live on the neighboring reservation, where his wife grew up. Now a former military buddy is a U.S. marshal who needs help. The opener lays on the macho-folks dialog way too thick, but gives us sturdy people to care about. 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) Olympic figure-skating. The men — led by U.S. whiz Ilia Malinin — start at 12:30 p.m. ET Tuesday on USA, then 1:45 to 5 on NBC; their finals are 1 p.m. Friday, USA; 3-5 p.m,, NBC. Ice dancers are 1:20 p.m. today, USA; 2:40 to 5, NBC. Pairs start at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, USA, 3-5 p.m., NBC. And it’s all repackaged on NBC, from 8-11 p.m. nightly. Read more…
1) Super Bowl, 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC. The Seattle Seahawks (shown here) and New England Patriots, each 14-3, collide. It’s the 12th Super Bowl for the Patriots (going for their seventh win), but the first in\seven years. They got here with a snowy, 10-7 win over the Broncos. It’s the fourth Super Bowl for the Seahawks, eyeing their second win; they edged the Rams, 31-27. Read more…
1) Grammy awards, 8-11:30 p.m. ET (5-8:30 p.m. PT) Sunday, CBS. Trevor Noah has his sixth turn as host. Performers range from top stars (Sabrina Carpenter, shown here, was the first announced) to a number that links the new-artist nominees — Addison Rae, Alex Warren, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Sombr, Katseye and the Marias. Read more…
1) Football championships, today and Sunday. There are three big ones this week. First, the college title game, at 7:30 p.m. ET today on ESPN. Top-ranked Indiana (shown here) — fresh from 38-3 and 56-22 wins — faces 10th-ranked Miami. Then, on Sunday, the pros decide the conference champions (and Super Bowl teams). It’s the AFC at 3 on CBS and NFC at 6:30 on Fox. Read more…
