All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally.
Saturday, Feb. 10
Love & Jane
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
An old-fashioned career woman (Alison Sweeney) who is stuck in life and love finds guidance from Jane Austen, who appears in her living room to help her move forward in more ways than one.
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Supporting Actress
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar event continues this morning and into the early evening with a lineup featuring films costarring women who won or were nominated for Best Supporting Actress: Merrily We Live (1938, nomination for Billie Burke), Caged (1950, nomination for Hope Emerson), Mogambo (1953, nomination for Grace Kelly), Rebel Without a Cause (1955, nomination for Natalie Wood), Singin’ in the Rain (1952, nomination for Jean Hagen), Harvey (1950, win for Josephine Hull) and Butterflies Are Free (1972, win for Eileen Heckart). Starting in primetime and going into tomorrow morning are films featuring Best Supporting Actress winners: Written on the Wind (1956, Dorothy Malone); The Miracle Worker (1962, Patty Duke); Pollock (2000, Marcia Gay Harden), making its TCM premiere; A Patch of Blue (1965, Shelley Winters); and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952, Gloria Grahame).
NHL Hockey
ABC, beginning at 1pm Live
Saturday NHL action on ABC has the St. Louis Blues at the Buffalo Sabres and the Washington Capitals at the Boston Bruins.
College Basketball
CBS & ESPN, beginning at 2pm Live
College hoops highlights include a CBS doubleheader featuring Illinois at Michigan State and Gonzaga at Kentucky. Tonight, ESPN airs Baylor at Kansas.
Super Bowl Soulful Celebration 25th Anniversary
CBS, 8pm
Cedric the Entertainer and Tichina Arnold host this one-hour music special at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. NFL players join with award-winning performers for a night celebrating a shared love of music, faith and the exhilaration of football.
Sunday, Feb. 11
“Designing Women” Super Belle Sunday II Marathon
Antenna TV, beginning at 5am
Once again, Antenna TV is calling timeout on football and halftime shows with its second Super Bowl Sunday 24-hour marathon of episodes from the classic 1986-93 sitcom Designing Women, led by Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Meshach Taylor.
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Supporting Actress
TCM, beginning at 6:15am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar event continues this morning and into the early evening with a lineup featuring more films costarring women who won or were nominated for Best Supporting Actress: Primrose Path (1940, nomination for Marjorie Rambeau), Love Affair (1939, nomination for Maria Ouspenskaya), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, nomination for Agnes Moorehead), Jezebel (1938, win for Fay Bainter), My Man Godfrey (1936, nomination for Alice Brady), Pillow Talk (1959, nomination for Thelma Ritter) and A Passage to India (1984, win for Peggy Ashcroft). Starting in primetime and going into tomorrow morning are films featuring Best Supporting Actress winners: The Razor’s Edge (1946, Anne Baxter), None but the Lonely Heart (1944, Ethel Barrymore), Key Largo (1948, Claire Trevor) and Anthony Adverse (1936, Gale Sondergaard).
Great American Rescue Bowl 2024
Great American Family, 12pm
It’s the Adorables vs. the Cuddlers as this annual event returns with fluffy, adopted puppies and kitties in a bowl game that raises awareness of the huge number of wonderful animals in local shelters across the country. Beth Stern returns as host, alongside Brian Balthazar and Dan Mannarino.
“Love Me” Marathon
MeTV, beginning at 12pm
Just ahead of Valentine’s Day, MeTV offers six and a half hours of memorable romantic episodes from classic sitcoms: The Brady Bunch, Leave It to Beaver, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan’s Island, Mama’s Family, The Love Boat and The Andy Griffith Show.
Puppy Bowl XX
Animal Planet/Discovery Channel/TBS/truTV, 2pm; also streams on discovery+ & Max
This cute Super Bowl alternate programming event returns for its 20th installment with a three-hour broadcast featuring 131 puppies from 73 shelters and rescues across 36 states and territories — including the all-time smallest pup, Sweetpea, weighing in at 1.7 pounds, and the biggest, Levi the Great Dane, at 72 pounds. Six special needs puppy players will also be introduced. Referee Dan Schachner returns for his 13th year and, for the first time, has a puppy assistant, Whistle, to help him call fouls and fumbles.
Stupid Pet Tricks
TBS, 5pm
New Series!
Hosted by renowned comedian Sarah Silverman, this comedy variety show reimagines the iconic segment from The Late Show With David Letterman and features a parade of pets performing ridiculous and impressive tricks onstage in front of a live audience. Following this special premiere, which also airs on Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and truTV, a new episode will debut Mondays on TBS beginning Feb. 12.
Super Bowl LVIII
CBS, 6:30pm Live
An event that needs no hype takes place in a city that thrives on it. Super Bowl LVIII (that’s 58 for those who struggle with Roman math) between the NFL’s AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and NFC champion San Francisco 49ers is played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It’s the first time “The Entertainment Capital of the World” hosts America’s biggest annual TV spectacle. Last year, an average of 115.1 million people watched the Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII on FOX, making it the most-watched U.S. TV program of all time. This time around, CBS airs the game with Jim Nantz and Tony Romo calling the action, R&B megastar Usher performing at halftime, and advertisers spending big money on commercials (about $7 million for 30 seconds) hoping you’ll spend big money on candy, snacks, beer, carbonated beverages, electric vehicles and items from questionable online marketplaces. If you’re still awake after the prolonged postgame celebration, CBS premieres the new drama Tracker. — Ryan A. Berenz
Love by Design
UPtv, 7pm
Original Film!
Brokenhearted, out-of-work Brooke (Jackie Moore) makes her 30th birthday wish on the vision board she created as a hopeful teen. Miraculously, her wishes start coming true — from launching her own design business to meeting the man on her vision board. But while life has a way of working out, Brooke learns that it doesn’t always work out the way you expect. Joey Lawrence and Jack Pearson costar.
Miss Scarlet and the Duke
PBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The Season 4 finale, “The Fugitive,” finds Eliza (Kate Phillips) on the trail of a man who has been charged with murder. She must find him before the police do or risk losing everything.
All Creatures Great and Small: “The Home Front”
PBS, 9pm
When her father, Richard (Tony Pitts), needs some help, Helen (Rachel Shenton) returns to Heston Grange. There, buried family secrets threaten to tear their relationship apart as Richard refuses to let her muck in on the farm. Meanwhile, Gerald’s (Will Thorp) beloved dog, Rock, needs veterinary help, but he is too worried about the operation, so Mrs. Hall (Anna Madeley) pushes him to do the right thing.
Tracker
CBS, 10pm
New Series!
This Is Us alum Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family. The series is based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver.
Funny Woman
PBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 1 conclusion of this British drama, the team reunites to record the last show. It is a triumph, but there are a few surprises still in store for Barbara (Gemma Arterton) as the series reaches its finale.
Monday, Feb. 12
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Art Direction
TCM, beginning at 5:30am
Catch a Classic!
This morning’s Oscar lineup includes a selection of films that were nominated or won for Best Art Direction. First up, the fictional kingdom of Marshovia is in deep financial straits, so its ambassador persuades Count Danilo to marry a young, rich widow to save the country from bankruptcy in The Merry Widow (1934). Next, Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer and Robert Redford star in the drama Inside Daisy Clover (1965), about a tomboy turned movie star, and a couple from Manhattan move into a dilapidated house in Pennsylvania where George Washington allegedly slept in the comedy George Washington Slept Here (1942). Next up is the 1940 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and then the Vincente Minnelli fantasy musical Brigadoon (1954). Finally, in the adventure drama The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), an Englishman on holiday must impersonate the king when his distant cousin, the rightful heir, is drugged and kidnapped, and King Arthur’s rule is threatened by a forbidden romance between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere in Knights of the Round Table (1953), starring Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner.
The Neighborhood
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 6 premiere “Welcome to the Foos Box,” Marty and Calvin (Marcel Spears and Cedric the Entertainer) are struggling with different management styles at work, and one of Marty’s new employees, Courtney (guest star Skye Townsend), might become something more.
Celebrity IOU
HGTV, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “Sterling K. Brown’s Family Affair,” the This Is Us star is giving back to the woman he considers family and who has cared for his family for the last six years. She has purchased her first home, and Sterling wants Jonathan and Drew’s help to surprise her with the home of her dreams.
America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League: “Final Performances”
NBC, 8pm
The best-of-the-best acts showcase their talents in hopes of being crowned the inaugural Fantasy League champion. The audience votes to choose the winner, who will be crowned next week.
Antiques Roadshow: “Old Sturbridge Village, Hour 3”
PBS, 8pm
The series concludes its visit to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, by appraising finds that include a Star Wars collection (circa 1980) and a 1972 Rolex Explorer II watch with its original face and hands.
Bob Hearts Abishola
CBS, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
The comedy’s fifth and final season premieres with “The Dead Eyes of a Respectful Son,” in which Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku) finds out Dele (Travis Wolfe Jr.) canceled his plans to go to Harvard behind her back.
NCIS
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The NCIS team must help Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) when he puts his future at stake by confronting the man who tormented his family decades ago in the Season 21 premiere “Algún Día.”
TMZ Investigates: “Killer OnlyFans Model: Deadly Love Story”
FOX, 9pm
The new episode “Killer OnlyFans Model: Deadly Love Story” examines the case of OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, who was accused of killing her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli, in their Miami apartment in 2022.
The Space Race
Nat Geo, 9pm; also streams on Disney+
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés directed this feature-length documentary that ranges from 1963 to 2020 as it weaves together the stories of pioneering Black astronauts, pilots, scientists and engineers who sought to break the bonds of social injustice and reach for the stars, joining NASA to serve their country in space even as their country failed to achieve equality for them back on Earth. Among those featured in the film are former test pilot Ed Dwight, former NASA astronaut Guion Bluford and astronaut/geologist Jessica Watkins.
Gospel
PBS, beginning at 9pm
New Series!
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Finding Your Roots) hosts this four-hour docuseries (two hourlong episodes premiere tonight, with two more tomorrow) that explores what he calls “the beating heart and soul” of the African American experience: gospel music. The series explores the rich history of Black spirituality through sermon and song as Gates speaks with dozens of clergymen, singers and scholars about their connection to this music. Tonight’s first hour follows the sonic influences of blues and jazz music on gospel. The second hour begins in the 1940s and traces the golden age of gospel, when the “Lord’s music” started reaching the mainstream.
NCIS: Hawai‘i
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
LL Cool J guest-stars as Sam Hanna, his character from NCIS: Los Angeles, in the Season 3 premiere “Run and Gun.” After passing her physical and mental evaluations, Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) is surprised to see Sam conducting her final interview to clear her return to work.
The Irrational: “Bombshell”
NBC, 10pm
Alec (Jesse L. Martin) and his team come face-to-face with the man put away for the church bombing 20 years earlier.
Tuesday, Feb. 13
Five Blind Dates
Prime Video
Original Film!
This Australian rom-com follows 20-something Lia (Shuang Hu, who also cowrote the film), owner of a failing traditional Chinese tea shop, who is gifted with the prophecy that the fate of her business and her love life lies in one of her next five dates.
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Original Screenplay
TCM, beginning at 7:30am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar event continues this morning and into the early evening with a lineup featuring films that won or were nominated for their original screenplays: La Strada (1956, nominee), Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1955, nominee), Woman of the Year (1942, winner), It’s Always Fair Weather (1955, nominee), North by Northwest (1959, nominee) and The China Syndrome (1979, nominee). Starting in primetime and going into tomorrow morning are films that all won Best Original Screenplay: The Great McGinty (1940); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), making its TCM premiere; Gosford Park (2001), making its TCM premiere; Network (1976); and Princess O’Rourke (1943).
FBI
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
When a bus explosion kills several innocent people, the team jumps into action to take down the responsible terrorist organization in the Season 6 premiere “All the Rage.”
Name That Tune: “It’s Destiny!”
FOX, 8pm
Vivica A. Fox, Ravi Patel, Michelle Williams and Rachael Leigh Cook are the celebrities playing the musical guessing game for charity in the new episode “It’s Destiny!”
Finding Your Roots: “The Brick Wall Falls”
PBS, 8pm
Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps musician Dionne Warwick and actor Danielle Brooks break down barriers imposed by the slave system to learn the names of their ancestors who endured unimaginable ordeals — but emerged to forge families that thrived.
Extended Family: “The Consequences of Loaning Your Dad Money”
NBC, 8:30pm
Jim (Jon Cryer) advises a player on the Celtics to take one of his recent losses less personally, sparking a controversy that forces the Kearney clan to confront their spiritual beliefs.
FBI: International
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The team works to clean up the pieces left behind after a massive explosion rocks headquarters and their key suspect slips away in the Season 3 premiere “June.” Christina Wolfe joins the regular cast as intel analyst Special Agent Amanda Tate.
The Floor: “The BBQ Showdown”
FOX, 9pm
The quiz show hosted by Rob Lowe continues with the new episode “BBQ Showdown,” in which the 34 remaining players are shocked when they find out the most players so far are going home.
Why the Heck Did I Buy This House?
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Midcentury Lake House,” homeowners fell in love with the quirky details of their midcentury house, but the novelties are wearing off and proving to be dysfunctional. Kim Wolfe and her team take on their biggest project yet as they turn this nostalgic retreat into a lakeside stunner.
La Brea
NBC, 9pm
Series Finale!
The drama concludes its run after three seasons with “The Road Home, Part 2.” Gavin (Eoin Macken) leads the survivors in trying to find Eve (Natalie Zea), Josh (Jack Martin) and Riley (Veronica St. Clair). Will he be able to finally reunite his family and still find a way back to the lives they once knew?
Gospel
PBS, beginning at 9pm
Series Finale!
Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s docuseries about the history of gospel music concludes with two hourlong episodes. In “Take the Message Everywhere,” gospel family dynasties dominate the charts while other children of the church use their musical prowess to influence soul music. Black pastors also distinguish their sound with prophetic voices and sermonettes. Then, “Gospel’s Second Century” explores the movement that brought songs about faith to millions at clubs, and on cable TV and urban radio.
FBI: Most Wanted
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The Fugitive Task Force heads to Virginia to investigate killings that appear related to organized crime in the Season 5 premiere “Above & Beyond.” FBI’s Shantel VanSanten joins the regular cast of Most Wanted as Special Agent Nina Chase.
Good Trouble: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
Freeform, 10pm
Callie (Maia Mitchell) and her soon-to-be mother-in-law butt heads; Dennis (Josh Pence) and Davia’s (Emma Hunton) date night is interrupted.
Quantum Leap: “The Outsider”
NBC, 10pm
An anonymous source sends Ben (Raymond Lee) and an experienced local Denver TV journalist on the trail of a dangerous conspiracy as they pursue the scoop of a lifetime in the early 1980s. Meanwhile, there’s trouble at headquarters when Ian’s (Mason Alexander Park) past decisions come back to haunt the team.
sMothered
TLC, 10pm
Season Finale!
Catherine freaks when Gabby reveals big news. India confronts DeLeesa, and Trevor is forced to choose a side once and for all. Eva worries Scott won’t fulfill his promise. Brittani and TJ reveal they’re engaged, but Mary won’t go down without a fight.
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Love Is Blind
Netflix
Season Premiere!
This reality dating series, which is one of Netflix’s consistently highest-performing shows worldwide and now has multiple international spinoffs, returns for a sixth season. More singles looking for love will be choosing someone to marry without ever meeting them. Episodes roll out Wednesdays over four weeks, with the finale on March 6. The series has been renewed for Season 7.
Players
Netflix
Original Film!
New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hookup “plays” with best friend Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.) and their crew. While it has led to countless one-night stands over the years, following their playbook comes with a strict set of ground rules. Chief among them: You can’t build a relationship from a play. When Mack unexpectedly falls for her latest target, charming war correspondent Nick (Tom Ellis), she begins to rethink the game entirely.
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Adapted Screenplay
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar event continues this morning and into the early evening with a lineup featuring films that won or were nominated for their screenplay adaptations. Today being Valentine’s Day, the movies chosen all have some sort of love story at their hearts: Pygmalion (1938, winner), Random Harvest (1942, nominee), Kitty Foyle (1940, nominee), A Foreign Affair (1948, nominee), Brief Encounter (1946, nominee), Rebecca (1940, nominee) and Wuthering Heights (1939, nominee). Starting in primetime and going into tomorrow morning are films that all won Best Adapted Screenplay and again have some romantic element to them: The Philadelphia Story (1940), Doctor Zhivago (1965), From Here to Eternity (1953) and Little Women (1933).
I Wish for an “I Dream of Jeannie” Valentine’s Day Marathon
Antenna TV, beginning at 1pm
Enjoy nine hours of episodes from the classic 1965-70 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie, led by Barbara Eden as Jeannie and Larry Hagman as Maj. Tony Nelson. The marathon begins with “The Lady in the Bottle,” the series premiere in which Jeannie and Tony meet, and it also includes the Season 5 episode “The Wedding,” which finds the pair getting married.
College Basketball
ESPN2, beginning at 7pm Live
ESPN’s college hoops doubleheader has Miami at Clemson and Tennessee at Arkansas.
NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
A Valentine’s Day NBA doubleheader has the Chicago Bulls at the Cleveland Cavaliers and the L.A. Clippers at the Golden State Warriors.
The Conners: “Valentine’s Day Treats and Credit Card Cheats”
ABC, 8pm
Becky (Alicia Goranson) wants to introduce Tyler (Sean Astin) to Beverly Rose (Charlotte Sanchez), but she is skeptical of Tyler’s bonding approach.
Wild Cards: “The Accountant of Monte Cristo”
The CW, 8pm
After an accountant is kidnapped, Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) gets an urgent call from an old friend to help get him back.
Nature: “Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster”
PBS, 8pm
Sir David Attenborough unearths a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the secrets lying deep within the fossil and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast.
Not Dead Yet: “Not a Valentine Yet”
ABC, 8:30pm
After receiving some advice from Cricket (Angela Elayne Gibbs), Nell (Gina Rodriguez) realizes on Valentine’s Day that she may be using ghosts as an excuse to not open herself to love.
Family Law: “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
The CW, 9pm
Abby (Jewel Staite) advises exhausted parents to surrender their autistic son to the Ministry for support.
Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller: “Apes”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Mariana heads to the Congo to investigate the illegal trade of wild apes that is pushing them to the brink of extinction. She follows the supply chain from the poachers to the brokers and ultimately to the buyers, many in the Middle East, who use these apes as pets and in sideshow attractions. She also spends time with Congolese activists who are fighting to protect apes from extinction.
NOVA: “Building the Eiffel Tower”
PBS, 9pm
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris’ iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies.
Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room
Discovery Channel, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Zak Bagans and his Ghost Adventures crew are back for Season 3 of their paranormal investigation series in which they look back on some of their favorite episodes from past Ghost Adventures seasons and comment on the scariest, funniest and most exciting moments.
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans: “It’s Impossible”
FX, 10pm
In the new episode “It’s Impossible,” Babe (Naomi Watts) makes peace with a harsh reality, while Truman (Tom Hollander) makes an effort to get sober.
Resident Alien
Syfy, 10pm; episodes available next day on Peacock
Season Premiere!
In Season 3 of this sci-fi comedy/drama, crash-landed alien Harry (Alan Tudyk) is vowing to work with Gen. McCallister (Linda Hamilton) to rid Earth of the Grey aliens — a task made more difficult when he discovers that the Grey hybrid Joseph (Enver Gjokaj) has taken a job in town as the new deputy. Joseph isn’t Harry’s only obstacle; Harry also struggles to balance business and his personal life when he falls in love for the first time.
Thursday, Feb. 15
House of Ninjas
Netflix
New Series!
Ninjas have existed throughout many pivotal times in Japanese history — but what if they were still secretly undertaking missions today? Set in modern Japan, this series tells the story of the Tawara family, the last ninja clan, who abandoned their roots after a mission gone wrong. Now, an unprecedented crisis beckons the family back into action.
Vigil
Peacock
Season Premiere!
In the six-episode second season of this British police procedural, following multiple unexplained fatalities at a Scottish military facility, DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kristen Longacre (Rose Leslie) are tasked with uncovering the cause. Entering the hostile and closed ranks of the air force, the pair must face the deadly warfare of tomorrow as they fight for their own future.
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Original Story
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
This morning’s Oscar lineup includes a selection of films that were nominated or won for Best Original Story, starting with The Public Enemy (1931), starring golden age of Hollywood stars Jean Harlow and James Cagney, which follows a bootlegger who turns to a life of crime. Then, Ginger Rogers plays a woman who discovers an abandoned baby at an orphanage and accepts a job in exchange for its care in the romance/comedy Bachelor Mother (1939); a woman (Irene Dunne) who was missing for seven years returns home on the day of her husband’s (Cary Grant) wedding in My Favorite Wife (1940); and an American soldier (Montgomery Clift) helps a lost Czech boy find his mother during post-war Berlin in The Search (1948). To close out the day, catch a double dose of film noir — The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) and The Narrow Margin (1952) — followed by the romance dramas A Guy Named Joe (1943) and Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
NASCAR Cup Series: Bluegreen Vacation Duels at Daytona
FS1, 7pm Live
FS1 airs the pair of 150-mile qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway that will finalize the starting lineup for the 66th Daytona 500.
Young Sheldon
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In “Half a Wiener Schnitzel and Underwear in a Tree,” the seventh and final season premiere, the Cooper house is in chaos as news of the tornado reaches Sheldon (Iain Armitage) and Mary (Zoe Perry) in Germany.
Next Level Chef: “The Draft/Smash Bash”
FOX, 8pm
Mentors Gordon Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais draft the top 15 chefs into their three teams. The contestants are challenged with preparing an all-American smash burger that proves their cooking abilities are next level in the new episode “The Draft/Smash Bash.”
The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger: “The Spirit of Truth”
INSP, 8pm
After his fur-trapping expedition is surprised by a Crow war party, Jim Bridger (Rib Hillis) suddenly finds himself in a desperate struggle to rescue his fellow trappers when one of them goes missing and another is on the brink of madness.
She’s Obsessed With My Husband
LMN, 8pm
Original Film!
Violet (Alissa Filoramo) has carried a torch for Garrett (Matthew Pohlkamp), the love of her life, ever since they dated in high school. Now 20 years later, she has moved in next door to Garrett and is determined to destroy his marriage and take her “rightful” place as his wife.
Ghosts
CBS, 8:30pm
Season Premiere!
Sam (Rose McIver), Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) and the remaining ghosts unravel the mystery of which ghost passed into the afterlife. Meanwhile, an owl has to be relocated from the barn so construction on the restaurant can begin in the Season 3 premiere “The Owl.”
Truth and Lies: “The Doomsday Prophet”
ABC, 9pm
This episode examines the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints community and the life of its founder, Warren Jeffs.
So Help Me Todd
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Margaret and Todd (Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin) tackle a case involving a murder on a live local morning news show in the Season 2 premiere “Iceland Was Horrible.”
Son of a Critch: “Growing Pains”
The CW, 9pm
Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) realizes his friends think his comic book collection is immature.
Farmer Wants a Wife: “Tailgates and Tantrums”
FOX, 9pm
In the new episode “Tailgates and Tantrums,” host Jennifer Nettles invites the farmers and their chosen ladies to a football tailgating mixer at Clemson University.
Children Ruin Everything: “Babysitters”
The CW, 9:30pm
Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams) are able to book a highly sought-after babysitter of their dreams.
Swamp People: Serpent Invasion
History, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!
The reality series is back for Season 4 with “Enemy Transformed.” Hunters return to the Everglades to find big changes. Giant female pythons have learned to hide from their pursuers, allowing them to breed faster than ever. Now, the swampers must dive deep into the snakes’ secret lairs and remove them before the glades are lost forever.
Friday, Feb. 16
This Is Me … Now: A Love Story
Prime Video
This documentary accompanies and takes inspiration from Jennifer Lopez’s new album, This Is Me … Now, which also drops on Feb. 16. It is said to offer “an intimate reflection and highly visual reimagining of Jennifer Lopez’s journey of self-healing and everlasting belief in fairy tale endings.”
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Film Editing
TCM, beginning at 5:45am
Catch a Classic!
This morning’s Oscar lineup includes a selection of films that were nominated or won for Best Film Editing. The films selected include the Clark Gable romance drama Test Pilot (1938); the sports biopic Crazylegs (1953); the 1941 horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner; the film noir The Window (1949); Errol Flynn’s war drama Objective, Burma! (1945); the 1947 film noir Odd Man Out; and finally, the epic Civil War drama How the West Was Won (1962), starring James Stewart, John Wayne and Gregory Peck.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Fresh From Florida 250
FS1, 7:30pm Live
The big weekend of racing at Daytona International Speedway begins with NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stars battling for 100 laps around the famous tri-oval.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The team heads to Mexico to escort a fugitive back to the U.S. when things go awry and Hondo (Shemar Moore) has to save an old witness tied to the case in “The Promise,” the seventh and final season premiere.
Fire Country
CBS, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Bode (Max Thieriot) receives shocking news while back in prison in the Season 2 premiere “Something’s Coming.” Meanwhile, the Station 42 crew responds to a massive earthquake that rocks Edgewater to its core.
Totally Funny Kids
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
This new show features funny, absurd and shocking clips of children caught on camera.
My Lottery Dream Home: “St. Paul Homecoming”
HGTV, 9pm
When a Minnesota-born woman won $200,000, she knew that she wanted to go back home. She and her sister are pooling their money to buy a forever home in St. Paul, and host David Bromstad couldn’t be happier to help in the search while checking in with his own family.
Great Performances: “The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry”
PBS, 9pm
Celebrate 20 years at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Phil in a tribute to its architect, Frank Gehry. Led by Gustavo Dudamel, the concert includes a piece composed and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performances by Herbie Hancock and H.E.R., and more.
Totally Funny Animals
The CW, 9:30pm
New Series!
This new caught-on-camera show will feature wacky and hilarious clips of animals.
Blue Bloods
CBS, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The police drama’s 14th and final season begins with “Loyalty,” Part 1 of a two-part premiere episode. Jamie (Will Estes) goes undercover with a deadly human trafficking ring, and Danny and Baez (Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez) investigate a homicide connected to Darryl Reid (guest star Malik Yoba), Danny’s old partner.
The Proof Is Out There
History, 10pm
New Episodes!
Season 4 of this paranormal investigation series picks up with new episodes starting tonight. Did a fisherman capture footage of a giant sea serpent known as “Caddy”? What was the explanation for the mysterious green-and-blue flashing lights, witnessed by hundreds of people, in Lubbock, Texas, in August 1951? And, is a centenarian monk trying to mummify himself? Host Tony Harris and his team of experts examine the clues in these mysteries.
Saturday, Feb. 17
31 Days of Oscar 2024: Best Supporting Actor
TCM, beginning at 6:30am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Oscar event continues this morning and into the early evening with a lineup featuring films costarring men who won or were nominated for Best Supporting Actor: Four Daughters (1938, nomination for John Garfield), Sayonara (1957, win for Red Buttons), Crossfire (1947, nomination for Robert Ryan), The Asphalt Jungle (1950, nomination for Sam Jaffe), The Barefoot Contessa (1954, win for Edmond O’Brien) and The Big Country (1958, win for Burl Ives). Starting in primetime and going into tomorrow morning are films featuring Best Supporting Actor winners: How Green Was My Valley (1941, Donald Crisp), The More the Merrier (1943, Charles Coburn), The Fortune Cookie (1966, Walter Matthau), Being There (1979, Melvyn Douglas) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962, Ed Begley).
NHL Hockey
ABC, beginning at 12:30pm Live
The L.A. Kings are at the Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers are at the Dallas Stars in the afternoon, and the Philadelphia Flyers take on the New Jersey Devils in a primetime NHL Stadium Series game outdoors at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
College Basketball
CBS, ESPN, ESPN2 & FOX, beginning at 1pm Live
Catch a full Saturday of college basketball featuring Texas at Houston (CBS), Marquette at UConn (FOX), Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPN), Illinois at Maryland (FOX), Kentucky at Auburn (ESPN), Baylor at West Virginia (ESPN2) and Michigan State at Michigan (FOX).
NASCAR Xfinity Series: United Rentals 300
FS1, 5pm Live
NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers get their turn on Daytona International Speedway’s 2.5-mile tri-oval for the season-opening United Rentals 300.
County Rescue
Great American Family, 8pm
New Series!
GAF’s first original series is an action-adventure medical drama starring Julia Reilly, Stacey Patino, Percy Bell, Tim Perez-Ross and Riley Hough. Dani (Reilly) and the other EMTs-in-training are courageous, everyday heroes. But with only one opening among three trainees, Dani’s faith in herself is tested on every call. She believes her calling is to save lives; now, she must prove it.
An American in Austen
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
A librarian (Eliza Bennett) who thinks no man can live up to Jane Austen’s archetypal romantic hero from Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy, gets an unexpected chance to find out if it’s true.
NBA All-Star Saturday Night
TNT, 8pm Live
The NBA All-Star Game festivities come to Indianapolis for the first time since 1985. NBA All-Star Saturday Night at Lucas Oil Stadium features the Kia Skills Challenge, the Starry 3-Point Contest and the fan-favorite AT&T Slam Dunk.
Fast: Home Rescue
The Weather Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Former NFL player Tre Boston and wife Cierra Perry host Season 2 of this series in which families whose lives have been devastated by severe weather and natural disasters have their homes transformed and rebuilt in just five days. This season features several families that suffered losses from the tornado outbreak in Arkansas and Mississippi during the spring of 2023.
The Incredible Pol Farm
Nat Geo Wild, 10:30pm
Season Finale!
Season 1 concludes with two episodes. First, in “Are Ewe Pregnant?!?,” the Pols shear the merino ewes, Charles has a terrifying accident and the family rallies together. Then, in “The Pol Shebang,” it’s been a year of farming for the Pol family, and it’s not slowing down.