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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.