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Tuesday, March 12: Keke Palmer Is Back to Host ‘Password’ Season 2 on NBC

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Tuesday, March 12

Password
NBC, 10pm
Season Premiere!

Jimmy Fallon and Emmy-winning host Keke Palmer are back for Season 2 of this latest incarnation of the classic game show. Hourlong episodes will include two back-to-back games with recurring player Fallon paired with a contestant competing against a celebrity guest/contestant duo for cash prizes by guessing a secret password using only one-word clues. This season’s celebrity guests include Chance the Rapper, Laverne Cox, Lauren Graham, Jimmy Kimmel, Howie Mandel, Meghan Trainor and more.

NBA Basketball
TNT, beginning at 7:30pm Live

TNT’s Tuesday night NBA doubleheader has the Philadelphia 76ers at the N.Y. Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves at the L.A. Clippers.

Fixer to Fabulous: Italiano
HGTV, 8pm
New Series!

This new six-episode spinoff series will document Dave and Jenny Marrs, who first visited Italy as newlyweds, as they execute a monumental restoration of a centuries-old property. Inspired by the rich history, rolling hillsides and leafy olive groves of the region, Dave and Jenny will rely on the help of local builders, architects and artisans to meet historic building regulations and source authentic materials such as handmade terracotta tiles, olive wood floors and Carrara marble as they renovate this behemoth.

Night Court: “Wheelers of Fortune”
NBC, 8pm

Surprises are in store for Dan (John Larroquette) when the Wheelers return to court after more than 30 years. Meanwhile, Abby (Melissa Rauch) seeks a psychic in hopes of ending an argument she had with her late father. Brent Spiner, Annie O’Donnell, Kate Micucci and Julia Sweeney guest-star.

TCM Spotlight: Women at Work
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

Turner Classic Movies’ weeklong look at films from different decades that are led by female characters and depict various aspects of how women’s jobs and careers affect their lives continues tonight with five titles from the 1940s: His Girl Friday (1940), featuring Rosalind Russell; Mildred Pierce (1945), led by Best Actress Oscar winner Joan Crawford; Adam’s Rib (1949) and Woman of the Year (1942), both starring Katharine Hepburn (the latter film earned her a Best Actress nomination); and Millions Like Us (1943), a British propaganda docudrama following the lives of some women working in a wartime aircraft factory.

Extended Family: “The Consequences of Writing Things Down”
NBC, 8:30pm

When Jim (Jon Cryer) embellishes his yoga abilities to impress a woman, Julia (Abigail Spencer) must step in to save him from looking like a fool.

The Voice: “The Blind Auditions, Part 6”
NBC, 9pm

The coaches continue their search for the best undiscovered voice in America on the final night of Blind Auditions.

Little People Big World
TLC, 9pm

In “A Complete and Total Surprise,” Zach and Tori deal with a challenging revelation from Jackson. Amy reacts to seeing Matt’s new house being built. Matt has a surprise for Caryn that will change their relationship forever.

Frontline: “Lethal Restraint”
PBS, 10pm

This episode will investigate deaths following clashes with law enforcement.

Seven Little Johnstons
TLC, 10pm
Season Premiere!

In “The Rest Is Still Unwritten,” Elizabeth makes a big decision about her relationship with Brice. Amber and Trent try out body painting. Anna buys a new home and starts the process of moving in. Jonah and Alex write love letters to their girlfriends.

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Wednesday, March 13

Little Wing
Paramount+
Original Film!

This coming-of-age drama follows Kaitlyn (Brooklynn Prince), a teen who is reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home. She and her best friend hope to solve her mother’s financial woes by stealing a valuable bird, but Kaitlyn forms a bond with the owner (Brian Cox) that leads her to a new outlook on life.

Wild West MOVIES!
MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!

Enjoy nearly a full day of entertaining Westerns with this nine-film lineup: Hickok (2017), led by Luke Hemsworth as legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok, and also featuring Kris Kristofferson, Trace Adkins and Bruce Dern; One-Eyed Jacks (1961), with Marlon Brando and Karl Malden; There Was a Crooked Man… (1970), starring Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda and Hume Cronyn; Macho Callahan (1970), featuring David Janssen, Jean Seberg and Lee J. Cobb; director Anthony Mann’s The Naked Spur (1953), led by James Stewart, Janet Leigh and Robert Ryan; The Man From Laramie (1955), the fifth and final of director Mann and star Stewart’s Western collaborations; Jesse James (1939), starring Tyrone Power as the title outlaw and Fonda as his older brother, Frank James; The Return of Frank James (1940), the sequel to Jesse James, with Fonda reprising his title role; and Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994), the fifth and last TV movie led by Kenny Rogers as Brady Hawkes and inspired by Rogers’ hit single “The Gambler.”

NBA Basketball
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live

An NBA Finals rematch is in store tonight on ESPN as the Denver Nuggets visit the Miami Heat. Following that game, ESPN airs the L.A. Lakers at the Sacramento Kings.

Wild Cards: “Inside (Con)Man”
The CW, 8pm

When Max (Vanessa Morgan) is taken hostage during a bank robbery, Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) secretly infiltrates the bank.

My 600-Lb. Life: “William’s Journey”
TLC, 8pm

Tonight’s episode shares the story of William, who was always mobile and fairly athletic, until he wasn’t. It’s been years now since a knee injury derailed his sports career, and he’s ballooned up over 600 pounds. To lose weight, he’ll have to face how bad it’s gotten.

Not Dead Yet: “Not Solved Yet”
ABC, 8:30pm

Nell’s (Gina Rodriguez) latest ghost is convinced that there was foul play involved in his death.

Family Law: “Catch 22”
The CW, 9pm

Abby’s (Jewel Staite) client wants a medically assisted death before Alzheimer’s destroys her capacity to consent.

Animal Control: “Cats and Monkeys”
FOX, 9pm

Shred (Michael Rowland) is on the rebound, but Frank (Joel McHale) doesn’t share his newfound enthusiasm for dating. Meanwhile, Emily (Vella Lovell) enlists the team’s help beating Templeton’s (Gerry Dee) precinct in an animal adoption competition in the new episode “Cats and Monkeys.”

Trafficked: Underworlds With Mariana van Zeller: “The Drug Mule Scam”
Nat Geo, 9pm

When host Mariana van Zeller learns that 66-year-old American Rodney Baldus is locked up in a prison in Mozambique for drug-running, she begins an investigation unlike any she’s done before. She learns that international criminal syndicates are targeting elderly Americans with inheritance scams and conning them into becoming drug mules. But is it enough to prove Rodney’s innocence?

The Amazing Race
CBS, 9:30pm
Season Premiere!

The globe-trotting reality competition series returns for Season 36 with 90-minute episodes. Host Phil Keoghan sees the teams off at the starting line.

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
FX, 10pm
Season Finale!

Past, present and future collide as Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) makes a final push to finish Answered Prayers in the season finale “Phantasm Forgiveness.”

Thursday, March 14

Girls5eva
Netflix
Season Premiere!

This musical comedy, which formerly aired on Peacock, finds a new home on Netflix as it returns for Season 3. The members of the late ’90s girl-group Girls5eva — Dawn (Sara Bareilles), Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Summer (Busy Philipps) and Gloria (Paula Pell) — have reunited and recorded a new album, Returnity, so it’s time for the next logical step: a comeback tour. With no plan, and no tour manager or venues secured, the ladies pile into a van and hit the great unknown, doing their damnedest to promote their album and get back on top.

Apples Never Fall
Peacock
New Series!

Based on the bestselling novel by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies), this limited series centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be their golden years. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children (Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Conor Merrigan-Turner and Essie Randles), everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to reexamine their parents’ “perfect” marriage as the family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.

Invincible
Prime Video
New Episodes!

Season 2 of this animated superhero series returns for its second half, with a new episode dropping Thursdays starting today and for the next three weeks.

Noir to Die For!
MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!

Even if it’s sunny where you are today, the climate will be dark on MOVIES! all day long with this lineup of films noir and crime classics: Born to Kill (1947), starring Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney; This Woman Is Dangerous (1952), led by Joan Crawford and Dennis Morgan; Screaming Mimi (1958), with Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey and Gypsy Rose Lee; Pickup on South Street (1953), led by Richard Widmark, Jean Peters and Thelma Ritter; I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), featuring Frank Lovejoy and Dorothy Hart; Whirlpool (1950), headlined by Gene Tierney, Richard Conte and José Ferrer; Deception (1946), with Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains; Desperate (1947), with Raymond Burr, Steve Brodie and Audrey Long; The Public Enemy (1931), featuring James Cagney in his legendary breakout role as gangster Tom Powers; Women’s Prison (1955), starring Ida Lupino and Jan Sterling; Flamingo Road (1949), led by Crawford, Zachary Scott and Sydney Greenstreet; and His Kind of Woman (1951), headlined by Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and Vincent Price.

9-1-1
ABC, 8pm
Season Premiere!

The seventh season of this first responder drama series following a group of police, paramedics and firefighters who must balance their high-stress jobs with their own personal lives premieres on ABC tonight. The series previously aired on FOX, and stars Angela Bassett and Peter Krause.

Young Sheldon: “A Frankenstein’s Monster and a Crazy Church Guy”
CBS, 8pm

Sheldon (Iain Armitage) helps his roommate try to beat the stock market in the new episode “A Frankenstein’s Monster and a Crazy Church Guy.”

The Tall Tales of Jim Bridger
INSP, 8pm
Season Finale!

The first season of this historical docudrama concludes with “A Shard of Glass.” Haunted by the memory of leaving a man to die, mountain man Jim Bridger (Rib Hillis) is determined not to repeat the mistake. When his trapping party runs out of water while crossing a barren desert, Bridger struggles desperately to keep his companions alive.

Law & Order: “Balance of Power”
NBC, 8pm

When a successful Wall Street investor is murdered in his home, Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) and Riley (Reid Scott) dig into his professional and personal lives to identify his killer. Meanwhile, D.A. Baxter (Tony Goldwyn) puts pressure on Price (Hugh Dancy) and Maroun (Odelya Halevi) to make sure his first case in office is a success.

Grey’s Anatomy
ABC, 9pm
Season Premiere!

Following some epic cliffhangers and a long wait for answers, one of the longest-running modern series on television, centering around the personal and professional lives of the medical staff of Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, returns for its momentous 20th season.

So Help Me Todd: “Dial Margaret for Murder”
CBS, 9pm

While in the hospital recovering from an emergency appendectomy, Todd (Skylar Astin) is convinced he overheard a plot to murder someone in the new episode “Dial Margaret for Murder.”

Son of a Critch: “My Funny Valentine”
The CW, 9pm

Mark (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) discovers he has two valentines, but juggling two girls turns out to be harder than he expected.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)
Disney+, 9pm

This Taylor Swift concert film shot during her global tour airs in its entirety for the first time here in this version that includes the song “Cardigan” and four additional acoustic songs not featured in the theatrical or on-demand releases of the film.

Married to Real Estate
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!

In “Baby on the Way,” expectant newlyweds inherited his parent’s house in southwest Atlanta, but the home needs a revamp before their baby arrives. Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson must rush to complete the project. As the demolition process begins, so do the challenges and tribulations.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Probability of Doom”
NBC, 9pm

When a woman turns her husband in for possessing child pornography, the case is complicated by a sudden death. Meanwhile, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) tries to reconnect with a victim she saved.

Children Ruin Everything
The CW, 9:30pm
Season Finale!

James (Aaron Abrams) tries to busy himself with fixing a broken toilet and Astrid (Meaghan Rath) thinks she’s due for a raise in the last episode of the season, titled “Careers.”

Station 19
ABC, 10pm
Season Premiere!

The seventh season of this Grey’s Anatomy spinoff series following a group of paramedics and firefighters at a Seattle firehouse begins tonight after its predecessor’s landmark 20th season premiere.

Law & Order: Organized Crime: “Original Sin”
NBC, 10pm

The squad backs up Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in pursuing a murder case outside of their jurisdiction as an unlikely ally provides a key piece of evidence, and Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) works to find a way to get Stabler back on the job.

Friday, March 15

Irish Wish
Netflix
Original Film!

Lindsay Lohan stars in this romantic fantasy comedy as Maddie, who, when the love of her life gets engaged to her best friend, puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Days before the pair are set to marry, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, only to wake up as the bride-to-be. With her dream seeming to come true, Maddie soon realizes that her real soulmate is someone else entirely. The cast also includes Jane Seymour, Elizabeth Tan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos and Ayesha Curry.

Trolls Band Together
Peacock
Feature Film Exclusive!

This third film in the animated Trolls franchise finds Poppy (voice of Anna Kendrick) getting closer to her now boyfriend, Branch (Justin Timberlake). As she does so, she discovers his secret past as a member, along with his four estranged brothers, of her favorite boy band. When Branch’s brother Floyd (Troye Sivan) is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious wannabe pop stars, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd. Along the way, Poppy uncovers a family secret of her own: a long-lost sister named Viva (Camila Cabello). A sing-along version of the film is also available today.

S.W.A.T.: “Escape”
CBS, 8pm

After a prison transport van overturns, Hondo (Shemar Moore) and the team hunt down three female fugitives in the new episode “Escape.”

TCM Spotlight: Women at Work
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!

Turner Classic Movies’ weeklong look at films from different decades that are led by female characters and depict various aspects of how women’s jobs and careers affect their lives concludes tonight with titles from the 1970s and ’80s: 9 to 5 (1980), headlined by Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton; Baby Boom (1987), led by Golden Globe nominee Diane Keaton; The China Syndrome (1979), with Best Actress Oscar nominee Fonda; Network (1976), starring Best Actress Oscar winner Faye Dunaway; and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), led by Best Actress Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn.

Fire Country: “Too Many Unknowns”
CBS, 9pm

The crews respond to an alarm at a chemical plant after a dangerous toxic spill goes up in flames in the new episode “Too Many Unknowns.”

America’s Backyard Gold
Discovery Channel, 9pm
New Series!

With recent storms and floods uncovering fresh deposits across the United States, gold is at its highest price ever. An estimated $3 trillion worth of gold remains undiscovered in America, and in this series, master miner Dave Turin wants to show viewers where and how to find it, from the Dakotas to Georgia, and Montana to California.

Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch
Hallmark Mystery, 9pm
Original Film!

Lauren Elliot is a leading psychologist who lands a dream job as a performance coach at a coveted fashion brand run by Virgil St. James, a famous fashion designer. The success of Virgil’s Paris Fashion Week is interrupted by screams from Lauren’s best friend, who discovers a dead body. As Lauren uses her expert skills to unravel the case with an alluring but guarded French detective, the two discover a counterfeit handbag ring and a growing list of fashionable suspects. Stars Brooke D’Orsay and Gilles Marini.

Saturday, March 16

College Basketball
CBS, FOX, ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 11am Live

College hoops conference tournament action heats up on the day before Selection Sunday. Catch the Big Ten semifinals (CBS), SEC semifinals (ESPN), the American Athletic Conference semifinals (ESPN2), the Big 12 final (ESPN), the Big East final (FOX), the MAC final (ESPN2), the ACC final (ESPN), the Pac-12 final (FOX), the Big West final (ESPN2) and the WAC final (ESPN2).

The Luck of the Irish
MOVIES!, 11am
Catch a Classic!

Just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day (which is tomorrow), celebrate with this delightful 1948 comedy starring Tyrone Power as Stephen Fitzgerald, an American reporter who, while traveling in Ireland, befriends a leprechaun named Horace (Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Cecil Kellaway). Returning home to New York City, Fitzgerald discovers that Horace has reappeared in his life, acting as the reporter’s servant and conscience. He begins nudging him back toward his Irish roots, a job that doesn’t compromise his principles and is far away from his fiancée (Jayne Meadows), and toward a romance with an Irish girl named Nora (Anne Baxter).

NHL Hockey: N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh
ABC, 3pm Live

Artemi Panarin and the N.Y. Rangers face off against Sidney Crosby and the Penguins at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena.

55th NAACP Image Awards
BET & CBS, 8pm Live

This long-running celebration of Black excellence in TV, movies, music and literature returns for its latest installment. Colman Domingo leads nominees across the motion picture categories with three nominations (for his work in Rustin and The Color Purple, and as Entertainer of the Year). Ayo Edebiri received the most nominations in the television and streaming categories, with two (for her work in Abbott Elementary and The Bear). Victoria Monét and Usher lead the music recording categories, with six and five nods, respectively. Among networks/services, Netflix leads the way with 55 nominations, followed by Prime Video with 27.

Friday Night Sext Scandal
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!

Inspired by real stories, this world premiere film exposes the practice of young boys “hunting” nude photographs of female classmates in order to share and trade with others. When 16-year-old Shawn (Anthony Timpano), a talented football athlete, lands a spot in the starting lineup, he is welcomed into the team’s inner circle. However, he soon discovers that these elite players are involved in a sick, secret game that is playing out under the noses of their community.

NBA Basketball: Golden State at L.A. Lakers
ABC, 8:30pm Live

Saturday night NBA action has Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in Los Angeles to face LeBron James and the Lakers.

Critter Fixers: Country Vets
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
Season Premiere!

The docuseries that follows longtime friends Dr. Hodges and Dr. Ferguson, who own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital 100 miles south of Atlanta, is back for Season 6. In the season premiere, the docs help 15 small-town celebrity chihuahuas, pay it forward by helping an EMT’s injured dog and try to keep a pet dove flying.