1) Super Bowl, 6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox. Nine times, a team has won back-to-back Super Bowls. Until now, none has reached the game the next year. Now the Chiefs (shown here), 17-2, have a shot at the first three-peat. Their previous two Super wins – and this year’s previous game – were by only three points each. They face the Eagles, 17-3, who are fresh from a 55-23 win.
2) Super Bowl build-up, Fox. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Gordon Ramsay has his final “Kitchen Nightmares” in New Orleans (the Super Bowl city); at 9 p.m. Thursday is the NFL’s awards ceremony. Then Sunday starts pre-game shows at 11 a.m.; pre-game music is at 6 p.m. (Jon Batiste, Lauren Daigle, Ledisi). Kendrick Lamar has the halftime show, joined by Sza.
3) “The Voice” season-opener, 8 p.m. today, NBC. Adam Levine – once one of the show’s two stars – finally returns. He had the first and fifth “Voice” winner, with Blake Shelton having the three in between. Levine did the first 16 editions, skipped 10 and now is back, joined bu John Legend, Michael Buble and – in her first turn — Kelsea Ballerini.
4) “The Hunting Party,” 10 p.m. today, NBC. Here’s a second chance to see the pilot film, which NBC (in a late switch) showed after a football game. An explosion at a top-secret prison has freed fierce prisoners. Now Bex (Melissa Roxburgh of “Manifest”) leads the search. There’s an intense — sometimes nasty – feel, but tonight’s plot has smart surprises.
5) “9-1-1: Lone Star” series-finale, 8 p.m. today, Fox. The most-watched shows on Fox were also the most expensive. So “9-1-1” moved to ABC and this spin-off is ending after five seasons. It ends big, with an asteroid hitting Texas. Rob Lowe, the star, won’t be unemployed: He hosts “The Floor,” which has its season-opener after the Super Bowl.
6) Oscar films, Turner Classic Movies. Oscar nominees (and winners) fill the entire month at TCM and today is one of the best days. Tonight has films – great ones – about criminals: “The Sting” (1973) at 8 p.m. ET, “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) at 10:15, “Double Indemnity” (1944) at 12:15. Daytime eyes art direction, including “Brigadoon” (1954) at 4.
7) “Wild Cards” season-opener, 8 p.m. Wednesday, CW. Last season ended cleverly: Max helped Ellis nab the crooks, but stole the $33 million Faberge egg. Now come some laborious scenes to re-unite them, plus a so-so case involving street-racers. Stick with it; “Wild Cards” gets better … and is joined Feb. 19 by the terrific new “Good Cop/Bad Cop.”
8) “NCIS: Sydney” season-opener, 8 p.m. Friday, CBS. This sometimes-light show ended its first season starkly: JD’s son was kidnapped, in a plot linked to Col. Rankin. That’s where we start: An NCIS boss (stiff and stereotyped) fumes, putting an overwhelmed DeShawn in charge. This intense hour has some flaws, but ends with a high-octane chase and more.
9) “I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story,” 8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime. Joaquina Kalukango drew raves and a Tony in the 2022 musical “Paradise Square.” The daughter of Angolan refugees, she now portrays another powerhouse singer: In 1978, Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” was No.1 for three weeks. A documentary at 10:03 views her gospel comeback.
10) “Miss Scarlet,” 8 p.m. Sunday, PBS. People skipping the game will find lots of reruns – and worthy PBS exceptions. This has an interesting probe of murder among theater folks, described as “self-serving, grandiose fools”; it also thaws the Eliza-Blake relationship. That’s followed by a good “All Creatures Great and Small” at 9 and “Funny Woman” at 10.