TV Eye

Winter’s a good time to premiere the six-part sequel “Frozen Planet II” (BBC America, 8 p.m.), with David Attenborough exploring wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic, starting with a look at polar bears, penguins and snow monkeys. 

Speaking of the outdoors, even the made-for-TV romance “Love in Glacier National: A National Park Romance” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) with Ashley Newbrough as an avalanche forecaster and Stephen Huszar as director of mountain rescue. 

The other made-for-TV cable movie is “Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) with Jaime King portraying the mother who disappeared while jogging but reappeared three weeks later telling of an abduction, which police eventually did not believe. 

Prime time has both pro and college basketball with Lakers at Celtics (ABC, 8:30 p.m.) opposite Ohio State at Indiana (Fox, 8 p.m.). The rest of the days long roster of games is listed below. 

Figure skating has U.S. Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 2:30 p.m.; USA, 6 p.m.) with the French dance this afternoon and pairs free skate tonight. 

“Rico to the Rescue” (HGTV, 9 p.m.) helps a half-finished A-frame in Colorado. 

A third season starts for the paranormal series “Unexplained: Caught on Camera” (Travel, 9 p.m.), accompanied by the fourth season of “Help! My House is Haunted” (Travel, 10 p.m.). 

Jason Segel plays a therapist who starts breaking rules while grieving a dead spouse on the new series “Shrinking” (Apple TV+, streaming), which turns out to be a comedy only that it’s 30 minutes and from Bill Lawrence, who has had a long history with such things (most recently, “Ted Lasso”).

It seems like we’ve seen an awful lot of series like this — about a central character that’s broken and messes things up. And for all the attention about Harrison Ford being in it, he’s hardly in it (and hardly looks happy about it). The cast includes Jessica Williams, Michael Brie and Christa Miller. 

There’s a couple of new romantic comedies with big name casts streaming today. “You People” (Netflix, streaming) is about an impending wedding, featuring Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, Eddie Murphy and Mia Long, from “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris. 

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star in “Shotgun Wedding” (Amazon Prime, streaming), with Jennifer Coolidge, Lenny Kravitz, Cheech Marin and Steve Coulter. It’s from Jason Moore of “Pitch Perfect.”

But there are a lot of Oscar nominated films streaming free these days. Joining the group today: “TAR” (Peacock, streaming) with Cate Blanchett.

Mea Wilkerson stars as a singer who finds the dark side of the label in the thriller “Immortal City Records” (Tubi, streaming).

The Roots take center stage in Washington, D.C. on “Next at Kennedy Center” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings).

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 8 p.m.) gets prime time spotlight for the women’s free skate. Earlier, the men’s short program is live at 5 p.m. on USA. 

There’s no shortage of shows where the star somehow attains superpowers. In the brash new “Extraordinary” (Hulu, streaming), a woman struggles because everybody’s got a superpower but her. Mairead Tyers stars with in the UK import that has kind of a “Fleabag” vibe, but younger.

A third documentary on the notorious sex cult comes on a third network, with “Branded & Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM” (Tubi, streaming).

Behind the scenes secrets of the show are spilled in the special “Willow: Behind the Magic” (Disney+, streaming).

It’s wedding night on “Married at First Sight” (Lifetime, 8 p.m). 

“Nature” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) finds the soul of the ocean in a new episode. 

The more dangerous wildlife down under is featured on the new series “Deadly Australians” (Smithsonian, 8 p.m.), which begins in the forests. 

On “Grown-ish” (Freeform, 10:30 p.m.), Junior tries a stock market side hustle. 

Games tonight include “The Price is Right at Night” (CBS, 8 p.m.), “Name That Tune” (Fox, 8 p.m.) and “Lingo” (CBS, 9 p.m.).

In tough guy network reality competitions, there are new episodes of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” (Fox, 9 p.m.) and “Tough as Nails” (CBS, 10 p.m.), 

Born in Black Mountain, N.C., but raised largely in the Washington, D.C. area, Roberta Flack was discovered singing in a local jazz club and became one of the most influential soul singers of the 70s, helping create quiet storm genre and dedicating her life to civil rights activism. Her profile on “American Masters” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings) comes at a poignant time — the 85-year-old singer announced two months ago her retirement from singing because of a diagnosis of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

One of the best network sitcoms “American Auto” (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) returns for a second season, with Eric Stonestreet of “Modern Family” joining as a crisis consultant as the company considers a recall notice. Ana Gasteyer leads a well-balanced comic cast that includes Harriet Dyer and Jon Barinholtz. It accompanies a new episode of the rebooted “Night Court” (NBC, 8 p.m.). 

A second season also comes for the “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff “How I Met Your Father” (Hulu, streaming) starring Hilary Duff. 

Body building is the competition in the new Korean import “Physical: 100” (Netflix, streaming). 

Want to take another stab at “Accused” (Fox, 9 p.m.)? Each episode in the legal anthology series previewed Sunday is different. Tonight’s involves a deaf surrogate forced to take protective action, in an episode directed by Marlee Matlin.

Oscar nominations are announced this morning on shows like “Good Morning America” (ABC, 8 a.m.) and “Today” (NBC, 8 a.m.). The announcements are expected at about 8:30 a.m.

Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old castoff from the last season of “The Bachelorette,” is now “The Bachelor” (ABC, 8 p.m.), choosing from 30 women who line up for the 27th season. Among the candidates: four nurses, one nursing student, a rodeo racer, a former Miss South Carolina and ex- Miss Florida World and the niece of country singer Barbara Mandrell — one of five he already met on “The Bachelorette” finale. 

The grape-growing comedy from New Zealand, “Under the Vines” (Acorn TV, streaming) returns for a second season.

Five queer comic book artists talk about their medium in the documentary “No Straight Lines,” making its debut on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings). 

“The Playboy Murders” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.), is a new six-part series about the uglier side of the Playboy Mansion, hosted by ex-bunny and frequent reality star Holly Madison. 

For as many sharp shows that Howard Gordon has been a part of, from “24” to “Homeland,” his new “Accused” (Fox. 9 p.m.) is a bit of a puzzle. It’s an anthology series with a new cast each week in which a defendant is on trial and their case is unveiled through the course of an hour. The first is a disturbing one starring Michael Chiklis and Jill Hennessy dealing with a potential school shooting mass murder.

The timing is not a sure thing, as it comes after the NFL divisional playoff of Dallas at San Francisco (Fox, 6:30 p.m.). Earlier, it’s Cincinnati at Buffalo (CBS, 3 p.m.).

Against live football, other broadcast networks roll over and play dead with a series of reruns and old movies, from the 1986 “Top Gun” (CBS, 8:30 p.m.) to the 2008 “Iron Man” (ABC, 8 p.m.). 

Last year’s premiere of “The Last of Us” (HBO, 9 p.m.) was the biggest debut for the network since “Boardwalk Empire” bowed 13 years ago, with 4.7 viewers last Sunday. Episode two is tonight. 

Already icky in concept, the premiere of “MILF Manor” (TLC, 10 p.m.) crossed a further line when the line of hot dudes presented before the randy mothers turned out to be their sons. They carefully choose partners tonight. 

Elsewhere, Eliza tracks a con man to a remote corner of France on “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings).

On “All Creatures Great and Small” (PBS, 9 p.m., check local listings), Siegfried tries to save a racehorse.