Brackets ready?
The Madness begins in earnest, with every game in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament being aired. With Kentucky seeming like a lock on the eventual win, the best we can hope for are upsets and lots of them. Sixteen games begin their pursuit today, blocking all your CBS programming from “The Talk” and soaps to xxxx.
The matchups are Northeastern vs. Notre Dame (CBS, 12:15 p.m.), UAB vs. Iowa State (truTV, 12:40 p.m.), Georgia State vs. Baylor (TBS, 1:40 p.m.), Texas Southern vs. Arizona (TNT, 2:10 p.m.), Texas vs. Butler (CBS, 2:45 p.m.), UCLA vs. SMU (truTV, 3:10 p.m.), Ole Miss vs. Xavier (TBS, 4:10 p.m.), Ohio State vs. Virginia Commonwealth (TNT, 4:40 p.m.), Lafayette vs. Villanova (TBS, 6:50 p.m.), Purdue vs. Cincinnati (CBS, 7:10 p.m.), Harvard vs. North Carolina (TNT, 7:20 p.m.), Stephen F. Austin vs. Utah (truTV, 7:27 p.m.), LSU vs. NC State (TBS, 9:20 p.m.), Hampton vs. Kentucky (CBS, 9:40 p.m.), Wofford vs. Arkansas (TNT, 9:50 p.m.) and Eastern Washington vs. Georgetown (truTV, 9:57 p.m.).
A second season starts for perhaps that network’s most entertaining reality show, “L.A. Frock Stars” (Smithsonian, 9 p.m.) in which buyers go to auctions to find name brand gowns.
Aisha goes to Boston for a medical conference on “The Slap” (NBC, 10 p.m.) and indulges in her own secrets.
Carter’s sister turns up to help and Hector is spotted by a gang member on the third episode of “American Crime” (ABC, 10 p.m.).
Jason Isaccs exanimes Emma’s diary and starts to find all the weird conspiracy things in “Dig” (USA, 10 p.m.).
The last turn for “Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man” (CNN, 9 p.m.) for its third season is having him become a park ranger in Alaska.
The To0 10 perform on “American Idol” (Fox, 8 p.m.) and then Jennifer Lopez comes on and steals their thunder.
Rushing to catch up “Dateline” (NBC, 8 p.m.) returns to the Robert Durst case and wonders why it didn’t get all the information that HBO did.
Lena Dunham seems a most unlikely guest star on “Scandal” (ABC, 9 p.m.).
Liz doesn’t look like she’ll be sprung any time soon on “The Blacklist” (NBC, 9 p.m.).
Cult film director Bert I. Gordon has his day on Turner Classic Movies, which schedules some of his best low budget monster films from the late 50s and early 60s, including “Tormented” (8 p.m.), “Cyclops” (9:30 p.m.), “Attack of the Puppet People” (10:45 p.m.), “The Magic Sword” (12:15 a.m.), “The Boy and the Pirates” (1:45 a.m.), “Picture Mommy Dead” (3:15 a.m.) and “Village of the Giants” (4:45 a.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Kevin Hart, Carey Mulligan, Erin Andrews. The View: Emmy Rossum, Malik Yoba, Raven-Symone & Caroline Rhea. Ellen DeGeneres: Ellie Kemper, Madonna. Wendy Williams: Mekhi Phifer. Meredith Vieira: Bridgit Mendler, Jessie Pavelka. Queen Latifah: Ben Kingsley, Jesse Williams (rerun).
Late Talk
David Letterman: Matthew Perry, Adam Scott, Kishi Bashi (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Ben Stiller, Tim Gunn, Rixton. Jimmy Kimmel: Bill Murray, cast of “The Walking Dead,” The Weeknd. Seth Meyers: Jay Leno, Sara & Erin Foster, Seaton Smith. Late Late Show: Adam Sandler, Lena Dunham, Maria Bamford, Judd Apatow (rerun). 2: Rachel Brosnahan, Misterwives, Jordan Rubin. Tavis Smiley: Lenny Kravitz. Jon Stewart: Will Ferrell. Conan O’Brien: Mindy Kaling, Brent Morin, Purity Ring.