HBO takes a foray into the hip hop world with its original “J. Cole Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming” (HBO, 10 p.m.), which both covers the life of the rapper and makes way for a performance in Fayetteville, N.C., that also includes Jay Z and Drake.
Earlier, last summer’s George Miller hit “Mad Max: Fury Road” (HBO, 8 p.m.) makes its premium cable debut with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
The NFL playoffs get under way with Kansas City at Houston (ESPN, 4:35 p.m.) and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (CBS, 8:15 p.m.).
Four reruns of “Blackish” (ABC, 8 p.m.) cover two hours on one network; others provide looks at new series that premiered earlier this week: “Shades of Blue” (NBC, 10 p.m.), “Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life” (Fox, 8 p.m.) and “Bordertown” (Fox, 8:30 p.m.), which turns out to be not so funny.
Jumping on the “Making of a Murderer” success from Netflix is a discussion on his case, “Steven Avery: Guilty or Framed? A Justice Special” (Fox, 8 p.m.).
After completing the trilogy of “Flowers in the Attic” (Lifetime, 10 p.m.) films, Lifetime moves onto another V.C. Andrews novel, about another weird family caper, “My Sweet Adrian” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.).
In the new TV movie “Love’s Complicated” (Hallmark, 9 p.m.), starring Holly Marie Combs and Ben Bass, a woman goes to a conflict resolution class to help increase her happiness.
Joan Leslie is featured in three films on Turner Classic Movies with “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (8 p.m.), “The Hard Way” (10:30 p.m.) and “The Sky’s the Limit” (12:30 a.m.). Then comes horror with “Phase IV” (2:15 a.m.) and “Them!” (4 a.m.).
Men’s college hoops includes St. Bonaventure at Massachusetts (CBS Sports, noon), DePaul at Georgetown (Fox Sports 1, noon), Maryland at Wisconsin (ESPN, 1 p.m.), Oklahoma State at West Virginia (ESPNU, 1 p.m.), LSU at Florida (CBS, 1:30 p.m.), UTEP at UAB (CBS Sports, 2 p.m.), Creighton at Seton Hall (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.), St. John’s at Marquette (Fox Sports, 2 p.m.), Baylor at Iowa State (ESPN2, 3 p.m.), Vanderbilt at South Carolina (ESPNU, 3 p.m.), Wichita State at Southern Illinois (CBS Sports, 4 p.m.), Kansas State at Oklahoma (ESPNews, 4:30 p.m.), Princeton at Penn (Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.), Florida State at Miami (ESPN2, 5 p.m.), Nebraska at Rutgers (ESPNU, 5 p.m.), UNLV at Wyoming (CBS Sports, 6 p.m.), Memphis at Connecticut (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), Texas at TCU (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), North Carolina at Syracuse (ESPN, 8 p.m.), Auburn at Missouri (ESPN2, 9 p.m.), Kansas at Texas Tech (ESPNU, 9 p.m.), East Carolina at Temple (ESPNews, 9 p.m.) and UC Riverside at UC Irvine (ESPNU, 11 p.m.).
In college football, it’s North Dakota State vs. Jacksonville (ESPN2, noon) for the NCAA FCS championship.
Kendrick Lamar gets his own spotlight on a repeat of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The Christmas episode of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) is rerun, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as musical guest, and a few cameo appearances.