Basketball takes over the tube on the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Tournament, with a primetime network showcase for Connecticut vs. Kansas (CBS, 7:45 p.m.) opposite NBA action of Golden State at San Antonio (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
Other second round Madness games today include Wichita State vs. Miami (CBS, 12:10 p.m.), Yale vs. Duke (CBS, 2:40 p.m.), Indiana vs. Kentucky (CBS, 5:15 p.m.), Arkansas-Little Rock vs. Iowa State (TNT, 6:10 p.m.), Butler vs. Virginia (TBS, 7:10 p.m.), Gonzaga vs. Utah (TNT, 8:40 p.m.) and Providence vs. North Carolina (TBS, 9:40 p.m.).
But please make way for the NCAA Women’s tournament with games that start with Robert Morris vs. Connecticut (ESPN2, 11:03 a.m.), Duquesne vs. Seton Hall (ESPN2, 1 p.m.), Iona vs. Maryland (ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.) alternating with (ESPN2, 1:35 p.m.), Purdue vs. Oklahoma (ESPN2, 1:40 p.m.), UNC Asheville vs. Kentucky (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Missouri State vs. Texas A&M and Penn vs. Washington. Then comes North Carolina A&T vs. Notre Dame (ESPN2, 6:35 p.m.) alternating with Hawaii vs. UCLA (ESPN2, 6:35 p.m.), South Dakota State vs. Miami (ESPN2, 6:40 p.m.) and Missouri vs. BYU (ESPN2, 6:45 p.m.). Primetime games will alternate between Alabama State vs. Texas (ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.) and San Francisco vs. Stanford, Colorado State vs. South Florida and Indiana vs. Georgia.
But it’s also a night for the NCAA Wrestling Tournament (ESPN, 8 p.m.) with coverage from Madison Square Garden.
On the made for TV “Mommy’s Little Girl” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.) an 11 year old girl who grew up with abusive grandparents in a shack in the woods reunites with her mother.
“Pitch Perfect 2” (HBO, 8 pm.) makes its premium cable debut.
The woman found dead at the bottom of the staircase in a famous North Carolina case in 2001 is revisited on a two hour “Dateline” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
Eleanor tries her best to save Rogers on a new “Black Sails” (Starz, 9 p.m.).
A triple shooting in Memphis leaves two dead on “The First 48: Miraculous Survivors” (A&E, 10 p.m.).
Rheda’s new laws hit the tribes on “Beowulf” (Esquire, 10 p.m.).
The woman with cancer shouldn’t have let her daughter’s boyfriend move in on “I’d Kill for You” (Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.).
Naomi Judd, Carla Hall and Gerardo are on a new “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” (OWN, 10 p.m.), as is author Jacquelyn Mitchard, featured on the first-ever Oprah’s Book Club, only to go broke in a Ponzi scheme.
An animation double feature has “The Jungle Book” (Freeform, 6:45 p.m.) and “Ratatouille” (Freeform, 9 p.m.).
Lots of old favorite movies on tonight, including “Dr. Strangelove” (Viceland, 8 p.m.), the George Clooney “Batman & Robin” (Encore, 8 p.m.), “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (IFC, 8 p.m.), “Avatar” (FX, 8 p.m.) and “This is Spinal Tap” (Viceland, 10 p.m.).
A double feature of great World War II escapes on Turner Classic Movies begins quite naturally with “The Great Escape” (8 p.m.), followed by “A Man Escaped” (11 p.m.). Much later comes “The Decline of Western Civilization Part III” (TCM, 2 a.m.).
The Lumineers play a replay of “Austin City Limits” (PBS, 11 p.m., check local listings).
The Chris Hemsworth-hosted “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) with Chance the Rapper is repeated.