There’s a new football league in town the USFL begins its initial 10-week season with New Jersey at Birmingham (Fox, NBC, 7:30 p.m.), bizarrely simulcast on two broadcast networks.
The NBA Playoffs begin in earnest with Utah at Dallas (ESPN, 1 p.m.), Minnesota at Memphis (ESPN, 3:30 p.m.), Toronto at Philadelphia (ESPN, 6 p.m.) and Denver at Golden State (ABC, 8:30 p.m.).
There’s a whole lotta LIzzo on a new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.), where she is both host and musical guest.
In the new series “Life Under Renovation” (HGTV, 11 p.m.), five families from across the country build their own dream homes themselves.
Hallmark finally flirts with same-sex relationships in their latest made-for-TV “Love, Classified” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) starring Melora Hardin, Arienne Mandi and Max Lloyd-Jones.
In the made-for-TV thriller “Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Love Story” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child plays a woman whose new beau (Antonio Cupo) turns out to be obsessive. Tina Knowles-Lawson and Romeo Miller also star.