There’s little snow on the slopes this season but there are a couple of ski movies tonight on Turner Classic Movies tonight. It begins with Michael Ritchie’s “Downhill Racer” (8 p.m.) from 1969, with two actors who died last year: Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. It’s followed by the 1965 “Ski Party” (10 p.m.), which is a kind of “Beach Party” movie except on the slopes, with Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley and Dwayne Hickman. The best part of the music, though, from James Brown, Lesley Gore, and the Hondells.
NFL Playoffs begin with Wild Card weekend, with Rams at Carolina (Fox, 4:30 p.m.) and Green Bay at Chicago (Prime Video, 8 p.m.).
Julia Roberts and Sean Penn talk about their major roles last year on “Variety & CNN: Actors on Actors” (CNN, 10 p.m.).
In the new series “Maxxed Out” (OWN, 9 p.m.), financial relationship coach Leah Collins advises couples struggling with finances.
The third season of “Tehran” (Apple TV, streaming) began yesterday.
A Boston woman is arrested in connection with the death of her boyfriend, a Boston cop, in the made-for-TV film “Accused: The Karen Read” (Lifetime, 8 p.m.), based on a true story. Katie Cassidy and Luke Humphrey star.
The made-for-TV romance “A Melbourne Match” (Hallmark, 8 p.m.) with Mallory Jansen and Ryan Coore is about a travel writer who meets an ex-footballer in Australia.
Candace Cameron Bure returns as the small-town former criminologist in the latest film based on the series, “Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Watchmaker” (Great American Family, 8 p.m.).
A performance that puts to use a collection of Stradivarius instruments comes on an odd network: “The 2025 Library of Congress Stradivari Concert” (CSPAN2, 7:12 p.m.).
Svengoolie presents “The Skull” (MeTV, 8 p.m.)
The 12 o’clock noir on TCM is “Crime of Passion” (midnight). It’s followed by some of Japan’s biggest monsters, “Gojira” (1:30 a.m.) and “Mothra vs. Godzilla” (3:30 a.m.). The midday musical is from Elvis: “Double Trouble” (noon).
Hockey has Rangers at Boston (ABC, 1 p.m.) and Florida at Ottawa (NHL, 7 p.m.).
Men’s college basketball includes VCU at George Mason (EPNU), Boston College at Louisville (C, noon), Kansas at West Virginia (Fox, noon), Fordham at St. Bonaventure (USA, noon) Tennessee at Florida (ESPN, noon), Georgia Tech at Miami (ESPN2, noon) and DePaul at Connecticut (TNT, 12:30 p.m.), Wisconsin at Michigan (CBS, 1 p.m.), Rhode Island at Davidson (USA, 2 p.m.), SMU at Duke (ESPN, 2 p.m.), Georgia Southern at South Alabana (ESPNU, 2 p.m.), Georgia at South Carolina (2 p.m.), St. John’s at Creighton (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.), Stanford at Virginia (CW, 2:15 p.m.), Villanova at Marquette (TNT, 2:30 p.m.), Loyola Chicago at George Washington (CBS Sports, 3 p.m.), Saint Louis at La Salle (USA, 4 p.m.), Arizona at TCU (EPSN, 4 p.m.), Jackson State at Alabama State (ESPNU, 4 p.m.), Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), Providence at Xavier (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.), Washington State art St. Mary’s, Calif. (CBS Sports 5 p.m.), Seton Hall at Georgetown (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.), Arkansas at Auburn ((ESPN, 6 p.m.), Northern Iowa at Bradley (ESPNU, 6 p.m.), Clemson at Notre Dame (ESPN2, 6 p.m.), Texas Tech at Colorado (CBS Sports, 7 p.m.), Maryland at UCLA (Fox, 8 p.m.), Texas at Alabama (ESPN, 8 p.m.), Middle Tennessee at New Mexico State (ESPNU, 8 p.m.), Utah State at Boise State (CBS Sports, 9 p.m.), BYU at Utah (ESPN, 10 p.m.) and Fresno State at San Diego State (CBS Sports, 11 p.m.).
The 80th Hula Bowl (CBS Sports, noon) is a college football all-star game featuring top seniors.
Soccer has Algeria vs. Nigeria (beIN Sports, 11 a.m.) and Egypt vs. Ivory Coast (beIN Sports, 2 p.m.) in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships (NBC, 8 p.m.) continues from St. Louis.
Hockey has Slovakia vs. United States (NHL, 9 a.m.) in the IIHF women’s under-18 world champtonship.
One gymnastics collegiate quad has Oklahoma, UCLA, Utah and LSU (ABC, 4 p.m.); another has Michigan State, California, Kentucky and Michigan (ESPN2, 8 p.m.).
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) is a rerun from November, with Nikki Glaser and Sombr.