The 67th Primetime Emmys (Fox, 8 p.m.) is being hosted by Andy Samberg, perhaps because he’s one of the leading comedy stars on the hosting network, with his “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” It shouldn’t be for his performance hosting the MTV Movie Awards a few years back.
Since his graduation from “Saturday Night Live” to sitcoms, he’s become kind of the smug, unfunny personality we usually associate with Adam Sandler.
With a writing crew that includes a couple of the best hosts ever, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, as well as Scott Aukerman, the “Comedy Bang! Bang!” host who won his own Creative Arts Emmy for producing “Between Two Ferns,” there may be hope.
Early winners, judging from the Creative Arts Emmys that aired Saturday, were “Game of Thrones” and “Transparent.” It doesn’t look like “Mad Men” will get its due. One odd trend from the Creative Arts event that we hope doesn’t continue is when a member of a large accepting troupe takes out a camera phone to document the scene, pointing right at the camera. Advise these people this is also being televised; they can get a selfie later.
Besides Sunday Night Football’s Seattle at Green Bay (NBC, 8:30 p.m.), NFL games include St. Louis at Washington (Fox, 1 p.m.), Baltimore at Oakland (CBS, 4 p.m.) and Dallas at Philadelphia (Fox, 4:25 p.m.).
A show that will never get an Emmy nonetheless treats itself with a two hour episode. “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” (E!, 8 p.m.) goes to Armenia to visit.
The three episode mystery “Arthur & George,” about “Sherlock” author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, comes to an end on “Masterpiece” (PBS, 8 p.m.), with the duo closing in on the Wyrley Ripper.
Things go way different than planned on “Project Greenlight” (HBO, 10 p.m.), but Jason is still told he can’t use film. (Why are these episodes only a half hour long? It seems to warrant an hour).
More couples intrigue rears up on “Masters of Sex” (Showtime, 10 p.m.).
The problems of getting out of the city are just exaggerated on “The Strain” (FX, p.m.).
Stuart and Freddie have a falling out on “Vicious” (PBS, 10:30 p.m.).
Just like there are too many wives in the show, there are too many episodes of “Sister Wives” (TLC, 8, 9 and 10 p.m.).
Von Furstenberg chooses two to go with her to Parish Fashion Week on “House of DVF” (E!, 10 p.m.).
It’s the penultimate episode of this season’s “Big Brother” (CBS, 8 p.m.), and yet not much is planned.
Part of the fun of “Doll & Em” (HBO, 10:30 p.m.) this season is the number of guest stars they get. Mikhail Baryshnikov pop us up tonight to help the two find a stage for their play.
The National Guard comes in finally on “Fear the Walking Dead” (AMC, 9 p.m.) and they prove not to be all on the same page.
It’s Mariah vs. many on the third season finale of “Married to Medicine” (Bravo, 9 p.m.).
Mickey throws himself a goodbye party on “Ray Donovan” (Showtime, 9 p.m.).
Relying on landlines and paper maps is a challenge on “The Great Food Truck Race” (Food, 9 p.m.) as they reach Route 66 near Tulsa.
Kim returns to her Connecticut hometown on “Don’t Be Tardy” (Bravo, 10 p.m.). Wonder whether she’ll tell her daughter what a wild one she once was.
Climate change even affects your watching of “Ice Road Truckers” (History, 9 p.m.), where the road is melting beneath them.
Disinviting somebody from a party is always a way to round up conflict on a show like “Basketball Wives LA” (VH1, 9 p.m.).
An officer is serenaded by a trombonist on “Rugged Justice” (Animal Planet, 8 p.m.).
The warden is promoted to Landowner Relations Specialist on “North Woods Law” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.), which sounds like a made up position.
The competition is winding up on “Wicked Tuna” (National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.).
“Snapped” (Oxygen, 9 p.m.) is about a 2008 church shooting in Pennsylvania.
Oh, god, they’re showing it again: all three hours of Wednesday’s CNN Republican Debate (CNN, 8 p.m.)
Turner Classic Movies has two Charlie Chan movies on tonight, “Dark Alibi” (8 p.m.) and “Dangerous Money” (TCM, 9:15 p.m.) and two of another 1940s detective series, “The Gay Falcon” (10:30 p.m.) and “A Date with the Falcon” (11:45 p.m.). Later, it’s Garbo in the silent “The Mysterious Lady” (1 a.m.) and Fellini’s marvelous “Amarcord” (2:45 a.m.).
Baseball includes Cardinals at Cubs (TBS, 2 p.m.) and Yankees at Mets (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
In the WNBA playoffs it’s game two of New York at Washington (ESPN, 1 p.m.) and Minnesota at Los Angeles (ESPN, 3 p.m.).
Sunday Talk
ABC: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. CBS: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rand Paul. NBC: Trump, John Kasich, Ben Carson, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. CNN: Kasich, Trump, Chris Christie. Fox News: Carly Fiorina Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, Vatican spokesman Rev. Thomas Rosica.