In a “20/20” (ABC, 10 p.m.) covering the rape convictions of high school football stars in Steubenville, Ohio, Elizabeth Vargas has an opportunity to get it right where reports of the sentences Sunday particularly on CNN seemed to get it so wrong, siding with the criminals instead of the victims. And to think this town’s name will now be more associated with this ugly case than the fact that it is, for example, Dean Martin’s birthplace.
On the other network newsmagazine tonight, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, his brother Ari, the famous agent, and Zeke, a bioethisist who wrote a book about the three of them, are interviewed by the host of “Rock Center with Brian Williams” (NBC, 10 p.m.).
And if newsmagazines are the highlight, you know that TV is still dominated by the Madness.
The second full day of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will again have all 16 games available on TV somewhere, which is great if you can find truTV.
Matchups today have Albany vs. Duke (CBS, 12:15 p.m.), Ole Miss vs. Wisconsin (truTV, 12:40 p.m.), Temple vs. North Carolina State (TBS, 1:40 p.m.), Pacific vs. Miami (TNT, 2:10 p.m.), Cincinnati vs. Creighton (CBS, 2:45 p.m.), La Salle vs. Kansas State (tru TV, 3:10 p.m.), James Madison vs. Indiana (TBS, 4:10 p.m.), Colorado vs. Illinois (TNT, 4:40 p.m.), Florida Gulf Coast vs. Georgetown (TBS, 6:50 p.m.), Iona vs. Ohio State (CBS, 7:15 p.m.), Villanova vs. North Carolina (TNT, 7:20 p.m.), Northwestern State vs. Florida (truTV, 7:27 p.m.), Oklahoma vs. San Diego State (TBS, 9:20 p.m.), Iowa State vs. Notre Dame (CBS, 9:45 p.m.), Western Kentucky vs. Kansas (TNT, 9:50 p.m.) and Minnesota vs. UCLA (truTV, 9:57 p.m.).
Austan Goolsbee, John Feehery, Maria Teresa Kumar, Jim McGreevey and Clive Davis are guests on a new “Real Time with Bill Maher” (HBO, 10 p.m.).
Former “Home Improvement” co-star Jonathan Taylor Thomas joins Tim Allen on the season finale of “Last Man Standing” (ABC, 8 p.m.). It’s also the first season finale for “Malibu Country” (ABC, 8:30 p.m.), in which Reba seeks an internet date.
Designs that look good on every body shape is the goal on tonight’s “Fashion Star” (NBC, 8 p.m.).
A new season starts for “Tanked” (Animal Planet, 9 p.m.), the first assignment is for the director and producer of “Jackass: The Movie” (VH1, 8 p.m.).
“Target Presents the iHeart Radio Album Release Party with Justin Timberlake” (The CW, 8 p.m.) gets a same-week rerun, in part because they couldn’t quite fit the whole title when they first aired it on Tuesday. In it, the slightly overexposed pop star performs and is interviewed by Ryan Seacrest.
Animated features tonight include “Up” (Disney, 8 p.m.) and “Megamind” (FX, 7 and 9 p.m.). And you can watch “X-Men: The Last Stand” (Fox Movie Channel, 8 p.m.), “X-Men: First Class” (HBO2, 10 p.m.) as well as the unrelated “X Games: Tignes” (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
The monthlong Friday night salute to director Roberto Rossellini continues with “L’ Amore” (TCM, 8 p.m.), “Flowers of St. Francis” (9:30 p.m.) and “The Machine That Kills Bad People” (11 p.m.).
Later comes a couple of auto films from the 70s, with Peter Fonda and Susan George in “Dirty Mary Crazy Larry” (TCM, 2 a.m.) and Mark Hamill and Annie Potts star in the 1978 “Corvette Summer” (3:45 p.m.).
In the NIT, it’s Arizona State at Baylor (ESPN2, 8 p.m.) and Stony Brook at Iowa (ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Mark Wahlberg, Dolly Parton, Dave Salmoni (rerun). The View: Drew Barrymore, David Muir (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Jennifer Lopez, Kyle Chandler, Phillip Phillips (rerun).
Late Talk
David Letterman: David Spade, Kenny Licklider, Aaron Neville (rerun). Jay Leno: Don Cheadle, Wynonna Judd, Wiz Khalifa with Akon. Jimmy Kimmel: Jessica Simpson, Jim Jefferies, Luke Bryan (rerun). Jimmy Fallon: Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Mitchell, Gary Dell’Abate, Sigur Ros. Craig Ferguson: Bradley Cooper, Wolfgang Puck (rerun). Carson Daly: Joey Bada$$, Wild Child, Maximum Hedrum, the Coup. Tavis Smiley: Taylor Branch. Chelsea Handler: Olivia Wilde, Brad Wollack, Annie Lederman, Ryan Stout (rerun).