What to watch MONDAY
January 15, 2024
All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
NBA Basketball
NBA TV & TNT, beginning at 1 p.m. Live
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is a big day for basketball, and the NBA celebrates with four marquee matchups. The Houston Rockets are at the Philadelphia 76ers in a matinee on NBA TV. Action flips to TNT as the San Antonio Spurs are at the Atlanta Hawks and the Golden State Warriors are at the Memphis Grizzlies. In the nightcap on NBA TV, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in Los Angeles to battle the Lakers.
NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Playoffs ABC & ESPN, 8 p.m. Live
The first round of the NFL playoffs concludes tonight with the Philadelphia Eagles at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a wild-card matchup on ABC and ESPN.
75th Emmy Awards FOX, 8 p.m. Live
The Emmy Awards, which honor the best achievements in television, hit a milestone 75th year of award presentation tonight, with the HBO drama Succession leading in nominations with 27 total and 14 acting nominations, which ties its own record from 2022. The Last of Us, with 24 nominations, also set a record as the first live-action video-game adaptation nominated in major Emmy categories. The White Lotus is close behind with 23 nominations, and critic favorites Ted Lasso and The Bear are set to dominate the comedy sphere.
America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League
NBC, 8 p.m.
The qualifying rounds enter their third week. One act is given a Golden Buzzer and earns a spot in the finals, with the audience vote sending five acts through to the semifinals.
Antiques Roadshow PBS, 8 p.m.
In “Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 2,” more treasures in Anchorage include a Paul Revere Jr. silver tablespoon, Harry Karstens’ ice ax (circa 1931) and a totem pole (circa 1890).
POV: ‘Brief Tender Light’ PBS, 10 p.m.
This film goes inside MIT, America’s premier technological university, to reveal opportunities and obstacles that four Black African students face as they experience American culture and its embedded racism. This documentary marks the feature-film directorial debut of Ghanaian MIT alumnus Arthur Musah.