What you’ll want to watch on television this week
2022 Winter Olympics
The games started Friday in Beijing, China, and continue through Feb. 20. On Sunday, you can watch speed skating, cross-country skiing and ski jumping from 2 to 6 p.m. and figure skating, alpine and freestyle skiing and luge from 7 to 11:30 p.m. (NBC, CNBC, USA, Peacock)
Other bets Sunday
The best players from the AFC and the NFC face off in the “2022 Pro Bowl” in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. (ABC and ESPN)
Depression-era carny turned scam artist Bradley Cooper tries to pull a fast one in Guillermo del Toro’s noir-ish 2021 thriller “Nightmare Alley.” With Cate Blanchett. 6:20 p.m. (HBO)
Monday
Forever in blue jeans: “American Experience” flies by the seat of its pants in the new episode “Riveted: The History of Jeans.” 9 p.m. (PBS)
Reality TV stars celebrate Black history and their own African heritage in the twopart special “Love & Hip Hop: Lineage to Legacy.” 9 p.m. (VH1)
Tuesday
NFL great Boomer Esiason and “NCIS: Los Angeles’” Daniela Ruah suit up to host a new “Super Bowl Greatest Commercials: All-Time Classics.” 8 p.m. (CBS)
The 2019 documentary “Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back” catches the tap-dance legend reflecting on his life, career and relationship with his brother, Tony winner Gregory Hines. 8 p.m. (Starz)
Wednesday
Time magazine names its “Kid of the Year” in this new special hosted by “The Daily Show’s” Trevor Noah. 7:30 p.m. (Nickelodeon)
Skip the handshake: Meet an Aussie ecologist who specializes in animal poop in “Secrets in the Scat” on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. (PBS)
Thursday
Celebrity couples spill their relationship secrets to hosts Stephen and Ayesha Curry in the new reality series “About Last Night.” (HBO Max)
Pro football’s finest are feted and the next class of Hall of Fame inductees is announced at this year’s edition of “NFL Honors.” 9 p.m. (ABC)
Friday
A scam artist (“Ozarks’” Julia Garner) passes herself off as a jet-setting heiress in the new fact-based miniseries “Inventing Anna.” With Anna Chlumsky. (Netflix)
A Jennifer Lopez-like superstar (Jennifer Lopez) hooks up with a mere mortal (Owen Wilson) in the 2022 rom-com “Marry Me.” With Sarah Silverman. (Peacock)
Saturday
Naturalist David Attenborough racks up a few more frequent-flyer miles in his latest series, “Attenborough’s Global Adventure.” 8 p.m. (BBC America)
Texas singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, who died in 2021, is seen and heard in past performances on a special edition of “Austin City Limits.” 11:30 p.m. (PBS)
— Los Angeles Times listings editor Matt
Cooper compiled this column.