San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
WHAT TO WATCH
TCM, beginning at 6:15 a.m. Epic war films have frequently been favorites when it comes to Academy voters, and Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of
Oscar has 10 of them in today’s lineup. Nine of them feature World War II as their backdrop (and a few were even produced during the war), while another brilliantly chronicles the horrors of World War I. The lineup features “Beyond the Line of Duty” (1942), which won its only nomination, Best Short Subject, Two-Reel; “Air Force” (1943) — four nominations, including Best Original Screenplay (Dudley Nichols), and one win: Editing (George Amy); “Battleground” (1949) — six nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (James Whitmore) and
Director (William A. Wellman), and won two awards: Screenplay (Robert Pirosh) and Cinematography, Black-and-White (Paul Vogel); “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” (1944) — won for its special effects, also nominated for its cinematography; “The Dirty Dozen” (1967) — four nominations, including Best Supporting Actor (John Cassavetes), and a win for Sound Effects (John Poyner); “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949) — four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Gregory Peck), and two wins: Best Supporting Actor (Dean Jagger) and Best Sound, Recording (Thomas T. Moulton); “The Longest Day” (1962) — five nominations, including Best Picture, and two wins, for its cinematography and special effects; “From Here to Eternity” (1953) — won eight of its 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), Supporting Actress (Donna Reed) and Director (Fred Zinnemann), with other nominations including Best Actor (Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster) and Best Actress (Deborah Kerr); “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930), which won Best Picture and Director (Lewis Milestone), and was also nominated for its writing and cinematography; and “49th Parallel” (1941) — nominated for Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay
(Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger), and won for Best Writing, Original Story (Pressburger).
NASCAR Cup Series: United Rentals Work United 500
Fox, 2:30 p.m.
Top Cup Series drivers duel in the desert for the United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show
CBS, 5 p.m. Live
The 68-team NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament field is announced live on CBS, featuring analysis, discussion, interviews and reactions from coaches and players.
Unexpected Grace
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 6 p.m.
Grace (Erica Tremblay), a new student who has just moved to town, finds a note from a schoolgirl looking for a friend. She excitedly writes back and sets off a chain of events that changes the lives of three people.
The 95th Oscars ABC, 7 p.m.
Awards season culminates with Hollywood’s biggest night as the Academy Awards honor the best films of 2022. Leading the field is “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” with 11 nominations, followed by “All Quiet on the Western Front”
and “The Banshees of
Inisherin” with nine nods each, “Elvis” with eight and “The Fabelmans” with seven.
Among notable nominees, Michelle Yeoh is the first Malaysian nominated as Best Actress (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”); Best Supporting Actress nominee Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) is the first actor in a Marvel movie to be nominated for an Oscar; and Best Original Score nominee John Williams (“The Fabelmans”) adds to his reign as the Oscars’ most-nominated living person (he’s now at 53). Jimmy Kimmel returns to host the ceremony. Rihanna has been announced as a performer; she will sing the Oscar-nominated “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Also announced as performers are Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala
Bhairava, who will sing the Oscar-nominated “Naatu Naatu” from the Indian action drama “RRR.” Presenters announced at presstime include Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Zoe Saldaña and Donnie Yen.
Rockstar Shuffle AXS TV, 7 p.m.
The home-with-the-stars series visits Billy Idol axman Steve Stevens (who calls his “Top Gun” Grammy “payback” for his parents putting up with his guitar playing), and explores how Ted Nugent became rock’s “Uncle Ted.”
The Equalizer CBS, 7 p.m.
After a string of antisemitic hate crimes terrorizes a local community, Harry (Adam
Goldberg) reconnects with his Jewish faith as he leads the team in finding the culprit in the new episode “Never Again.”
The Simpsons Fox, 7 p.m.
Kirk Van Houten (voice of Hank Azaria) goes on a crusade to censor and control the school curriculum in the new episode “Hostile Kirk Place.”
The Great North Fox, 7:30 p.m.
Beef (voice of Nick Offerman) drives Alyson (Megan Mullally) to meet a man she met online in the new episode “Can’t Hardly Date Adventure.”
Bob’s Burgers Fox, 8 p.m.
Louise (voice of Kristen Schaal) is on a mission to find the perfect item for her last-ever Show and Tell in the new episode “The Show (And Tell) Must Go On.”
The Way Home
Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) realizes her relationship has no future, while Kat (Chyler Leigh) is shocked by family secrets.
The Last of Us HBO, 8 p.m.
The postapocalyptic drama about hardened survivor Joel (Pedro Pascal), who is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone, concludes its first season. HBO has renewed it for Season 2.
Magnum P.I. NBC, 8 p.m.
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) recruits Katsumoto (Tim Kang) to help find a missing tourist; Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and Kumu (Amy Hill) attempt to solve the murder of a beloved dog; and Rick (Zachary Knighton) enlists the aid of TC (Stephen Hill) after he accidentally loses Magnum’s pet mouse, Roberto II.
Shock Docs
Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
This installment of the “Shock Docs” franchise focuses on the reported 1975 incident in which logger Travis Walton disappeared after his fellow workers claimed to have seen him hit by a bolt of light from a UFO, a report that inspired the
1993 movie “Fire in the Sky.”
Family Guy
Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) is jealous when her father, Carter (Seth MacFarlane), adopts a young girl to restore his public image in the new episode “Adoptation.”
Naked and Afraid: Solo Discovery Channel, 9 p.m.
Eight of the “Naked and Afraid” franchise’s most battle-tested survivalists will attempt to endure 21 days completely solo. This series takes place in some of the most remote and harsh environments in the world — and in locations spread out over three continents. Whether it’s a bug-infested South American rainforest, a frigid African scrubland or a blistering Mexican jungle, each episode follows multiple survivalists as they take on the most difficult challenge of their lives.
The Idaho College Murders Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
This hourlong special offers critical new perspectives into the night of terror in Moscow, Idaho, that claimed the lives of four college students: Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen.
A Spy Among Friends MGM+, 9 p.m.
This six-episode drama is the true story of two British spies and lifelong friends, Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott. Philby became the most notorious British defector and Soviet double agent in history. Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin star.
The Blacklist NBC, 9 p.m.
An assassination attempt on Sen. Panabaker (Deirdre Lovejoy) leads the task force to a group of renowned pickpockets. Meanwhile, Red (James Spader) sends a dangerous gift to an old friend in custody.
American Idol ABC, 10:35 p.m.
This special audition episode of “American Idol” follows the Oscars ceremony at approximately this start time.