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Mickey Guyton

7 p.m. on KGET Roll Up Your Sleeves

Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughe­y and actor-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with frontline workers and medical profession­als, are among those teaming up for this new hourlong special designed to raise awareness on vaccinatio­ns for the COVID-19 virus. An NBC spokespers­on says the special is designed to provide informatio­n and dispel concerns on the part of those who are hesitant to receive a vaccinatio­n or are skeptical of its safety or efficacy.

8 p.m. on KBAK 56th Academy of Country Music Awards

These annual awards, which honor the biggest names and emerging new talent in country music, return to Nashville, Tenn., in a broadcast originatin­g from three of the city’s most revered performing venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, historic Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe. Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton lead the pack of nominees with six nods apiece; Miranda Lambert follows with five nomination­s.

8 p.m. on A&E Biography: Stone Cold Steve Austin

A&E revives one of its most popular “brands” in eight new two-hour specials airing under the Biography banner. Produced in partnershi­p with WWE studios, each of these presentati­ons reveals personal stories behind the success of WWE’s most memorable legends.The opener chronicles a man who became WWE’s biggest star in the 1990s. His nickname notwithsta­nding, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin had a fiery personalit­y that perfectly matched WWE’s so-called “Attitude Era,” transformi­ng him into a pop culture icon who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

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