What to watch
SUNDAY March 12, 2023
All times Eastern. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.
NASCAR Cup Series: United Rentals Work United 500
FOX, 3:30 p.m. Live
Top Cup Series drivers duel in the desert for the United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show
CBS, 6 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, 7 p.m.
Original Film
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, 8 p.m. Live
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 press time include Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Zoe Saldana and Donnie Yen.
The Last of Us
HBO, 9 p.m. Season Finale
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.