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TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper THURSDAY Two-sport athlete Deion Sanders — a.k.a. “Neon Deion,” a.k.a. “Prime Time,” a.k.a. “Prime” — is profiled in “Deion’s Double Play” on a new “30 for 30.” 6 p.m. ESPN

SUNDAY

The latest remake of “A Star Is Born” leads with four nomination­s, Alan Alda collects career kudos, and “Will & Grace’s” Megan Mullally is your hostess with the mostest at the “25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.” 5 p.m. TBS, TNT

Nature or nurture? The fascinatin­g 2018 documentar­y “Three Identical Strangers” tells the story of triplets separated at birth as part of a scientific study. 6 and 8 p.m. CNN

“Rent” is due. Vanessa Hudgens heads the cast of this live — tape-delayed on the West Coast — staging of the Tony-winning Broadway musical about young artistic types eking out an existence in New York’s East Village. 8 p.m. Fox

MONDAY

Two of the all-time great New York newspaperm­en — Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill — are saluted in the new doc “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists.” 8 p.m. HBO

Nice ride! Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki hits the highway in Elvis Presley’s 1963 RollsRoyce in search of the soul of America in the 2018 documentar­y “The King” airing on a new “Independen­t Lens.” 9 p.m. KOCE

A washed-up reporter (Chris Pine) meets a teenage girl (India Eisley) who may hold the key to one of L.A’s most infamous murders in the six-part period drama “I Am the Night.” 9 p.m. TNT; also TBS

TUESDAY

At press time, broadcast networks and cable-news outlets plan to offer live coverage as President Donald J. Trump delivers the annual “State of the Union” address. 6 p.m., various channels

And now, a word from our sponsors: Boomer Esiason and Daniela Ruah cohost the new special “Super Bowl Greatest Commercial­s 2019.” 8 p.m. CBS

Kal Penn, Marisa Tomei and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg find out about their respective family histories on a new episode of “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” 8 p.m. KOCE

Say it ain’t so, Joe! The “Black Sox” scandal of 1919 is among the baseball-themed tales tipsily retold on a new episode of “Drunk History.” 10 p.m. Comedy Central

WEDNESDAY

It’s all over but Ragnarök on the Season 5 finale of “Vikings.” 9 p.m. History Channel

A man, a plan, a canal: Noriega. The deposed Panamanian strongman is profiled on a new episode of “The Dictator’s Playbook.” 10 p.m. KOCE

A whole lotta lava! Host Don Wildman heads to Italy for “Buried Alive in Pompeii: A Mysteries at the Museum Special.” 9 p.m. Travel Channel

“Swamp People” emerge from the swamp for a 10th season of this reality series. 9 p.m. History Channel

Chelsea Handler and Mary McCormack guest star as “Will & Grace” returns with new episodes. 9:30 p.m. NBC

They’re revved up and ready to ride on the season premiere of “Truck Night in America.” 10 p.m. History Channel

FRIDAY

This Belgian doesn’t waffle: John Malkovich portrays super-sleuth Hercule Poirot in a three-part BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “The ABC Murders.” Any time, Amazon Prime

It’s like a rom-com gone wrong for coworkers stuck in an elevator over Valentine’s Day weekend in “Down” on the monthly horror anthology “Into the Dark.” With Natalie Martinez and Matt Lauria. Any time, Hulu

“OITNB’s” Natasha Lyonne plays a hardpartyi­ng New Yorker trapped in a “Groundhog Day”-style loop in the darkly comic new series “Russian Doll.” Any time, Netflix

Those paintings are evil — evil, I tells ya! — in the 2019 art-world satire “Velvet Buzzsaw.” Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette and the aforementi­oned John Malkovich star. Any time, Netflix

She’s blonde: Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the title role in “Marnie,” composer Nico Muhly’s opera based on the classic Hitchcock thriller, on a new “Great Performanc­es at the Met.” 9 p.m. KOCE

SATURDAY

Rachael Leigh Cook and Brendan Penny are fixin’ to get hitched in the new TV-movie three-quel “Valentine in the Vineyard.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

“Uncle Drew” is out there cold-shootin’ some hoops in this basketball-themed 2018 comedy. With Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Lisa Leslie, Lil Rel Howery, J. B. Smoove, Mike Epps and Tiffany Haddish. 8 p.m. HBO

Her pom-poms won’t save her now in the new thriller “Death of a Cheerleade­r.” With Aubrey Peeples. 8 p.m. Lifetime

Pro football’s finest are feted at the “NFL Honors” hosted by Steve Harvey. 9 p.m. CBS

Blues-guitar great Buddy Guy throws down on a new installmen­t of “Austin City Limits.” 11 p.m. KOCE

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Pamela Littky Fox THE HIT MUSICAL “Rent” comes to Fox as a star-studded live special.

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