Los Angeles Times

TV THIS WEEK

- By Matt Cooper

SUNDAY

Motown legend Diana Ross graces the stage at “The 61st Annual Grammy Awards.” Cardi B and Kacey Musgraves are among the performers and Alicia Keys is mistress of ceremonies. 5 and 8:30 p.m. CBS

A pregnant car-crash victim awakens sans child in the thriller “Saving My Baby.” With Brianne Davis. 8 p.m. Lifetime

The droll period drama “The Favourite” leads the field with 12 nomination­s at the BAFTAs, a.k.a. “The British Academy Film Awards.” 9 p.m. BBC America

The life and loves of Queen Elizabeth II’s wild-child kid sister are revisited in the twopart docu-special “Margaret: The Rebel Princess.” 10 p.m. KOCE

MONDAY

Scandalous! The 2018 documentar­y “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” profiles a former Marine who once worked as an escort/pimp catering to Tinseltown’s closeted gay celebritie­s. 9 p.m. Starz

“Independen­t Lens” presents “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” filmmaker RaMell Ross’s intimate documentar­y about life in an African American community in rural Alabama. 10 p.m. KOCE

The new docu-special “Studio 54” recalls the Manhattan disco that was the place to see and be seen in the late 1970s. 10 p.m. A&E

TUESDAY

Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former House Speaker Paul Ryan learn about their respective family histories on a

new “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” 8 p.m. KOCE

“American Experience” salutes the U.S. Navy’s “aquanauts,” who helped advance the field of undersea exploratio­n, in the new episode “Sealab.” 9 p.m. KOCE

“Frontline” investigat­es the case of a doctor accused of sexually abusing Native American boys over many years in “Predator on the Reservatio­n.” 10 p.m. KOCE

All is fair in love and office politics in “Boomerang,” a new TV series inspired by the 1992 Eddie Murphy/Halle Berry romcom. 10 and 10:30 p.m. BET

Low-level angels try to save the human race from a seemingly indifferen­t Almighty (Steve Buscemi) in the new fantasy-comedy “Miracle Workers.” 10:30 p.m. TBS

WEDNESDAY

On they sweep, with threshing oar in “Wild Way of the Vikings” on a new “Nature.” Ewan McGregor narrates. 8 p.m. KOCE

See who outwitted, outplayed and outlasted whom on the season finale of “Celebrity Big Brother.” 9 p.m. CBS

We have liftoff! “Nova” looks at the private sector’s ever-expanding role in space exploratio­n in the new episode “Rise of the Rockets.” 9 p.m. KOCE

The murderous regime of Uganda’s Idi Amin is remembered on the season finale of “The Dictator’s Playbook.” 10 p.m. KOCE

THURSDAY

Spend Valentine’s Day with one of the stars of “Community” and “The Hangover” in the new comedy special “Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho.” Anytime, Netflix

“Jurassic Park’s” Sam Neill follows in the footsteps of a famous British explorer in the six-part documentar­y series “The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook.” 7 and 8 p.m. Ovation

FRIDAY

Gentlemen, start your wincing: The new docuseries “Lorena” retells the tawdry tabloid tale of the Lorena Bobbitt, the Virginia woman who separated her husband from his member in 1993. Anytime, Amazon

It’s up to the remnants of “The Umbrella Academy” to save the world from certain doom in this new sci-fi/fantasy drama. With Ellen Page and Colm Feore. Anytime, Netf lix

Teen crimefight­er “Kim Possible” returns in this new live-action TV movie based on the 2002-07 animated series. Sadie Stanley stars. 8 p.m. Disney Channel

Claire Danes and Jim Parsons play the parents of a 4-year-old they suspect might be transgende­r in the 2018 drama “A Kid Like Jake.” 8 p.m. Showtime

A wrongfully convicted murder suspect turned criminal-defense attorney (Rachelle Lefevre) plies her trade in the new legal drama “Proven Innocent.” With Kelsey Grammer. 9 p.m. Fox

Oscar winner Shirley MacLaine collects career kudos at the AARP-sponsored Movies for Grownups Awards on a new “Great Performanc­es.” 9 p.m. KOCE

SATURDAY

Lacey Chabert stirs things up in the new TV movie “Love, Romance & Chocolate.” 8 p.m. Hallmark Channel

Your friendly neighborho­od red-suited, wise-cracking, limb-regenerati­ng, trashtalki­ng, Wolverine-obsessed mercenary (Ryan Reynolds) is back in action in the 2018 sequel “Deadpool 2.” Josh Brolin and Morena Baccarin also star. 8 p.m. HBO

The new bio-pic “Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You” celebrates the Aussie lass who made it big in country music before making it even bigger in the hit 1978 musical “Grease.” Delta Goodrem stars. 8 p.m. Lifetime

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Kelly Gardner DELTA GOODREM stars in the new bio-drama “Olivia Newton John: Hopelessly Devoted to You” on Lifetime.

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