TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
7:30 PM (TNT) (SUN) NBA Basketball A clash of Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls goes down tonight in Philadelphia, where Joel Embiid and the 76ers defend home court from Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. With new coach Doc Rivers, a new cast of shooters and a return to health for key players, the Sixers hope to get farther than the firstround exit they took from last fall’s playoffs. Likewise, the Heat would like to take their 2019-20 Eastern Conference championship one step further to an NBA title. Immediately following in this TNT doubleheader, it’s the Golden State Warriors visiting the Denver Nuggets.
9 PM_ Call Me Kat A free trip to Puerto Rico is good for two, but Kat (Mayim Bialik) can’t find anyone to go along in the new episode “Vacation.” Others try to inspire her to take the trip by herself, but she’s not sure what she’ll ultimately decide to do. Randi and Phil (Kyla Pratt, Leslie Jordan) run into trouble almost immediately upon being left to oversee the cafe. Swoosie Kurtz, Cheyenne Jackson and Julian Gant also star. 9 PM* The Chase “To Be the Best, You Got to Beat the Best” isn’t merely a subtitle in the case of the new episode, it conveys the essence of this entire game show. The existing “best” are big-winning “Jeopardy!” alumni James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, who face three contestants eager to assume their “champion” status.
10:02 PM$ Star Trek: Discovery In the new episode “Vaulting Ambition,” Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) heads to the ISS Charon bearing a special “gift” for the Emperor. Elsewhere, with some unexpected help, Stamets (Anthony Rapp) gains some muchneeded clarity while trapped inside the mycelial network, and Saru (Doug Jones) turns to L’Rell for help. Jason Isaacs and Shazad Latif also star.
10:03 PM (HIST) Mountain Men
Mike flies into the Kodiak backcountry on a quest to find some rich bear-hunting grounds in the new episode “Meltdown: Loaded for Bear.” Meanwhile, Jason races the clock to complete a barn before his new herd of goats arrives, while Harry and Kidd track down the bear that attacked their cattle.