San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
WHAT TO WATCH
31 Days of Oscar: Best Picture Winners and 1990s & 2000s Winners
TCM, beginning at 4:45 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, airing tonight on ABC, Turner Classic Movies will spotlight six of the most famous films that have won Oscar’s biggest award, best picture: “Grand Hotel” (1932), “It Happened One Night” (1934),
“All the King’s Men” (1949), “All About Eve” (1950), “An American in Paris” (1951) and “Gone With the Wind” (1939). Then, starting in prime time, TCM airs four Oscar-winning favorites from the 1990s and 2000s: “The Artist” (2011) — 10 nominations, five wins, notably including best picture and best actor ( Jean Dujardin); “The Age of Innocence” (1993) — five nominations, one win: best costume design (Gabriella Pescucci); “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” (1994) — won in its only nominated category: best costume design (Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel); and “All About My Mother” (1999) — won in its only nominated category: best foreign language film (Spain).
The 94th Oscars
ABC, 7 p.m.
Hollywood’s biggest night is back as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences again honors the best of the past year’s movies. A number of the Best Picture nominees had premieres on streaming services as well as theatrical runs, including “The Power of the Dog” (which leads the field with 12 nominations), “Dune,” “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up” and “King Richard.” Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer will host.
Killing Eve
BBC America, 7 p.m.
Vengeful Eve (Sandra Oh) investigates her target — and learns secrets about the Twelve’s history as well. Psychopath Villanelle ( Jodie Comer) reembraces killing. Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) locates the same “Dirty Dozen” member Eve is pursuing.
NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS, 7 p.m.
Two new episodes of “NCIS: Los Angeles” air tonight. First, Sam (LL Cool J) dons his previous undercover persona to find out who killed DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton’s (guest star Bill Goldberg) partner. Then, NCIS investigates the robbery of a highend arts storage facility by going undercover as buyers.
The Simpsons
Fox, 7 p.m.
In the new episode “Pretty Whittle Liar,” Cletus (voice of Hank Azaria) discovers that his wife, Brandine (voice of Tress MacNeille), has been hiding a secret love ... of learning.
Call the Midwife
PBS, 7 p.m.
While Trixie (Helen George) tries to calm an anxious patient, Sister Frances (Ella Bruccoleri) examines a young woman with some troubling symptoms. Lucille (Leonie Elliott) helps support a single mother and intervenes when authorities question her capabilities as a mother.
The Great North
Fox, 7:30 p.m.
Ham (voice of Paul Rust) befriends an older woman who loves to party.
The Walking Dead
AMC, 8 p.m.
A routine patrol takes an unexpected turn for newbie Commonwealth
soldiers Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Rosita (Christian Serratos). Meanwhile, Maggie (Lauren Cohan) meets a frustrating stranger.
March
The CW, 8 p.m.
Time to celebrate! The band finally gets to kick back and enjoy some moments together as a group. It is also graduation day for Kaylan, who is making the tough transition into adulting. The band is looking to the future, and the drum majors make their case to Dr. Z of who should be up next.
Bob’s Burgers
Fox, 8 p.m.
Big Bob (voice of guest star Eric Bauza) comes to dinner so that Tina (voice of Dan Mintz) can interview him for a school project.
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
HBO, 8 p.m.
As the fourth episode of producer Adam McKay’s mesmerizing look at the Los Angeles Lakers’ 1980s dynasty gets underway, the team’s eventual NBA success feels like anything but a slam dunk. It’s 1979 and the squad under its new owner, aging playboy Jerry Buss ( John C. Reilly in a tour de force), has neither a coach nor on-court chemistry. Waiting in the wings for some role in the action is a depressed former player-turnedannouncer named Pat Riley (a nuanced Adrien Brody),
Weakest Link
NBC, 8 p.m.
A new episode of the game show premieres tonight. Jane Lynch hosts.
Sanditon
PBS, 8 p.m.
Charlotte (Rose Williams) starts her new job as a governess for the mysterious Alexander Colbourne. (Ben Lloyd-Hughes); Alison (Rosie Graham) seeks to be reunited with her knight in shining armor; and Georgiana (Crystal Clarke) receives bad news from Antigua. Meanwhile, Lady Denham (Anne Reid) receives an unwanted surprise, and Tom (Kris Marshall) and Col. Lennox (Tom Weston-Jones) make plans for Sanditon’s development.
Outlander
Starz, 8 p.m.
The past comes back to torment Young Ian ( John Bell).
Unsung
TV One, 8 p.m.
Learn the stories behind some of producer Pete Rock’s top productions, like “T.R.O.Y.,” with CL Smooth.
Family Guy
Fox, 8:30 p.m.
Lois (voice of Alex Borstein) develops an addiction to painkillers.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 9 p.m.
When hospital employees are targeted by a gunman, the SWAT team races to find a grieving father whose son was denied a kidney transplant.
Transplant
NBC, 9 p.m.
Bash (Hamza Haq) turns to his therapist to make sense of some haunting memories; a figureskating duo faces a painful reality after an accident on the ice.
Before We Die
PBS, 9 p.m.
Hannah (Lesley Sharp) and her new partner, Billy Murdoch (Vincent Regan), start investigating the Mimica family, who they believe are responsible for Sean’s (Bill Ward) murder.
The Flight Attendant
TBS, 9 p.m.
The first two episodes air back-to-back as Kaley Cuoco stars in this dark comedic thriller following a flight attendant who wakes up with a dead man — and no idea what happened.
Uncensored
TV One, 9 p.m.
A look back at the career of Taye Diggs, from his Broadway debut in 1994 to his emergence as a film heartthrob in “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.”