AROUND THE REMOTE
DON’T MISS: The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards – After a six-year hiatus, funny women Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a very welcome return as co-hosts of the often loose-and-lively celebration of movie and television standouts. “Mank” leads the nominees on the film side, while “The Crown” tops the TV contenders – each earning six. Among the night’s highlights: Jane Fonda is set to receive the prestigious Cecil B. Demille Award for her significant contributions to the entertainment industry. (5 p.m. PT; 8 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC)
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SUNDAY: “The Walking Dead” returns to kick off Season 10’s final six episodes. It’s now a few months after the survivors dared to cross into Whisperer territory during a harsh winter. They’re still dealing with the fallout of Alpha’s horrific display of power, reluctantly respecting the new borderlines being imposed on them – all while organizing themselves into a militia-style fighting force. (9 p.m., AMC).
MONDAY: “The Voice” is back for its landmark 20th season (in 10 years) as Nick Jonas reclaims his red chair alongside fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Blake Shelton. As always, they’ll start things off with the Blind Auditions. (8 p.m., NBC).
MONDAY: Brace yourself for an outof-this-world sci-fi thriller. In “Debris,” two agents from different continents – and with very different styles – must work together to recover scattered wreckage from an alien spacecraft. Each fragment has unpredictable, powerful and sometimes dangerous effects on the people who find it. (10 p.m., NBC).
TUESDAY: As Season 7 of “The Flash” begins, an experiment to save Barry’s fading speed powers backfires, leading to a dangerous plan hatched by Nash Wells. Meanwhile, Iris makes a startling realization inside the Mirrorverse and Cecile faces off with Rosa Dillon (8 p.m., The CW).
TUESDAY: In the Season 3 opener of “New Amsterdam,” the hospital staff is already is still reeling from the pandemic. … And then a plane crashes into the East River. (10 p.m., NBC).
WEDNESDAY: Although Jonathan Knight is best known as a member of the band New Kids on the Block, he’ll share his renovation skills in “Farmhouse Fixer.” It’s a new series that has Knight, who has renovated more than 200 homes, meticulously restoring centuries-old New England farmhouses that deserve a second chance. (9 p.m., HGTV).
WEDNESDAY: “Murder Among the Mormons” is a three-part documentary that recalls a series of pipe-bomb explosions in 1985 that killed two people and severely injured another in Salt Lake City. The crime jolted the epicenter of the LDS Church and raised fears among Mormon parishioners. (Netflix).
THURSDAY: On a spirited episode of “Hell’s Kitchen,” the nine remaining chefs take on the infamous “blind taste test” challenge. Later, it’s steak night in the dining room as one team excels the other fails to sizzle. (8 p.m., Fox).
FRIDAY: Prepare to bid farewell to “Wynonna Earp.” The supernatural Western kicks off its final six episodes, but our feisty title character still has plenty of demons to hunt and lives to save in the town of Purgatory. (10 p.m., Syfy).
SATURDAY: Based on a true-crime book by Ann Rule, the film “Circle of Deception” focuses on a small island community that is turned upside down when a local businessman is found dead the day after Christmas. Was the killer his estranged wife, who complained of domestic abuse – or someone else? (8 p.m., Lifetime).
• Matthew Gavin Frank, Aimee Nezhukumatahil: In his investigation of illicit diamond trading, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank became intrigued with a smuggling method used in South Africa: carrier pigeons would be snuck onto mine property, diamonds affixed to their feet and then sent soaring into the air. His book, “Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed Along Coastal South Africa” was published Feb. 23. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Frank will appear in a virtual conversation with poet Aimee Nezhukumatahil whose book “World of Wonders” contains essays about the natural world. The event is presented by Gramercy Books, Ohio State University’s Creative Writing Program and Ohioana Library. General admission is $5. A ticket including “Flight of the Diamond Smugglers” costs $28. A ticket including both “Flight of the Diamond Smugglers and “World of Wonders” costs $56. Visit gramercybooksbexley.com and Eventbrite.com.
• Kazuo Ishiguro, Neil Gaiman: Nobel and Booker Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel, “Klara and the Sun” (to be released March 2) concerns an Artificial Friend, on display in a store, who hopes that someone soon will come and purchase her. Ishiguro, also author of “Never Let Me Go” and “The Remains of the Day,” will engage in a live, virtual conversation with bestselling author Neil Gaiman (“The Sandman,” “Coraline,” “The Graveyard Book”) at 6 p.m. Saturday. The Zoom event is hosted by Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C., with co-presenters Gramercy Book and Books & Books in Miami, Florida. Admission costs $30, which includes a copy of “Klara and the Sun.” Register at Eventbrite.com. negilson@gmail.com
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