News & Notes

Tonight, ABC has the Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers – American Sons, American Murderers news special.

Over on cable, Bravo has an Inside the Actors Studio: Viola Davis special, CMT has the fifth season premiere of Nashville, Food Network has the 11th season premiere of Beat Bobby Flay, and IFC has the seventh season premiere of Portlandia.

Next week, FOX has the series premiere of My Kitchen Rules and USA Network has the second season premiere of Colony.

Prime Picks

The Big Bang Theory (CBS): New. “The Holiday Summation.” Runs 31 minutes.

Mom (CBS): New. Some of Adam’s old party buddies come for a visit. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 29 minutes.
Life in Pieces (CBS): New. Everyone harkens back to a moment in their past. Runs 30 minutes.

The Blacklist (NBC): New. Aram deals with the consequences of letting someone hack the system. Red calls in a favor.

Solid Selections

Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo): New Special. Viola Davis is interviewed. Plays again later.

Nashville (CMT): Season Premiere. In the first episode, Rayna and Deacon deal with Maddie being home and also the financial problems of Highway 65. In the second episode, Rayna wants to make a concept album with Deacon. Scarlett still isn’t sure if Gunnar can be trusted. Runs two hours and five minutes. Plays twice.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader college basketball action tonight with Purdue at Ohio State followed by California at UCLA.
• ESPN2 has doubleheader college basketball action tonight with UConn at Memphis followed by Gonzaga at San Francisco.
• ESPNU has women’s college basketball action with Tennessee Martin at Belmont followed by tripleheader men’s action with Davidson at George Washington, Minnesota at Northwestern and BYU at St. Mary’s California.
• FS1 has college basketball action tonight with Utah at Arizona.
• TNT has doubleheader NBA action tonight with a game followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at the Portland Trail Blazers.

Late Night

• Shooter (USA Network): New. This past Tuesday night’s episode, “Red on Red,” replays.

Thursday TV Marathons

Blue Bloods (ION): Has 14 episodes.
House (Cloo): Has 12 episodes.
Law & Order (SundanceTV): Has 11 episodes today into late night.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (WEtv): Nine episodes today.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Has 13 episodes.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (SundanceTV): Has 11 episodes early.