News & Notes

Tonight, ABC has The 51st Annual CMA Awards.

Over on cable, Food Network has an Iron Chef: Outside the Kitchen special and the series premieres of Iron Chef Showdown and Iron Chef: Behind the Battle, Pop has the series premiere of Hot Date, and SundanceTV has the second season premiere of The A-Word.

On streaming, as of this morning, Hulu has Chance S.2 Ep.7.

Next Wednesday, FXX has the fourth season finale of You’re the Worst and OWN has the second season finale of Queen Sugar.

Prime Picks

Riverdale (The CW): New. Alice puts out a story in the local paper that causes problems. Betty deals with an ultimatum.

SEAL Team (CBS): New. The team has to develop a plan with Jason’s rival while the top brass looks on closely.

Mr. Robot (USA Network): New. Elliot gets help from Darlene while on the run. Runs 54 minutes. Plays again later.

Solid Selections

The Blacklist (NBC): New. Dembe goes undercover to help stop a human smuggling operation.

The Shannara Chronicles (Spike): New. Wil and Mareth go up against Bandon.

The Shannara Chronicles (Spike): New. Wil and Mareth head into uncharted territory to find something.

Other Options

• Criminal Minds (CBS): New. The BAU has to figure out what is the same between people who are disappearing in Virginia.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “The Accidental Text on Purpose,” replays. Runs 40 minutes.
• Damnation (USA Network): Repeat. Last night’s series premiere episode, “Sam Riley’s Body,” replays. Runs 61 minutes.
• Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus (Cinemax): Repeat. This past Friday night’s episode, “Waylon Jennings Part 2,” replays. Runs 30 minutes.
• Queen Sugar (OWN): New. Darla gets fired for lying. Micah gets in trouble at school. Hollywood makes a promise to Violet. Plays again later. The previous three episodes replay right before.
• SMILF (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s series premiere episode, “A Box of Dunkies and Two Squirts of Maple Syrup,” replays. Runs 35 minutes. Plays again later.
• White Famous (Showtime): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Life on Mars,” replays. Runs 30 minutes.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader NBA action tonight with the Los Angeles Lakers at the Boston Celtics followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Golden State Warriors.

Wednesday TV Marathons

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Oxygen): Has 11 episodes.
Law & Order (ION): Has 14 episodes.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (WEtv): Nine episodes.
NCIS (USA Network): Five episodes today.