News & Notes

Tonight, CBS has an MVP: Most Valuable Performer special and NBC has the second season finale of Great News.

On cable tonight, Paramount Network has the fourth season premiere of Lip Sync Battle.

Next Thursday, NBC has the second season finale of The Good Place and the series premiere of A.P. Bio.

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Prime Picks

Beyond (Freeform): New. Holden has some problems at work that lead to destruction. Runs 61 minutes.

Arrow (The CW): New. Cayden James goes about implementing his plan for the city and Arrow attempts to stop him using only the Original Team Arrow.

The Chi (Showtime): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s episode, “Ghosts,” replays. Plays again later.

Solid Selections

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): New. Everyone is affected by the case of a young boy brought into the emergency room.

Nashville (CMT): New. Juliette is helped by Darius. Daphne and Jake don’t like that their parents are dating. Runs 62 minutes. Plays again later.

S.W.A.T. (CBS): Repeat. The “Miracle” episode replays, where the team gets called in to work over the Christmas holiday.

Other Options

• Counterpart (Starz Cinema): Repeat. This past Sunday night’s series premiere episode, “The Crossing,” replays. Runs 58 minutes.
• The Good Place (NBC): New. The group tries to figure out how much they have really changed. Michael is left on his own to deal with what he has done. Runs 30 minutes.

Sports Notes

• CBS Sports has doubleheader college basketball action tonight with SMU at UConn followed by LIU Brooklyn at Mount St. Mary’s.
• ESPN has college basketball action tonight with Michigan at Purdue.
• ESPN2 has women’s college basketball action tonight with Texas at Baylor followed by doubleheader men’s action with Central Florida at Wichita State followed by BYU at St. Mary’s California.
• ESPNU has tripleheader college basketball action tonight with Morehead State at Murray State, South Florida at Tulane and Gonzaga at Portland.
• FS1 has doubleheader college basketball action tonight with Colorado at Arizona followed by California at UCLA.
• TNT has doubleheader NBA action tonight with the a game followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Golden State Warriors.

Late Night

• The Detour (tbs): Repeat. This past Tuesday’s third season premiere episode, “The Run,” replays. Runs 30 minutes.

Thursday TV Marathons

Blue Bloods (ION): Has 16 episodes.
Chicago P.D. (USA Network): Seven episodes today.
Law & Order (SundanceTV): Has 11 episodes today into late night.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Eight episodes tonight.
NCIS (Oxygen): Has 11 episodes.