After broadcast and SVOD, Marvel eyes cable

A look at this week’s top TV draws

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Time

Network

Program

Description

8:30 p.m.

ABC

“Speechless” (C)

Love is in the air as Maya’s children/friends have to contend with either secret admirers (Ray), candy-grams (J.J.) or a Valentine’s Day gift (Richard).

9 p.m.

Fox

“Star” (D)

Fox hopes the show can rebound from some recent ratings declines.

9 p.m.

NBC

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (D)

Mariska Hargitay pulls double duty as the star and director of the 400th episode of “SVU.” Only 56 more episodes to tie the mothership “L&O” as one of the longest-running hour-long dramas in history.

10 p.m.

CBS

“Code Black” (D)

CBS’s medical procedural, which has earned mediocre-but-steady ratings, concludes its second season with the doctors teaming up with CDC scientists to find an antidote to a deadly virus.

10 p.m.

FX

Legion (D)

Marvel/Fox’s successful “X-Men” movie franchise crosses into television with the 91-minute series premiere of this drama about a young mutant (Dan Stevens) coming to term with his unique abilities.

10:30  p.m.

TBS

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (C)

For the season finale of her critically acclaimed show’s first season, Samantha travels abroad for a little perspective. Don’t worry, season two debuts next week.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Time

Network

Program

Description

8 p.m.

CBS

“The Big Bang Theory” (C)

Ray and Stuart babysit little Halley while Amy, Penny and Bernadette have a girls’ night out. What could possibly go wrong?

8 p.m.

TNT

“NBA Basketball” (S)

The Oklahoma City Thunder welcome LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, followed at 10:30 p.m. by the Boston Celtics taking on the Portland Trail Blazers.

9  p.m.

NBC

“Chicago Med” (D)

A patient with multiple personality disorder and an 8-year-old giving up hope on treating her cancer make for another stressful day at Gaffney Medical Center.

9 p.m.

History

“Alone” (R)

Season finale. One of the remaining contestants survives the Patagonia challenge and wins the $500,000 prize. Followed at 10 p.m. by the obligatory hour-long reunion special. 

10 p.m.

ABC

“How to Get Away with Murder” (D)

When the prosecution tries to bring new charges against Annalise, Nate must decide whether revealing a new piece of information is worth losing his freedom.

10 p.m.

CNN

“The History of Comedy” (N)

Premiere episode of CNN’s latest pop culture documentary series, looking at well-known (Lenny Bruce, George Carlin) and forgotten comics (Dick Gregory) whose embrace of risqué material laid the groundwork for a new generation of boundary-pushing comedians.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Time

Network

Program

Description

8 p.m.

CBS

“MacGyver” (D)

The goddaughter of someone on the team gets shot to death in a San Francisco park along with her boyfriend. Mac’s investigation hints that the long-dormant Zodiac Killer from the 1970s might be responsible.

8 p.m.

ABC

“Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” (K)

Charlie Brown waits for a card, then tries to ask a girl to dance with him in this Valentine’s Day-themed animated special.

9 p.m.

Discovery

“Gold Rush” (R)

While Parker is forced to swallow his pride and ask his father to bail out his sinking operation, Todd is having a very good year and Tony’s daughter starts helping out at work.

9 p.m.

CW

“Reign” (D)

For its fourth and final-season premiere, Queens Mary and Elizabeth engage in tests of loyalty and alliances to prepare for their eventual clash with one another.

10 p.m.

HBO

“Real Time with Bill Maher” (C)

Maher is trying to book Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, whose speech at Berkeley was canceled after violent protests broke out.

10 p.m.

Animal Planet

“Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson” (C)

After a sneak preview during last weekend’s “Puppy Bowl XIII,” Animal Planet’s new comedy/variety series showcasing celebrities interacting with pets moves to its regular timeslot.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Time

Network

Program

Description

12:30 p.m.

NBC

“English Premier League Soccer” (S)

Tottenham Hotspur hopes to buck the trend of away losses (22 of its last 24 encounters) against Liverpool, whom it last beat at its home stadium in 2011.

8 p.m.

Lifetime

“From Straight A’s to XXX” (M)

A college student (Haley Pullos) is outed as a porn star, enduring cyberbullying. Judd Nelson co-stars.

8:30 p.m.

ABC

“NBA Basketball” (S)

Earlier this week, the Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers on TNT. The primetime spotlight continues as the popular Golden State Warriors come to town.

9 p.m.

CBS

“48 Hours” (N)

Back-to-back episodes, along with “Ransom” at 8 p.m., make this a rare Saturday night of all-new regularly scheduled programming on a major broadcast network.

9 p.m.

Hallmark

“A Dash of Love” (M)

An aspiring chef (Jen Lilley) and an executive chef (Brendan Penny) fall for one another, then decide to open a restaurant after being wrongly fired from their idol chef’s establishment.

11:29  p.m.

NBC

“Saturday Night Live” (C)

After months stealing the spotlight as a recurring guest star, Donald Trump impersonator extraordinaire Alec Baldwin officially guest hosts this week’s “SNL.” Musical guest: Ed Sheeran.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Time

Network

Program

Description

3 p.m.

NBC

“NHL Hockey” (S)

The Detroit Red Wings take a trip into the wild … the Minnesota Wild home turf at Xcel Energy Center, that is.

8 p.m.

CBS

“The 59th Annual Grammy Awards” (A)

The annual honor of the best talent/work in the recording industry, live from Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. James Corden hosts, with Adele, Keith Urban, Bruno Mars, Metallica and Carrie Underwood scheduled to perform.

9 p.m.

Fox

“Family Guy” (C)

Peter strikes out on his own as a D.J. after he and his friends try to start a podcast; Stewie and Brian drive each other stir-crazy when they’re forced to room together. 

9 p.m.

AMC

“The Walking Dead” (D)

The show’s seventh season resumes with a 73-minute episode in which Rick and the rest of the group encounter a familiar face as they’re led to meet the ruler of a new community of survivors.

10  p.m.

HBO

“Girls” (C)

The sixth and final season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series kicks off with a 45-minute episode in which Hannah gets close to a water-skiing instructor she’s been assigned to write a piece about.

11  p.m.

HBO

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (C)

“Scary times call for a scared man” proclaims the ad campaign for the fourth-season premiere of HBO’s topical news/comedy series.

A = awards show or special, C = comedy, D = drama, DD = daytime drama, G = game show, K = kids, M = movie, N = news/documentary, R = reality, S = sports, T = talk/variety show.