NFL Championship Games, Remembering Charles Osgood, Resilient Martha Stewart, ’60 Minutes’ Goes to Jail

SUNDAY: The weekend’s main event tees up the “Biggest Night of TV,” the Super Bowl, in two weeks. First, the AFC Championship Game (Sunday, 3 pm/ET, CBS) pits last year’s Super Bowl champs, the No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs led by QB Patrick Mahomes, against No. 1 Baltimore Ravens and QB Lamar Jackson. Followed by the NFC Championship Game (Sunday, 6:30 pm/ET, Fox), where the No. 3 Detroit Lions (following their first playoff wins in years) and Jared Goff take on the No. 1 San Francisco 49ers and QB Brock Purdy.

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SUNDAY: The best reason to watch TV on Sunday mornings honors one of its own, the late Charles Osgood, who passed away Tuesday at 91. Osgood hosted the show from 1994, when he took over for original host Charles Kuralt, until retiring in 2016, when he was succeeded by Jane Pauley, who anchors the tribute. The special edition features excerpts from Osgood’s memorable interviews including Tony Bennett, Julia Child, Chuck Berry, Keith Haring, as well as remembrances of his way with words, his love of storytelling and music.

Series Premiere

SUNDAY: A four-part docuseries (concluding next Sunday) deconstructs a life lived in the spotlight, with Martha Stewart becoming as much a lifestyle brand as a polarizing celebrity. The series charts her ascendance as a media maven and successful businesswoman, her 2004 conviction for insider trading and fraud, and her against-the-odds comeback, culminating in a Sports Illustrated cover shoot at 81.

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SUNDAY: Correspondent Cecilia Vega goes inside an Alabama women’s prison as part of a report on the state of the nation’s federal prison system, widely considered to be broken, with staffing crises, aging prisons and allegations of abuse. Other segments include Bill Whitaker reporting on the international law enforcement agency Interpol and Jon Wertheim’s profile of “modern-day Noah” Pat Craig, whose Colorado animal sanctuary is a haven for rescued animals, including Tiger King’s big cats.

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SUNDAY: The happy news about Helen’s (Rachel Shenton) pregnancy is clouded by her possible exposure to a bovine disease that could affect her unborn child. While she and James (Nicholas Ralph) nervously await test results, the practice’s new hire, Richard Carmody (James Anthony-Rose), learns there’s more to being a vet than book learning. “Your scholarship is exemplary, but your manner is diabolical,” chides Siegfried (Samuel West) to the novice, who at the very least should know how to maneuver around a field without taking a face plant in manure.

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• Confessions of a Cam Girl (Saturday, 8/7c, Lifetime): Megan Best is fashion-forward teenager Kristen, who starts her own sexy online portal to raise money for fashion school. What could go wrong?
• Romance With a Twist (Saturday, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel): A former dancer (Jocelyn Hudon) flies high into romance when an aerialist (Oliver Renaud) recruits her for his latest show.
• Family Film and TV Awards (Saturday, 8/7c, CBS): Akbar Gbajabiamila and Amanda Kloots host a special honoring family entertainment, with appearances by guests including the D’Amelio Family, stars of CBS sitcoms Bob Hearts Abishola and The Neighborhood, Phil Keoghan, Kel Mitchell, Dee Wallace and Montel Williams.
• Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (Saturday, 8/7c, HBO): A music-filled documentary follows the Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lil Nas X (born Montero Hill) on his 2022-23 tour, with concert highlights and intimate behind-the-scenes footage of a performer still exploring his identity as a Black queer superstar.
• 48 Hours (Saturday, 10/9c, CBS): The hunt for the 2022 shooting murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson in Austin leads authorities to Costa Rica, where the suspect fled using her sister’s passport.
• Saturday Night Live (Saturday, 11:30/10:30c, 8:30 pm/PT, NBC): Dakota Johnson returns to host the late-night comedy show for the second time, joined by Justin Timberlake, making his fifth appearance as a solo musical guest. (Hard to imagine we won’t see him in a skit or two.)
• True Detective: Night Country (Sunday, 9/8c, HBO): With trooper Navarro (Kali Reis) joining her officially, police chief Liz “I hate everyone” Danvers (Jodie Foster) finds more connections between the missing scientist Clark (Owen McDonnell) and local activist Annie, who was murdered six years earlier. She scoffs at all the mystical hoo-hah in this Alaska community: “It’s no magic. There’s a real explanation for this. We’re just not asking the right questions.”
• Belgravia: The Next Chapter (Sunday, 9/8c, Starz): While Lord Frederick Trenchard (Benjamin Wainwright) makes progress with his new steel venture, thanks to an investment by the Marquise D’Étagnac (Claude Perron), his wife Clara (Harriet Slater) meddles in his troubled family past, hoping to reunite him with his estranged brother, Rev. James (Toby Regbo). It doesn’t go well.
• Next Level Chef (10/9c, 7 pm/PT, Fox): Following the NFC Championship, the multi-tiered cooking competition launches its third season—with weekly episodes starting Thursday—as eight chefs with social-media profiles compete for five slots to join the teams of judges Gordon Ramsay, Richard Blais and Nysesha Arrington.