(ALL TIMES ET)
8PM, SUN | NBC
69th Annual Golden Globes Awards – Lots of celebs, drinking during the awards show, blah, blah, blah … All any of us really care about is seeing just what host Ricky Gervais will say, and whether or not he’ll go further than he did last year, when he ticked off a lot of A-listers. Here’s hoping there are twice as many ticked off celebs as in 2011 …
11:29PM, SAT | NBC
Saturday Night Live – Harry Potter, er Daniel Radcliffe, makes his first appearance as SNL host, with Lana Del Rey as the musical guest.
8PM, SUN | VH1
Mob Wives – Renee lets the women have it for the ruckus they caused at her Look at Me!, er, birthday, party.
8PM, SUN | FOX
The Simpsons – In “The D’oh-cial Network,” Lisa regrets creating a new social network – SpringFace – while Patty and Selma compete against the Winklevoss twins (voiced by The Social Network star Armie Hammer) at the Olympics.
8PM, SUN | CBS – 3RD SEASON PREMIERE
Undercover Boss – Diamond Resorts International CEO Stephen J. Cloobeck goes undercover as an employee at his company and – surprise – is surprised by what he finds out.
8:30 and 9:30PM, SUN | FOX – SERIES PREMIERE
Napoleon Dynamite – The movie cast members provide the voices for their characters in this animated take on Napoleon’s adventures, which, in the opener, include using an acne cream that makes him feel no pain, leading to his involvement in an underground fight club. Meanwhile, brother Kip dates a bad girl (guest star Amy Poehler).
9PM, SUN | PBS
Downton Abbey – Anna locates Bates, and the estate is turned into a recovery center for wounded soldiers.
9PM, SUN | FOX
Family Guy – Brian starts dating a blind woman who hates dogs, which isn’t a problem … until he meets her sighted ‘rents.
9PM, SUN | CBS
The Good Wife – Alicia defends a fellow attorney who refuses to reveal a client’s identity during a government investigation. The client’s crime: creating a new currency.
9PM, SUN | COMEDY CENTRAL
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain – Featuring a performance by the comedian who broke Eddie Murphy‘s tour ticket sales record, so, yeah, he’s pretty funny, even if the Comedy Central promos for the special make it look like an uncomfortably large portion of the show revolves around Mr. Hart humping a stool.
9PM, SUN | FOOD NETWORK
Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off – The six remaining celebs duke it out Chopped-style, with Scott Conant as one of the judges. Remember people, no red onions!
9PM, SUN | BRAVO
Real Housewives of Atlanta – Kandi hosts a dinner party for all the women, while Cynthia, Phaedra and their dudes go on a double date … awwwkward.
10PM, SUN | AMC – 1ST SEASON FINALE
Hell on Wheels – Cullen’s life with the railroad takes a turn when his past and future meet head on. Like a runaway train. Nice.
10PM, SUN | SHOWTIME
House of Lies – Marty (Don Cheadle) and the team head to Phoenix to deal with the impending divorce between owners of a pro sports team in a ripped-from-today’s-headlines-y story.
Worth flipping to during commercials:
– On Dog Whisperer (Sat., 8PM, Nat Geo Wild), Cesar tries to help a café owner with a hyperactive bulldog;
– Online bullying factors into a teen’s suicide in the made-for-TV movie Sexting in Subrurbia (Sat., 8PM, Lifetime);
– 2012 Miss America Pageant (Sat., 9PM, ABC): Chris Harrison and Brooke Burke-Charvet host the 91st annual pageant, live from Las Vegas;
– Arcade Fire performs on Austin City Limits (Sat., Check local listings for time and channel, PBS);
– Madonna‘s the guest on The Graham Norton Show (Sat., 10:45PM, BBC America);
– Four past champions return to batter battle each other on Cupcake Wars (Sun., 8PM, Food Network);
– On Once Upon a Time (Sun., 8PM, ABC), the Evil Queen makes Hansel and Gretel steal;
– Renee talks Bree into going to a pick-up joint with her on Desperate Housewives (Sun., 9PM, ABC);
– It’s the fourth season finale of Leverage (Sun., 9PM, TNT);
– The Big O travels to Joisey to interview Gov. Chris Christie on Oprah’s Next Chapter (Sun., 9PM, OWN);
– Nene Leakes visits Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens: Live (Sun., 11PM, Bravo).
Charlie Sheen, Russell Brand and Louis C.K. are getting most of the attention, but I’m most excited that one of the best new shows of last TV season — Wilfred — returns for its second season on FX tonight (10PM ET). Season one of the series ended with a cliffhanger — had Ryan (Elijah Wood) […]