SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 12
2017

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CBS, 7:00 p.m. ET

I’m not sure the original 60 Minutes executive producer, Don Hewitt, would have approved this, but tonight 60 Minutes presents an abbreviated version, devoted entirely to profiles of, and interviews with, three artists to figure prominently at tonight’s Grammys – also televised by CBS. The artists are Beyoncé, Adele, and Bruno Mars. And tonight’s 60 Minutes, to make room for a Grammys pre-show special, will be only 30 Minutes. But who’s counting?

 
  
 
 

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

This is the awards show where the performances are the best part of the show – which you can say of the Grammys and the Tonys, but not for the Emmys or Oscars. Tonight’s scheduled performers include Adele, Bruno Mars, Chance the Rapper, Katy Perry, and some of Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich’s famous musical teamings. This year, the pairings include Lady Gaga and Metallica, as well as Maren Morris and Alicia Keys, and, somehow, The Weeknd and Daft Punk. The host is James Corden, who ought to be perfect for this.

 
  
 
 

Starz!, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Like so many miniseries-style series popping up these days, The Missing presents a new story, with a largely new cast of characters, each season. For this new season of this imported British drama, David Morrissey, not too long ago seen as the governor on The Walking Dead, joins the cast as the father of a missing girl, who has been gone for more than a decade, but may have suddenly resurfaced. And if you like tonight’s premiere, you can keep going, instantly. While Starz the TV network will continue to unveil episodes weekly in this Sunday time slot, visitors to the Starz website can watch the entire Season 2 immediately.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

The more mature Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman) gets in this series, the more Coleman gets to strut her acting chops. Each episode, as she gets older, seems to get better, as the politics and the royal court become more complicated, and the Queen navigates, with increasing deftness, between the throne and her family and private life. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

MIDSEASON RETURN: In the finale to the first half of the season, before taking an extended break, The Walking Dead reunited several characters who had been separated by various plot factions, villains, and circumstance. These included Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Daryl (Norman Reedus), Michonne (Danai Gurira), and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) – though a few other familiar characters failed to make it through the episode alive. But now, as the midseason premiere arrives, so does a determination for the survivors to plot to confront and defeat the tyrannical Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). For a full story, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s the sixth and final season for Girls, and this is the year when Hannah) Lena Dunham and her crew finally learn what they mean to each other – and what they don’t. The season begins with Hannah getting an opinion piece published in The New York Times. (Hey, Hannah, we have something in common…)

 
  
 
 

HBO, 11:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: John Oliver starts his fourth season of focused satirical analysis of the news – and I’ve missed him dearly. Also, his promos (pictured, with Larry David making a cameo) have been funnier, and better written and performed, than any new sitcom this season. And those are just the promos…

 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.