Various Networks, Check local listings
Third-round games begin today, and there’s already lots of drama between the lines – and the lineups. The day’s action begins at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS, when Ohio State (seeded No. 2 in the West) faces No. 10 seed Iowa State, which already knocked Notre Dame (No. 7) out of the tourney. Other games featuring second-round bracket-busters include 13th-seeded LaSalle, which beat fellow West team Kansas State (ranked No. 4), facing off against 12-seeded Mississippi, which in the previous round bumped off No. 5 seed Wisconsin. That game’s on TruTV at 7:40 p.m. ET. Oh, and there’s also Florida Gulf Coast, the 15th-seeded South team that upset No. 2 seed Georgetown, taking on San Diego State (No. 7) at 7:10 p.m. ET on TBS. Other games are spread between those networks and TNT.
Nickelodeon, 8:00 p.m. ET
Slimy actor Josh Duhamel is the host of this year’s kid-friendly funfest. Well, he may not have been a slimy actor when this show begins – but by the time it’s over, there’s a very good chance he’ll have been slimed.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s “Girls with Guns” night on TCM, and the action begins with this tightly coiled, slightly twisted 1949 cult classic, starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall.
TCM, 9:45 p.m. ET
Another entry in TCM’s “Girls with Guns” salute tonight, this one is an early one – less than a decade after movies made the transition from silent to sound. And it stars a real pistol in the title role: Barbra Stanwyck.
NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET
This is an observation, not a recommendation. Tonight NBC reveals the flaw in presenting its Saturday-night “same-week” prime-time reruns of new late-night episodes of Saturday Night Live. Namely, when the late-night show is in reruns, then the Saturday-night show has nothing new to present. So tonight, we get a cut-down Jeremy Renner / Maroon 5 episode of SNL at 10 p.m. ET, and a repeat Adam Levine / Kendrick Lamar SNL at 11:29 p.m. ET. If you’re going to watch both, especially for the second time, you’d better really, really like Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine.