NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Why is it taking this series, and these judges, so long to decide upon the members of their respective teams? Because NBC and The Voice learned, when this show came out of the blocks so explosively last year, that these early audition rounds are pure gold. So this season, there are more of them, as well as more contestants – and the back-and-forth byplay among the celebrity judges is stressed more and edited less. Watch, if you never have, and you’ll see why.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
In case you thought the TV series Bewitched was conjured out of thin air, here’s a fairly obvious predecessor. Veronica Lake stars as a 17th-century witch who is reincarnated in New England in 1942 – the year this fanciful romantic comedy was released. Fredric March plays her somewhat bewitched, often perplexed husband. Or, if you prefer, her Darren.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
(Check Local Listings) In honor of Black History Month, this White House intimate concert, mounted less than a week ago, celebrates the blues, and features B.B. King and Buddy Guy, along with long-time blues enthusiasts Jeff Beck and Mick Jagger. And when the music shifts to Chicago blues, stay tuned for a few lines from an impromptu guest vocalist: the President of the United States.
NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET
Tonight’s episode ought to boost the younger demographics: the guest star is Nick Jonas, one of the Jonas Brothers, who plays a hot young rock star who hosts an investors’ party at which Megan Hilty’s Ivy is introduced. And it isn’t long at all, after Ivy sings, and displays her talents, that the wealthy, cocky rock star attempts to introduce her – to his bedroom.
PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET
(Check Local Listings) Cab Calloway was such an original vivacious talent, and had his hand – and voice, and music, and dance moves – in so many enterprises and media at once, from recordings and concerts to movies and cartoons, that it takes a wide focus to catch it all. This bouncy biography provides just that, and ought to make instant converts of any new initiates to the “Hi De Ho” man.