SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 8

2014

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The Opening Ceremonies started with a hitch, built to some truly impressive video projections, and set up today’s day of competition. For the U.S., more news, at this moment, is being made by who’s not competing, rather than who is. Lindsay Vonn, after her injury, is now reporting for NBC rather than competing on it. And the latest surprise is that Shaun White, who qualified for, and occupied a spot on, the U.S. team in today’s snowboarding competition, has decided not to compete in today’s event after all – saving himself for others. What’s left of snowboarding will be televised by NBC beginning at 8 p.m. ET, along with coverage of moguls. Figure skating is covered today on cable’s NBCSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET, and speedskating will be covered by NBC beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET. For live coverage of all events, go to NBCOlympics.com.

THE COLOR OF MONEY

Flix, 8:00 p.m. ET

Paul Newman first played the character of pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson in 1961’s The Hustler. Twenty-five years later, in 1986, he reprised the role, opposite Tom Cruise (who played Eddie’s young protégé), in a sequel directed by Martin Scorsese. And Newman won an Oscar for his troubles. More than 25 additional years have passed since this movie was made, so it’s certainly worth a look, and not merely a nostalgic one.

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

Chadwick Boseman plays Jackie Robinson in this 2013 baseball biopic, and Harrison Ford plays Branch Rickey, in a movie written and directed by Brian Helgeland.

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

BBC America, 10:00 p.m. ET

If you’re hooked on HBO’s True Detective, you won’t want to miss this. Tonight’s guests, on this new edition of The Graham Norton Show, include Matthew McConaughey, who shares the couch with Julianne Moore, Sheryl Crow, and Alan Davies.

THE MOANING OF LIFE

Science Channel, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s show really ought to be called The Moaning of Death, because Death, not Life, is tonight’s topic. And in his travels this week examining that topic, Karl Pilkington visits, among other stops, Ghana, where he visits a place that makes custom coffins – and orders a special two-person casket for himself and his girlfriend Suzanne. It’s a casket big enough to accommodate two adults, with a handy divider in between – and it’s made in the same shape as a giant double-bar wrapper of Twix. Which is a ridiculous idea for a two-adult coffin – because, as we all know, Twix are for kids. (Okay, so it’s Trix. But Karl didn’t order a casket shaped like a giant cereal box. Work with me here.)

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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.

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