TV THIS WEEK
SUNDAY
Meryl Streep will add to her collection of hardware when she receives the 2017 Cecil B. DeMille Award at “The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards.” Jimmy Fallon hosts. 5 p.m. NBC
The new special “Transition of Power: The Presidency” takes a timely look at one of the great hallmarks of American democracy. 9 p.m. History Channel
The new special “Cradle to Grave” examines the many physiological changes the human body goes through over the course of a lifetime. 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel
Climbers in distress get the altitude adjustments they so desperately need in the new docu-series “Everest Rescue.” 10 p.m. Discovery Channel MONDAY
The Clemson Tigers take on the Crimson Tide of
Alabama in the “College Football Playoff National Championship.” From Tampa, Fla. 5:15 p.m. ESPN
Melissa Rivers and company dish on styles seen at Sunday’s Golden Globes on a new edition of “Fashion Police.” 8 p.m. E!
All right, all right, all right! Matthew McConaughey competes against three of his fans in the debut of the celebrity trivia challenge “Big Fan.” Andy Richter hosts. 10 and 10:30 p.m. ABC
“Independent Lens” presents “Containment,” a new documentary about efforts to safely store nuclear waste. 10 p.m. KOCE TUESDAY “The Eagle’s Nest,” Hitler’s heavily fortified hideaway in the Bavarian Alps, is up next on this new episode of “Nazi Mega Weapons.” 8 p.m. KOCE The hit family drama “This Is Us” offers its midseason premiere. With Mandy Moore. 9 p.m. NBC “American Experience” revisits a mishap at a U.S. nuclear-missile complex in Arkansas in 1980 in the new episode “Command and Control.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Gabrielle Union gets back to “Being Mary Jane” for a fourth season of this drama. 9 p.m. BET
“The Revenant’s” Tom Hardy is not a man to be trifled with in the new drama “Taboo” set in early 19th century London. Jonathan Pryce, Franka Potente and Oona Chaplin also star. 10 p.m. FX WEDNESDAY
“Nature” chills with wildlife from Yellowstone to Antarctica in the new episode “Snowbound: Animals of Winter.” 8 p.m. KOCE
“SCTV’s” Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara serve up a third season of the sitcom “Schitt’s Creek.” 8 p.m. Pop
Scientists and engineers work to prevent another Fukushima in “The Nuclear Option” on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m. KOCE
Lisa Edelstein’s back for a third season of “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” 10 p.m. Bravo
“Jeff & Some Aliens” — the extraterrestrial kind — co-habitate in this new animated sitcom. 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central THURSDAY
A reality-TV star and her squad whip regular folks into shape in the new series “Revenge Body With Khloé
Kardashian.” 8 p.m. E! The stars come out for the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in the special “Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America.” With Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, et al. 9 p.m. ABC Celebs put their best dishes forward and then chefs Curtis Stone and Cat Cora judge the results in the new series “My Kitchen
Rules.” 9 p.m. Fox Don Cheadle takes on Wanda Sykes in an all-new
“Lip Sync Battle.” Then, it’s the debut of the amateur singing competition “Caraoke Showdown” hosted by Craig Robinson. 10 and 10:30 p.m. Spike
Resistance is still futile — but what’re you gonna do? — in Season 2 of the alien invasion drama “Colony.” “Lost’s” Josh Holloway and “The Walking Dead’s” Sarah Wayne Callies star. 10 p.m. USA FRIDAY
Neil Patrick Harris, not Jim Carrey, is the villainous Count Olaf in a new serial adaptation of the darkly
comic kids’ books “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Patrick Warburton narrates. Any time, Netflix
Giovanni Ribisi plays a real shady character in the new crime drama “Sneaky Pete.” With “Breaking Bad’s” Bryan Cranston and “Justified’s” Margo Martindale. Any time, Amazon
Two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone guest stars on a new “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” 9 p.m. KTLA
Brava! The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of “Bel Canto,” based on the true story of a hostage crisis at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Peru, airs on “Great Performances.” 9 p.m. KOCE SATURDAY
Love is a many splintered thing in the new TV movie “Open Marriage.” With Tilky Jones. 8 p.m. Lifetime
Some day her prince will come … and that day is today in the romantic new TV movie “A Royal Winter.” With Merritt Patterson 9 p.m. Hallmark Channel
The Cold War heats up for Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s fact-based 2015 drama “Bridge of Spies.” 9 p.m. Showtime
May the Force be with her: “Rogue One’s” Felicity Jones hosts a new “Saturday Night Live.” 11:29