What’s on TV, Feb. 22-28: ‘Scrubs,’ the State of the Union, the Winter Olympics and more
New and noteworthy series, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and/or streaming this coming week
Sunday — Feb. 22
There’s no business like snow business! Live from the Verona Arena — an ancient yet well-preserved Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy — it’s the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. (2:30 p.m. ET, 11:30 a.m. PT on NBC and Peacock)
Whistle while you work… Turner Classic Movies annual “31 Days of Oscar” celebration continues and includes David Lean’s 1957 WWII epic “The Bridge on the River Kwai” starring William Holden and Alec Guinness. (5 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. PT on TCM)
“Hamnet,” “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” are among the nominees for best picture at this year’s AARP Movies for Grownups Awards on a new “Great Performances.” Alan Cumming hosts. (7 p.m. PBS)
Those aforementioned films are also nominated at the 79th British Academy Film Awards, a.k.a. the BAFTAs in London — also hosted by the aforementioned Alan Cumming. (8 p.m. E!)
It can’t happen here: Correspondent Pamela Brown explores “The Rise of Christian Nationalism” on a new installment of “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.” (8 p.m. CNN)
A country music legend finds herself implicated in an up-and-coming singer’s untimely demise in the Nashville-set thriller “Murder in Music City.” With Deena Dill and Madison May Crawford star. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
“American Dad,” we salute you. This other long-running animated sitcom from “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane kicks off its 20th season. (9 p.m. Fox)
The new spinoff “History’s Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe” sees the “American Pickers” star digging up the dirt on historical artifacts and relics both famous and infamous. (9 p.m. History Channel)
The adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his pint-sized squire Egg conclude, for now, as the “Game of Thrones” prequel “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” closes out its freshman season. With Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell. (10 p.m. HBO)
Host Jon Taffer walks into a bar — and tries to make a few improvements, because that’s his job — in a 10th season of the unscripted series “Bar Rescue.” (10 and 11 p.m. Paramount Network)
Our hero (Adjani Salmon) presses onward toward his goal of becoming a right proper filmmaker as the British-made comedy-drama “Dreaming Whilst Black” returns for its sophomore season. (10 p.m. Showtime)
Monday — Feb. 23
Lady bosses, assemble! Tennis great Serena Williams and Mexican pop idol Thalía are just two of the glass ceiling-smashing female entrepreneurs profiled in the new docuseries “The CEO Club.” (Anytime, Prime Video)
There’s something fishy going on in a small seaside community in Australia in the imported mystery drama “The Family Next Door” based on the Sally Hepworth bestseller. Teresa Palmer (“A Discovery of Witches”) stars. (Anytime, Acorn TV)
Speaking of Australia, and mysteries, the imported thriller “My Life is Murder” starring “Xena’s” Lucy Lawless wraps its fifth season. (Anytime, Acorn TV)
Just another day in “Paradise.” It’s back to the bunker as this post-apocalyptic mystery drama starring James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson and Sterling K. Brown returns for a second season with three new episodes. (Anytime, Hulu)
After a while, “Mr. Crocodile.” A beloved children’s book from France serves as the basis for this new animated series for the preschool set. (10:30 a.m. Nickelodeon; also Tuesday-Thursday)
A disgraced former NFL star (“30 Rock’s” Tracy Morgan) turns to a documentary filmmaker (“Harry Potter’s” Daniel Radcliffe) to help restore his reputation in the new sitcom “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.” (8 and 8:30 p.m. NBC)
Three coaches from seasons past — Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Adam Levine — get back to swivelin’ as the singing competition “The Voice” returns with a newly revamped three-coach format. Carson Daly hosts. (9 p.m. NBC)
Expect semi-regular crossover appearances as Dick Wolf’s “FBI” franchise branches out with “CIA,” a new procedural drama starring “Lucifer’s” Tom Ellis and “Chicago Med’s” Nick Gehlfuss. (10 p.m. CBS)
The chair recognizes the gentlelady from Texas: Former Rep. Barbara Jordan, the trailblazing Black congresswoman who died in 1996, is remembered in the 2025 documentary “The Inquisitor” on a new “Independent Lens.” (10 p.m. PBS)
Tuesday — Feb. 24
Testify! “Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter” catches the comic revisiting her strict religious upbringing, exploring her evolving sexuality, etc. in her latest stand-up special. (Anytime, Netflix)
Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth and Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee investigate their respective family histories on a new “Finding your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” (8 p.m. PBS)
Broadcast networks and cable news outlets will offer live coverage as President Trump delivers the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. The Democratic Party response follows. (9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT, various channels)
Wednesday — Feb. 25
Arrrr, mateys! “Citadel’s” Priyanka Chopra and “The Boys’” Karl Urban play pirates — of the Caribbean, natch — in the bloody, R-rated 2026 swashbuckler “The Bluff.” (Anytime, Prime Video)
Who will outwit, outplay and outlast whom? Find out as past contestants, and host Jeff Probst, return in a 50th(!) season of the reality competition “Survivor.” (8 p.m. CBS)
Doctor, it hurts when I do this: Original cast members Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke will be making the rounds once more as the 2001-2010 sitcom “Scrubs” gets the reboot treatment. (8 and 8:30 p.m. ABC)
Welcome to the “Jungles.” Noted naturalist David Attenborough looks at the parenting techniques of animals in the Amazon, the Indonesian rainforest and elsewhere as the five-part miniseries “Parenthood” concludes on “Nature.” (8 p.m. PBS)
The tragic tale of three Native American women who have fell victim to a serial killer is told in “Lost Women of Alaska,” a three-part followup to the 2023 docuseries “Lost Women of Highway 20.” (8, 9 and 10 p.m. Investigation Discovery)
Contestants vie for a cool $67,920 — an average American’s annual salary — in the new trivia challenge “The Greatest Average American” hosted by comic Nate Bargatze and based on his 2021 comedy special. (9 p.m. ABC)
Dig this! “Nova” pays a visit to Göbekli Tepe, an ancient archaeological site in what is now modern-day Türkiye, in the new episode “Stone Age Temple Mystery.” (9 p.m. PBS)
Anything to declare? Whatever it is, they’re not getting away with it in new episodes of the docuseries “To Catch a Smuggler.” (9 p.m. National Geographic)
The exploits of agents of the aforementioned Central Intelligence Agency are declassified for your entertainment and/or edification in the new docuseries “Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies.” (10 p.m. National Geographic)
Thursday — Feb. 26
A fearsome swordsman from feudal era Japan is resurrected, only to find himself competing in a modern-day martial arts tournament, in the new anime series “Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai.” (Anytime, Netflix)
Return with us now to Regency-era England as the frothy-and-frilly romantic drama “Bridgerton” presents the back half of its eight-episode fourth season. With Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha. (Anytime, Netflix)
The night they drove old Dixie down… Four women in 1860s Virginia engage in a little espionage to help give the Union the edge in the Civil War in the new historical drama “The Gray House.” Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Vereen star. (Anytime, Prime Video)
Ripped from the headlines: Matty (Kathy Bates) and her team leap into action when a client is detained by ICE and threatened with deportation on a new episode of the rebooted legal drama “Matlock.” (9 p.m. CBS)
The worst of the worst do their worst in new seasons of the reality competitions “House of Villains” and “The Traitors.” Joel McHale hosts the former and the now twice-aforementioned Alan Cumming, the latter. (9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT on Peacock)
Friday — Feb. 27
Modern-day forensics experts re-examine the untimely demises of such historical figures as Cleopatra, Genghis Khan and Alexandra the Great in the new series “Ancient Autopsy: Mysteries of the Dead.” (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
Past, present and future collide “In the Blink of an Eye” in this millennia-spanning 2026 live-action sci-fi fable from “WALL-E” director Andrew Stanton. “SNL’s” Kate McKinnon and “Parks & Rec’s” Rashida Jones star. (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
Oh, what a tangled web! Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and “Vida’s” Tonatiuh star in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” writer-director Bill Condon’s 2025 film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical based on the Manuel Puig novel. (Anytime, Hulu)
Oh no, there goes Tokyo! Godzilla and his fellow kaiju are back, as is the top-secret agency that monitors them, in a second season of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” Kurt Russell, son Wyatt Russell and “Shōgun’s” Anna Sawai star. (Anytime, Apple TV+)
See how a former Beatle got his Wings in the 2025 documentary “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run” featuring rare footage of the band both on stage and backstage, combined with contemporary and archival interviews. (Anytime, Prime Video)
The new special “Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace” features the gender-bending comic riffing on a wide range of subjects in a sold-out show at the historic Chicago venue. (10 p.m. HBO)
Saturday — Feb. 28
Everything you always want to know about sinister cults, shadowy criminal organizations, natural catastrophes, etc. but were afraid to ask is revealed in the new docuseries “Danger Decoded.” (Anytime, Hulu and Disney+)
Black excellence across the arts spectrum is celebrated at the 57th NAACP Image Awards, with “Black-ish” co-star Deon Cole as your master of ceremonies. (8 p.m. CBS and BET)
Yee-haw! Daytime TV diva Alison Sweeney saddles up for a “Romance at Hope Ranch” in this new TV movie filmed in the picturesque hamlet of Ruidoso, NM. (8 p.m. Hallmark Channel)
A nearly tragic skydiving accident may not have been an accident at all in the new fact-based TV movie “Pushed off a Plane and Survived.” “The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s” Eva Marcille stars. (8 p.m. Lifetime)
The puck stops here: “Heated Rivalry’s’ Connor Storrie hosts and British folk rockers Mumford & Sons perform on a new “Saturday Night Live.” (11:29 p.m. ET, 8:29 and 11:29 p.m. PT on NBC)
(All times Eastern and Pacific unless otherwise noted. Programming subject to change without notice. Please check your local listings.)