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"The Golden Globes" (6 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) are not particularly legitimate. There are always questions about the voting and bigger questions about the membership of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which does the voting.
But Ricky Gervais is back as the host this year. And if you don't take who wins and who loses the least bit seriously, the Globes can be fun.
Also this weekend, the NFL playoffs get underway with games on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, it's Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans (2:30 p.m., ESPN) and Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals (4:15 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2).
On Sunday, it's Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings (11 a.m., NBC/Ch. 5) and Green Bay Packers at Washington (2:40 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13).
Friday on TV …
• "Undercover Boss" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Muscle Maker Grill chairman Tim M. Betts goes undercover.
• "Last Man Standing" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Mike and Vanessa both want Eve on the college alumni teams.
• "MasterChef Junior" (7 and 8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The competition continues in back-to-back episodes.
• "Reign" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Mary must marry again in order to help Scotland.
• Women's college gymnastics (7 p.m., P12N): BYU at Utah
• Men's college volleyball (7 p.m., BYUtv): Loyola-Chicago at BYU
• Men's college basketball (7 p.m., Fox Sports 1): Utah at Colorado
• "Dr. Ken" (7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Ken clashes with Dr. Oz at the airport.
• "Hawaii Five-0" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): McGarrett and Danny attend a couples retreat in Maui to work on their partnership issues.
• "Shark Tank" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): A Shark declares one pitchperson would drive him/her nuts
• "In Performance at the White House" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Buddy Guy, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Audra McDonald, Keb' Mo', Smokey Robinson, Trombone Shorty, Esperanza Spalding, Brian Stokes Mitchell, James Taylor and Usher perform.
• "Blue Bloods" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Frank's first partner is writing a tell-all book,.
Saturday on TV …
• Men's college basketball: Northern Colorado at Weber State (7 p.m., Ch. 14); San Francisco at BYU (7 p.m., BYUtv)
• NBA (7 p.m., ROOT): Miami Heat at Utah Jazz
Sunday on TV …
• Men's college basketball (5:30 p.m., P12N): Utah at California
• "60 Minutes" (6 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Readjusting to life after a wrongful conviction and years on death row.
• "Bob's Burgers" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Gayle introduces her new boyfriend to the family, but Louise is determined to break them up.
• "Madam Secretary" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Elizabeth tries to salvage a peace deal with Russia and deals with an emergency situation aboard the International Space Station.
• "Galavant" (7 and 7:30 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Richard returns to his castle and learns that the village is a democracy; Madalena looks to upgrade her social status when she's invited to an exclusive party.
• "The Simpsons" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Bart has a crush on a new teacher at Springfield Elementary.
• "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" (7:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): The guys seek to score some much-needed cash by taking part in a drug trial.
• NBA (7:30 p.m., ROOT): Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers
• "The Good Wife" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The Florrick family is crammed into Peter's campaign bus with Eli and Ruth on their way to the Iowa caucuses.
• "Downton Abbey" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): There's a roadblock in the way of Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hudson's wedding; pigs cause trouble for Edith and Marigold; Violet and Isobel battle over the hospital.
• "Family Guy" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Stewie gets cast in a peanut-butter commercial and becomes the family breadwinner.
• "The Royals" (8 and 11 p.m., E!): New questions arise about who killed the king; the monarchy's structure is challenged.
• "Bordertown" (8:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Bud helps get a border wall erected using confiscated drug money,.
• "CSI: Cyber" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): The team investigates what appears to be a hack into air traffic control's communication system.
• "Shameless" (10 and 11 p.m., Showtime): Frank is mourning the loss of Bianca and his newfound appreciation for life freaking is out his family. (Season premiere)