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This weekend on TV: It's the Super Bowl. (Duh!)
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NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL -- Pictured: "Super Bowl XLVI" Logo -- NBC Photo
Published on Feb 2, 2012 02:26PM

In case it somehow escaped your attention, Super Bowl XLVI is on Sunday (4 p.m. NBC/Ch. 5).

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., and it's a rematch, sort of, between the New England Patriots and. New York Giants.

The Giants beat the Pats XVII-XIV four years ago in Super Bowl XLII.

By the way, the official Super Bowl Pregame Show airs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (also on NBC/Ch. 5, of course).

Elsewhere on Friday ...

A Gifted Man (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Michael saves a drowning man.

Who Do You Think You Are? (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): In the Season 2 premiere, Martin Sheen learns about his family's history.

Men's college volleyball (7 p.m., BYUtv): Stanford at BYU

CSI: NY (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): A role-playing game turns deadly.

Grimm (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Nick uncovers a deadly black market.

Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The second season begins with some rare music recordings from Hugh Hefner's collection.

Fringe (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): A killer uses a toxin from the future.

Supernatural (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Murder victims are being branded with a strange symbol.

Merlin (8 and 10 p.m., Syfy): Arthur discovers what it's like to be king when he incurs the wrath of Queen Annis.

Blue Bloods (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Danny and his family encounter a gunman.

Elsewhere on Saturday ...

Men's college basketball (7 p.m., BYUtv): Portland at BYU

NBA (7 p.m., ROOT): L.A. Lakers at Utah Jazz

NFL Honors (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): The best performances of the 2011-12 season are honored. (Tape-delayed)

Saturday Night Live (10:30 p.m., Ch. 30): Channing Tatum hosts; Bon Iver performs.

Elsewhere on Sunday ...

The Voice (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): Auditions for the second season begin. (Time approximate after football.)

Downton Abbey (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): The war ends, and one of the convalescing soldiers makes a shocking claim.

Luck (10 and 11 p.m., HBO): Ace meets with a potential investor; Renzo makes a claim on a horse.

Shameless (10 p.m., Showtime): Frank tries to claim Eddie's insurance benefits and pension, even though he's a suspect in his death

House of Lies (11 p.m. Showtime): On a consulting gig in Utah, Jeannie is put in charge when it becomes clear that the racist Mormon CEO of a no-frills motel chain won't take Marty seriously,

Californication (11:30 p.m., Showtime): Samurai Apocalypse invites the boys on a ride-along.

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