The recipients of “The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards” (8 p.m. NBC, Sunday) have yet to be announced, but I can already name four big winners.
This marks the fifth time that Ricky Gervais has hosted the ceremonies. It’s fitting that the creator of the brilliant and caustic series “The Office” as well as “Extras” should bite the Hollywood hand that has fed him for so long. His comments always bring laughs and winces. And perhaps that’s the point. Gervais can be seen in the very dark comedy “After Life,” as a writer for a very bad and very small newspaper adjusting to life after the death of his beloved wife. It streams on Netflix.
— Ready for a new “Dracula”? The creators of “Sherlock” (Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat) present a new twist on the Transylvanian count with the Netflix series streaming Saturday. Promotional materials made available put the accent on gothic gore. Danish actor Claes Bang (“Borgen,” “The Square”) becomes the latest actor to put his stamp on the undead count, a character played memorably by Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman.
Like “Sherlock,” this BBC co-production is a very limited miniseries, spanning only three feature-length episodes.
— Lifetime kicks off a new non-fiction series “Hopelessly in Love” (9:30 p.m. Saturday, TV-14) dedicated to stories of infamous pop culture romances.
The first “hopeless” affair concerns TLC singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and NFL player Andre Rison. Their incendiary relationship included charges of abusive behavior. At one point, the singer set Rison’s shoes on fire, resulting in a blaze that claimed his house and resulted in arson charges against Lopes. Lopes would die in a car crash in Honduras in 2002.
Future installments will cover troubled affairs involving similarly doomed characters, including Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead, and Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans.
SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
— The Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots meet in a wildcard NFL playoff game (8 p.m., CBS).
— With the help of some of his friends, a music star takes a lighter look at himself on “Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special” (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).
— “Say Yes to the Dress” (8 p.m., TLC, TV-PG) enters its 19th season.
— A busy event coordinator discovers that her deceased uncle left her a chalet in the Rockies in the 2020 non-Christmas romance “Winter in Vail” (9 p.m., Hallmark, TV-G).
SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
— Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Antibiotic use on farm animals; a profile of Shakira.
— Kate tries to balance life and duty on “Batwoman” (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14).
— Ray and Smitty have some explaining to do on “Ray Donovan” (8 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).
— Dre plans his departure on “Power” (8 p.m., Starz, TV-MA).
— Kidnapped mid-broadcast, a reporter stages a daring escape in the 2020 thriller “Abducted on Air” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV-14).
— Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins star in the 2019 film biography “Tolkien” (8 p.m., HBO), examining the man behind “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
— “The Impeachment of Donald J. Trump” (8 p.m., CNN) rounds up the latest news in an ongoing story. A “CNN Special Report” (9 p.m.) follows, recalling the 1999 Senate trial of President William Jefferson Clinton.
— Kara reaches out to Lena on “Supergirl” (9 p.m., CW, r, TV-PG).
— Matters of time and space on “Doctor Who” (8 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG).
— “Worst Cooks in America” (9 p.m., Food, TV-G) returns for an 18th season.
— A survivalist goes it alone, in the buff, on the 11th season premiere of “Naked and Afraid” (10 p.m., Discovery, TV-14).
— A medical drama brings some things into focus on “Work in Progress” (10:53 p.m., Showtime, TV-MA).
CULT CHOICE
— Long before reality television, the 1948 drama “Louisiana Story” (10 p.m. Saturday, TCM) blended the style of a documentary with a scripted story about a bayou boy witnessing the arrival of oil exploration. Directed by documentary pioneer Robert J. Flaherty (“Nanook of the North”) and commissioned by the Standard Oil Company.
SATURDAY SERIES
“Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC, r) … “Flirty Dancing” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-PG) … A change in command on “Deputy” (9 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14) … On two helpings of “The Goldbergs” (ABC, r, TV-PG): meals on wheels (9 p.m.); the Bard and the boards (9:30 p.m.).
A vintage helping of “Saturday Night Live” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) … “20/20” (10 p.m., ABC, r).
SUNDAY SERIES
A pattern emerges on “God Friended Me” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG) … Artie’s bride seems too familiar on “The Simpsons” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) … “Kids Say the Darndest Things” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) … Jenny moves closer to matrimony on the season finale of “Bless the Harts” (8:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
An asset vanishes abroad on “NCIS: Los Angeles” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) … Gene is banned from a favorite venue on “Bob’s Burgers” (9 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) … On two helpings of “Shark Tank” (ABC, TV-PG): cradle (9 p.m.) to grave (10 p.m., r) … Lois joins the faculty on “Family Guy” (9:30 p.m., Fox, TV-14) … Vacation interrupted on “NCIS: New Orleans (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).
