The most complete calendar of February 2016 TV premieres anywhere includes new series “Vinyl,” “11.22.63” and “The New Yorker Presents,” plus the return of “Vikings,” “The Walking Dead” and ABC’s Thursday night Shondaland lineup. You’ll also find awards shows, specials and movies. Happy viewing.
February 2016 TV premieres
All times Central
Monday, Feb. 1
Streaming
- “Nothing Trivial, Series 1,” Acorn TV (U.S. premiere; New Zealand dramedy about 30- and 40-year-olds who meet for trivia night)
7 p.m.
- “Fashion Police: The 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards,” E! (special)
8 p.m.
- “Wicked Tuna,” Nat Geo (season 5 premiere)
8:30 p.m.
- “Kaçak,” Azteca America (series premiere; Turkish action series about a man whose past catches up to him; find Azteca near you)
9 p.m.
- “Lost Girl,” Syfy (season premiere)
- “The Great Human Race,” Nat Geo (series premiere; experts retrace migratory route of our ancestors from where humankind began to North America)
- ‘NewNowNext Honors 2016,” Logo (special)
- “No Mas Bebes,” PBS (“Independent Lens” premiere, check local listings; look at group of Mexican immigrant mothers sued after they were sterilized during late 1960s and 1970s)
Tuesday, Feb. 2
7 p.m.
- “The Muppets,” ABC (midseason premiere)
- “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials 2016,” CBS (special)
- “America Reframed: Old South,” PBS, check local listings (season 4 premiere)
7:30 p.m.
- “Fresh Off the Boat,” ABC (midseason premiere)
8 p.m.
- “Murder of a President,” PBS (“American Experience” premiere; the shooting of James A. Garfield and its aftermath)
9 p.m.
- “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” FX (limited series premiere; the O.J. Simpson case is dramatized; read my Sarah Paulson interview and ACS cast quotes)
- “The Expanse,” Syfy (season finale)
- “Rattled,” TLC (series premiere; new parents experience a wide range of challenges, triumphs and milestones)
Wednesday, Feb. 3
7 p.m.
- “Madoff,” ABC (movie premiere; Richard Dreyfuss stars as Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme is considered the largest financial scam in U.S. history)
- “Young & Hungry,” Freeform (midseason 3 premiere)
7:30 p.m.
- “Baby Daddy,” Freeform (midseason premiere)
8 p.m.
- “Big Fish Texas,” Nat Geo (series premiere; Katie’s Seafood Market in Galveston, Texas, has become a fishing and seafood supply empire)
- “Rehab Addict,” FYI (season premiere)
9 p.m.
- “Preachers of Atlanta,” Oxygen (series premiere; 5 pastors with different approaches to their ministries)
Friday, Feb. 5
6 p.m.
- “Donnie After Dark: A NAACP Image Awards Special,” TV One (special; Donnie Simpson hosts live performances and discussions with music/celebrity guests)
7 p.m.
- “NAACP Image Awards Red Carpet Live,” TV One (special; hosted by Terrance J. and Tracey Edmonds)
- “Sleepy Hollow,” Fox (midseason premiere)
8 p.m.
- “Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to Off the Wall,” Showtime (doc premiere; Spike Lee’s look at rarely examined chapter of Jackson’s career)
- “47th NAACP Image Awards,” TV One (special; hosted by Anthony Anderson)
- “Super Bowl’s Greatest Halftime Shows,” CBS (special)
- “From Bocelli to Barton: The Richard Tucker Opera Gala,” PBS (“Live From Lincoln Center” premiere)
10 p.m.
- “Here We Go Again,” TV One (series premiere; 3 generations of women whose lives are upended after a series of events sends them on unexpected journey)
- “Vice,” HBO (season 4 premiere)
10:30 p.m.
- “Animals,” HBO (animated movie; stories of downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment, New York City)
- “Born Again Virgin,” TV One (season premiere; vlogger pledging celibacy tries to not fall of the wagon)
Saturday, Feb. 6
7 p.m.
- “Manson’s Lost Girls,” Lifetime (movie; Linda Kasabian and other young women who fell under spell of Charles Manson)
- “Jim: The James Foley Story,” HBO (doc; life, death and legacy of journalist James Foley, who was murdered by ISIS in 2014)
8 p.m.
- “Appetite for Love,” Hallmark (movie; woman returns to home town to convince restaurant owner to sell, love ensues)
- “NFL Honors,” CBS (special; best players, performances and plays from the 2015 season)
- “The Lineup,” Fuse (series preview; unscripted series showcases music that influences biggest names in sport)
Sunday, Feb. 7
10 a.m.
- “Super Bowl 50: Before They Were Pros,” CBS (special)
11 a.m.
- “Road to the Super Bowl,” CBS (NFL Films special)
- “Kitten Bowl III,” Hallmark (special)
Noon
- “Phil Simms All-Iron Team: Super Bowl Edition,” CBS (special)
1 p.m.
- “The Super Bowl Today,” CBS (special)
2 p.m.
- “Puppy Bowl XII,” Animal Planet (special; 49 puppies compete for Bissell Most Valuable Puppy title)
5 p.m.
- “Super Bowl on CBS Kick-off Show,” CBS (special)
- “Fish Bowl XXL,” Nat Geo Wild (special)
5:30 p.m.
“Super Bowl 50,” CBS (special)
10:35 p.m.
- “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CBS (time approximate)
11:35 p.m.
- “The Late Late Show,” CBS (time approximate)
Monday, Feb. 8
Streaming
- “Liberty of London,” Acorn TV (U.S. premiere, seasons 1-2; Hayley Atwell narrates behind-the-scenes look at department store founded in 1875)
7 p.m.
- “Here We Go Again,” TV One (time-slot premiere; 3 generations of women whose lives are upended after a series of events sends them on unexpected journey)
7:30 p.m.
- “Born Again Virgin,” TV One (time-slot premiere; vlogger pledging celibacy tries to not fall of the wagon)
8 p.m.
- “Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma,” HBO (doc premiere; threat posed by homegrown Islamic extremism)
- “A Ballerina’s Tale,” PBS (“Independent Lens” premiere, check local listings; Misty Copeland is first African-American female principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre)
9 p.m.
- “Castle,” ABC (midseason premiere)
- “Billion Dollar Wreck,” History (series premiere; searching for a billion dollars’ worth of treasure aboard sunken cruise liner RMS Republic)
10:30 p.m.
- “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” TBS, TNT, Adult Swim, truTV and HLN (series premiere; topical satire from former “The Daily Show” correspondent)
Tuesday, Feb. 9
7 p.m.
- “America Reframed,” World Channel (season 4 premiere; doc “American Arab” explores how Arab-Americans occupy the “space between” as a hyphenated American; available for streaming Feb. 10 on www.worldchannel.org)
- “¿Quién es quién?” Telemundo (series premiere; romantic comedy)
8 p.m.
- “The Perfect Crime,” PBS (“American Experience” premiere; a look at the Leopold and Loeb case)
9 p.m.
- “Tosh.0,” Comedy Central (season 8 premiere)
- “Killing Fields,” Discovery (season finale)
9:30 p.m.
- “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser,” Comedy Central (series premiere; comic looks at sexual proclivities and other things)
Thursday, Feb. 11
7 p.m.
- “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC (midseason premiere)
8 p.m.
- “Scandal,” ABC (midseason premiere)
9 p.m.
- “How to Get Away with Murder,” ABC (midseason premiere)
- “Impractical Jokers,” truTV (season 5 premiere)
9:30 p.m.
- “Those Who Can’t,” truTV (series premiere; 3 inept teachers make the most of things; 2 episodes)
Friday, Feb. 12
6 p.m.
- “Heart Felt,” ION (movie; real estate agent breaks up with underachieving boyfriend on Valentine’s Day but fate brings them together)
7 p.m.
- “The Amazing Race,” CBS (season 28 premiere)
- “A Charlie Brown Valentine,” ABC (2 specials; 1975’s “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” & classic “A Charlie Brown Valentine”)
- “Sirope Vivo,” HBO Latino (concert special; Alejandro Sanz filmed in Madrid, Spain)
8 p.m.
- “B.B. King: The Life of Riley,” PBS, check local listings (“American Masters” premiere)
Saturday, Feb. 13
5 a.m.
- “Rip Your Heart Out Valentine’s Day Marathon,” El Rey Network (Robert Englund hosts 45-hour marathon of “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies and “Freddy’s Nightmares” TV show through 1 a.m. Feb. 15)
2 p.m.
- “Paul Mitchell Shall We Dance on Ice,” ABC (special; ice skating and dance)
8 p.m.
- “Valentine Ever After,” Hallmark (movie; two women on vacation at Wyoming dude ranch get stuck in town; romance ensues)
9 p.m.
- “Mountain Monsters: Bigfoot Edition,” Destination America (special episode; Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings’ passionate search for Sasquatch brings them to Pennsylvania)
9:30 p.m.
- “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016 Revealed,” TNT (special; celebrating the models of and unveiling the cover model for the 2016 swimsuit issue)
10 p.m.
- “Dov Davidoff: Lower Your Expectations,” Fuse (stand-up special; shot at the Vic Theater in Chicago)
Sunday, Feb. 14
6:30 p.m.
- “The EE British Academy Film Awards,” BBC America (special)
7 p.m.
- “Explorer: Eyes Wide Open,” Nat Geo (“Explorer” premiere; how eyes ensure survival)
- “Wild Sri Lanka,” Nat Geo Wild (“Destination Wild” premiere; exploring the biologically diverse tropical island)
- “The Bachelor At 20: A Celebration of Love,” ABC (anniversary special)
7:45 p.m.
- “Stuck in the Middle,” Disney (series premiere; tween uses her inventions to navigate life)
8 p.m.
- “The Walking Dead,” AMC (season 6B premiere)
- “Vinyl,” HBO (series premiere; music business in 1970s New York City)
- “Brain Games,” Nat Geo (season 5 premiere)
- “Anything for Love,” Hallmark (movie; inaccurate online dating profiles bring mismatched pair together; romance ensues)
- “Supercar Superbuild,” Smithsonian (series premiere; behind-the-scenes at Maserati, Lamborghini, Bentley and Aston Martin)
9 p.m.
- “Adele: Live in London,” BBC America (special)
- “Generation X,” Nat Geo (limited series premiere; Christian Slater narrates this re-examination of America’s neglected middle children, Gen Xers, those people born between 1961-81)
10 p.m.
- “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” HBO (midseason premiere)
11 p.m.
- “Comic Book Men,” AMC (season 5 premiere)
Monday, Feb. 15
Streaming
- “11.22.63,” Hulu (series premiere; time traveler attempts to stop Kennedy assassination)
- “The Viceroys,” acorn.tv (U.S. premiere; influential Sicilian family tries to keep its hold on power as Italy is unified in 1861)
- “Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2016 Grammy Awards,” E! (special)
5 p.m.
- “Live From The Red Carpet: The 2016 Grammy Awards,” E! (special)
6 p.m.
- “Grammy Red Carpet Live,” CBS (special)
- “Gravity Falls,” Disney XD (season finale)
7 p.m.
- “58th aAnnual Grammy Awards,” CBS (special)
8 p.m.
- “Major Crimes,” TNT (midseason premiere; for 1st time ever, one case plays out over 5-episode arc)
9 p.m.
- “Better Call Saul,” AMC (season 2 premiere)
- “Against the Odds,” AHC (season 2 premiere)
10 p.m.
- “Bitten,” Syfy (season 3 premiere)
- “E! After Party: The 2016 Grammy Awards,” E! (special)
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Streaming
- “The New Yorker Presents,” Amazon (series premiere, new episodes each week; documentaries, short scripted narrative films, comedy, poetry, animation and cartoons)
7 p.m.
- “Fashion Police: The 2016 Grammy Awards,” E! (special)
- “140th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show,” USA (special)
8 p.m.
- “Rizzoli & Isles,” TNT (midseason premiere)
- “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,” PBS, check local listings (“Independent Lens” premiere; first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party)
https://youtu.be/YGXGf1M8A_g%20
Wednesday, Feb. 17
7 p.m.
- “Survivor,” CBS (season 32 premiere)
- “Raising the Dinosaur Giant,” PBS, check local listings (“Nature” premiere; excavation in Argentina produces largest dinosaur skeleton found)
8 p.m.
- “Ex-Wives of Rock,” AXS TV (season 3 premiere; former loves of some of rock and metal’s most notorious icons)
9 p.m.
“Broad City,” Comedy Central (season premiere)
“Venom Hunters,” Discovery (series premiere; four brave teams of expert snake hunters harvest venom)
“The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands,” AXS TV (season 6 premiere)
“Fat Chance,” TLC (series premiere; eight people lose weight to find love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZefYktTyWg%20
Thursday, Feb. 18
9 p.m.
- “Vikings,” History (season 4 premiere, 20 episodes split it 2 parts)
- “American Lawmen,” AHC (series premiere; lawmen and the outlaws they hunted in 1850–1930 America)
- “Income Property,” FYI (season premiere)
10 p.m.
- “Join or Die with Craig Ferguson,” History (series premiere; Craig Ferguson debates provocative and timely topics with celebrity guests)
Friday, Feb. 19
Streaming
- “Love,” Netflix (series premiere; couple navigate intimacy, commitment, love)
8 p.m.
- “Cesar 911,” Nat Geo Wild (season 3 premiere)
- “Carole King: Natural Woman,” PBS (“American Masters” premiere)
9 p.m.
“Pet Talk,” Nat Geo Wild (series premiere; talk show for pet owners)
https://youtu.be/Ym3LoSj9Xj8%20
Saturday, Feb. 20
2 p.m.
- “Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular,” ABC (special; ice skating and gymnastics)
Sunday, Feb. 21
8 a.m.
- “Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man Vs. The Sinister 6,” Disney XD (season 4 premiere)
7 p.m.
- “When Calls the Heart,” Hallmark (season 3 premiere)
- “The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60,” ABC (special)
8 p.m.
- “Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows,” NBC (special; casts of TV comedies pay tribute to legendary director)
- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart,” Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (1st of 4 new movies in the franchise; the postmasters discover a 200-year-old valentine that could change history)
9 p.m.
- “Girls,” HBO (season 5 premiere)
- “NASA’s Unexplained Files,” Science (season 3 sneak peek)
9:30 p.m.
- “Togetherness,” HBO (season 2 premiere)
Monday, Feb. 22
Streaming
- “Suspects, Series 1,” Acorn TV (U.S. premiere; filmed like a doc, actors come up with own dialogue in this crime drama set in London)
8 p.m.
- “Becoming Mike Nichols,” HBO (doc premiere; portrait of and conversation with the director taped four months before he died)
- “Street Outlaws: New Orleans,” Discovery (series premiere; street racing in New Orleans)
9 p.m.
- “T(ERROR),” PBS, check local listings (“Independent Lens” premiere; inside an active FBI terror sting with 62-year-old former black revolutionary turned counter-terrorism informant)
Tuesday, Feb. 23
8 p.m.
- “The BET Honors 2016,” BET (special)
9 p.m.
- “It’s a Manns World,” BET (season 2 premiere; second episode at 9:30)
- “NASA’s Unexplained Files,” Science (season 3 premiere)
11:30 p.m.
- “This Is Not Happening,” Comedy Central (season premiere; Ari Shaffir hosts stand-up comedians who tell stories)
Wednesday, Feb. 24
6 p.m.
- “CodeGirl,” Pivot (doc premiere; teams of female students compete in Technovation, competition to create mobile apps that will help solve societal issues)
7 p.m.
- “Predator Road Trip: Backseat Lions,” Smithsonian (2-part special; Kevin Richardson transports 27 lions, 4 black leopards and 14 hyenas to a sanctuary in South Africa)
8 p.m.
- “Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip,” FYI (series premiere; Nicole Polizzi and her husband, Jionni Lavalle flip homes on the Jersey shore)
9 p.m.
- “About the Business,” BET (series premiere; group of people try to make it in Hollywood in various jobs)
- “Code Black,” CBS (season finale)
Thursday, Feb. 25
6:30 p.m.
- “Saving My Tomorrow, Part 5,” HBO (doc; kids address today’s biggest environmental challenges)
9 p.m.
- “Prey,” BBC America (U.S. premiere; down-but-not-out DS Susan Reinhardt works cases while struggling to cope with her own demons)
Friday, Feb. 26
Streaming
- “Fuller House,” Netflix (series premiere; 1990s family comedy returns and everyone is all grown up)
8 p.m.
- “Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” PBS, check local listings (“American Masters” premiere)
9 p.m.
- “Journey to the Oscars,” ABC (special; a look at some of this year’s Oscar contenders)
Saturday, Feb. 27
8 p.m.
- “The Lineup,” Fuse (series premiere; unscripted series showcases music that influences biggest names in sport)
Sunday, Feb. 28
12:30 p.m.
- “Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2016 Academy Awards,” E! (special)
4:30 p.m.
- “Live From The Red Carpet: The 2016 Academy Awards,” E! (special)
7 p.m.
- “88th Academy Awards,” ABC (special)
8 p.m.
- “More Manners of Downton Abbey,” PBS (special; more from “Downton Abbey” historical advisor)
- “Salvage Dawgs,” FYI (season premiere plus extra episode)
10:30 p.m.
- “E! After Party: The 2016 Academy Awards,” E! (special)
Monday, Feb. 29
Streaming
7 p.m.
- “Gotham,” Fox (midseason premiere)
- “The Voice,” NBC (season premiere)
- “He Named Me Malala,” Nat Geo (broadcast premiere; doc about Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and wounded in Pakistan)
- “Hate in America,” ID (series premiere; Southern Poverty Law Center’s efforts to combat bigotry and hate groups)
- “Major League Legends,” Smithsonian (series premiere; Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams)
- “Fashion Police: The 2016 Academy Awards,” E! (special)
8 p.m.
- “Mavis,” HBO (doc; music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and The Staples Sisters)
9 p.m.
- “Blindspot,” NBC (midseason premiere)
- “truinside,” truTV (series premiere; untold tales behind comedy films, clubs, performers)
- “Wilhelmina’s War,” PBS, check local listings (“Independent Lens” premiere; South Carolina grandmother struggles to care for her daughter and granddaughter who are living with HIV)