Must See HDTV for the week of February 25th: Oscars, Gravity and Game of Arms
The Winter Olympics are over and your normal programming schedule is back in full swing. The NHL is back for hockey fans, but Sunday is the big night for movies, as the 86th Annual Academy Awards air on ABC, hosted by Ellen Degeneres. The Best Picture category is looking particularly stacked with American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Tonight the battle of odd reality TV shows takes off as Discovery heads to the mountains for Battle of the Ozarks and AMC airs its Game of Arms arm-wrestling competition. Legit returns this week on FXX, while FX premieres season two of The Americans. Otherwise, we'd keep an eye out for Fred Armisen who is leading the band for Seth Meyers on Late Night, and kicking off a new season of Portlandia on IFC. Gravity is also coming home this week on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D, while gamers can pick up Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare or Thief. Check after the break for trailers plus our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and gaming.
Blu-ray, Streaming movies & Games
Thor: The Dark World (3D)
Gravity (3D)
Nebraska
Blue Is The Warmest Color (also on Netflix)
Adventure Time (S3)
King of the Hill
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (Xbox 360, Xbox One)
Thief (Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, PC)
Tales of Symphina Chronicles (PS3)
Rayman Legends (Xbox One, PS4)
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tuesday
Glee (spring premiere), Fox, 8PM
NCIS, CBS, 8PM
The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
The Voice, NBC, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
Rizzoli & Isles (winter premiere), TNT, 9PM
About a Boy, NBC, 9PM
NCIS: LA, CBS, 9PM
New Girl, Fox, 9PM
Supernatural, CW, 9PM
American Experience, PBS, 9PM
Face Off, Syfy, 9PM
Twisted, ABC Family, 9PM
Brooklyn Nine-nine, Fox, 9:30PM
Growing Up Fisher, NBC, 9:30PM
Clash of the Ozarks (series premiere), Discovery, 10PM
Game of Arms (series premiere), AMC, 10PM
Mind Games (series premiere), ABC, 10PM
Perception (winter premiere), TNT, 10PM
The Profit (season premiere), CNBC, 10PM
Person of Interest, CBS, 10PM
Chicago Fire, NBC, 10PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
Opposite Worlds, Syfy, 10PM
Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Are You The One?, MTV, 11PM
Wednesday
Survivor (season premiere), CBS, 8PM
Revolution, NBC, 8PM
Melissa & Joey, ABC Family, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Opposite Worlds (season finale), Syfy, 8PM
WWE Main Event, ION, 8PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 8:30PM
Baby Daddy, ABC Family, 8:30PM
Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
Tomorrow People, CW, 9PM
Psych, USA, 9PM
Mixology (series premiere), ABC, 9:30PM
The Americans (season premiere), FX, 10PM
Legit (season premiere), FXX, 10PM
Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
Unsung Hollywood: Pam Grier (series premiere), TV One, 10PM
Kings/Avalanche, NBC Sports Network, 10PM
Captain Philips: Somali Pirates Inside Story, Discovery, 10PM
Nashville, ABC, 10PM
The Real World, MTV, 10PM
Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
Men at Work, TBS, 10PM
Criminal Minds, CBS, 10PM
Ali G: Rezurection (series premiere), FXX, 10:30PM
Broad City, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Thursday
Knicks/Heat, TNT, 8PM
Countdown to the Oscars, ABC, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
Community, NBC, 8PM
The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30PM
The Millers, CBS, 8:30PM
Grey's Anatomy (season premiere), ABC, 9PM
Rake, Fox, 9PM
Reign, CW, 9PM
Hollywood Game Night (spring premiere), NBC, 9PM
Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9PM
Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
The Crazy Ones, CBS, 9:30PM
Portlandia (season premiere), IFC, 10PM
Scandal (spring premiere), ABC, 10PM
Vikings (season premiere), History, 10PM
Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
Elementary, CBS, 10PM
King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
Nets/Nuggets, TNT, 10:30PM
Jerks with Cameras, MTV, 11PM
Friday
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Cold Justice, TNT, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
Undercover Boss, CBS, 8PM
The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
Grimm, NBC, 9PM
Inside Job (series premiere), TNT, 9PM
Hawaii Five-o, CBS, 9PM
Bellator MMA Live, Spike TV, 9PM
Enlisted, Fox, 9PM
Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
All Access: Canelo vs. Angulo, Showtime, 9PM
Raising hope, Fox, 9:30PM
Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
Game of Stones (series premiere), Disocvery, 10PM
Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
Helix, Syfy, 10PM
Save Our Business (series premiere), TNT, 10PM
Hannibal (season premiere), NBC, 10PM
Joe Rogan: Live from the Tabernacle, Comedy Central, 11:59PM
Saturday
Penguins/Blackhawks, NBC, 8PM
Happy Face Killer, Lifetime, 8PM
Mythbusters, Discovery, 8PM
Ripper Street, BBC America, 9PM
Black Sails, Starz, 9PM
Lucas Bros. Moving Company, Fox, 11PM
Golan the Insatiable, Fox, 11:15PM
Saturday Night Live: Jim Parsons / Beck, NBC, 11:30PM
Sunday
86th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 8:30PM
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Phoenix, Fox, 2:30PM
The Amazing Race, CBS, 8PM
The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
True Detective, HBO, 9PM
Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
Girls, HBO, 10PM
Looking, HBO, 10:30PM
Comic Book Men, AMC, 11:59PM