Must See HDTV for the week of January 27th: Super Bowl XLVIII, State of the Union Address
This week's highlight event is hard to miss, as the Super Bowl dominates Sunday night's TV broadcasts. Before that however, the State of the Union address will appear on major networks Tuesday night, providing not only fodder for the politically interested, but also a comparison of broadcast quality across channels for videophiles. American Horror Story wraps up its season on FX this week and Melissa McCarthy takes the stage on Saturday Night Live, while Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition hits next-gen consoles. 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
Downton Abbey (S4)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (3D)
Rush
Metallica: Through the Never (3D)
Last Vegas
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Dracula (3D)
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Xbox One, PS4)
Call of Duty: Ghosts EXtinction DLC (Xbox One, Xbox 360)
Monday
Hollywood Game Night, NBC, 8PM
Hart of Dixie, CW, 8PM
How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM
Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
Bitten, Syfy, 8PM
2 Broke Girls, CBS, 8:30PM
The Following, Fox, 9PM
Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
Beauty and the Beast, CW, 9PM
The Fosters, ABC Family, 9PM
Mike & Molly, CBS, 9PM
Mom, CBS, 9:30PM
Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
Archer, FX, 10PM
The Blacklist, NBC, 10PM
Don't Trust Andrew Mayne, A&E, 10PM
Castle, ABC, 10PM
Intelligence, CBS, 10PM
Chozen, FX, 10:30PM
Tuesday
State of the Union Address (ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, CNN), 9PM
Dads, Fox, 8PM
The Originals, CW, 8PM
Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
A Football Life: Jerry Rice, NFL Network, 9PM
Face Off, Syfy, 9PM
Supernatural, CW, 9PM
Ravenswood, ABC Family, 9PM
Justified, FX, 10PM
Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Wednesday
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
Melissa & Joey, ABC Family, 8PM
Arrow, CW, 8PM
Revolution, NBC, 8PM
WWE Main Event, ION, 8PM
Suburgatory, ABC, 8:30PM
Baby Daddy, ABC Family, 8:30PM
Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged, MTV, 9PM
Tomorrow People, CW, 9PM
Psych, USA, 9PM
Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9PM
Super Fun Night, ABC, 9:30PM
Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
Men at Work, TBS, 10PM
Nashville, ABC, 10PM
CSI, CBS, 10PM
The Real World, MTV, 10PM
Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
American Horror Story (season finale), FX, 10PM
Fleming: The Man Who Would be Bond (series premiere), BBC America, 10PM
Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
Broad City, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Thursday
Cavaliers/Knicks, TNT, 8PM
Community, NBC, 8PM
The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
American Idol, Fox, 8PM
The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
The Taste, ABC, 8PM
Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30PM
The Millers, CBS, 8:30PM
Saturday Night Live presents A SNL Sports Spectacular, NBC, 9PM
The Fighters, Discovery, 9PM
Rake, Fox, 9PM
Reign, CW, 9PM
The Crazy Ones, CBS, 9PM
Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9:30PM
Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 10PM
Elementary, CBS, 10PM
Clippers/Warriors, TNT, 10:30PM
Jerks with Cameras, MTV, 10:30PM
Friday
Bones, Fox, 8PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
The Carrie Diaries (season finale), CW, 8PM
The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
Cold Justice, TNT, 8PM
APB with Troy Dunn, TNT, 9PM
Enlisted, Fox, 9PM
Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust, Showtime, 9PM
Raising Hope, Fox, 9:30PM
Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
Helix, Syfy, 10PM
Saturday
2014 NFL Honors, Fox, 8PM
Mythbusters, Discovery, 8PM
Black Sails, Starz, 9PM
Atlantis, BBC America, 9PM
Girls, HBO, 10PM
Looking, HBO, 10:30PM
Lucas Bros. Moving Company, Fox, 11PM
Golan the Insatiable, Fox, 11:15PM
Saturday Night Live: Melissa McCarthy/Imagine Dragons, NBC, 11:30PM
Sunday
Super Bowl XLVIII: Broncos vs. Seahawks, Fox, 6PM
Downton Abbey, PBS, 9PM
Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
Sherlock (season finale), PBS, 10PM
Episodes, Showtime, 10:30PM
New Girl, Fox, 10:30PM
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fox, 11PM