1. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards
Sunday, 8 p.m., CBS
There are so many categories at this show that they probably nominate stars for singing in the shower. LL Cool J (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) hosts the 57th annual event, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Scheduled performers include Common, Madonna, Ed Sheeran (above), Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams. Musical collaborations include Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga; Hozier and Annie Lennox; Jessie J and Tom Jones; Adam Levine and Gwen Stefani. Beyoncé, Smith and Williams are each nominated for six awards.
2. Empire
Wednesday, 9 p.m., Fox
Lucious (Terrence Howard) asks Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) to manage Elle Dallas (Courtney Love, left), Empire Entertainment’s first label star, who hasn’t put out an album in years. This move must be designed to get her out of his hair! Meanwhile, Vernon (Malik Yoba) is caught in the middle of a very tricky situation. Then, as Jamal (Jussie Smollett) rises to stardom with his new song, his newfound drive stirs up trouble in his relationships. To make matters worse, a mystery woman (guest star Raven-Symoné) from the family’s past shows up with a huge surprise.
3. The Slap
Thursday, 8 p.m., NBC
New York City public servant Hector (Peter Sarsgaard) is not looking forward to his 40th birthday. Passed over for a promotion at work, he has been having a stupid affair with an underage girl who works at the same clinic as physician wife Aisha (Thandie Newton).
But there’s a party at Hector’s house and his mom (Maria Tucci, with Greek washerwoman accent) has brought enough food to feed the participants of the Trojan War. The adults at the party include Hector’s cousin Harry (Zachary Quinto), a right-wing hothead, and his friend, Gary (Thomas Sadoski), a painter whose wife (Melissa George) is still breast-feeding their son Hugo (Dylan Schombing), who is 5 years old.
While the guests’ children are playing Wiffle ball, Hugo strikes out three times but won’t give up the bat, swinging it at Harry’s son, Rocco (Owen Tanzer). Harry takes the bat out of Hugo’s hands and shakes him. When the boy kicks him, Harry slaps his face.
Hello, criminal charges.
A different-looking Uma Thurman has a cameo as a cougar actress.
4. Nashville
Wednesday, 10 p.m., ABC
Did anybody really think Rayna (Connie Britton) and Luke (Will Chase) were going to get married? Breakup rumors start to fly, but Rayna finds a way to return to the public eye on her own terms. Juliette’s (Hayden Panettiere) pregnancy is starting to make her stir-crazy and she’s eager to get her career back on track.
Then, Scarlett (Clare Bowen) plans a surprise for Deacon (Charles Esten) but it doesn’t pan out as she had hoped.
5. Schitt’s Creek
Wednesday, 10 p.m., Pop
Any project that reunites comic delights such as Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara has to be worth a look.
“Schitt’s Creek” stars Levy and O’Hara as Johnny Rose, a formerly filthy rich video store owner, and Moira, his soap-star wife. They are dead broke — and forced to live in Schitt’s Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke with their two kids, hipster son David (Daniel Levy) and socialite daughter Alexis (Annie Murphy).
6. How to Get Away With Murder
Thursday, 10 p.m., ABC
Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) has some explaining to do now that her murdered husband’s body parts have been found. Which of Keating’s students will crack first?
Wes (Alfred Enoch) is having nightmares. Connor (Jack Falahee) is the face of guilt. Michaela (Aja Naomi King) has lost her fiance. Steely Laurel (Karla Souza) knits her brow. As for Asher (Matt McGorry, far right), he’s the only one who wasn’t present at the crime scene.
7. The Jinx: The Life and Death of Robert Durst
Sunday, 8 p.m., HBO
What was Robert Durst, scion of the New York real estate family, doing in Galveston, Texas, buying a buzzsaw, some drop-cloths and linoleum?
Well, it looks like he was trying to murder a man named Morris Black. Durst, whose first wife disappeared without a trace, went on the run after being arrested and was apprehended again after trying to steal a hoagie in a Pennsylvania supermarket. “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” introduces viewers to Durst, his second wife, Debrah Lee Charatan, and his brother and rival, Douglas.
Tonight’s installment, the first of six, runs about 40 minutes.
8. Allegiance
Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC
When Alex O’Connor (Gavin Stenhouse, above right) nearly exposes his parents as Russian spies, his mother Katya (Hope Davis) manages to convince him he’s mistaken. Katya’s silver-tongue lies cause a rift between her and her husband (Scott Cohen). Meanwhile, Victor (Morgan Spector) is warned what will happen to him if he doesn’t keep the O’Connors on a tight leash.
Meanwhile, Alex partners with Agent Michelle Prado (Floriana Lima, above left) as part of a joint CIA-FBI task force to find the hidden SVR cache before it’s destroyed.