TV Goes All-In On the NFL's First-Ever Super Wild Card Weekend

With the 2020 NFL season leaving a uniquely large group of 14 teams still in contention for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, each of the league's TV partners are getting a seat at the table with a record six wild card games set to be played this weekend. By Sunday night, we'll know which eight teams will advance to next weekend's divisional playoffs.

Also this weekend: HBO bows its two-part Tiger Woods doc, American Gods returns for Season 3 and The Critics Choice Super Awards honor that long-overlooked movie genre — the superhero film. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this weekend:

SATURDAY JANUARY 9

NFL FOOTBALL: The league's Super Wild Card Weekend kicks off today with three games:

• AFC No. 7 seed Indianapolis Colts vs. AFC No. 2 seed Buffalo Bills at Bills Stadium at 1:05 PM ET on CBS
• NFC No. 6 seed Los Angeles Rams vs. NFC No. 3 seed Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field at 4:40 PM ET on FOX
• NFC No. 5 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. NFC No. 4 seed Washington Football Team at FedEx Field at 8:15 PM ET on NBC

CABLE PREMIERE: HBO's big Saturday night movie premiere this week is Judd Apatow's King of Staten Island. The underachieving coming of age story follows Scott (Pete Davidson), who's been in a state of arrested development since his firefighter father's death on 9/11, but realizes he must make some changes when his mother begins dating a man who also happens to be a firefighter. Watch trailer. 8:00 PM ET on HBO

MADE FOR TV MOVIE: Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights) plays a hard-charging morning show producer who makes A New Year's Resolution to say 'yes' more, which comes in handy when she produces a story on the handsome Tom Malone (Michael Rady). Watch trailer. 9:00 PM ET on Hallmark

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Live concerts may still be a thing of the past, but that won't keep Austin City Limits from celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of rock's greatest second acts, as Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters Rock Austin City Limits highlights the band's 2008 and 2014 performances on the long-running concert series. Watch preview. 9:00 PM ET on PBS

MADE FOR TV MOVIE: The holidays are over, so it's out with the schmaltz and in with the psychos as Lifetime presents Obsessed with the Babysitter, in which a young woman finds herself the subject of psychological manipulation and a dangerous infatuation. 8:00 PM ET on Lifetime

ENCORE PRESENTATION: It made headlines for Dave Chapelle's marathon 16-1/2 minute monologue, but our favorite part of Saturday Night Live's post-presidential election episode was Dave Chappelle breaking character to make fun of Pete Davidson's face. Also: musical guests Foo Fighters perform "Shame Shame" and "Times Like These." 11:30 PM ET on NBC

SUNDAY JANUARY 10

NFL FOOTBALL: Super Wld Card Weekend wraps up with three more games:

• AFC No. 5 seed Baltimore Ravens vs. AFC No. 4 seed Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium at 1:05 PM ET on ABC
• NFC No. 7 seed Chicago Bears vs. NFC No. 2 seed New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome at 4:40 PM ET on CBS and Prime Video
• AFC No. 6 seed Cleveland Browns vs AFC No. 3 seed Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field at 8:15 PM ET on NBC

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Football-loving parents looking to get their kids interested in the sport will want to switch over to Nickelodeon's simulcast of this afternoon's Bears-Saints Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon. The "enhanced" broadcast is set to include real time Snapchat-style visual effects during game play, commentary by sports analyst Nate Burleson and Nick star Gabrielle Nevaeh Green (All That) and a halftime show featuring a sneak peek at Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years. Watch preview. 4:30 PM ET on Nickelodeon

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Boasting impressive pedigree behind the scenes and unprecedented access, the two-part documentary event Tiger looks at the rise, fall, and return of a golf legend. Primetimer's Sarah D. Bunting has previewed the doc and filed this review. 9:00 PM ET on HBO

SEASON PREMIERE: With Inauguration Day fast approaching, The Circus is back with its sixth season of up-to-the-minute political reporting and analysis by hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, Mark McKinnon, and Jennifer Palmieri. Watch trailer. 8:00 PM ET on Showtime

SERIES PREMIERE: Based on the beloved autobiographical books by James Herriot, Masterpiece presents All Creatures Great and Small, which follows the adventures of acountry veterinarian (Nicholas Ralph) in 1930s Yorkshire. Watch trailer. 9:00 PM ET on PBS

SEASON PREMIERE: Marilyn Manson, Danny Trejo, and Blythe Danner join Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, and Ian McShane as American Gods returns for its third tumultuous season. Watch trailer. 8:00 PM ET on Starz

AWARD SHOW: Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez host the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards, which honor the best in superhero, science fiction, fantasy, horror, action, and animation. Check out the complete list of nominees. 8:00 PM ET on The CW

Jed Rosenzweig is the Founder and Publisher of Primetimer.