What's On Tonight (Sunday): Equal time

The Equalizer

Grand slam from downtown! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, February 7!

Tonight after da ballz, Queen Latifah stars in the remake of the essential '80s crime drama The Equalizer. With its cool Stewart Copeland theme and British actor Edward Woodward in the title role, Latifah has big shoes to fill. She leaves her old job as a CIA operative and tries to make up for bad things she's done by helping out the the common person, but probably not through a newspaper ad in 2021.

Elsewhere, the Weeknd performs this weekend, the Irwins are back, Miss Scarlet helps a photographer, authorities close in on Elizabeth Carmichael, Walter and his family wrap up a Long Run season, Colbert does a special Sunday show, and sportsballs plays a big game that corporations love — and we in turn love corporations marketing?

STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME

📺 Early Edition (Decades, all day): LOOK TO THE FUTURE for $400: On this TV show, Kyle Chandler knows the future because he gets his newspaper a day ahead (19 Sep 1997)

📺 The Equalizer (NBC.com, now): Maybe before you get to the Top Pick, you want to see the original. You can stream all 4 seasons of the 1980s Edward Woodward-starring action crime series on NBC's website - but not Peacock.✔️

📺 Family Ties (Antenna TV, 6 p.m.): Elyse's advice to Mallory's pregnant friend backfires when she decided to help talk with mom. I really like this early episode.

Impractical Jokers (TruTV, 6 p.m.): Jokers mostly all day.

🎥 Made for You, with Love (UPtv, 7 p.m.): The owner of a used wedding gown business is afraid to give her heart a second chance at love.

Puppy Bowl XVII (Discovery+, 3 a.m.): Puppers vs. puppers!✔️

🎥 A Star Is Born (TBS, 7 p.m.): Little Monsters unite! Lady Gaga helps Bradley Cooper rock in this re-re-remade drama that last starred Streisand & Kristofferson.✔️

Super Bowl LV (CBS, 6:30 p.m.): Sportsballs... Las Vegas!(?) Goals! Homeruns! Hole in one! This year its Native Americans vs. Caribbean free sailors. The Middle-Point Program will feature The Weeknd.

FOR THE RECORD: Axios (HBO, 6 p.m.); Crikey! It's the Irwins (Discovery+, 3 a.m., season premiere); Expedition Bigfoot (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Mountain Monsters (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Peyton's Places (ESPN+, 3 a.m.)

Puppy Bowl

🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL

Miss Scarlet & The Duke (PBS, 8 p.m.): A photographer who takes post-mortem portraits receives bizarre and threatening messages from beyond the grave. Eliza's investigation takes her into the spirit world.

📺 Sanford and Son (TV One, 8 p.m.): It's the three-part Hawaii episode! FWIW, the episodes are terrible, easily the worst of the series.

The Watch (BBC America, 8 p.m.): Sam Vimes wakes up in an alternate universe where he's a prisoner in the middle of a jailbreak. In Ankh-Morpork, the alternate version of Vimes is leading The Watch straight into Carcer's trap.

FOR THE RECORD: The Circus (Showtime); Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield (Court TV)

🕘 EASTERN / 🕗 CENTRAL

All Creatures Great and Small (PBS, 9 p.m.): It's the Darrowby Show and James is given the honor of Attending Vet, but Siegfried and Tristan know the job is a poisoned chalice and reckon James won't last the day without throwing in the towel.

Bridge and Tunnel (Epix, 9 p.m.): After breaking up with Jill, Jimmy finds inspiration in a different style of photography, while Artie is dreading Jimmy's departure for Alaska. Meanwhile, Stacey suspects Mikey may have eyes for Tammy, while Jill battles her overbearing mother Lana.

In the Long Run (Starz, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Valentine invites the Easmons to meet Dawn. One final knees up at the Milton Arms brings the community together as they gear up for the final vote.

The Lady and the Dale (HBO, 9 p.m.): As law enforcement begins to close in, Liz goes on the lam.

A Star Is Born (via Tumblr)

🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL

⭐ The Equalizer (CBS, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative, must use her extensive skills to help a teenager accused of murder and on the run from the criminals who framed her for the crime. Remember those Denzel movies?? They were barely mediocre. I think it's also worth noting that the original series, which was never a ratings hit, had a rough start.✔️

🎥 Ghostbusters II (Sundance TV, 10:30 p.m.): MOVIE TRIVIA for $200: Sigourney Weaver's baby got pushed around by poltergeists in this 1989 sequel (14 Nov 1990)

The Long Song (PBS, 10 p.m.): The harvest at Amity is ready, but tensions rise between the workers and overseer Robert when the field hands rebel against his work demands.

Your Honor (Showtime, 10 p.m.): With pressure mounting, Michael finds an answer to keeping Carlo out of prison. Charlie makes a shocking discovery.

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📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): The IMF must stop Lewis Parma, a Syndicate man who is close to gaining total control of the food distribution industry in the U.S. To stop him, the IMF must get his hired assassin, Vic Duchell, to turn state's evidence, but Duchell is resolute.

📺 The Nanny (Cozi, 11 p.m.): FATHERLY TV for $600: On this '90s show Manhattanite Maxwell Sheffield had help with his kids from Fran Fine of Queens (22 Apr 2016)

The Verizon Big Concert for Small Business (BET / CMT / MTV 2, 11 p.m.): SPECIAL. A live after-party concert to support small businesses. Hosted by Tiffany Haddish and featuring performances by Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Christina Aguilera, Eric Church, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, and Luke Bryan.

QUICK HITS:

Desus & Mero (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Jazmine Sullivan

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS, 11:35 p.m.): Robert Downey Jr., Tiffany Haddish, Metallica

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Note: All times are Eastern.
Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; J-Archive; TV Passport; Zap2it
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Happy watching, everyone!