TV on Saturday: Final Four Basketball, Psych Marathon, Being Human UK & More

News & Notes

Tonight, NBC has the series premiere of Escape Routes.

Over on cable, Animal Planet has the first season finale of Too Cute!, CMT has the first season finales of Bayou Billionaires and My Big Redneck Vacation and the series premiere of Southern Nights, Nickelodeon has the Kids’ Choice Awards 2012, and Syfy has the TV movie premiere of Seattle Superstorm.

FOX has moved Q’Viva! The Chosen from primetime to late night.

Listen to the latest TV times Three Podcast: Ep.128, “Walking a Bent Mother in Psych Town.” This week Amrrie (@mytakeontv) and Rae (@raelee) joined me to discuss recent episodes of The Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Bent, How I Met Your Mother, Breaking In, Psych, and Cougar Town. April will be TV podcaster month on TV times Three. See who will be on the show.

Prime Picks

Escape Routes (NBC): Series Premiere. Six teams race across the country with various tasks and games to be overcome along the way.

Being Human (BBC America): New. Tom begins to fall for a geeky werewolf. Runs 75 minutes. Plays again later. BBC/BBC America has renewed the show for a fifth season.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC): Repeat. The “Child’s Welfare” episode from earlier this season replays.

Other Option

• The Firm (NBC): New. The “Chapter Twelve” episode plays.

Sports Notes

• CBS has doubleheader college basketball action with Kentucky vs. Louisville followed by Kansas at Ohio State from the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
• NBA TV has two games today with the Charlotte Hornets at the Los Angeles Lakers this afternoon and later tonight the New Jersey Nets at the Sacramento Kings.
• NBC has coverage of the third round of the Houston Open golf tournament.
• NHLTV has a game early and another tonight.

Late Night

• Saturday Night Live (NBC): Repeat. Katy Perry hosted with musical guest Robyn.

TV Marathons

AMC has seven episodes of CSI: Miami tonigh.
BET has 16 episodes of The Game.
Centric has 24 episodes of 227.
ION has nine episodes of Psych tonight.
SOAPnet has five episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210.
USA Network has 12 episodes of NCIS.
WE tv has 15 episodes of Ghost Whisperer.