Super Bowl LV Dominates a Weekend of Football-Adjacent Programming

Once a year, television cedes its weekend airwaves over to all things football, as the nation collectively gears up for the Super Bowl, the most watched TV program of the year. This year is no exception, with good potential for an all-time classic, as Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs return to take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The halftime show sees The Weeknd headlining, and then there's all the Super Bowl-adjacent programming — from the commercials, to The Puppy Bowl, to this year's recipient of the prized post-game timeslot: the Queen Latifah-led series premiere of The Equalizer. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Super Bowl Weekend:

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: On the ten-year anniversary of his landmark crowd-sourced documentary Life in a Day, Academy Award winning director Kevin Macdonald presents Life in a Day 2020, shot by citizens around the world on July 25th, 2020. Watch preview. Premieres Noon ET on YouTube

DOCUMENTARY: The new Lifetime original documentary Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All looks at the parallel lives and substance abuse struggles faced by the famous mother and daughter that culminated in their tragic deaths. Watch trailer. 8:00 PM ET on Lifetime

NBA BASKETBALL: Two of the NBA’s biggest superstars collide on ABC's NBA Saturday Primetime as Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors face the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT on ABC

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: The NFL recognizes its top players from the 2020 NFL season in the tenth annual NFL Honors from the Straz Center in Tampa, Florida. 9:00 PM ET on CBS

MADE FOR TV MOVIE: When small-town wedding photographer Molly (Brooke D'Orsay) learns her baby sister is engaged, she enters the budget-conscious couple in a contest and wins an all-expenses-paid, celeb-worthy Beverly Hills Wedding, thrown by "planner to the stars," Terrence Roquefort (Matthew MacCaull). 9:00 PM ET on Hallmark

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Following her death last week, OWN Spotlight: Cicely Tyson features a never-before-seen 2012 conversation between the legendary actress and Oprah Winfrey. 10:00 PM ET on OWN

NEW EPISODE: Schitt's Creek's Dan Levy hosts a new episode of Saturday Night Live, where he'll be joined by musical guest Phoebe Bridgers. Watch preview. 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT on NBC

SERIES PREMIERE: The devil (voiced by Alan Tudyk) hires a social media manager (Asif Ali) in Devil May Care, Syfy's latest addition to its TZGZ late-night animation block. Midnight ET on Syfy

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: In what promises to be some of the greatest Super Bowl QB matchups ever, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are set to take on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Super Bowl LV, featuring a halftime performance from The Weeknd. 6:30 PM ET/ 3:30 PM PT on CBS

SERIES PREMIERE: This year's entry in the canon of post-Super Bowl premieres is The Equalizer, starring Queen Latifah as enigmatic former CIA operative Robyn McCall. Read our review. After the game on CBS

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Robert Downey Jr., Tiffany Haddish and Metallica guest on a special post-Super Bowl edition of Late Show With Stephen Colbert, airing coast-to-coast at 11:35PM ET / 8:35 PM PT on CBS 

NHL HOCKEY: Longtime rivals the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers take to the ice at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. at Noon ET on NBC

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: The big dogs of pint-sized counter programming return in Puppy Bowl XVII at 2:00 PM ET on Animal Planet

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Adorable and adoptable kittens compete for the coveted Kitten Bowl VIII trophy at 2:00 PM ET on Hallmark

NEW EPISODE: Jimmy (Sam Vartholomeos) breaks up with Jill (Caitlan Stasey), and finds new inspiration for his photography on Bridge and Tunnel. Meanwhile, Artie (Edward Burns) dreads the day Jimmy heads to Alaska. 9:00 PM ET on Epix

NEW EPISODE: A girls getaway to South Carolina takes an unexpected turn on The Real Housewives of Atlanta when Kenya Moore plans some bachelorette fun in honor of bride-to-be Cynthia Bailey. Watch preview. 9:00 PM ET on Bravo

Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.