Miss America Pageant (6 p.m., CMT): It's moved to a cable network; it's left Atlantic City for Las Vegas; it's moved to January from September; but it's still the same old beauty pageant. James Denton ("Desperate Housewives") hosts.
College basketball (7 p.m., Ch. 5): BYU at San Diego State
NBA (7 p.m., Ch. 14): Cavaliers at Jazz
Saturday Night Live (10:30 p.m., Ch. 30): Peter Sarsgaard hosts.
Sunday
NFL playoffs: AFC title game Broncos vs. Steelers (1 p.m., Ch. 2); NFC title game Seahawks vs. Panthers (4:30 p.m., Ch. 13)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7 p.m., Ch. 4): A bachelor who stepped in to raise his niece and nephew gets some help on the home front.
The West Wing (7 p.m., Ch. 5): A nuclear reactor in California may explode.
Desperate Housewives (8 p.m., Ch. 4): Susan needs surgery.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (8 p.m., Ch. 5): An airport worker is suspected of murder.
Masterpiece Theatre (8 p.m., Ch. 7): Gillian Anderson and Ian Richardson star in Part 1 of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House."
The Simpson's (8:30 p.m., Ch. 13): Marge tries to conquer her fear of flying.
Without a Trace (9 p.m., Ch. 2): New evidence suggests a college student thought to be dead is still alive. (Repeat)
Grey's Anatomy (9 p.m., Ch. 4): An elderly patient refuses to leave the hospital.
Crossing Jordan (9 p.m., Ch. 5): Pollack, Jordan and Woody find themselves involved in a corporate cover-up.






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