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Not sure what’s going on in this scene from the season premiere of “Community,” but I’m in.
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Every February we celebrate Valentine’s Day and Black History Month, but this one is extra special because we welcome NBC’s “Community” back to TV after too long a hiatus. It’s also when the high-profile Netflix series, “House of Cards,” debuts. Back on the regular TV, “The Walking Dead” and “SouthLand” are back. As usual, I may have missed something, so let me know. And check back, I’ll update regularly.

Friday. Feb. 1
Noon | “Who Let the Dogs Out,” Hallmark (series premiere; finding most talented dogs in America)
7 | “Mumford & Sons: The Road to Redrocks,” Showtime (documentary)
9 | “Belle’s,” TV One (series premiere; scripted comedy about William “Big Bill” Cooper who owns his family’s upscale soul food restaurant)
9 | “Who the (Bleep)…,” Investigation Discovery (series premiere; true-life double lives)
All day | “House of Cards,” Netflix (series premiere and the rest of it; political thriller)

Saturday, Feb. 2
7 | “Betty and Coretta,” Lifetime (movie; Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz bond after husbands’ assassinations)
9 | “Dixie Mafia,” Discovery (special)
10 | “CMT Crossroads: Journey and Rascal Flatts,” CMT (special)

Sunday, Feb. 3
10 a.m. | “Oprah’s Book Club: Oprah and Ayana Mathis Author of ‘The 12 Tribes of Hattie,'” OWN (Super Soul Sunday premiere)
11 a.m. | “In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod,” OWN (Super Soul Sunday premiere)
noon | “Oprah and Rainn Wilson Present SoulPancake,” OWN (Super Soul Sunday premiere)
5:30 | Super Bowl, CBS (followed by new episode of “Elementary”)
6 | “The Road to Brown” (1990), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four” (2004), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “The Scroll: Evidence Of Life Unseen,” Aspire (miniseries premiere; real-life stories of ministers, evangelists and church leaders)
7 | “Sally Hemings: An American Scandal,” Encore (Big Miniseries Showcase premiere)

Monday Feb. 4
7 | “North and South,” Encore (Big Miniseries Showcase premiere)
7:30 | “Rules of Engagement,” CBS (season 7 premiere)
8 | “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” HBO (doc; abuse of power in Catholic church)
8 | “Top Gear,” BBC America (season 19 premiere)
9 | “Monday Mornings,” TNT (series premiere; hospital drama)
9 | “Hotel Impossible: After Anthony,” Travel (special)
10 | “The Sex Show,” Logo (series premiere; live relationship and sex advice with former porn star Katie Morgan), psychic Dougall Fraser and shrink Dr. Mike Dow)

Tuesday, Feb. 5
7 | “Betty White’s 2nd Annual 90th Birthday Special,” NBC (special)
8 | “Smash,” NBC (season 2 premiere; moves to 9 p.m. Feb. 19)
8 | “Silicon Valley,” PBS (American Experience premiere; early mavericks of Silicon Valley)
8 | “The Face Casting Special,” Oxygen (special)
9 | “Tosh.0,” Comedy Central (season 5 premiere)

Wednesday, Feb. 6
7 | “Fuse News,” Fuse (series premiere; music news program)

Thursday, Feb. 7
7 | “Community,” NBC (season 4 premiere)

Friday, Feb. 8
7 | “Touch,” Fox (season 2 premiere)
7 | “The Job,” CBS (reality series premiere; competing to win job)
7 | “Big Easy Express,” Showtime (documentary)
7 | “Chiller 13: Most Horrifying Hook-Ups,” Chiller (special)
8 | “Alpha Dogs,” Nat Geo Wild (series premiere; K-9 training at Vohne Liche Kennels)
9 | “Alaska Fish Wars,” Nat Geo Wild (series premiere; fishing for Alaskan salmon)

Saturday, Feb. 9
7 | “Twist of Faith,” Lifetime (movie; single Christian mother and Orthodox Jewish widower fall in love)
8 | “Heebie Jeebies,” Syfy (movie; creature causes its victims to have uncontrollable fear, aka the heebie jeebies)
8 | “Be My Valentine,” Hallmark (movie premiere; single father/firefighter looks for love)
8 | “Oddities,” Science (season 4 premiere)
8:30 | “Odd Folks Home,” Science (series premiere; “Oddities” spinoff with Edgar Oliver)
9 | “Something Borrowed, Something New,” TLC (series premiere; brides find dresses)

Sunday, Feb. 10
4 | “The Harlem Globetrotters Special, presented by Wonderful Pistachios,” ESPN (special)
6 | “At the River|Stand” (1993), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome,” Syfy (movie)
7 | “55th Annual Grammy Awards,” CBS (special)
7 | “The British Academy Film Awards,” BBC America (special)
7 | “Revolution ’67” (2007), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
8 | “The Walking Dead,” AMC (midseason premiere)
8 | “Gypsy Sisters,” TLC (series premiere; four women of Stanley family)
8 | “Snapped,” Oxygen (season 10 premiere)
8 | “Bar Rescue,” Spike (season 3 premiere)
9 | “Talking Dead,” AMC (midseason premiere)
9 | “Car Lot Special,” Spike (series premiere; auto industry expert Tom Stuker tries to save failing car dealerships)

Monday, Feb. 11
6 | “Hall Of Game Awards,” Cartoon Network (3rd annual special)
7 | “Bizarre Foods America: Fan Favorites,” Travel (special)
8 | “Bizarre Foods America,” Travel (season premiere)
9:20 | “Bang Goes The Theory,” BBC America (series premiere; stunts, future-facing stories and team challenges)
10 | “Inside Comedy,” Showtime (season 2 premiere)

Tuesday, Feb. 12
8 | “The Face,” Oxygen (series premiere; modeling competition)

Wednesday, Feb. 13
7 | “Survivor,” CBS (season 26 premiere)
7 | “Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo,” PBS (“Nature” premiere; wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner captures wolves hunting buffalo)
7 | “Ghost Hunters,” Syfy (new time slot premiere)
8 | “Ghost Mine,” Syfy (new time slot premiere)
8 | “Hoarding: Buried Alive,” TLC (midseason premiere)
8 | “Earth From Space,” PBS (Nova premiere)
9 | “Southland,” TNT (season premiere)
9 | “My Strange Addiction,” Discovery (season 4 premiere)
9 | “Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World,” Military Channel (series premiere; evolution of military firearms)

Thursday, Feb. 14
7 | “Zero Hour,” ABC (series premiere; myth debunker challenged by mystery)
8 | “Swamp People,” History (season 4 premiere)
8 | “Comic Book Men,” AMC (midseason premiere)
8 | “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Investigation Discovery (special)
8:30 | “Freakshow,” AMC (docu series premiere; Todd Ray and family run museum Venice Beach Freakshow)
9 | “Immortalized,” AMC (competition series premiere; taxidermists four “expert” taxidermists)

Friday, Feb. 15
7 | “History of the Eagles,” Showtime (doc about rock band The Eagles; Part 2 airs Feb. 16)
9 | “The Insanity Retrial of Mary Todd Lincoln,” WTTW (special; reenactment of Mary Todd Lincoln’s insanity trial with modern-day attorneys, judges, expert witnesses and a jury)
9 | “Top Secrets: Presidential Assassinations,” Nat Geo (special)
9:30 | “Top Secrets: Doomsday,” Nat Geo (special)

Saturday, Feb. 16
7 | “Pastor Brown,” Lifetime (movie; woman goes home to become pastor of church)
7 | “Stories from the Road to Freedom,” History (doc premiere; the black movement in America)
9 | “The Paranormal Project,” Destination America (special; real people capture evidence of supernatural phenomena)

Sunday, Feb. 17
6 | “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property” (2002), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “Banished” (2007), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “The Amazing Race,” CBS (season 22 premiere)
7 | “Killing Lincoln,” Nat Geo (movie)
7 | “Sports Illustrated: The Making of Swimsuit ’13–7 Continents, 17 Wonders,” Travel (special)
9 | “Miracle Rising: South Africa,” H2 (special; South Africa’s political)
9 | “Hidden in America: Mongols Motorcycle Club,” Destination America (series premiere; inside the big motorcycle gang)

Monday, Feb. 18
6:30 | “Adventure Time,” Cartoon Network (season premiere)
8 | “Fast N’ Loud,” Discovery (midseason premiere)
8 | “Worst Cooks in America,” Food (season 4 premiere)
9 | “The Devils Ride,” Discovery (season 2 premiere)
9 | “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights,” PBS (Independent Lens premiere; story of the Civil Rights leader)

Tuesday, Feb. 19
8 | “Cult,” CW (series premiere; fictional TV drama about cult actually a cover for real cult)
8 | “Bear Grylls’ Wild Adventures,” BBC America (special)
8 | “Guns in America,” PBS (special)
9 | “Body of Proof,” ABC (season 3 premiere)
9 | “Raising Adam Lanza,” PBS (Frontline premiere)
9 | “Yukon Men Pre-Show,” Discovery (special)
9:30 | “”The Jeselnik Offensive,” Comedy Central (series premiere; topical comedy with Anthony Jeselnik)

Wednesday, Feb. 20
8 | “Mind of a Rampage Killer,” PBS (Nova premiere)
8 | “Pot Cops,” Discovery (series premiere; weed grows in Humboldt Co., Calif.)
9 | “Mad About Oscar with Katie Couric,” ABC (special; greatest moments in Oscar history)
9 | “Weed Country,” Discovery Channel (six-part series; the underground world of pot growers and dealers)
9 | “The Path to Violence,” PBS (special)

Thursday, Feb. 21
6 | “Noche de Estrellas,” Univision (special; red carpet arrivals pre-show for “Premio Lo Nuestro”)
7 | “Premio Lo Nuestro,” Univision (special; award show celebrates its 25th anniversary)
9:30 | “Upload with Shaquille O’Neal,” TruTV (series premiere; Shaq watches online videos)

Friday, Feb. 22
8 | “Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll,” PBS (American Masters season 27 premiere)
9 | “Yukon Men,” Discovery (season premiere)
9:30 | “Out There,” IFC (series premiere; animated coming-of-age comedy)

Saturday, Feb. 23
7 | “Meddling Mom,” Hallmark Movie Channel (movie; widow meddles in lives of her grown daughters)
8 | “End of the World,” Syfy (movie; 2 video store employees try to save humanity from deadly plasma rain)
8 | “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best,” WEtv (season 3 premiere)
9 | “Film Independent Spirit Awards,” IFC (special)
11 P.M. | “Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse,” Comedy Central (standup special)
11:30 p.m. | “Walter Latham’s Comedy After Dark,” Comedy Central (standup special)

Sunday, Feb. 24
6 | “Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist” (1998), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7 | “Dare Not Walk Alone” (2006), Starz in Black (doc series premiere)
7:30 | “85th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC (special)

Monday, Feb. 25
8 | “Lab Rats,” Disney XD (season 2 premiere)
9 | “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” PBS (Independent Lens premiere; life of the Chinese artist and activist)
9 | “Imagination Unleashed: An Artisan’s Journey,” Ovation (doc premiere; filmmakers Freddy Rodriguez, Danny Simmons, Laz Alonso, Persia White and Melora Hardin)

Tuesday, Feb. 26
7 | “Silver Rush,” Discovery (miniseries premiere; Odyssey Marine Exploration recovers 48 tons of silver bullion from wreck of SS Gairsoppa)
7 | “Makers: Women Who Make America,” PBS (series premiere; how women helped shape America)
8 | “Parade’s End,” HBO (miniseries premiere; love story set against backdrop of Edwardian England and WW I)
9 | “Golden Boy,” CBS (series premiere; cop becomes youngest ever police commissioner of New York City)
9 | “Robot Combat League,” Syfy (series premiere; robot boxing tournament)
9 | “Armed & Ready,” Travel (docu series premiere; Kevin Michael Connolly, born without legs, travels the world)

Wednesday, Feb. 27
8 | “Battle For The Elephants,” PBS (special; criminal network behind ivory’s supply and demand)
8 | “Stranded,” Syfy (series premiere; teams of 3 stranded at haunted locations film selves)
8 | “Rescue My Renovation,” DIY Network (series premiere; John DeSilvia documents the serious side of renovation)
9 | “Duck Dynasty,” A&E (season 3 premiere)
9 | “Dark Minds,” Investigation Discovery (season premiere)

Thursday, Feb. 28
9 | “The Ben Show,” Comedy Central (series premiere; sketch/man-on-the-street)
9:30 | “Nathan For You,” Comedy Central (docu-reality series premiere; Nathan Fielder stars)

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