NCAA Basketball (CBS) - Kentucky plays Louisville at 6 p.m. and Kansas vs. Ohio State begins about 40 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Kids' Choice Awards (8pm, Nick) - Will Smith hosts the celebration of kids' favorites in film, television, music and sports. Scheduled performers include Katy Perry and One Direction.

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - Host John Fulton takes a trip to New York's Hamptons to meet a personal chef for cats. Okay, even I think that's crazy. Also, a fashion designer for cats in New Jersey (crazy) and a cat  that needed a kidney transplant (not crazy).

Seattle Superstorm (9pm, Syfy) - A movie about a scientist and a soldier who must save the world from deadly storms triggered by a UFO that crashed in Seattle's Puget Sound.

Beverly's Full House (10pm, OWN) - In the premiere of a new reality series, former model Beverly Johnson opens her Palm Springs, California, home to her daughter, plus-size model Anansa Sims, son-in-law David Patterson (an NFL alum) and baby granddaughter.

Q'Viva! The Chosen (11pm, Fox) - Injuries! Eliminations! New timeslot! Q'Viva!

Live From the Artists Den (1am, UNC-TV) - The fifth season opens with a concert by Adele.

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: The Story of September 11, 2001 (9pm, Nickelodeon) - Kids too young to remember the attacks of September 11 discuss their questions about the event with journalist Linda Ellerbee.

Project Runway (9pm, Lifetime) - The seamsters union join forces with art students to create artwork that will inspire clothing designs. Designer Kenneth Cole is the guest judge.

Sweet Home Alabama (9pm, CMT) - Devin chooses between the last two suitors in the first season finale.

Ultimate Merger (9pm, TV One) - A military obstacle course must be tackled to win a date with Toccara.

Suits (10pm, USA) - Harvey's former mentor (Gary Cole) turns to his protege when his office comes under investigation. Meanwhile, Mike and Louis try to settle a mogul's estate in the midst of family clashes, and Jenny worries that Mike is hiding something.

Louie (10:30pm, FX) - Louie's distraught sister drops off her daughter at Grand Central Station and then gets back on the train that brought them to New York. Comedians Godfrey, Todd Barry, and Nick DiPaolo appear as themselves.

The Green Room with Paul Provenza (11pm, Showtime) - Season 2 ends with comedians Eddie Izzard, Jimmy Carr, Judah Friedlander, Chris Hardwick, and Tim Minchin.

Harry Potter movie marathon (9am, ABC Family) - ABC Family is airing an all-day marathon of Harry Potter movies, beginning at 9am with "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" follows at 12:30pm, and then "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" at 4:30pm, and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" at 7:30.

Battlestar Galactica (7pm, BBC America) - President Roslin questions the judgement of Adama and Apollo when they put the fleet at risk to find Starbuck, whose Viper disappeared after a run-in with a Cylon patrol. A second episode airs at 8.

Dino Gangs (8pm, Discovery) - The remains of 68 Tyrannosaurus rexes are recovered in the Gobi Desert, and research suggests that the species may have been deadlier than previously thought.

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (8pm, Nick) - A live-action version of the cartoon "The Fairly OddParents" finds 23-year-old Timmy (Drake Bell) wanting to remain a kid forever so he can hold on to his fairy godparents. However, he considers changing his mind when a grown-up Tootie returns to town.

Carson Nation (10pm, OWN) - Carson travels to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he helps a transgender woman who has lived as a man for 60 years.

ACC Tournament (1pm, WRAL) - Games today at 1pm (UNC vs. Clemson) and 3pm (Duke vs. Virginia Tech).

Best Player (8pm, Nickelodeon) - This original Nick movie featuring the stars of 'iCarly' is about a video game expert (Jerry Trainor) who tries to stop a rival (Jennette McCurdy) from entering a tournament by befriending her and dating her mother.

Must Love Cats (8pm, Animal Planet) - Host John Fulton travels to the Southwest where he meets cats with a frontier flair. And since everything grows bigger in Texas, it's no surprise he finds some oversized kitties there. Also, a trip to Kitty City in New Mexico before heading back to California. Next week's show is the final one for the season (series?).

Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This (9pm, ABC) - The country music group Rascal Flatts perform at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Natasha Beddingfield and Justin Bieber make guest appearances.

Battle of Los Angeles (9pm, Syfy) - A new Syfy movie in which alien spacecraft attack Los Angeles in the first wave of an invasion on earth, and humanity's survival depends upon two soldiers who must breach the mother ship and destroy it from within. Stars Nia Peeples and Kel Mitchell.

Bobby's Ireland (9pm, Food) - Bobby Flay embarks on a food tour of Ireland and explores Dublin's changing culinary scene with Chef Clodagh McKenna.

Ron White's Comedy Salute to the Troops (9pm, CMT) - Lewis Black, Vic Henley, Kathleen Madigan, Rascal Flatts, Margo Rey and Tim Wilson perform in a comedic and musical salute to the troops from Nashville.

Saturday Night Live (11:29pm, NBC) - Zach Galifianakis (right) returns as host, and the musical guest is Jessie J.

Smallville (8pm, CW) - Anti-superhero citizens attack the Green Arrow as he tries to stop a mugging, and Clark learns the attackers all have a darkness tattoo. Elsewhere, Carter Hall and Star Girl help Clark pursue Slade, who has kidnapped Lois.

The Good Guys (9pm, Fox) - In the Season 1 (and maybe series) finale, Jack and Dan respond to a dine-and-dash theft at a restaurant, and learn that a dirty cop may have murdered an informant against a Mafia kingpin.

Supernatural (9pm, CW) - Dean seeks out Death to get Sam's soul back, but Sam decides he doesn't want it returned and tries a protective spell to keep his soul out of his body.

TeenNick HALO Awards (9pm, Nick) - Nick Cannon hosts the second annual celebration honoring four teens who have taken leadership roles to help their communities. Each honoree meets with a celebrity, including Mariah Carey, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, and Wyclef Jean.

File this under "Super cute."

Wonder Pets!, the preschool series that features a guinea pig, a duckling and a turtle singing opera, is paying homage to "Alice in Wonderland." The shows call the episode "Adventures in Wonderland," and it features "American Idol" judge and rock star Steven Tyler as the Mad Hatter; Broadway star Idina Menzel as the Queen of Hearts, and Ziggy Marley as the Cheshire Cat.

The episode premieres on Friday, Oct 15 at 10 a.m.

"I get to be the Mad Hatter on The Wonder Pets! which is a role made for me,” said Steven Tyler, according to a press release.  “All my life I’ve wanted to get into cartoons and voice-overs and what a blast!  It’s something I’ve wanted to do forever and to get a chance to do this is just another dream come true, another feather in the cap!

Click below to see how he does:

In celebration of Dora the Explorer's 10th anniversary, and in recognition of the traditional calendar first day of school, we're giving away "The First Day of School," a DVD with five pre-school Nickelodean pals, that will help your little one have an easier time as the big day approaches.

Want it? All you have to do is send an email to adrienne.johnson@newsobserver.com naming the four characters featured along with Dora on the front of the DVD.

Please put BACK TO SCHOOL in the subject line. We'll take emails until 5pm Tuesday, Aug. 17th. EXTENDED to 5pm Wednesday, Aug. 18th.

We'll pick a winner from the emails with the correct answers.

NCAA Basketball Tournament (CBS) - The regional final games in Syracuse and Salt Lake City begin today at 4:30pm. Full schedule here. 


Kids' Choice Awards (8pm, Nickelodeon) - Kevin James hosts the 23rd annual awards show (there's an app for that) recognizing favorites of the younger crowd. Rihanna and Justin Beiber are scheduled to perform. Apolo Anton Ohno attempts a stunt with slime. Sandra Bullock, who is nominated in the Best Actress category for "Blind Side," has announced that she is skipping this year, thanks to her no good POS husband. (I'm bitter).  

Law & Order (9pm, NBC) - A repeat of the episode starring Samantha Bee as a journalist being blackmailed over an affair with a staffer. Loosely based on the David Letterman extortion case.

Dancing with the Stars (10pm, ABC) - A repeat of Monday's big debut featuring the "dancing" of Buzz Aldrin, Kate Gosselin, and Pamela Anderson (actually, Anderson wasn't that bad).

Law & Order (8pm, NBC) - The disfigured body of a campaign workers is found with the word "FED" scrawled across his chest. Benjamin Bratt (left), who played Det. Rey Curtis from 1995 to 1999, returns tonight for one episode.

Dollhouse (8pm, Fox) - Two episodes tonight. First up, Echo is lost in the world-at-large while dealing with multiple-memory-downloads. Later, the murders of Echo's past romantic liasons may indicate the return of Alpha.

HALO Awards (9pm, Nik) - Four teenagers who have taken leadership roles in their communities are rewarded with scholarship money and other special perks. Hosted by Nick Cannon and featuring LeBron James, Alicia Keys, Hayden Panettiere, and Justin Timberlake.

Tomorrow, Nickelodeon is beginning its celebration of the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants -- that absorbent, yellow fellow who lives in a pineapple under the sea -- with "The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend."

As part of that celebration the network has proclaimed tomorrow, July 17th, the first Global Day of Happiness.

And it seems that Durham Mayor Bill Bell is on board.

He even signed a proclamation urging Durham residents to make special note of this observance.