Here’s what’s up in the world of television for February 16. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.): Dear Charlie: Once upon a time there was a young boy who made silly faces for the Disney Channel. He was so good at making these silly faces that the people at the Disney Channel asked him to make them 65 times—and then to make them in a movie! But after that movie, the boy made other movies—and that’s when the trouble started, Charlie. Gwen Ihnat doesn’t want to see you end up like that boy, whose silly faces are the ones he now makes beneath tears and brown paper. Enjoy your season finale and then get out of showbiz, kid. And if you don’t—good luck, Charlie. May you never come in contact with Michael Bay.
ALSO NOTED
The 2014 Winter Olympics (NBC, 7 p.m.): In The A.V. Club’s continued effort to examine the Sochi games from every possible angle, Kate Knibbs reviews primetime coverage from the strange and exotic Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Did you know that in Canada, they refer to Bob Costas as “Ron MacLean”? Crazy stuff.
Downton Abbey (PBS, 9 p.m.): Presenting “Mr. Bates’ Day Off,” in which Brendan Coyle presumably drives the Crawleys’ vintage Ferrari into town and poses as a monarch of encased meats. But what if they check the mileage? “He’ll drive home backwards,” says Sonia Saraiya.
Girls (HBO, 10 p.m.): An episode called “Beach House” does not necessarily mean that Hannah and company are going to go see the band Beach House—though it certainly doesn’t preclude Beach House from slipping into the show’s soundtrack. Though Todd VanDerWerff has a hunch that it just means the episode is set at a beach house.
REGULAR COVERAGE
The Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.)
True Detective (HBO, 9 p.m.)
Shameless (Showtime, 9 p.m.)
Looking (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)