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“KING LEAR,” 7 p.m., KBDI-Channel 12 — Ian McKellen returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company for a TV adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by Trevor Nunn and Chris Hunt on PBS’s “Great Performances.”
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“44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards,” 7 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4 — Reba McIntyre hosts. Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Heidi Newfield, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland and Taylor Swift are scheduled to perform.
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