Prime choices

SUNDAY

The Saints, led by quarterback Drew Brees, make their first ever appearance on pro football’s biggest stage at “Super Bowl XLIV” in Miami. Standing in opposition: 2007 champs Peyton Manning and the Colts. And rocking the halftime show: the Who. (CBS, 3:25 p.m.)

MONDAY

It will take the combined efforts of all the “Heroes” to thwart the dastardly Samuel (Robert Knepper, above) and save thousands of lives in the action-drama’s season finale. Then maybe they can try saving the show itself from persistent rumors of its imminent demise. (NBC, 9 p.m.)

TUESDAY

Who were you in a “Past Life”? A psychologist (Kelli Giddish, above) teams with a former NYPD detective (Nicholas Bishop) to help troubled clients resolve personal issues from previous incarnations in this new drama previewing Tuesday and premiering Thursday. (Fox, 9 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY

Stirring the melting pot: In the four-part series “Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” the Harvard professor enlists celebrities including Stephen Colbert (above left with Gates), Meryl Streep and Kristi Yamaguchi in explorations of their individual family histories. (KCET, 8 p.m.)

THURSDAY

They’re baaack: Bad girl Jerri Manthey and rough customer Russell Hantz are just two of the 20 returning players attempting to outwit, outplay and outlast one another in a remote part of Samoa on the season premiere of “Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.”(CBS, 8 p.m.)

FRIDAY

Speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno (below), snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis and ski racer Lindsey Vonn join the rest of Team USA in the quest for medals of gold, silver and bronze as the “XXI Winter Olympics” get underway in Vancouver, B.C. (NBC, 7:30 p.m.)

SATURDAY

It’s the classic cute-meet: Trapped in an elevator, an uptight man and a free-spirited woman form an unexpected bond during their shared ordeal, as demonstrated in the new made-for-cable romantic fable “Elevator Girl” starring Lacey Chabert and Ryan Merriman. (Hallmark, 9 p.m.)