Friday’s Highlights

SERIES

Live From Abbey Road: The 40th anniversary of the recording of the Beatles album “Abbey Road” is celebrated by modern artists with cover versions of their songs, in the season premiere. Seal, Counting Crows and Sugarland are among the performers (8 p.m. Sundance).

Bill Moyers Journal: Lawyers Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, who united to argue against California’s Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage, are guests in this new episode (9 p.m. KCET).

The Ricky Gervais Show: Stephen shares a story about a Cambodian ring fight in a new episode of the animated comedy (9 p.m. HBO).

Famous Crime Scene: In this new episode, Los Angeles police detectives investigate Michael Jackson’s death (9 p.m. VH1).

Numb3rs: Don (Rob Morrow) and his team investigate a deadly gambling ring that runs a high-stakes Russian roulette tournament. Tim Guinee guest stars in this new episode, with Judd Hirsch, David Krumholtz and Navi Rawat (10 p.m. CBS).

SPECIALS

The 41st NAACP Image Awards: The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People recognizes artistic achievements as well as people and projects that promote diversity in the arts (8 p.m. Fox).

MOVIES

Turn the Beat Around: A dancer fulfills her dreams when a club owner opens a Los Angeles disco in this 2010 TV movie starring Romina D’Ugo and Adam Taylor Brooks (10 p.m. MTV).

SPORTS

XXI Winter Olympics: Curling: women’s bronze medal match (9 a.m. USA). Speedskating: men’s pursuit semifinal, women’s pursuit quarterfinals (12:30 p.m. MSNBC). Hockey: men’s semifinal (3 p.m. NBC). Curling: women’s final; hockey: men’s semifinal (3 p.m. CNBC). Short track speedskating: men’s 500-meter quarterfinals, semifinals and final, 5000-meter relay final, women’s 1000-meter final; skiing: women’s slalom final; bobsled: four-man (8 p.m. NBC).

Pro basketball: The Clippers visit the Phoenix Suns (6 p.m. FS Prime); the Philadelphia 76ers visit the Lakers (7:30 p.m. FSN).