31 DAYS OF OSCAR – TCM (Turner Classic Movies Network) – all month

TCM is packing its bags and hitting the road for a globe-trotting February packed with the very best in movie entertainment. With each night’s programming set in a different location, the 2012 edition of TCM’s popular “31 Days of Oscar,” hosted by Robert Osborne, will be take viewers on a trip around the world through nearly 350 Academy Award-nominated and winning films. The extraordinary lineup features 25 Best Picture honorees and 30 movies appearing on TCM for the very first time from countries such as Canada, Mexico, India, Africa, and Russia. Each Saturday and Sunday, TCM will focus the entire weekend on one location, with stops in England, New York, France and California.

SMASH – New series, NBC – Premieres Monday, February 6 at 10 p.m.

In the era of “The Voice” and “Glee,” executive producers Steven Spielberg, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have teamed up with songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to bring a behind-the-scenes look at the blood, sweat, and tears of bringing a Broadway musical to the stage. Loaded with talent such as Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee, and Anjelica Huston, this show pulls out all the stops as a human drama that includes original music serving as a soundtrack for the glory, heartbreak, backstabbing and success that is Broadway.

CUPID – Original movie, Hallmark Channel – Premieres Saturday, February 11 at 9 p.m.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, this charming romantic comedy stars Joely Fisher as an ambitious career woman with a string of failed relationships, who fears she will never find true love. Enter Cupid, played by Jamie Kennedy, who makes a deal with her – if she can bring together three couples and make them fall in love before Valentine's Day, she will be rewarded with finding true love. Her matchmaking efforts start well, but then a series of mishaps threatens to derail her plans.

MLK: THE ASSASSINATION TAPES – New documentary, Smithsonian Channel –Sunday, February 12 at 9 p.m.,

To commemorate Black History month, this fascinating documentary chronicles the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a unique and original way. With no narrator, the filmmakers use only television and radio news footage of the period (most of which has not been seen since the tragic event) leading up to Dr. King’s fateful visit to Memphis, up through the aftermath of his murder. Knowing this specific period (April of 1968) was a seminal moment in the civil rights movement, several University of Memphis faculty members collected and saved every piece of media they could find, and it is these rare documents that have been woven together to create an incisive and thoroughly authentic film.

CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – New documentary, PBS – Monday February 20 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday February 21 at 8 p.m.

From Monica Lewinsky and impeachment to a balanced budget and an exit from office as one of the most popular presidents of all time, the presidency of Bill Clinton veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement. In this latest installment of presidential biographies, “American Experience,” this two-part program explores the fascinating story of an American president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage. The program features unprecedented access to scores of Clinton insiders, including White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, as well as interviews with foreign leaders, members of the Republican opposition, childhood friends, staffers from Clinton’s years as governor of Arkansas, biographers and journalists.