Prime choices

SUNDAY

The new docu-soap “Secrets of Aspen” charts the lives of sexy single ladies Star, Erin, Shana, Robin, Laura and Brooke as they search for Mr. Right -- or Mr. Right Now -- among the male population of the tony but tiny Colorado resort town. (VH1, 10 p.m.)

MONDAY

Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert engages famous faces -- including Larry David (above), Alanis Morissette and Katie Couric -- as well as ordinary people in a discussion about how we feel in the three-night special “This Emotional Life.”(KCET, 9 p.m.)

TUESDAY

He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother . . . or cousin, spouse, parent or child. It’s a family affair once again on a new edition of the weight-loss-themed reality series “The Biggest Loser,” with a cast of contestants said to be the heaviest in the show’s history. (NBC,

8 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY

Celebrities such as Rachael Ray pretend to be everyday folk in the special “I Get That a Lot,” then everyday folk vote for their favorite celebrities on “The 36th Annual People’s Choice Awards,” hosted by Queen Latifah (below). Now that’s symbiosis. (CBS,

8 and 9 p.m.)

THURSDAY

Heisman Trophy-winning Alabama running back Mark Ingram and the top-ranked Crimson Tide take on No. 2 Texas in college football’s “BCS National Championship Game.” What we wouldn’t give to hear Keith Jackson call this one. (ABC,

5:30 p.m.)

FRIDAY

The new series “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” showcases the sometime “Daily Show” correspondent and pals such as Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn and Janeane Garofalo doing what they do best: bringing the funny. (Comedy Central, 11 p.m.)

SATURDAY

In the effects-laden 2009 thriller “Watchmen” -- based on Alan Moore’s graphic novel -- the fate of a world-gone-wrong is in the hands of some seriously flawed superheroes. Jackie Earle Haley (above), Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Crudup and Carla Gugino star. (HBO,

8 p.m.)