“Toilet Bowl” marathon (7 a.m., DIY): Instead of the game, the channel expects you to

“Toilet Bowl” marathon (7 a.m., DIY): Instead of the game, the channel expects you to face your toilet problems.

Super Bowl XLII (6 p.m., NBC): And you thought we were going to recommend the marathon of bathroom-renovation episodes on the DIY channel. No, this is the biggie — the one annual TV event that overshadows everything while attracting something like a gazillon viewers. Even if you could care less about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals — or don’t know a nickel defense from a penny loafer — Super Sunday still holds some allure. There’s the wacky commercials and, of course, the halftime show, which this year has Bruce Springsteen rocking the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

“Puppy Bowl V” (3 p.m., Animal Planet; there will be several re-airings during the day): An alternative to the big game? How about “Puppy Bowl V”? Basically it’s just a bunch of little canines romping in a stadium-shaped pen and doing cute canine stuff. Let’s hope they’re paper-trained.

“The Office” (10:30 p.m., NBC; time approximate after football): “The Office” is getting the year’s plushest time slot, airing an hourlong episode right after the Super Bowl. The plot for this particular installment is all over the place. We’re talking the kind of zigzag plotting usually reserved for an episode of “The Simpsons.”

The story goes from a fire drill gone wrong to an employee having a heart attack to a roast of the self-involved boss, Michael Scott (Steve Carell). And those aren’t the only plots going on. This edition has at least a half-dozen stories happening at once, making for a crazy and highly atypical chaotic hour.

“Wipeout” (10 p.m., ABC): If the Super Bowl wasn’t quite enough of a human demolition derby for you, check out a special edition of “Wipeout,” which has a squad of male couch potatoes going up against some cheerleaders. Our money is on the spuds.