Best-bets for Jan. 1: A rosy day of parades and punts
1) Rose Parade, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET, NBC and ABC. Here’s an upbeat start of 2020, awash in bright colors and brassy sounds. There are 20 bands, 39 floats (one from last year is shown here) and 17 horse units. There’s also an Hispanic emphasis: The bands include ones from Mexico, Costa Rico, Puerto Rico and El Salvador; the grand marshals are Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez and actresses Gina Torres (the “Pearson” star) and Rita Moreno, 88, who has ranged from “West Side Story” to the current “One Day at a Time” reboot. Read more…