Now two big network shows are in their music-from-home phase.
It’s “American Idol” on Sundays, “The Voice” on Mondays and Tuesdays. That’s five hours a week, to remind us that fun continues even when people stay home.
But as similar as they are, the shows are opposites in a key way: “Idol” seems to embrace its at-homeness; “Voice” (shown here with Mandi Castillo) seems almost in denial. Read more…
1) “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” 8 p.m., ABC. Brad Rutter is back, partly via rerun. First, there’s “Jeopardy,” rerunning its “Greatest of All Time” tournament (check local listings); that continues through May 14, with (from left) James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Rutter. Then he’s part of the new “Millionaire” twist: Each contestant is allowed to bring one guest to confer with; tonight, Hannibal Burress concludes and Catherine O’Hara begins … with Rutter as her guest. Read more…
There’s a reason we need all those big-deal cable and streaming mini-series.
They let Marvel stars remind us that they’re also serious actors. Now we have:
– Chris Evans in “Defending Jacob,” which is halfway through its eight-episode run on Apple TV+. He plays an assistant district attorney whose teen son becomes a murder suspect.
– Mark Ruffalo in “I Know This Much is True,” a six-parter that starts Sunday on HBO. With the help of editing, he plays twins (shown here). One of them is schizophrenic … which is not to be confused with when Paul Rudd recently played a guy and his clone in “Living With Yourself” on Netflix. Read more…
