The movie “The Greatest Showman” keeps getting dumped by timely fare.
For the second time in 12 days, FX is pulling it from its schedule. This time, it’s being replaced Friday (June 19), as part of a full day of shows (including “Selma,” shown here) that help celebrate Juneteenth – a holiday recalling the day (June 19, 1865) when Texas slaves finally learned they were free.
“Showman” (2017) is a likable-enough trifle, a highly fictionalized, musical version of P.T. Barnum.
Originally, FX planned to show it on June 7 – filling a musical void on the day the postponed Tony Awards had once been planned. In a late move, the network bumped it and inserted “Selma” (2014), about Martin Luther King and the historic civil-rights march.
That still left “Showman” with two showings on June 19 … except now that has changed, too. Three channels – FX, FXX and FXM – will simulcast shows timed to Juneteenth. They are:
– “Hidden Figures” (2016), 7 a.m..
– “Selma,” 10 a.m.
– “Black-ish” reruns, 1-8 p.m.
– “Atlanta” reruns, 8 p.m. to 12:47 a.m.
– “Get Out” (2017), 12:47 and 3:17 a.m.