Year: 2020

1) “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince,” 9-11 p.m., CBS. Those music-from-home specials have been appreciated, but here’s what we need now – some high-octane, rock spectacle (showh here). Taped Jan. 26 in Los Angeles, this has Prince’s songs performed by top stars – Alicia Keys, John Legend, Beck. Chris Martin, H.E.R., Usher, Juanes, Mavis Staples, Susanna Hoffs, Gary Clark Jr., the Foo Fighters, Earth, Wind & Fire and a merger of Prince’s old colleagues – Sheila E, Morris Day, Time and Revolution. Read more…

1) “Better Call Saul” season-finale, 9 p.m., AMC, rerunning at 11:30. Jimmy really should be used to chane, you know. He changed his business name to Saul … he married Kim … he agreed to haul the $7 million bail money for a drug dealer (for a $100,000 fee), barely surviving with Mike (they’re shown here in a previous episode) after a shoot-out and a desert trek. But the change that stunned him was when Kim gave up her big-money law firm, to work pro bono. Clearly, that’s not his style. Tonight, AMC says, they make a risky move, with tough results. Read more…

1) “God Friended Me,” 8 p.m., CBS. Next week, this likable show ends its two-season run. Tonight’s episode might set that up: Earlier, Miles responded to a “God account” suggestion by helping Rose re-unite with Lt. Freemont. The problem: Now Trevor (Ben Rappaport) says that ruined his life. While trying to help Trevor resolve his feelings for Rose, Miles (shown here) starts pondering his feelings for Cara. Read more…

(Here are the five TV best-bets for Saturday, April 18; feel free to use in any form, all or some, print and/or web)

1) “One World: Together at Home,” 2-8 p.m. on streamers (YouTube, Facebook, etc.), 8-10 p.m. on ABC. CBS, NBC and CW. Here’s a music mega-show, with Lada Gaga lining up top stars, including Taylor Swift (shown here), Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish and Eddie Vedder. Other musicians, working from home, include Alicia Keys, Camila Cabello, John Legend, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves and more. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert co-host the network part.
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1) “Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story” (2015), 8-10 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. Harold Michelson drew movie storyboards, then became a production designer, Oscar-nominated for “Star Trek” and “Terms of Endearment.” His wife Lillian was a researcher; married for 60 years, they were even the namesakes for King Harold and Queen Lillian in “Shrek.” This documentary is sandwiched by two terrific films – “Some Like It Hot” (1959) at 5:45 p.m. ET and “Deliverance” (1972) at 10. That’s on a strong Hollywood night, including Jack Nicholson (shown here) in “The Departed”; see next paragraph. Read more…

1) “In the Dark” season-opener, 9 p.m., CW. The first season started strong, meandered, then ended fiercely. Murphy (Perry Mattfeld), who is blind, realized Dean is a crooked cop who killed her friend. She kicked him into a car crash, barely surviving. Now “Dark” is in strong shape, thanks to two supporting characters – Brooke Markham (shown here withg Mattfeld) as Murph’s only friend and Morgan Krantz as the oft-hapless owner of a guide-dog business. Desperate to keep the business going, they stole drug money. Consequences follow. Read more…