Day: October 21, 2021

Best-bets for Oct. 23: Sudeikis, now a winner, visits “SNL”

(Here are the five TV best-bets for Saturday, Oct. 23; feel free to use in any form – all or some, print and/or web)

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. Jason Sudeikis finally returns as host, with Brandi Carlile as music guest. Sudeikis was with “SNL” for two years as a writer and eight as an actor. After leaving in 2013, he sometimes returned to play Mitt Romney or Joe Biden. He made comedy movies, had two children with then-fiance Olivia Wilde, did “Last Man on Earth,” then soared after co-creating “Ted Lasso” (shown here). The Apple TV+ show won seven Emmys, including best actor (Sudeikis) and best comedy. Read more…

Week’s top-10 for Oct. 25: fun, fright & baseball

1) “B Positive,” 9:30 p.m. Thursday, CBS. After a good first season, this had a drastic makeover. The focus is still on the good-hearted (but sometimes-daft) Gina, brilliantly played by Annaleigh Ashford. But now she has inherited $48 million – and has bought the retirement home where she worked. That brings a flock of Tony-winners – Ashford, Ben Vereen, Linda Lavin, Priscilla Lopez – plus Jane Seymour (shown here with Veree ) and Hector Elizondo. At 10 p.m., switch to FX for the “What We Do In the Shadows” season-finale. Read more…