Day: December 16, 2021

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for Dec. 18: “Grinch” is back, amid a football flurry

1) “Grinch” and more, TNT. Three of the best Christmas shows are packed into one night. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (shown here) – a wondrous mix of humor and emotion – is at 7 and 9:30 p.m., each time leading into a terrific movie. It’s “A Christmas Story” (1983) at 7:30 and Patrick Stewart’s “Christmas Carol” at 10. Both will be back on Christmas night – “Grinch” on NBC, “Story” in a 24-hour marathon. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / December 16, 2021
Weekly Previews

Week’s top-10 for Dec. 20: a swirl of great music

1) “Kennedy Center Honors,” 9-11 p.m. Wednesday, CBS. Each year, this blends great tributes, films and music. This one starts with Joni Mitchell songs by Norah Jones (shown here in a previous concet), Herbie Hancock and more; it ends with Berry Gordy, the Motown founder, and Stevie Wonder, Andra Day and Smokey Robinson. In between are opera star Justin Diaz, Bette Midler (songs by Kelli O’Hara and Billy Porter) and Lorne Michaels – with generations of his “Saturday Night Live” stars, from Steve Martin to Pete Davidson. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / December 16, 2021