Day: April 7, 2022

Weekly Previews

Week’s top-10 for April 11: Lots of country, three First Ladies

1) CMT Music Awards, 8 p.m. today, CBS. Eight days after the Grammys, CBS focuses on country. It has the Judds’ first TV performance in 20 years, plus other duos – Maren Morris with Ryan Hurd, Cole Swindell with Lainey Wilson, Mickey Guyton with Black Pumas, Jason Aldean with Bryan Adams, Thomas Rhett with Riley Green, Jimmie Allen with Monica and Little Big Town. Also: Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert and Kelsea Ballerini (shown here), who hosts with Anthony Mackie. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / April 7, 2022
Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for April 9: lies, laughs and commandments

1) “The Ten Commandments” (1956), 7-11:44 p.m., ABC. Back in 1956, this was considered a movie marvel – an epic that traced the life of Moses (Charlton Heston, shown here), even managing to part the Red Sea. It won an Oscar for special effects and was nominated for six more, including best picture. By modern standards, it’s a bit stiff; still, it’s become an Eastertime tradition, this year airing on the eve of Palm Sunday. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / April 7, 2022