Day: April 9, 2022

It’s dance time, with or without a pandemic

Let’s consider this a benefit from the pandemic.

Yes, the lockdown made people better at laptops and Zoom calls and maybe home-cooking. Beyond that, it drove them to dance … setting up “Come Dance with Me” (shown here0, which debuts at 8 p.m. Friday (April 15) on CBS.

“This was pre-pandemic when we first got into it,” LL Cool J, one of the producers, told the Television Critics Association. “Even at that time, I felt … the world could use a nice family show that people could dance to.”

Then the world changed, said Chris O’Donnell, another producer. “Covid hit and Tiktok hit and all of a sudden, we found ourselves sheltering in place with our families and doing our little dance moves.” Read more…

Best-bets for April 11: lots of music and 9-1-1 calls

1) CMT Music Awards, 8 p.m., CBS. Country music fills the night, including the Judds’ (shown here) first TV performance in 20 years. Other duos include 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 and Jimmie Allen with Monica and Little Big Town. Also performing: Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini (who hosts with Anthony Mackie), Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Walker Hayes, Carly Pearce, Old Dominion Read more…