Day: April 27, 2023

Weekly Previews

Week’s top-10 for May 1: lots of finales … and a king

1) “A Million Little Things” (shown here) series-finale, 10 p.m. Wednesday, ABC. In the spirit of “This Is Us,” this has found strong drama in regular lives. Well, almost regular This show started with a suicide, then piled on some new crises. One character became paraplegic, two had cancer. There was deceit, despair, Alzheimer’s … plus redeemng bursts of humor and joy. Now the show ends as it had planned to — after five seasons, with most of the friends together. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / April 27, 2023

Stories

“A Small Light” shines on Anne Frank’s heroes

As “A Small Light” arrives, we’re reminded of the large-scale heroism of everyday people.
At the core is Miep Gies, who risked her life for two years to hide Anne Frank’s family. “Miep is an ordinary person who ended up doing an extraordinary thing,” said Bel Powley (shown here), who plays her.
So are others in this four-week, eight-hour series, starting at 9 p.m. Monday (May 1) on the National Geographic Channel and reaching Disney+ the next day. They include: Read more…

By Mike Hughes / April 27, 2023

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for April 29: old “SNL,” older movies

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. There’s one more rerun tonight, before “SNL” returns to new episodes … unless a writers’ strike scuttles the rest of the season. Pedro Pascal (shown here), the star of “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us,” hosts, with Coldplay as music guest. Next Saturday (barring a strike) has Pete Davidson, two days after his “Bupkis” series debuts on Peacock. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / April 27, 2023