Day: July 3, 2019

Week’s best-bets for July 8: Maybe funny, maybe sexy

1) “Bring the Funny” debut, 10 p.m. Tuesday, NBC. Like reluctant lovers, NBC and “Last Comic Standing” had a tenuous relationship. The show – a stand-up comedy competition — ran for nine seasons, but was cancelled three times – once for a year, then for three, then forever. Now, four years later, a new show arrives. Instead of being confined to stand-up, it will include sketch troupes, magicians and more. Amanda Seales (second from left) hosts, with Jeff Foxworthy, Kenan Thompson and Chrissy Teigen as the judges. Read more…

Best-bets for July 5: Visit Hollywood’s finest year

1) “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), 8 p.m. Friday, Turner Classic Movies, and more. First is “Oz,” which on Aug. 25 will turn 80. Then is a 10 p.m. documentary, “1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year.” That’s no exaggeration: The American Film Institute lists “Oz” as the 10th-best movie ever … but it won only two Oscars, both for music. That year had “Gone With the Wind” (No. 6 with the AFI), plus “Mr. Chips,” “Mr. Smith” (No. 26), “Ninotchka” (6 p.m. today), “Stagecoach,” “Of Mice and Men” and more. Read more…