Best-bets for March 14: A fast, furious day

1) “Fast and Furious” films (shown here) everywhere. How many roaring engines and screeching tires do we need in one day? Today brings eight of the nine “F&F” movies; the missing one shows up Sunday. WGN America has the first four at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; it reruns the first two at 5:30 and 7:30, skips the third and reruns the fourth at 10. The fifth? That’s at 5:45 p.m. on HBO. Others are at 8 p.m. – the seventh on FX, the eighth on NBC, the ninth on HBO. That leaves the sixth, at 10 p.m. Sunday on FX. Read more…

1) “Fast and Furious,” everywhere. How many roaring engines and screeching tires do we need in one day? Today brings eight of the nine “F&F” movies; the missing one shows up Sunday. WGN America has the first four at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; it reruns the first two at 5:30 and 7:30, skips the third and reruns the fourth at 10. The fifth? That’s at 5:45 p.m. on HBO. Others are at 8 p.m. – the seventh on FX, the eighth on NBC, the ninth on HBO. That leaves the sixth, at 10 p.m. Sunday on FX.

2) College basketball change. This was supposed to be a day filled with conference semitournament finals or semi-finals. Now, however, most or all have been canceled because of the coronavirus. Networks were scrambling to fill the voids.

3) “All the President’s Men” (1976), 8 p.m. ET, Turner Classic Movies. Two great Robert Redford films run back-to-back. He’s with Dustin Hoffman in is this true Watergate tale, then with Paul Newman in the witty cowboy classic, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) at 10:30.

4) “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), 2:30 and 8:30 p.m., Paramount. George Clooney linked with lots of movie-star pals, to make this smart and stylish heist films. It’s surrounded by sequels that are fun, but not as good as the original: “Twelve” is 11:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., “Thirteen” is 8 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.

5) Saturday Night Live,” 11:29, NBC. After last week’s new episode, “SNL” retreats to reruns. This has Kristen Stewart hosting, with Coldplay as music guest. Next week has JJ Watt and Luke Combs.

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