Day: February 19, 2021

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for Feb. 21: Is it Christmas already?

1) “All Creatures Great and Small” season-finale, 9 p.m., PBS. On Christmas Eve, nerves are tattered. The widowed Siegfried frets about courtship … his brother (shown here) suspects the veterinary school has flunked him … their housekeeper wonders if her son will visit … and James, the new vet, is forlorn: He never told Helen he loves her; now she has a Christmas Day wedding. Each of these stories is written and acted with subtle skill; it’s a great finish to a good first season. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / February 19, 2021
Weekly Previews

Week’s top-10 for Feb. 22: from “Snowfall” grit to Globes glitter

1) Golden Globe awards, 8 p.m.ET Sunday, with red-carpet at 7, NBC, (on the West Coast, 5 p.m. PT, repeating at 8. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (shown here in a previous year) again host — but on opposite coasts. Fey’s in New Yorik, Poehler in Los Angeles. Viewers might not recognize many of the nominated movies, but may know the TV shows – all of them from cable or streaming: The nominated dramas are “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “Ozark,” “Ratched” and “Lovecraft Country”; the comedies are “Emily in Paris,” “The Great,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Schitt’s Creek. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / February 19, 2021