Day: April 8, 2021

Week’s top-10 for April 12: country stars and returning shows

1) Academy of Country Music awards, 8-11 p.m. Sunday, CBS. In September, the long-delayed 2020 awards had a social-distance plan that worked: Performances (including Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, shown here) were at three spot0s – Opry, Ryman and Bluebird – and most nominees were there live. Now, just seven months later, the 2021 awards repeat that plan. Hosts Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton perform; so do Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and more. Read more…

Best-bets for April 10: Carrie & Cudi, “Law” &”Lust”

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. Carey Mulligan makes her “SNL” debut as host, with Kid Cudi as music guest. Mulligan has her second Academy Award nomination (this time for “Promising Young Woman,” shown here), a decade after being nominated for “An Education.” And on April 25, she’ll be featured in the final episode of PBS’ “My Grandparents’ War” documentary series. Read more…