Best-bets for Jan. 9: lots of openers, great and small
1) “All Creatures Great and Small” season-opener, 9 p.m., PBS. This gentle, seven-episode season gets off to a great start. James is back home in Scotland, helping a local veterinarian; returning to England, he faces instant drama. There’s his unspoken love for Helen (they’re shown here), who called of her wedding with Hugh, a rich land-owner; plus a fresh crisis involving her little sister. At the vet office, there’s humor (involving a dead bird) and trouble: Siegfried is hiding the fact that Tristan hasn’t yet graduated from vet school. Read more…