If you have a calendar handy, you might want to put a circle around June 20.
That will be a strong night to see … well, something. There’s “Jaws” and Janis Ian, Grammy greats and (shown here) Minecraft men.
That’s during a generally sleepy summer of TV. Suddenly, different networks all shoveled key specials into the same night:
JANIS IAN: PBS set “Janis Ian: Breaking Silence” for 9 p.m. Under the “American Masters” banner, it has Ian, 74, describing a career that began six decades ago.
At 13, she wrote and performed “Society’s Child,” about interracial romance. It wasn’t autobiographical, nor was “At Seventeen,” about a lonely girl, but both felt personal and passionate.
Beautifully merging film clips and re-creations, this tells of Ian’s music and her long romance with her now-wife.
“GRAMMY GREATS”: Other master songwriters will be celebrated at the same time, when CBS reruns “The Stories Behind the Songs.”
One of its “Grammy Greats” specials, this includes talks with Alisha Keys, John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Brandi Carlile and others, including the sibling duo of Billie Eilish and Finneas.
“JAWS”: NBC chose June 20 for a logical reason: It’s the exact 50th anniversary of when “Jaws” reached theaters.
So the film will air at 8 p.m. that day, with an introduction by director Steven Spielberg, For streaming, “Jaws” (and its three lesser sequels) are on Peacock exclusively, through July 14. In addition, a “50th anniversary edition” will reach digital and Blu-Ray on June 17; it includes a new documentary that National Geographic will air during its annual “SharkFest.”
MINECRAFT: Now this overcrowded day has been chosen for “A Minecraft Movie” to start streaming on Max. It will reach HBO a day later.
In the struggling world of movie theaters, “Minecraft” — starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black and Danielle Brooks — has been a key success. In its first weekend, it made $163 million in the U.S. and Canada, more than doubling the predictions. After 10 weeks, it was at $423 million domestically and nearing a billion dollars worldwide.