1) “Best Medicine,” 8 p.m., Fox. With this show’s format, anything is possible. Things can be goofy — sometimes too goofy — one moment, serious the next. This time. that leans mostly to the serious side. The story starts with a spinster who loves great birds and bad poetry, then (shown here) has a disaster. From therem it spins in many interesting directions. Read more…
When the Academy Award ceremony arrives Sunday, (March 15), it might actually entertain us.
It will have a clever host (Conan O’Brien), a few funny presenters and a couple of live songs. And it will have movies people have actually seen.
Gone are the days of hostless, songless, joyless Oscarcasts. And gone, for now, is the domination of obscure films. This year has “Sinners”(shown here), “One Battle After Another,” “Marty Supreme” and more. Here’s an overview: Read more…
