1) “An Evening With Nicole Scherzinger,” 9 p.m., PBS. Amid the glamour of Royal Albert Hall, Scherzinger (shown here at a previous event) has poor stage patter, but awesome vocals. She glides from Broadway to rock, re-visiting hers past in theater (“Sunset Boulevard”) and with the Pussycat Dolls, convincingly asking: “Don’t Cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me?” Read more…
A very old comedian will be working on “Very Young Frankenstein.”
Mel Brooks –who turns 100 on June 28 — is one of the producers of the comedy, which will be on FX and Hulu.
The show is from the people behind FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows,” the vampire comedy that drew four Emmy nominations for best comedy series. Taika Waititi, co-creator of “Shadows,” directed the pilot film, which stars Zach Galifianakis, Dolly Wells and Spencer House.
This is based on Brooks’ 1974 “Young Frankenstein” (shown here) which the American Film Institute puts at No. 13 on its list of all-time funniest movies. (Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers” are No. 6 and 11.) Read more…
1) Stephen Colbert farewell, 11:35 p.m., CBS. A great CBS tradition — late-night wit, with 22 years of David Letterman and 11 of Colbert (shown here) — skids to an end. CBS says the show was losing money; others say the change was made to appease Donald Trump. Either way, a once-great network is diminished … but not until it has a big-deal farewell. Read more…
