1) “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” opener, 9 p.m., PBS. “Wolf Hall” was the potent story of Henry VIII (Damian Lewis, shown here) and Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), an ex-blacksmith who was his fixer. A decade latter, this excellent sequel wraps Cromwell’s story. After executing Anne Boleyn, Henry covets a marriage to Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips). Read more…
1) “The Go-Go’s” (2020), 8-10 p.m., CW. Bursting out of the punk-rock scene, this was unique at the time – an all-female rock band. Its debut album in 1982 hit No. 1 and had the No. 2 single, “We Got the Beat.” The Go-Go’s (shown here) sold seven million records and launched Belinda Carlisle’s solo career. Read more…
1) “Happy’s Place” season-finale, 8 p.m., NBC. This show has ts flaws, due to dumbing down Gabby and Isabella. But it has improved, has been renewed and tonight focuses on two of its best characters, Bobbie and Emmett. Some people push for a romance … which makes sense: The actors (Reba McEntire and Rex Linn, shown here in a previous episode) have been a real-life couple for years. Read more…
1) Basketball. The college tournament gobbles up CBS’ line-up. Today and Friday, that wipes out three soap operas (including the new “Beyond the Gates”) plus, at night, comedies, mysteries and cops. The soaps will be back next week, but the Thursday/Friday primetime shows are off for two weeks. Read more…
1) “Opry 100,” 8-11 p.m., NBC and Peacock. The Grand Ole Opry turns 100 on Nov. 28. Now, a tad early, Blake Shelton hosts a live mega-concert. Performers include Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Kelsea Ballerini (shown here), Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jelly Roll, Luke Combs and more. Read more…
1) “Doc” season-finale, 9 p.m., Fox. A great first season ends powerfully. After a crash, Dr. Amy Larsen (shown here) lost eight years of memories. Now she’s learned of her son’s death, her divorce and her mistreatment of colleagues (including TJ, shown here) in the dark times that followed. Also, a colleague saddled her with guilt over his fatal error Now that peaks, amid a mass casualty. Read more…
1) “iHeartRadio Music Awards,” 8-10 p.m., Fox. LL Cool J hosts and Billie Eilish, one of the artist-of-the-year nominees, performs. (She’s shown here in a previous concert.) So do Bad Bunny, Gracie Abrams, Kenny Chesney, GloRilla, Muni Long and more – including Nelly, who gets a special award. Also honored will be Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and the Los Angeles firefighters. Read more…
1) Basketball, CBS. It’s a triplehader: First are conference-tournament championship games – the Atlantic 10 at 1 p.m. ET and the Big Ten at 3:30. That jumps straight to the 6 p.m. show, announcing the NCAA tourney brackets. (Shown here is Bradley, which qualified by winning the Missouri Valley tourney.) Also today: title games are on ESPN2 (Ivy League, noon) and ESPN (SEC, 1 p.m., and American, 3:15). Read more…
1) “Opry 100,” 8-11 p.m. Wednesday, NBC and Peacock. The Grand Ole Opry will turn 100 on Nov. 28. Now (eight months early), Blake Shelton hosts a live mega-concert. Performers include Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks (shown here), Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Kelsea Ballerini, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Jelly Roll and more. Read more…
1) “Dolly Parton: Here I Am” (2019), 8-10 p.m., CW. One of 12 children in a rural family, Parton (shown here) sang at the Grand Ole Opry at 13 and moved to Nashville the day after graduating from high school. She’s had 110 songs on the country charts (25 at No. 1) and had a 59-year marriage to Carl Dean, who died this month. Here’s a profile, with performance clips. Read more…
