Thursday, February 11, 2021

What's On Tonight (Friday): A Great British Baker's Happy Place, A Mobile Family Table And An Oscar Contender

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I simply could not pick one among three worthy programs; two had my heart, one had my head. They all get the crown tonight.

TOP PICKS
 πŸŽ₯ Judas And The Black Messiah (HBO Max, 3:01 AM) Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield star as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and William O'Neill, a FBI informer inside the Black Panther Party. A likely Oscar contender. Variety tells the story of bringing this real-life story to the screen.

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⭐ 🍴 Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute To First Responders (PBS, 10:00 PM) 'Lidia Bastianich travels across the country visiting the men and women serving on the front lines, from firefighters in California battling wildfires, to medical workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Lidia meets first responders who’ve worked quietly in the shadows, and now find themselves thrust into the spotlight by crises facing the country in 2020.' 

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⭐ πŸ§ Nadiya Bakes (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Series premiere. Beloved Great British Bake-Off winner Nadiya Hussain 'returns to baking, her happy place, and spotlights creative kindred spirits.' Originally aired on BBC Two.

HIGHLIGHTS

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πŸŽ₯ New/Returning To Hulu (12:01 AM): The Shape Of Water (2017)

πŸ”” Buried By The Bernards (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Series premiere. Yet another reality show, this one focusing on a family run funeral home. Call it Six Feet Dumber.

πŸ”” Clifford The Big Red Dog (Amazon, 12:01 AM) Part two - third season finale.

πŸ”” Dickinson (Apple TV+, 12:01 AM) 

πŸ”” πŸŽ€ Hate By Dani Rovira (Netflix, 3:01 AM) Stand-up comedy. 'From his hometown of MΓ‘laga, Dani Rovira reflects on human beings’ nonsensical hatred in this hilarious and unfiltered comedy special.'

πŸ”” If I Can't Have You: The Jodi Arias Story (Discovery+, 3:01 AM) More fine quality programming from a streamer looking to separate you from your money. 

πŸ”” Inside Pixar (Disney+, 3:01 AM) Season two premiere.

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πŸ”” Losing Alice (Apple TV+, 12:01 AM)

πŸ”” πŸŽ₯ The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon, 3:01 AM) Adaptation of Lev Grossman's book.

πŸ”” Servant (Apple TV+, 12:01 AM) 

πŸ”” WandaVision (Disney+, 3:01 AM)

πŸ”” 🎾 Australian Open* (ESPN2, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM) Encore of third round play. (Tennis Channel, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM) Live coverage of third round play. (ESPN & ESPN3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM:) Live coverage of third round play. (ESPN2, 9:00 PM - 7:00 AM): Live coverage of third round play.

πŸ“Ί Law & Order (Sundance, 1:00 PM - 2:00 AM); The Simpsons (FXX, 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM); It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Vice, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM); Archie Bunker's Place (Antenna, 8:00 & 8:30 PM); Mom (CMT, 8:00 PM - 1:00 AM); The Jeffersons (Antenna, 9:00 & 9:30 PM); Designing Women (11:30 PM) 

πŸ””πŸ€ NBA Basketball* (ESPN) 7:30 PM:  Pelicans at Mavericks. 10:00 PM: Grizzlies at Lakers.

πŸ”” The Blacklist (NBC, 8:00 PM) 

πŸ”” πŸŽ₯ Galentine's Day Nightmare (Lifetime Movies, 8:00 PM) 'A woman's life becomes a living nightmare when she becomes the prime suspect in her boss's murder.' Leslie Knope would never abide this blasphemy. 

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πŸ”” Gold Rush (Discovery, 8:00 PM)

πŸ”” MacGyver (CBS, 8:00 PM)

πŸ”” RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1, 8:00 PM)

πŸ”” Self-Made Mansions (HGTV, 8:00 PM)

πŸ”” Shark Tank (ABC, 8:00 PM)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (The CW, 8:00 PM) Repeat.

πŸ”” WWE Friday Night SmackDown (Fox, 8:00 PM)

πŸ”” 20/20 (ABC, 9:00 PM)

πŸ”” The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock, 9:00 PM)

πŸ”” πŸ‘½ Ancient Aliens (History, 9:00 PM) 'William Shatner Meets Ancient Aliens.' This feels like peak Jasoo programming.

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πŸ”” Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 PM)

πŸ””πŸ΄ Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives (Food Network, 9:00 PM) 'Rib-Stickers: Guy Fieri's diggin' into dishes that'll stick to your ribs. He finds clean eats in Sioux Falls, SD, elevated comfort food like a 25-ingredient meatloaf in Fairbanks, AK, and Midwest mashups in Moorehead, MN.'

πŸ”” The First 48: Crimes Of Passion (A&E, 9:00 PM)

🎢 In Concert At The Hollywood Bowl (PBS, 9:00 PM) 'Musica Sin Fronters (Music Without Borders): Vin Scully narrates Lincoln Portrait; music performances from Carlos Vives and Cafe Tacvba; Siudy Garrido; Paolo Bortolameolli.'

πŸ”” Love After Lockup (WE, 9:00 PM) 

πŸ”” Magnum, P.I. (CBS, 9:00 PM)

Penn & Teller: Fool Us (The CW, 9:00 PM)

πŸ”” Blue Bloods (CBS, 10:00 PM)

πŸ”” Johnny Carson (Antenna, 10:00 PM) Mel Brooks, Susan Blakely and Bob Rosefsky. 

πŸ”” Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO, 10:00 PM) An interview with Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger; on the panel, Markos Moulitsas (The Daily Kos) and Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt. Hey, it's a line-up with no skippable guests! How can Bill ruin the hour? 

πŸŽ₯ The Descendants (HBO2, 10:05 PM) Alexander Payne's Hawai'an based drama with an Oscar winning script by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon.

πŸ”” The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, 11:00 PM) Felicity Kendal, Alan Carr, RegΓ©-Jean Page, Dave Grohl, Siobhan McSweeney and Jessie Ware.

πŸ”” Painting With John (HBO, 11:00 PM) 'Fame Is Bad: John explains the origin of the painting he made in honor of Gore Vidal, tells the story of the now-famous actor who used to clean his house and ponders the toll that fame took on his friend Anthony Bourdain.'

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*Sporting Events Subject To COVID-Related Postponements.


BLAST FROM THE PAST
πŸŽ₯ West Side Story (TCM, 10:00 PM)

Performer Phyllis Newman And Lyricist/Playwright Adolph Green Marry On February 12th, 1960

Sources: Zap2It, Futon Critic, Netflix, TV Guide, OnThisDay, Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+, Collider, Wikipedia, PBS, Amazon, IMDB, Sports Media Watch, Channel 4, Reality Tidbit, Radio Times, Schitt's Creek Wiki, Laughing Place, Den Of Geek, Screenrant.

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