OWN, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s a last second addition, and edition, but tonight’s special Oprah’s Next Chapter serves as an immediate precursor, and instant appetizer, to tonight’s Beyoncé documentary on HBO. Here on OWN, Oprah Winfrey gets a chance to ask some of the questions that documentary doesn’t answer. Just don’t expect any leftover questions, from the Lance Armstrong interviews, about performance-enhancing drugs. And if you watch this, the second it’s over, switch to HBO.
Showtime, 8:00 p.m. ET
Part 2 of 2. This concludes the two-part documentary begun last night on Showtime, giving an authorized backstage look at the Eagles through the years. Tonight’s show is devoted to the more recent years – beginning with the group’s reunion.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
It’s great to watch this 1959 epic on widescreen, as TCM presents it. And it’s even greater to watch it with the knowledge that there was no CGI involved. Charlton Heston stars. And if the chariot race doesn’t get your heart racing as well, you don’t love cinema.
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
Beyoncé is in full control here, as both executive producer and artistic collaborator on this intimate study of herself. But she allows us to see her out of control at times, if only barely, to provide a very human glimpse of her drives, desires, loves and concerns. Unlike Madonna’s
Truth or Dare self-approved film study,
Life Is But a Dream doesn’t feel like an exercise in all-out diva narcissism. For a full review, see Ed Bark's
Uncle Barky's Bytes.
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
There’s an SNL double header on tonight. In late night, in its regular time slot, NBC presents a new edition hosted by the charming Christoph Waltz, the scene-stealer of Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds. And in prime time, at 10 p.m. ET, NBC is trying out a low-risk experiment by repeating, in prime time, a cut-down, 60-minute version of last week’s Justin Bieber SNL show. If ratings are solid, expect it to be a precedent for future Saturdays.