SUNDAY

APRIL 21

2019

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CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

SPECIAL PREMIERE: Smokey Robinson and Cedric the Entertainer co-host this Grammy salute to Motown Records, honoring the 60^th anniversary of the pioneering label from Detroit (which, in those days of US automotive production dominance, was known as Motor Town, a.k.a. Motown). Performers include some who, like Robinson, were there for the early glory days: Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, for starters. Others include Fantasia, Thelma Houston, Boyz II Men, and such relatively unexpected guests as Little Big Town. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.

KILLING EVE

BBC America, 8:00 p.m. ET

In the first two episodes of Season 2, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) has been struggling to survive since being stabbed, quite seriously, by her adversary and secret crush, Eve (Sandra Oh). But while fighting back from near death, Villanelle has managed to increase her personal body count by one victim per week: a mercy killing (as she saw it) in the season premiere, and the offing of a Misery-like creepy captor last week. As she left that latter crime scene, Eve was just entering it, but the two have yet to cross paths more directly this season. For now…

GAME OF THRONES

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week’s final-season premiere was indeed satisfying – just the dragon flight scene alone made the episode a winner. But the alliances and betrayals are being shifted early and often – and, as always, it pays great dividends, on this series, to pay particular attention to the women, who are as devious and dangerous as they are powerful and ambitious.

BILLIONS

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week’s Billions showed Axe at his most resourceful, and perhaps at his most ruthless. Tonight, one of Axe’s former proteges sets out to demonstrate similar attributes, with Axe himself as the target. Oh, and Chuck and Wendy continue to negotiate their relationship after he betrayed her by publicly acknowledging their private bedroom predilections.

BARRY

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

The last scene of last week’s Barry had the protagonist meeting, face to face, his acting school girlfriend’s former boyfriend, Sam, who had choked and abused her. The expression on Barry’s face indicated that Sam may not be in many more episodes after tonight’s.

VEEP

HBO, 10:30 p.m. ET

Selina Meyer is usually seen making the wrong move at every turn, like a political Basil Fawlty. But last week, during a televised presidential debate, she stumbled accidentally on a right move, by, in a frustrated and unchecked moment, telling her younger female competitor to quit whining and “man up.” Not a politically correct thing to say, which was precisely why it seemed to resonate – and may have saved Selina’s campaign.

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