CBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
SPECIAL: This musical salute to Prince, who died four years ago today, was taped January 28, when artists could still get together in the same venue, and people could still sit shoulder to shoulder and watch them. Renditions of Prince songs will be played by, among others, Morris Day and The Time, Sheila E., The Revolution, Usher, Mavis Staples, John Legend, Chris Martin, H.E.R., The Foo Fighters, Common, and Earth, Wind & Fire. The program is hosted by Maya Rudolph, who, in this special CBS Grammy tribute overseen by long-time Grammy telecast impresario Ken Ehrlich, also will perform with her Prince tribute band, Princess. And yes, there’s also a scheduled appearance by her former SNL castmate, Fred Armisen, who used to do a dazzling, humorously quiet and shy impersonation of The Artist Formerly (and once again) Known As Prince.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Miles O’Brien produced this last-minute addition to the
Frontline lineup. It’s a documentary both about how the current pandemic began and spread, and how the media covered it, and governments reacted to it, at the start. Talk about the rough first draft of history. Here we go – but here, at least, you’re most likely to get the true Sgt. Friday
Dragnet approach. Just the facts, ma’am.
For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
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