TCM, 5:45 p.m. ET
Harper Lee’s unforgettable novel about childhood, parenthood, bigotry and the law was made into this marvelous 1962 film – made even more unforgettable and marvelous by the performance of Gregory Peck as small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. This film always is worth watching – but even more so if you’ve seen Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant Broadway version of Lee’s story, starring Jeff Daniels as a more flawed, still evolving Atticus. I’ve seen the Broadway play three times, and consider it one of the best dramas I’ve ever seen on stage. But the ticket costs are way too high for me to see the play as often as I’ve watched this 1962 movie. And here comes the movie again…
FXX, 8:00 p.m. ET
Tomorrow night is the live Fox telecast of the prime-time Emmys. Tonight, sister cable network FXX presents taped coverage of last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which includes such categories as Outstanding Creative Archievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program. (The winner – well-deserved, by the way – is Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror.) The categories also include Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), where, again, the winner was very well-deserved: CBS’s Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool.
HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET
The first movie in this comedy franchise took everyone by surprise, especially by being much funnier and more original than expected. As with most sequels, this 2019 follow-up doesn’t deliver on either count nearly as much. But if you really enjoyed The Lego Movie, you’ll enjoy this one, too. Or this one, 2.