San Francisco Chronicle

DAVID WIEGAND

Media Rays

- David Wiegand is an assistant managing editor and the TV critic of The San Francisco Chronicle. Follow him on Facebook. Email: dwiegand@sfchronicl­e.com Twitter: @WaitWhat_TV

On TV

To my mind, the second greatest Britcom (next to “Fawlty Towers ”)is“Are You Being Served?,” which is the subject of a BritBox special written by Derren Litten. Also on BritBox is a reboot of the prison-based comedy “Porridge,” written by the show’s original creators, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Did you ever wonder what Hyacinth Bucket of “Keeping Up Appearance­s” was like as a young woman? You may get an idea from “Young Hyacinth,” a prequel to “Appearance­s” written by Roy Clarke and set in the late 1950s. All of these shows are available today on BritBox. For informatio­n on the site’s programmin­g, go to www.britbox.com. The six-episode first season of the comedy “Back” is available on Sundance Now, AMC’s streaming platform. The show was created by Simon Blackwell and is about a man named Stephen (David Mitchell) who takes over the family business, a local pub, after the recent death of his father. Cal Ripken Jr. is the guest on tonight’s episode of“Undeniable With Joe Buck,” airing on AT&T Audience Network and DirecTV at 8 p.m. The second season of “The Religion of Sports” kicks off on AT&T Audience Network at 9 p.m., with a story about the German soccer team FC Lampedusa, mostly comprising internatio­nal refugees living in Hamburg. The show is produced by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra and considers the social and cultural impact of sports around the world. Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchi­kova ,of“RuPaul’s Drag Race,” are getting their own show, “Trixie & Katya,” on Viceland, premiering at 10 p.m. It will be followed by the grammatica­lly challenged “Most Expensives­t ”at 10:30, looking at how rich people spend their money. Unless the answer is “on me,” I don’t care.

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