FRIDAY’S BEST PICKS
8 PM ( Disney’s Magic Bake-Off DISN) Inspired by the magic of one of Disney’s most successful movie franchises, the kid bakers set out to create cakes that incorporate an anti-gravity element that soars like Buzz Lightyear in the new episode “Toy Story.” Baking judge Gracie Gomez, a Disneyland Resort pastry chef, welcomes baking influencer Jocelyn Adam to help name the next Disney Baking Champion. 8PM( LMN) MOVIE My Husband’s Bereaved heiress Secret Brother Jackie can’t bring herself to believe she’ll ever recover from her late husband’s passing, but eventually she finds comfort with Kevin, a handsome plastic surgeon. Problems continue to plague her world, however, especially when Jackie discovers some dark secrets about Kevin and her late husband’s family. Soon, Jackie fears she and her daughter may be in danger, and that Kevin is not who he claims to be. Samantha Cope, Matthew Lawrence and Joey Lawrence star in this 2021 thriller. 9 PM ^ Great Performances Probably best known for his award-winning reimagining of “Swan Lake,” which included an all-male company of swans, iconoclastic British director and choreographer Matthew Bourne brings his unique creative powers to this new stage adaptation of “The Red Shoes,” a classic 1948 feature film that was itself adapted from a dark fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. Ballerina Ashley Shaw stars as Victoria Paige, who is obsessed with becoming the greatest dancer in the world. Dominic North and Adam Cooper co-star. 9 PM ( Dallas Cowboys CMT) Cheerleaders: Making the Team CMT’s longest running series returns for Season 16, after a 15th season that saw several COVID-imposed production modifications, as well as an unprecedented number of veteran squad member cuts. As this new season gets under way, pressure remains at an all-time high, as the candidates work long hours to perfect their technically challenging routines, hoping to win a spot on the field by impressing longtime coaches Kelli Finglass, the director of cheerleading, and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders head choreographer Judy Trammell. 10 PM ( Tha God’s Honest Truth COM) With Lenard Charlamagne McKelvey Created and produced in association with Stephen Colbert, this new weekly late-night half-hour show features multimedia mogul Lenard “Charlamagne Tha God” McKelvey offering his culturally fluent take on the most pressing topics in politics and pop culture. The show’s format reportedly mingles sketches, social experiments and deep-dive think pieces from a perspective that is “redemptively comedic, refreshingly unfiltered and unapologetically Black,” according to a Comedy Central release. 10 PM ( SurrealEstate This funny SYFY) yet satisfyingly spooky series about a real-estate firm that specializes in “de-haunting” otherwise valuable properties plagued by paranormal phenomena wraps up Season 1 by returning to the listing that dominated the series premiere: stately Donovan House, which client Megan Donovan (Tennille Reed) has been trying to sell for weeks. In the season finale, “The House Always Wins,” this imposing structure draws from a dark history of loss and regret to assail real estate manager Luke Roman (Tim Rozon) and his team.