FRIDAY’S BEST PICKS
Coco’s
8PM $ Undercover Boss Bakery, which started in 1948 as a small burger-and-pie restaurant on Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway, is so customer-focused that its chief executive, Warren Boone, has the title of “chief people officer.” Tonight’s season finale episode finds an incognito Boone on the front lines of his business, making sure that the 30 Coco’s restaurants across California and Arizona are delivering on the promise of good food served in a place that’s as comfortable as your home kitchen.
Tensions within
8PM & The Blacklist the group escalate when Cooper’s (Harry Lennix) determined search to find out who is blackmailing him overlaps with the Task Force’s latest Blacklist case in a new episode called “Andrew Kennison.” James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq and Amir
Arison also star.
Series star Rupert
8PM G Charmed Evans, who plays Harry, directed the new episode “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sandwich,” in which a conspiracy-theorist hobgoblin threatens the lives of everyone at the Blue Camellia. When Maggie and Kaela (Sarah Jeffery, Lucy Barrett) step in to save the day, however, they wind up getting stuck in the past.
8PM (TCM) MOVIE Angels in the
Remade in 1994 with Danny
Outfield Glover and young Joseph Gordon-Levitt, this charming 1951 comedy-fantasy stars Paul Douglas (“A Letter to Three Wives”) as the manager of a losing
baseball team that gets a boost from some heavenly helpers — angels who were once great ballplayers on Earth. There’s a catch, though: He has to quit cussing and bullying his players. Janet Leigh and Donna Corcoran also star in the film, which kicks off “Play Ball — Night 1,” a baseball-themed programming event.
8PM (LMN) MOVIE Nightmare
New Neighborhood Moms homeowner Charlotte has barely moved in when she meets Bonnie, a neighbor who strikes her as highly competitive. After Charlotte discovers another woman who lived in their neighborhood recently was murdered, her daughter Jordan suggests they form a neighborhood watch, including Bonnie. Unfortunately, they don’t know Bonnie killed that recent victim, who was having an affair with Bonnie’s husband. And now — uh oh! — Bonnie suspects her hubby is a little too interested in Charlotte. Gina Simms, April Hale and Summer Madison star in this 2022 thriller.
Host
9PM ^ Great Performances Scott Yoo travels the United States to explore the musical influences of three
prominent American composers — Amy Beach, Florence Price and Aaron Copland among them. In “Now Hear This: Amy Beach Rise to Prominence,” Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, perform works by this Romantic Era composer at Festival Mosaic and delve into her musical influences, as well as visiting places from which Beach drew inspiration.
10 PM ^ Chamber Music Society
This two-part musical documentary
Returns follows the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as it navigates the challenging landscape of a postpandemic shutdown. As returning artists discover a stage-full of surprises waiting for them, however, the mood shifts to a story of resilience and hope. In tonight’s first part, “Setting the Stage,” the company’s artists and staff assemble to prepare for their return to their cherished home venue.
11 PM (HBO) A Black Lady Sketch Show
Series stars Robin Thede, Gabrielle Dennis, Ashley Nicole Black and Skye Townsend are back as this Emmywinning sketch comedy show — which takes a comical look at life in a magical reality that subverts traditional expectations — returns for Season 3. These new episodes also will feature more than 40 guest stars, including filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Michaela
Jaé Rodriguez, Raven-Symone, Wanda Sykes, David Alan Grier, Kyla Pratt, Holly Robinson Peete, Vanessa Williams, Michael Ealy, Wayne Brady and Bob the Drag Queen, among others.