TV TOP PICKS
6 p.m. on ABC
Movie: The Ten Commandments
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter star in director Cecil B. DeMille’s final film, the 1956 biblical epic about the life of Moses. The picture’s first-rate visual effects include the parting of the Red Sea — and bear in mind what a wonder that was for moviegoers at the time, well before the computer-generated effects of today. Yvonne De Carlo, Nina Foch, John Derek and Vincent Price co-star, with little Fraser Heston as the infant Moses.
6 p.m. on LIFE
Movie: Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
The first project produced under a partnership between Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts and Lifetime, this new biopic chronicles the life and career of one of America’s greatest Black gospel singers. Even during a strife-torn period in U.S. history riddled by racial segregation, Jackson enjoyed incredible success in her music career. She also devoted time to political activism, however, and was a personal friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family. Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black), pictured, takes the title role. Kenny Leon is the director.
7 p.m. on HALL
Movie: One Perfect Wedding Altar-bound couple Cara and Ben (Taylor Cole, Jack Turner) decide they’ve let professional distractions postpone their wedding too many times. She’s leaving on an international book tour in just two weeks and he’s up to his neck in a major business expansion, but they go ahead and book the chalet where they fell in love, throwing together plans for an intimate ceremony with their loved ones in just 10 days. Their best friends Megan and Sean (Rukiya Bernard, Dewshane Williams) lend their support, too in this 2021 romance.
8 p.m. on FREE
Movie: The Emoji Movie
T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Sean Hayes, Christina Aguilera and Patrick Stewart lead the voice cast of this 2017 computer-animated sci-fi comedy about a group of emoji who live in a digital city inside the phone of their user. The film’s production studio placed an embargo on reviews until mere hours before the film opened, which turned out to be a good call: Most critics trashed the film, which nevertheless went on to make more than $200 million worldwide.