Friday night TV has "GRAMMYs® Greatest Stories." And there's more. -- Nov 24 2017

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There's some good stuff, especially if you still have relatives lingering in the house, and you can't afford to take them out, and you really don't want to hear them talk about a buncha blah-blah-blah for another entire evening. So we're riding to your rescue, and you're welcome.

Now, we're not jumping back into covering TV on a regular basis. But since we're telling you about the special Grammy thing that's on your screen tonight, we don't want to shortchange the other good stuff that's competing with it. Especially if that special is too damn pop-music-ee for you, and you need a dose of Americana music.

So here ya go.
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"GRAMMYs® Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special" airs tonight On CBS


Tonight, GRAMMY® Award winners John Legend and Carrie Underwood co-host "GRAMMYs Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special." It's being promoted as "an all-encompassing retrospective packed with epic moments from the past 59 years of GRAMMY history, including new anecdotes directly from the artists on how their GRAMMY performances came to be."

The primetime special will be broadcast tonight from 9-11 pm ET/PT, on the CBS Television Network.

The broadcast features rare archival footage, exclusive interviews, and special appearances by multi-GRAMMY winners and nominees Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Celine Dion, Dave Grohl, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Chris Martin, Ricky Martin, Paul McCartney, P!nk, Ed Sheeran, Blake Shelton, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Justin Timberlake, U2, Underwood, and Keith Urban.

The TV special builds on the annual and acclaimed "'In Memoriam' Tributes to Fallen Musicians," the performances honoring late music legends that have become an inseparable part of the annual GRAMMY Awards. But tonight, it gets its own show.

Brian Haack explains, "A new tradition began at the 45th GRAMMY Awards in 2003, when the curtain rose on an all-star lineup of musicians assembled to perform a special tribute to the late Joe Strummer of the Clash."

He continues, "Whether it's the electric 'Strummer' tribute, [or] Adele honoring George Michael, or Lady Gaga paying homage to David Bowie, these powerful performances in the 15 years since have served as a complement to the annual GRAMMY Awards 'In Memoriam' segment, which serves as a moment of reflection for the artists, technicians, executives, and other music professionas who passed away during the prior year."

Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, No Doubt's Tony Kanal, and Steven Van Zandt joined forces for a rendition of "London Calling." And Ed Sheeran's GRAMMY Duet With Elton John will be part of "GRAMMYs Greatest Stories."

We all know that Folk-Americana gets short shrift, with most Grammy categories being variants of pop, rap, and hip-hop awards. But the energy of live performances enables us to recommend tonight's TV show.

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ELSEWHERE on TV tonight...


Listed by channel / network.
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On PBS So Cal / KOCE:

8:30-11 pm "Great Performances" airs a new 2017 edition, "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn -- The Broadway Musical."
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On KLCS:

8-8:30 pm "Sun Studio Sessions" repeats a 2014 edition with JD McPherson.
(Re-airs 3-3:30 am.)

8:30-9 pm "Bluegrass Underground" airs a 2017 show with the McCrary Sisters.
(Repeats 3:30-4 am.)

9-10 pm "Austin City Limits" repeats the 2017 special "ACL Presents the Americana Music Festival 2017" from this year's honors and awards ceremony.
(Repeats 4-5 am.)

10-11 pm "Front and Center" continues its "CMA Songwriters Series" in the show's season 7 finale with Jennifer Nettles, joined by Brandy Clark and Amos Lee.
(This one doesn't repeat.)
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TCM (Turner Classic Movies):

10:15 pm-12:30 am "Network" (1976) is the four-star Best Picture nominee with Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and William Holden. Everything you need to know to understand the BS and baloney of today's corporate mainstream media, with its relentless game of obfuscation and distraction? It's all here, presciently presented way back in 1976. This movie is a must-watch for anyone who hasn't yet realized that we're all being conned to accept perpetual war and a surveillance state, and especially for anyone who believes that Fox or MSNBC actually present news.
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On KCETL, aka Link TV:

6:30-8 pm "Burt Bacharach's Best" is a 2013 PBS special that always get trotted-out at pledge break time, like all public TV music shows, because they're cash cows for pledges.
(Repeats 9:30-11 pm on KCETV.)

8-10 pm "Carpenters: Close to You / Christmas." From 2016. The note just above applies here, too.

10-11:30 pm "Santana IV" from 2016 features Carlos Santana with the original Santana band.
(Repeats 1-2:30 am on KCETV.)
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On KCETV:

6-6:30 pm "Music Voyager" from 2017 is, unusually, an America-based episode, "Atlanta: Atlanta's Stage."

6:30-8 pm "Joe Bonamassa at Carnegie Hall" from 2016 features the guitar wizard and some stellar musical guests.
(Repeats 10-11:30 pm on KCETL.)

9:30-11 pm "Burt Bacharach's Best" is a 2013 PBS special that always get trotted-out at pledge break time, like all public TV music shows, because they're cash cows for pledges.

11 pm-1 am "Carpenters: Close to You / Christmas." From 2016. The note just above applies here, too.

1-2:30 am "Santana IV" from 2016 features Carlos Santana with the original Santana band.

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