Tune in Tonight: Comedy, cancer and public health
Call me old-fashioned, but I’m of the opinion that a joke works or it doesn’t. And if you try to explain it, you end up performing an autopsy. That said, Peacock launches the documentary special “Good One: A Show About Jokes” based on a podcast of the same name.
Tune in Tonight: ‘Greener Pastures’ profiles farmers; ‘Shirley’ on Netflix
The “Independent Lens” (10 p.m., PBS, TV-14, check local listings) documentary “Greener Pastures” may sound like a trip to a pastoral paradise, but words can deceive. The independently owned family farm was long a symbol of healthy lifestyles, hard work, proud independence and resilience. “Pastures” follows the lives of people running four small farms over four years and shows how farmers found themselves on the front lines of a transforming economy, extreme weather, an addiction crisis and personal stress.
Tune in Tonight: Ramy Youssef: Forever asked to defend himself
As “the news” gets more troubling and life seems more contentious, even comedy can seem like tap-dancing on the third rail. “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” (10 p.m. Saturday, HBO, TV-MA) offers reflections from the comedian and actor, the star of the Hulu comedy series “Ramy” and recently seen in the Oscar-winning 2023 fantasy “Poor Things,” as well as FX’s “The Bear.”
Tune in Tonight: ‘Menus-Plaisirs’ offers a food lover’s paradise
At a time when a glut of true-crime series has been passed off as “documentary” television, it’s nice to see a documentary master still at work.
Tune in Tonight: Netflix adapts ‘3 Body Problem’ epic
It’s been a bad year for scientists — on television, at least. Remember that frozen pile of researchers from “True Detective: Night Country”? Well, that’s just an appetizer for the cosmic head-scratcher “3 Body Problem,” based on a three-novel series from China, streaming on Netflix and created by the production team behind “Game of Thrones.”
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Tune in Tonight: Stylish ‘Palm Royale’ arrives without a point
Featuring a game cast, fashions to die for and gorgeous locations, “Palm Royale” begins streaming on Apple TV+.
Concert to raise funds for Chamberfest
Pianist Andreas Ioannides will perform Franz Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Studies in a free concert at 4 p.m. March 30 at Helen Haddad Hall, 315 Franklin St. in downtown Columbus.
Tune in Tonight: Just try to keep up with Netflix
Director Wes Anderson recently won his first Oscar for the live-action short “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Anderson expands his Netflix efforts with “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More,” adapting additional stories by Roald Dahl, the author best known for “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The latter recently adapted (for the third time) in the 2023 fantasy “Wonka,” starring Timothee Chalamet, now streaming on Max.
Tune in Tonight: Oprah ponders weighty matters, indeed
“An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) offers conversations with leading medical experts about the impact of prescription medications that have grown in use over the past five years.