Cheech and Chong on ‘Lopez,’ ‘Shogun’ Prepares for Battle, Mancini’s Film Music, Cooking with Carnie

In a traditional instance of sitcom stunt casting, legendary comedy duo Cheech & Chong are visitor stars in separate storylines of the family-oriented sitcom. However first, much more visitor stars seem within the first of two back-to-back episodes, with the NFL’s Marshawn Lynch showing as a sideline reporter who interrupts George’s (George Lopez) plans to make amends with Oscar (Al Madrigal). Jane the Virgin’s Jaime Camil begins a recurring position as Josué Consuelos, a dashing personal-injury lawyer who charms Rosie (Selenis Leyva) and sparks George’s jealousy. Within the second episode, Cheech Marin leads a meditation group whose “let it go” mantra proves irresistible to George, with Tommy Chong displaying up as a completely baked burnout who strikes subsequent door.

The explosive penultimate episode of this sweeping interval journey, the second TV adaptation of James Clavell’s best-seller set in 1600s Japan, sends English pilot Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and Girl Mariko (Anna Sawai) to Osaka, the place the lengthy recreation orchestrated by Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) performs out earlier than his enemies. We’ve been ready for weeks for “Crimson Sky” to get underway, however little on this violent land, a real-world recreation of thrones, goes off solely as deliberate.

Henry Mancini’s haunting music graced greater than 100 motion pictures, together with his Oscar-nominated Pink Panther rating that options the playful theme of the 1963 caper, which launched Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau and later spawned a profitable cartoon collection, additionally utilizing his theme. TCM’s 24-hour tribute contains his Oscar-winning title music to 1962’s Days of Wine and Roses (6 pm/5c) and the indelible Oscar-winning “Moon River” from 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s (10:15/9:15c), starring Audrey Hepburn. These motion pictures, and plenty of others, are unimaginable with out his stirring scores.

The music channel ventures into the meals house with Carnie Wilson, finest often called the daughter of Seaside Boy Brian Wilson who hit the charts as a part of Wilson Phillips (with sister Wendy and Chynna Phillips). Carnie, who has just lately publicized a notable weight reduction, welcomes celebrities into her kitchen to check and pattern dishes. Her first visitor: Sugar Ray lead vocalist and TV character Mark McGrath, who helps her whip up a lasagna full of mini meatballs.

INSIDE TUESDAY TV:

• FBI (8/7c, CBS): Co-parenting couple Stuart Scola (John Boyd) and Nina Chase (Shantel VanSanten, visiting from FBI: Most Needed) pose as a married couple on a harmful undercover task, stoking Scola’s fears that their son Doug could possibly be orphaned ought to issues go sideways. Adopted by FBI: Worldwide (9/8c) and FBI: Most Needed (10/9c), with Ray (Edwin Hodge) having a heart-to-heart together with his dad (visitor star Steven Williams) whereas the Fugitive Job Drive pursues the shooters of armed guards transporting priceless Nigerian artifacts.
• An American Bombing: The Highway to April 19^th (9/8c, HBO): Filmmaker Marc Levin’s documentary recounts the 1995 Oklahoma Metropolis bombing, nonetheless the one deadliest act of homegrown terrorism within the U.S., whereas exploring the roots of anti-government extremist ideology.
• Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit (9/8c, Fox): A hurricane complicates the seek for a lacking journey influencer.
• Kids of Ukraine (10/9c, PBS): A dramatic installment of Frontline issues the seek for lacking youngsters taken from Ukraine and held in Russian-occupied territories through the battle, additionally telling the tales of Ukrainian youngsters who’ve managed to flee.
• Life Under Zero: First Alaskans (10/9c, Nationwide Geographic): The Season 3 finale finds the Alaska natives attempting to find all method of sustenance earlier than winter units in.

 ON THE STREAM:

• CTRL+ALT+DESIRE (streaming on Paramount+): A disturbing three-part true-crime docuseries from director Colin Archdeacon peeps contained in the psyche of Grant Amato, whose obsession with a Bulgarian cam woman led to monetary break and the execution-style homicide of his household.
• Hip Hop World (streaming on Prime Video): A music particular hosted by Lenny Santiago doubles as a travelogue, as hip-hop stars DJ Khaled and Lola Brooke journey the world for inspiration, together with journeys to Jamaica and Paris.
• Jimmy Carr: Pure Born Killer (streaming on Netflix): As in: kills on stage. Jimmy Carr directs and stars in his fourth comedy particular for Netflix.