Primetime lineup for Wednesday still a mystery?

[sewhite2000]

It was blank on the schedule months ago and still blank as I look it up just now. Anyone have any ideas what's going to air?

[speedracer5]

They're airing a selection of the films chosen in 2018 by the National Film Registry.  I believe that the list will be announced on Wednesday.

[musicalnovelty]

It may be unlikely they'd reschedule it already, but one title that might be shown on Wednesday night is KING OF JAZZ (1930). It was originally scheduled for Dec. 11 but later replaced by STAGECOACH. Reportedly KING OF JAZZ is to be rescheduled, so let's see if it shows up on Wednesday night, Dec. 12.

[TopBilled]

Yes, right now it says TO BE ANNOUNCED:

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=1454167|1455417&name=-TO-BE-ANNOUNCED-

[scsu1975]

I have it on good authority that TCM plans to show Night Has A Thousand Eyes ... over and over and over ...

[Dargo]

4 hours ago, scsu1975 said:

I have it on good authority that TCM plans to show Night Has A Thousand Eyes ... over and over and over ...

I think a little clarification might be in order here, Rich.

So, are you talkin' about the Eddie G. Robinson flick or that Bobby Vee video?

(...and how come I'M never privy to all this inside information???)

[scsu1975]

2 hours ago, Dargo said:

 

(...and how come I'M never privy to all this inside information???)

You need to spend more time in the privy. That's where all the news is.

[clore]

Maybe they'll be airing Hot Spell.

[musicalnovelty]

17 hours ago, musicalnovelty said:

It may be unlikely they'd reschedule it already, but one title that might be shown on Wednesday night is KING OF JAZZ (1930). It was originally scheduled for Dec. 11 but later replaced by STAGECOACH. Reportedly KING OF JAZZ is to be rescheduled, so let's see if it shows up on Wednesday night, Dec. 12.

So, it looks like the films to be shown on Dec. 12 will be the new additions to the Film Registry, so KING OF JAZZ will not be on, at least not that night.

[skimpole]

So are we any closer to knowing what's going to be on TCM's lineup tonight?  Well not really.  But at least we know the films they're going to choose from:  https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/675384976/jurassic-park-the-shining-and-23-other-movies-added-to-national-film-registry

Here's the full list of the 2018 additions:

• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
• Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)
• Eve's Bayou (1997)
• The Girl Without a Soul (1917)
• Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)
• Hearts and Minds (1974)
• Hud (1963)
• The Informer (1935)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• Monterey Pop (1968)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• The Navigator (1924)
• On the Town (1949)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Shining (1980)
• Smoke Signals (1998)
• Something Good – Negro Kiss (1898)

[CinemaInternational]

Just now, skimpole said:

So are we any closer to knowing what's going to be on TCM's lineup tonight?  Well not really.  But at least we know the films they're going to choose from:  https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/675384976/jurassic-park-the-shining-and-23-other-movies-added-to-national-film-registry

Here's the full list of the 2018 additions:

• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
• Broadcast News (1987)
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
• Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency (1908)
• Eve's Bayou (1997)
• The Girl Without a Soul (1917)
• Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People (1984)
• Hearts and Minds (1974)
• Hud (1963)
• The Informer (1935)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• Monterey Pop (1968)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• The Navigator (1924)
• On the Town (1949)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Shining (1980)
• Smoke Signals (1998)
• Something Good – Negro Kiss (1898)

Informer, On the Town, and Bad Day at Black Rock are all Turner library so they seem likely. Also My Fair Lady and Days of Wine and Roses frequently show up, so they might be it too.

[CinemaInternational]

OK, Facebook page for TCM has confirmed Hair Piece is on the schedule......

[TopBilled]

8 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:

OK, Facebook page for TCM has confirmed Hair Piece is on the schedule......

What? You're kidding!

[TopBilled]

I see THE INFORMER is now on the schedule. And so is MONTEREY POP.

[TopBilled]

Here:

[cmovieviewer]

Thanks TopBilled for posting the schedule.  Just wanted to add here for those that might be curious - according to MovieCollectorOH's report, the only TCM premiere in the list is the first short - 'Hair Piece' (1984).  The rest have been seen before on TCM.

[cigarjoe]

And we waited with bated breath for that, what a snooze fest!!!!!

I'm might check out Hair Piece though 😉

[TopBilled]

2 hours ago, cmovieviewer said:

Thanks TopBilled for posting the schedule.  Just wanted to add here for those that might be curious - according to MovieCollectorOH's report, the only TCM premiere in the list is the first short - 'Hair Piece' (1984).  The rest have been seen before on TCM.

You're welcome. Usually when it says "TCM Presents" that indicates the title is a TCM premiere. Not always but usually.

[MovieCollectorOH]

No sign of Hot Spell.

[kingrat]

Does anyone else find One-Eyed Jacks a bizarre choice for the National Film Registry? Some of the films mentioned have cultural importance apart from the quality of their filmmaking (Monterey Pop, for instance), and even The Shining has found its way into popular culture, Hud is one of the films that created Paul Newman's screen persona, Hearts and Minds represents the anti-Vietnam War movement, etc.

Broadcast News represents the Bill Clinton Era, where the person with the thick Southern accent can now be seen as intelligent, though I'm afraid that not many journalists today would see anything wrong with the behavior by Wiiliam Hurt which the film condemns.