Documentary Now! tries Sondheim on for size

Documentary Now! tries Sondheim on for size

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, February 27. All times are Eastern.


Top pick

Documentary Now! (IFC, 11 p.m.): It doesn’t take much to get us to love Documentary Now! It is, after all, our top pick for Wednesday for the second week in a row. But this one? This is special. Just watch this shit.

That’s Documentary Now! sending up one of the greatest American composers by having a world-class actor sing a song that’s written to be impossible to sing. And that’s just one of them. Paula Pell plays Elaine Stritch. Two contemporary musical theater stars do a parody of “Getting Married Today” about how much cocaine they did at a party. It’s great. The music is legitimately excellent, the episode honors (and skewers) a cult-favorite documentary by D.A. Pennebaker, and again, Paula Pell does Elaine Stritch. Don’t miss it. And tip your doorman.

Regular coverage

Riverdale (The CW, 8 p.m.)
Modern Family (ABC, 9 p.m.)
You’re The Worst (FXX, 10 p.m.)
Deadly Class (Syfy, 10 p.m.)

Wild card

The Masked Singer (Fox, 8 p.m., two-hour season finale): Our guesses: The bee is Gladys Knight. The monster is… T-Pain? And the peacock for sure is Donny Osmond.

Here’s hoping that, behind the masks, we’ll find a new panel of judges for season two.

 
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