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TV picks for Jan. 24: 'Let's Get Physical,' 'Waco,' 'The Learning Tree'

January 23, 2018 at 9:08PM
Jane Seymour and Matt Jones on "Let's Get Physical" Pop
Jane Seymour and Matt Jones in “Let’s Get Physical” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Getting into shape

It's surprising that TV and film hasn't mined the fitness craze for more laughs, aside from 1985's unintentionally hilarious "Perfect," starring John Travolta and a dizzying amount of gyrating crotches. "Let's Get Physical" does an admirable job of filling in the gap as Matt Jones ("Breaking Bad") goes to war against a rival gym club, with his mom (Jane Seymour) serving as spotter. It's good, harmless fun even if you don't break a sweat from laughing.

7:30 p.m., Pop

Finding his roots

Even though Gordon Parks spent part of his youth in St. Paul, you may not know much about the heralded photographer/writer/director/composer. "The Learning Tree" may further your education. Based on his autobiographical novel, Parks' 1969 movie tells the story of a black teenager growing up in 1920s Kansas. It remains a landmark of African-American cinema.

7 p.m., TCM

Texas rangers

The Dowdle brothers may be a long way from their Minnesota home in "Waco," but the two have a good grip on the morals and stubborn independence of small-town Texas in their ambitious miniseries about the 1993 standoff between David Koresh (Taylor Kitsch) and government agents. Michael Shannon, as the mediator cursed with reason, is stellar as usual. The series, which also stars Melissa Benoist and John Leguizamo, helps launch the new Paramount Network, which can be found where Spike TV used to reside.

9 p.m., Paramount Network

Neal Justin

September 21, 1969 Kyle Johnson, 17 , plays leading role in Gordon Park's The Learning Tree' Gordon Parks who started a photographic career in the twin cities that grew to national dimensions and later published a successful auto biographical novel has made the summer season's best movie out of the book. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Kyle Johnson in Gordon Parks’ “The Learning Tree.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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