TV picks for May 28-June 1: Michael Jackson, 'Still Star-Crossed,' 'World of Dance'

May 27, 2017 at 7:45AM
Navi stars in "Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland," premiering Monday, May 29 at 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime.
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Navi stars in “Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Remember the time

Any objections Paris Jackson had to past biopics about her father will most likely be quelled by "Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland," a highly sympathetic take on the King of Pop's final months, seen through the eyes of his loyal bodyguards. Navi, a world-renowned impersonator, certainly looks the part, but the movie would have been just as well off animating a wax figure from Madame Tussauds.

7 p.m. Mon., Lifetime

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Executive producer Shonda Rhimes deserves props for trying to serve her loyalists a take on "Romeo and Juliet," but when your main characters — spoiler alert! — croak before the first episode of "Still Star-Crossed" is over, you've got trouble. Wooden dialogue and bloodlines that would give Henry Louis Gates Jr. a migraine don't help.

9:01 p.m. Mon., KSTP, Ch. 5

Stepping out

Jennifer Lopez's quest to lap Judge Judy continues with her role as producer and panelist on "World of Dance," yet another modern take on an old-fashioned talent show. The participants, who range in age and style, are all impressive, which means the emphasis is on spectacle rather than sarcasm. Derek Hough, Ne-Yo and Jenna Dewan Tatum round out the team of celebrity cheerleaders.

9 p.m. Tue., KARE, Ch. 11

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