TV picks for Nov. 7-9:  "The Comeback," Kevin Spacey,"Worricker," "Untold Stories of the ER"

November 6, 2014 at 7:22PM
MASTERPIECE "Worricker: Turks & Caicos" Sunday, November 9, 2014 on PBS Shown from left to right: Winona Ryder as Melanie Fall and Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker (C) BBC/Carnival Films
Winona Ryder and Bill Nighy star in “Worricker: Turks & Caicos.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Emergency!

"Untold Stories of the ER" presents a craziest cases special that looks back at highlights from the past nine seasons. Among the selected check-ins: A man with a live catfish stuck in this throat, a woman with a stiletto in her cheek, a man with a turtle clamped to his throat and the time George Clooney's Dr. Ross got turned down by a nurse. 9 p.m. Friday, Discovery Fit & Health

Richard on tour

"Now: In the Wings on a World Stage" provides only a fraction of Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes' heralded production of "Richard III." What's at the heart of this insightful documentary is how a classic play is received as the troupe travels around the world, making stops at Singapore, Sydney, Istanbul and San Francisco. It'll make you furious that the gang never stopped by the Guthrie. 7 p.m. Sunday, Ovation

Class reunion

It's been nine years since we last got a look at "The Comeback," the Lisa Kudrow vehicle that mercilessly dissected the cruel results of aging in Hollywood and the desperation that defines most reality TV. The series, which has returned for eight episodes, has lost none of its unsentimental punch. For an interview with Kudrow, see Saturday's Variety section. 9 p.m. Sunday, HBO

The spy who wanted to stay in the cold

Bill Nighy doesn't simply walk across the small screen. He glides. In "Worricker: Turks & Caicos," his disgraced agent Johnny Worricker is simply trying to stay out of trouble on a remote island. Fat chance. He's quickly blackmailed by a CIA agent (Christopher Walken) and drawn reluctantly into a web of corruption with femme fatale Winona Ryder at the heart of the matter. Go ahead and match these movies up against "Smiley's People." They're that good. 8 p.m. Sunday, TPT, Ch. 2

Neal Justin


This image released by Starpix shows actors Robin Wright, left, and Kevin Spacey at the premiere of the Netflix original series, "House of Cards," at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis)
Spacey (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Lisa Kudrow in Los Angeles, Oct. 14, 2014. Kudrow is returning as the actress Valerie Cherish in a new eight-episode run of "The Comeback," which only ran for one season in 2005, despite Emmy nominations, on HBO. (Amy Dickerson/The New York Times) -- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE NOV. 2, 2014.
Kudrow (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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