TV picks for June 29: 'GLOW,' Danai Gurira, Lesley Manville on 'Mum'

June 28, 2018 at 8:01PM
Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie in "GLOW."
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Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie in “GLOW.” ERICA PARISE • Netflix (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Round two

The second season of "GLOW" may not deliver the same knockout punch that it did last year, but that's largely because the novelty of using ladies' wrestling to examine sexism has worn off. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get in the ring again. Alison Brie and her diverse cast of supporting characters still shine brightly as they struggle to keep their dirt-cheap show on the air while trying to prevent horn-dog executives from pinning them to the mat.

Now streaming on Netflix

NEAL JUSTIN

From St. Paul to Wakanda

"Black Panther" star Danai Gurira, the Macalester grad whose play "Familiar" was a recent hit at the Guthrie, talks about the pivotal moments in her career on the latest installment of the celebrity interview series "Breaking Big."

8:30 p.m. Friday, TPT Life

Mother superior

British actress Lesley Manville deserves to be better known by U.S. audiences, as her Oscar-nominated turn in "Phantom Thread" showed. Her bingeworthy sitcom "Mum" is a great excuse to get a free seven-day trial to BritBox, a streaming service that presents BBC and ITV shows. Manville plays an ever-bouyant middle-aged mother, coping with the recent death of her husband and the constant problems posed by her maddening family.

Streaming on BritBox. Episodes also air at 9 p.m. Fri & 9:30 p.m. Sat. on TPT, Ch. 2

TIM CAMPBELL

In this Jan. 30, 2018 file photo, Danai Gurira poses for a portrait at the "Black Panther" press junket at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. The film opens nationwide on Friday, Feb. 16. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
Gurira (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Lesley Manville poses for a portrait at the Brooklyn Academy of Musicís Harvey Theater in New York, May 8, 2018. Manville plays the morphine-addicted mother in Eugene OíNeillís ìLong Dayís Journey Into Night,î which has arrived in New York after runs in London and Bristol. (Annie Tritt/The New York Times)
Manville (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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