TV picks for Sept. 22-23: 'Quincy,' '9-1-1,' 'Maniac'

September 21, 2018 at 8:02PM
Maniac
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in the new Netflix miniseries “Maniac.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Rashida Jones hits all the right notes in "Quincy," a thoroughgoing documentary about her father, music legend Quincy Jones. The "Parks and Recreation" actress, who co-directed with Alan Hicks, showers Pop with praise (she gets some help from Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles), but doesn't shy away from her subject's shortcomings, which include excessive drinking and infidelity.

Now streaming on Netflix

Who you gonna call?

Connie Britton is out and Jennifer Love Hewitt is in for the second season of "9-1-1," Ryan Murphy's impressive take on the procedural drama. The return will stretch over two nights and include an earthquake that rocks Los Angeles.

7 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday, KMSP, Ch. 9

Another kind of la-la land

If Sean Penn and Julia Roberts can stoop to doing television, why not one of today's hottest actresses? Oscar winner Emma Stone teams up with Jonah Hill, no slouch himself with two nominations, for "Maniac," a miniseries about desperate people who hope a trippy science experiment can fix what ails them.

Now streaming on Netflix

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Rashida Jones arrives at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Jones (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Jennifer Love Hewitt, a cast member in the television series "9-1-1," poses at the FOX Summer TCA All-Star Party at Soho House West Hollywood, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, in West Hollywood, Calif (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: CACP101
Hewitt (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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