If there's one thing we've learned over the last two months, it's that unprecedented times call for unprecedented TV programming. Tonight is no exception, with CBS airing a Cedric the Entertainer-hosted special that presents some of the best viral videos to emerge from the worldwide quarantine, and The Blacklist turning to animation to fill in the gaps of its half-finished season finale. Also today: Hulu rewrites the life of Catherine the Great, Showtime turns the spotlight on a town that's raised more than its fair share of pro basketball players, and Justin Willman is back with Season 3 of his Netflix series Magic For Humans. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Friday:
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Cedric the Entertainer hosts The Greatest #StayAtHome Videos, a one hour collection of the most creative and funny viral videos that are keeping people entertained as they stay home and keep one another safe. Watch the trailer. 8:00 PM ET on CBS
SEASON FINALE: Speaking of creativity, The Blacklist is airing one of its most unusual episodes ever tonight, with an ersatz season finale that's part live action and part animation, a moved necessitated by the production shutdown that occurred midway through shooting. Watch the preview. 8:00 PM ET on NBC
SERIES PREMIERE: Hulu takes a tongue and cheek look at the life and times (real and imagined) of Catherine the Great in The Great, which stars Elle Fanning (Super 8) as Catherine and Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy) as her ill-fated husband Peter. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Hulu
DOCUMENTARY: Prince George's County, Maryland has produced many of the NBA's greatest stars. In the documentary Basketball County: In the Water executive producers Kevin Durant, Victor Oladipo, and Quinn Cook turn the cameras on their hometown, exploring just what it is about the place that nurtures such phenomenal basketball players. Watch the trailer. 9:00 PM ET on Showtime
SEASON PREMIERE: Magician Justin Willman returns for a third season of Magic for Humans, in which he pulls elaborate pranks and sleights on hand for the delight (and shock) of innocent passers by. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Netflix
SERIES PREMIERE: The docuseries The Last Narc examines the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, as told by three drug cartel associates with inside knowledge of the gruesome events. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Amazon
NEW EPISODE: Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hilarie Burton Morgan host a new episode of Friday Night in with The Morgans, with guests Jim Gaffigan, Jeannie Gaffigan, and Rhea Seehorn. 10:00 PM ET on AMC
Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.
TOPICS: The Greatest #StayAtHome Videos, CBS, Cedric the Entertainer, Coronavirus