Music on TV this week: Chris Thile; encores from Nathaniel Rateliff; Mt. Joy; Thundercat and more
by Luke Taylor
March 16, 2020
Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. We'll also post videos of performances as the week progresses.
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This week's schedule
If you're old enough to remember watching television in the 1990s, you may remember a tagline from NBC that proclaimed, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you."
That chestnut could well apply in this and coming weeks. As people everywhere respond to the coronavirus pandemic, most TV talk shows and other programs that feature live music have gone on hiatus and will be airing encore episodes for the foreseeable future. We'll stay abreast of that here on The Current's Music on TV.
We also want to point out that many of your favorite artists will be streaming virtual concerts, and here at The Current, we're working to collect all that information and share it with you, too.
Here's the TV rundown. Check your local listings for broadcast times (schedule subject to change).
Monday, March 16
Cast of Girl From the North Country, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from Feb. 25 (NBC) | review of Girl From the North Country, by Eugenia Sestini, 2018
Sam Hunt, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from Feb. 13 (ABC)
Tuesday, March 17
Alex Ebert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; note: rerun from Feb. 10 (CBS) | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros in studio at The Current, 2012
Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty and Sueco the Child, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from Feb. 10 (ABC)
Wednesday, March 18
Nathaniel Rateliff, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; note: rerun from Feb. 25 (CBS) | in studio at The Current, March 12
Louis Tomlinson, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from Jan. 30 (NBC)
Super M, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from Feb. 11 (ABC)
Mt. Joy, Late Night with Seth Meyers; note: rerun from Feb. 27 (NBC) | in studio at The Current, 2018
Melanie C, The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
Thursday, March 19
Thundercat, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from March 3 (ABC) | watch the video for Thundercat's new song, "Dragonball Durag", Feb. 27
Finneas, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from Feb. 3 (NBC)
James Taylor, Late Night with Seth Meyers; rerun from March 5 (NBC)
Friday, March 20
BTS, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from Feb. 24 (NBC) | What happens when the BTS Army adopts you, by David Perry, 2019
Victoria Monét, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from March 3 (ABC)
Saturday, March 21
Chris Thile, CBS This Morning Saturday Sessions - social distancing edition (CBS) | Microshow performance at the Fine Line, Nov. 11, 2019
Luke Combs, Saturday Night Live (NBC); note: rerun from Feb. 1
Kane Brown; Colter Wall, Austin City Limits; note: encore from Nov. 16, 2019 (PBS)
Watch again: See last week's highlights.
External Links
Today - NBC
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC
Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC
A Little Late with Lilly Singh - NBC
Saturday Night Live - NBC
Jimmy Kimmel Live! - ABC
The View - ABC
Good Morning America - ABC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
The Late Late Show with James Corden - CBS
The Talk - CBS
CBS This Morning - CBS
CBS Sunday Morning - CBS
Independent Lens - PBS
Austin City Limits - PBS
Watch What Happens Live - Bravo
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Comedy Central
Busy Tonight - E!
Conan - TBS
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - TBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - network varies; check local listings
The Real - network varies; check your local listings
Live with Kelly and Ryan - network varies; check your local listings
The Wendy Williams Show - network varies; check your local listings
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