Turner Classic Movies pays homage to its longtime host Robert Osborne, who died this month at 84, with two days of some of what he did best — longform interviews with stars and Hollywood creative types.
It starts with Alec Baldwin’s revealing 2014 interview of him, “Private Screenings: Robert Osborne” (6 a.m., 1:30 and 8 p.m., 12:45 a.m.), replayed four times. It continues with a 2007 exchange with the director in “Private Screenings: Norman Jewison” (7:30 a.m., 2:15 a.m.) and the “Robert Osborne’s 20th Anniversary Tribute” (9 a.m., 4:15 p.m., 4:45 a.m.) from 2015.
He also hosts “Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival” (10:15 a.m.) from 2015; the 101-year-old actress “Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival” (11:30 a.m.) in 2011; the 2014 “Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival” (3 p.m.); “Peter O’Toole: Live from the TCM Film Festival” (5:30 p.m.) from 2012; and “Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival” (6:45 p.m.) from 2013.
Plus there are his editions of “Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli” (12:15 and 11:45 p.m.) from 2010; “Private Screenings: Debbie Reynolds” (9:30 p.m.) from 2002; “Private Screenings: Betty Hutton” (10:30 p.m.) from 2000; and “Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine” (3:30 a.m.) from 2009. Many of these shows also replay on Sunday.
At 8 p.m., he can be seen doing his first-ever movie introduction for the network 23 years ago, for “Gone with the Wind.”