2017 will certainly require tough folks of all stripes and that’s the direction we’re pointed this Wednesday, as we select a character study of a criminal profiler on one of TV’s longest running dramas and a recent classic autobiopic from a resilient rapper.
KATHERINE’S PICK:
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ [VH1, 9p]
50 Cent’s biopic, starring himself, is far better than it deserves to be — and is a fitting indictment on the War On Drugs.
JASON’S PICK:
Criminal Minds [CBS, 9p]
Joe Mantegna’s brooding stoic Inspector David Rossi is at the center of this episode of the CBS tentpole as he follows up on the birthday call from a nemesis.