MILDRED PIERCE
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
With a prime-time telecast of this 1945 tearjerker, TCM launches a new month-long Friday night showcase: “A Woman’s World: The Defining Era of Women on Film.” And joining Robert Osborne as host of the screenings of these 17 movies is a woman who helped define an era of women herself: Cher. Tonight’s theme is Motherhood, which explains leading off with Mildred Pierce. Joan Crawford plays the mother, and Ann Blyth the ultimately ungrateful daughter. And stay tuned – for more movies, and more Cher.