2013 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
Taped earlier this week, this year’s induction ceremony – from Los Angeles this time – includes one musical act inducted in its first year of eligibility, which comes 25 years after its first released recording. That would be Public Enemy. The rest of the class of 2013, though, had to exercise some patience. Heart has been eligible, but until now not inducted, for 12 years. Donna Summer became eligible 14 years ago. Rush has been in no rush, having been waiting for 15 years. And Randy Newman, who opens the show with a rendition of his “I Love L.A.” (paired with John Fogarty and Tom Petty), is finally acknowledged, after being eligible for 23 years. Fittingly, another song Newman sings is the hilariously fitting “I’m Dead But I Don’t Know It.”