WE BOUGHT A ZOO
HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET
Certain movies are easy to recommend because they’re good. Others, like this 2011 comedy-drama, make the Best Bets cut because a) it’s a slow TV night, and b) this is the kind of film that doesn’t draw people to theaters, but seems a passable way to pass the time when watching on TV at home. I’ve seen the promos for this fact-based movie, in which Matt Damon stars as a widower who tries to run a run-down zoo, and I’d tune in just to see the porcupines.