CARL REINER TRIBUTE
Decades, 9:00 p.m. ET
Decades presents yet another of TV’s tributes to Carl Reiner, but this one’s a doozy. It begins with an installment of The Dick Cavett Show in which Reiner is the guest. Then, at 9:30 p.m. ET, presents Head of the Family (pictured), the unsold 1960 pilot written by and starring Reiner – which, when completely recast but still telling the story of TV writer Rob Petrie, became the massively successful The Dick Van Dyke Show. And then, at 10 p.m. ET, two of the Dick Van Dyke episodes showcasing Reiner in top form: “Coast to Coast Big Mouth” (which already has been shown in at least two other Reiner tributes, on CBS and MeTV) and “A Day in the Life of Alan Brady.”