TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 28: Things Happen/Memorial Tribute: Director Rob Reiner
Tonight TCM pays tribute to Rob Reiner, and what a roster of films it is.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
The Working Class (continued)
12:15 AM Kes (1969)
A young man finds escape from his working-class life training a pet falcon.
Dir: Kenneth Loach Cast: David Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Freddie Fletcher
Runtime: 111 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
2:15 AM The Bicycle Thief (1948)
A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle.
Dir: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell
Runtime: 90 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: N
4:00 AM This Sporting Life (1963)
A rugby player finds the violence in his professional life tainting his personal relationships.
Dir: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Runtime: 134 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
6:30 AM The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
A boy from the Irish slums reviews his troubled past while training for a school race.
Dir: Tony Richardson Cast: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Avis Bunnage
Runtime: 104 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-14 CC: Y
TCM Daytime: Things Happen
8:30 AM Accidents Will Happen (1938)
An insurance man tangles with a fraud ring.
Dir: William Clemens Cast: Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y
9:45 AM Something Always Happens (1934)
When a gasoline company president rejects his marketing proposal, an unemployed man joins the competition.
Dir: Michael Powell Cast: Ian Hunter, Nancy O'Neil, John Singer
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
11:15 AM It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
A returning GI and his friends try to make it in the music business.
Dir: Richard Whorf Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
1:00 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth Cast: Don Defore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles
Runtime: 115 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y
3:00 PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A crazed, aging star torments her sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir: Robert Aldrich Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Runtime: 132 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
5:30 PM It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
A pair of broke small-time pilots go to the Seattle World's Fair to try to win some money but find romance instead. When the local sheriff impounds their crop duster plane to pay gambling debts, pilots Mike Edwards and Danny Burke travel to the World's Fair with a plan to make the money they need at the poker tables. But Mike meets a lost little girl, whom he takes on a tour of the fair, and a beautiful nurse, whom he would like to pursue ... but first he must find the little girl's parents in this romantic musical comedy.
Dir: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y
7:30 PM It May Happen to You (1937)
In this short film, mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
Dir: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Rollo Lloyd, Ralph Dunn, King Baggot
Runtime: 21 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-PG CC: Y
TCM Primetime: Memorial Tribute: Director Rob Reiner
8:00 PM The Princess Bride (1987)
A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk
Runtime: 99 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-PG CC:
10:00 PM When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
A man and a woman turn a feud into a lasting friendship, until love threatens to ruin everything.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
12:00 AM Stand by Me (1986)
Four boys set out on a search for a missing teenager and have the adventure of their lives.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
1:45 AM This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
A filmmaker documents the history of Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band.
Dir: Rob Reiner Cast: Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean
Runtime: 82 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-MA CC: Y
3:15 AM The Song Remains the Same (1976)
Members of Led Zeppelin share their fantasies while preparing for a big concert.
Dir: Peter Clifton Cast: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page
Runtime: 136 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: Y