Picks and Pans Review: FDR—the Last Year

UPDATED 05/19/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/19/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT

NBC (8-11 p.m. ET)

Jason Robards is again masterful, this time as the ailing President, but Eileen Heckart almost upstages him as Eleanor, a woman committed to her causes yet helpless in dealing with her husband. Kim Hunter's performance as Lucy Rutherford, FDR's presumed mistress, adds spice.