WEDNESDAY
JULY 10
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Starz!, 7:05 p.m. ET

This 2012 Woody Allen movie may not have captured attention like its immediate predecessor, Midnight in Paris, but as a cleverly written and performed love letter to another global city, it’s nearly as endearing. Among the standout plots and performances, watch for Roberto Benigni as an ordinary Italian citizen who suddenly is celebrated and hounded by the media and surrounded by all the trappings of stardom, for no discernible reason. It’s Allen’s most overt take on celebrity culture since Stardust Memories and, yes, Celebrity.

 
  
 
 

HBO2, 8:00 p.m. ET

Just another urging to watch Josh Fox’s follow-up to his 2010 documentary about the history and impact of the natural-gas mining technique known as fracking. The conclusion asserts strongly that we’re all about to become victims of an international, multi-generational scam, committing nationally to the procedure of allowing companies to pursue fracking to generate natural gas as a domestic alternative to buying foreign oil – then turning around and selling that natural gas, at much higher profits, overseas, raising our own oil prices as a result. It’s a depressing conclusion, but one that demands attention and consideration, just like the rest of this follow-up documentary.

 
  
 
 

Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET

Imagine the SPF sunblock number Fry and company have to use here: In order to take a job involving miners on the inside of the sun, our animated heroes have to spray themselves with a protective coating. Considering that this is one of two Matt Groening TV cartoons, it’s worth noting that the spray-on color employed here is somewhat… Simpsons-esque. I’m just saying.

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir star in this new murder mystery series, adapted from a Scandinavian series and transplanted to the U.S.-Mexico border. Imagine The Killing with sunny skies instead of rain, and with occasional subtitles, and you’ve got some idea of what to expect. But expect more than just that, because in terms of both performance and plot, The Bridge is well above average. For full reviews, see Eric Gould’s Cold Light Reader, and read or hear my own review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:01 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This summer TV series about summer camp probably won’t be viewed by its perfect target audience, because summer campers will be… away at camp. But even the promos for this new comedy-drama feature a few laughs, which are a few laughs more than many NBC comedies these days. And the leading character, a woman who inherited the camp and continues to run it after her husband suddenly walks out, is played by Rachel Griffiths, who won so many fans in both Six Feet Under and Brothers & Sisters. So that’s one reason to give this new summer series a try. Other reasons? It’s not a rerun, and it’s not a reality show.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.