SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 11
2017

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

TCM, 9:00 a.m. ET

Today and tomorrow, to honor Veterans’ Day, host Ben Mankiewicz sits down with eight different war veterans to reveal, and show, some of the war-related films that mean the most to them. The salute begins Saturday at 9 a.m. ET with 1955’s Strategic Air Command, and runs through the way with a wide range of films, including comedies (1958’s No Time for Sergeants, pictured, starring Andy Griffith, at 8 p.m. ET), and films devoted to Vietnam (1968’s The Green Berets, at 11:15 a.m. ET) and WWII (1969’s Where Eagles Dare, at 2 p.m. ET).

 
  
 
 

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

These LEGO comedies, especially the first one, took critics and audiences by surprise, because they were so full of attitude, originality, and unexpectedly sly jokes. That continues with this 2017 LEGO Batman Movie, which you don’t need to be, or have, a kid to enjoy. It tells the story of Batman teaming with the young ward who will become Robin, and makes room for lots of bad guys – and, providing the voices, many special guest stars. Will Arnett is Batman, Michael Cera is Robin, Rosaria Dawson is Batgirl, and Ralph Fiennes is Alfred the Butler. As for the bad guys, try these game pieces on for size: Zach Galifianakis is the Joker, Conan O’Brien is the Riddler, Zoe Kravitz is Catwoman, Jenny Slate is Harley Quinn, Riki Lindhome is Poison Ivy, and Eddie Izzard is… Voldemort. Go with it.

 
  
 
 

BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET

What’s worse: clown conventions or Renaissance fairs? What if, in some alternate universe, those two worlds collided? Poor Dirk. It’s hard to go, Gently, into that good night…
 
  
 
 

BBC America, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s scheduled guests include Dame Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, and Michelle Pfeiffer. They’re there to promote the new Murder on the Orient Express film, but keep your eye on Dame Judi. Even though this is the real one, not the hilariously misbehaving doppelganger played by Tracey Ullman, Judi Dench, on this show, has been on enough times, and had a good enough time, to be unpredictably loose and wild.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET

The guest host is this week is a young star on the rise: Tiffany Haddish, who played Nekeisha on NBC’s recently canceled The Carmichael Show and co-stars as Dina in the current movie Girls Trip. The musical guest, though, is a much more recognizable personality: Taylor Swift.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.