FRIDAY
APRIL 12
2019

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 3:00 p.m. ET

Round 2. After one day at Augusta National, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau are in the lead, Phil Mickelson is right behind, and Tiger Woods is just outside the Top 10. Plenty of reasons to watch today’s second-round action, not only to see who makes the cut for the weekend – but who best positions himself for the second half of the tournament.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Two fabulous films featuring Peter Sellers are shown by TCM as a prime-time double feature tonight. First up: Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant 1964 black comedy, in which Sellers plays three roles. All three are brilliant.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

The newspaper editor and publisher whose name now is attached to the most prestigious honor in print journalism is profiled in this new American Masters special – which goes back to the Spanish-American war of the 1890s to examine how Pulitzer, as well as his media rival William Randolph Hearst, got swept into the riptide of “yellow journalism.” Or, to use a more modern bit of nomenclature, “fake news.” For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower. Check local listings.
 
  
 
 

TCM, 9:30 p.m. ET

Next up for Peter Sellers tonight is 1979’s Being There, based on the Jerzy Kosinski modern fable. Both Dr. Strangelove and Being There are all about politics, perception, paranoia and power – it’s a truly inspired double bill. Both movies are flawless, funny, and will have you thinking about them long after their disturbing final images. And what a contrast in performances: in Strangelove, Sellers, in every role (especially the title one), is cartoonish and caricatured, while Being There is an amazingly understated, intentionally still portrayal.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s scheduled guests include Dave Barry. If he can make us laugh about this week in politics, he’s an even better humorist than I thought he was.

 
  
 
 

BBC America, 11:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s scheduled guests include Sally Field and Keeley Hawes from The Bodyguard – and Field raves about it and her.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.