MONDAY
JANUARY 13
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

As part of the wedding weekend, Marshall (Jason Segel) prepares to deliver the latest and last promised super-slap to Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) as part of their ongoing ritual of “Slapsgiving.” Since this is Marshall’s final swing at the plate – or at Barney – he admits to have undergone training to pack as potent a punch as possible. And tonight, he comes out swinging.

 
  
 
 

Syfy, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This Syfy series has a better plot, and certainly a more interesting look, than most of the network’s new shows. What started off as a sort of supernatural, Sapphic Batman and Robin has evolved into a complicated battle of good and evil, fairy world style, and handled that conceit better than, say, True Blood. Anna Silk stars as Bo, a succubus with ties to both the good and evil Fae worlds, but she’s not even in the Season 4 premiere. Instead, the heavy load is carried by her charismatic human sidekick, Kenzi, played by Ksenia Solo. Tonight, Kenzi comes to the aid of someone under a memory-altering spell –unaware that she, too, is under the same spell. And as part of the investigation, she takes to the dance floor, looking decidedly unlike her usual goth-girl self.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES RETURN: After the brief hiatus that began before Christmas, with Red (James Spader) escaping from both his box and his handlers and enemies, the devious manipulator is back. But where? And why? And what now? So far this season, the performances, not the plot twists and turns, have made The Blacklist worth keeping track of – but these last stories of the season will be a better indication of where the show is going, and whether it’s worth following.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

Long before there was reality TV, there was Frederick Wiseman, the documentary filmmaker whose approach was to descend upon a particular place, and group of people, and film – and film and film and film, until his subjects forgot he was there, and acted naturally. Then, after compiling absurd amounts of raw footage, Wiseman would edit, presenting the result without narration, so the story and themes build naturally. Wiseman has been making his special sort of films since the Sixties, so it’s proper that his latest subject is a true Sixties institution: the University of Berkeley in California. What’s it like now, and what are its students and employees up to? For the next four hours, culled from 250 hours of footage, At Berkeley will tell you. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: The opening show of this Season 5 premiere sets up a sort of series reboot for Archer and company, but don’t worry: Regardless of the setting and circumstances, this secret agent spoof remains as twisted, and as archly amusing, as ever.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.