THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 14
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

CNN, 9:00 p.m. ET

Next year, CNN will present a new 10-part documentary series called The Sixties, executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (whose joint credits in this regard include the miniseries John Adams and The Pacific for HBO), and Mark Herzog. But as a sneak preview of sorts, CNN and The Sixties are previewing one entry in the series tonight, keyed to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Full disclosure: I’ve been interviewed on camera for one of the series’ subsequent installments. But since I’m watching every JFK special televised this month, I’ll be watching this one with great interest anyway.

 
  
 
 

Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET

Part 3. Okay. Now this series really gets creepy. Camille (Yara Pilartz) decides to adopt a new persona – the old “visiting cousin” trick – in order to explain her prolonged appearance in town. It also gives her an excuse to hone in on her old, and now older, boyfriend, to see if she can rekindle his interest. For this genre, it’s a new twist, and a fascinating one.

 
  
 
 

CBS, 9:01 p.m. ET

This sitcom, though the most popular new comedy of the fall season, has yet to find its sea legs – and that will remain true, at least until something in the program itself is as funny as the closing-credits outtakes. Perhaps tonight, the show will turn that corner: the guest star is Brad Garrett, and it certainly should help, allowing Robin Williams to play opposite someone of Garrett’s stature – comic and otherwise.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 9:15 p.m. ET

This 1945 movie has a truly oddball premise: the great showman Flo Ziegfeld (played by William Powell) looks down from heaven, thinking about the good old days, when he imagines what it would be like to mount one more amazing theatrical review. And we see what he’s thinking, as one star after another steps up to show off: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Lena Horne, and so on. And watch for Lucille Ball, six years before I Love Lucy, all glammed up as the whip-wielding “trainer” of a bevy of catty dancers.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

The political campaign heats up even more tonight, as Kristina (Monica Potter), flush from success at a recent town meeting, gets smeared by her suddenly defensive opponent, and decides whether to fight fire with fire. Or, at least, mud with mud.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.