FRIDAY
JUNE 14
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 8:30 a.m. ET

Because of yesterday’s rain delay, the action at today’s U.S. Open starts early, with Tiger Woods, among others, resuming his opening round even before ESPN joins the action at 8:30 a.m. ET. The rest of the day’s coverage is the same as Thursday’s (only with less rain expected): NBC takes over at 3 p.m. ET, and ESPN resumes at 5 p.m. ET. And after yesterday’s truncated play on the wet, soft course at the Merion Gold Club, look who’s leading: Phil Mickelson.
 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

This 1947 movie has a cast worth watching, for sure: Humphrey Bogart gets to star, once again, opposite Lauren Bacall, with whom he fell madly in love three years earlier when she made her cinematic debut opposite him in To Have and Have Not. In 1946, they reteamed for The Big Sleep, then again a year later for this suspense movie about an escaped con out for revenge. Also starring: Agnes Moorehead.
 
  
 
 

Starz!, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Season 2 of this series may end up falling victim to the same malady that affected it last season: Its visuals dazzle, while its writing does not. But with an even more central role for the lovely Olga Kurylenko as Vera, the dazzle level of the visuals goes up to 11.
 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s guests include Jonathan Alter and Patrick Kennedy – and with some lines being crossed and others being tapped, there ought to be a lot to discuss this week.
 
  
 
 

HBO, 11:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: This final episode of the season showcases the global stunt that got so much attention when Vice helped engineer it in the first place: a visit in February to North Korea, and its controversial leader, Kim Jong-un.

 

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.