THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 14
2017

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Sundance Now, 3:00 a.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: The expansion and fracturing of the streaming TV universe continues – and now Sundance is getting in the game, with its new Sundance Now streaming service offering an exclusive new TV mystery miniseries to its paying customers. That series is Riviera, a 10-part drama imported from the U.K., and starring Julia Stiles and shot on location in the south of France. It’s created by Neil Jordan, writer-director of The Crying Game, and co-stars Lena Olin. As to whether this particular mix of Dynasty and Agatha Christie will lure new subscribers to Sundance Now, I say only: Yachts of luck. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
 
  
 
 

MSNBC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Liberals, take note. Conservatives, cover your ears and eyes. Tonight on The Rachel Maddow Show, the host’s special guest is current author, and recent presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Pamela Adlon not only is starring in all 10 of this season’s new episodes, in which she plays a harried single mother of three girls, but also directing them. And she and her producing and writing partner, Louis C.K., are toiling there as well, making this another modern example of auteur TV. And a good one. As with a lot of Louis C.K.’s comedy, many scenes and ideas hit a nerve – and that’s no accident, because that’s where the really uncomfortable, unusual, and memorable comedy begins. For a full review, see Roger Catlin's TV Eye.

 
  
 
 

TBS, 10:30 p.m. ET

In tonight’s new episode of The Guest Book, the guest checking in at the remote cabin is a young Amish man on a rumspringa – a journey where he’s supposed to go out, sample the “outside world,” get it out of his system, and return to the fold. One of his first stops? One of this series’ regular settings: a seedy backwoods strip club named Chubby’s. What could possibly go wrong?

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.