SUNDAY

DECEMBER 15

2019

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

I adore these annual Kennedy Center Honors specials – they’re not only among the best TV treats of the season, they’re among the best treats of the year, period. Tonight’s honorees – each of whom is saluted by fellow artists, making for a talent-packed television special – are Sally Field, Michael Tilson Thomas, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street, and Earth, Wind & Fire. Well, sure, Earth and Fire deserve it –but I’m still not totally convinced about Wind. For full reviews, see Monique Nazareth's MNtv and Mike Hughes' Open Mike.

RAY DONOVAN

Showtime, 8:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s new episode is called “An Irish Lullaby” – but why do I have the feeling, given what’s happened to all three generations of the Donovan clan, that this hour won’t be lulling anyone to sleep?

WATCHMEN

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: That’s the way HBO is promoting tonight’s episode – calling it a “Season Finale,” rather than a finale, period. That suggests that Damon Lindelof’s treatment of this DC Comics series will continue into a second season. And that’s fabulous news, because Watchmen, in this new iteration, has quickly become one of the best and boldest shows on television. Spoiler Alert – but not about the series: Watchmen, in its freshman year, will make my Top 10 list as one of the Best TV Shows of 2019.

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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.

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