THURSDAY
MARCH 15
2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV, various times ET

In the East bracket, today’s second-round games are No. 8-ranked Kansas State vs. No. 9 Southern Miss, at 12:40 p.m. ET on TruTV; No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Montana, at 2:10 p.m. ET on TNT; No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 16 UNC-Asheville at 3 p.m. ET, on TruTV; No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Harvard, at 4:30 p.m. ET on TNT; No. 7 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 West Virginia, at 7:20 p.m. ET on TNT; and No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Loyola (Md.), at 9:40 p.m. ET on TNT. In the West today, it’s No. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Colorado State at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS; No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Davidson, at 1:40 p.m. ET on TBS; No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 14 Brigham Young, at 2:35 p.m. ET on CBS; and No. 5 New Mexico vs. No. 12 Long Beach State, at 4 p.m. ET on TBS. No games are played today in the Midwest bracket. And finally, in the South, it’s No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 10 Western Kentucky, at 6:50 p.m. ET on TBS; No. 5 Wichita State vs. No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth (pictured), at 7:15 p.m. ET on CBS; No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 South Dakota State, at 7:27 p.m. ET on TruTV; No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 Connecticut, at 9:10 p.m. ET on TBS; No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 New Mexico State, at 9:35 p.m. ET on CBS; and No. 6 UNLV vs. No. 11 Colorado, at 9:47 p.m. ET on TruTV. Just listing all those games , to me, seems like March Madness. But there you go. Find them there, or on any laptop, smart phone or electronic tablet or pad near you.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

SERIES RETURN: After a long and needless two-month hibernation, this comedy returns to the NBC lineup. Andre and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) make plans to remarry – but don’t expect this hitching to go off without a hitch.
 
  
 
 

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

This show has a way of generating headlines, even if from the misbehavior of judges or contestants. Last night, the shocker was the sudden dismissal of Top 13 finalist Jermaine Jones, the 25-year-old from Pine Hill, NJ, who, in seems, had falsified his past to Idol producers by hiding his outstanding arrest warrants. Now that’s arresting television! And tonight was supposed to be the elimination episode…
 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:30 p.m. ET

NEW TIME: Just as Liz (Tina Fey) seems to be getting an actual, stable love life on track, her ex-boyfriend Dennis returns unexpectedly – and, of course, inconveniently. And he’s played, hilariously as always, by Dean Winters, so it’s no wonder he’s wreaking havoc. He’s been having a blast in Allstate commercials lately, playing the wickedly destructive Mayhem. (“Recalculating!”)
 
  
 
 

Showtime, 11:00 p.m. ET

Ellen DeGeneres is one of the two comics interviewed tonight by David Steinberg, but I’ve even more interested in the other: Tim Conway. Where else are you going to hear Conway describe his many failed TV series, in ways that are instantly funnier than the series themselves. And then, of course, there’s his pop-culture triumph, being the imp who made all other cast members crack up on The Carol Burnett Show.
 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.