SUNDAY
MAY 15
2016

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

The technology of animation has gotten to the point where tonight, The Simpsons can end its episode with a wild TV gimmick: having Homer conclude an episode on impov comedy by improvising answers to questions posed “in real time” by fans. How exactly will this be accomplished? I’m not at all sure – but I’m sure I’ll be watching. For more on tonight's special event, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

James Cagney stars in this 1949 film noir gangster film, returning to the genre he helped make famous a decade earlier. One thing about his acting approach to playing tough guys remains the same: He speaks softly and carries a heavy machine gun.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

If you’re taking odds on which characters will emerge triumphantly this season, I’d counsel you to bet on the women. This season’s story lines had them starting out so deeply at the bottom of the barrel – either blinded, humiliated and shorn, or captured and isolated – that they’ve got almost nowhere to go but up. And tonight, I suspect at least a few of them will do just that.

 
  
 
 

Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET

Last week, Eva Green’s character did something unexpected, unforgettable, and, on this series, perhaps unprecedented. She smiled. Repeatedly, as she began visiting a natural history museum curator and finding him even more interesting than his exhibits. Lots of other things are happening quickly on Penny Dreadful this year – part of the show is turning into a Western, while another part has one of Frankenstein’s creatures attempting to play god herself. If you’ve yet to sample this series, please go back to the beginning and start a binge catch-up watchfest.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:30 p.m. ET

The missing votes have been found – they just haven’t been counted yet. And if the results are revealed tonight, they’ll let us know what to expect from the remainder of this season, for Selina and the other funny, foul-mouthed characters on this political satire.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.