FRIDAY

JUNE 15

2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Amazon Prime Video, 3:00 a.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Last season, Billy Bob Thornton won his big case, besting the Goliath of an opponent in this new courtroom series from David E. Kelley. For Season 2, Thornton returns as William McBride, who hasn’t exactly been spoiled, or improved a lot, by his in-court victory. The best news: Still at his side for this new season is his feisty assistant, played so winningly by Nina Arianda (pictured, with Thornton). For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

Various Networks, 8:00 a.m. ET

In today’s three televised contests in the World Cup, we get to watch the bottom half of Group A and all of Group B. From Group A, Fox Sports 1 presents Egypt vs. Uruguay at 8 a.m. ET. After that, on the regular Fox network, are the teams from Group B. The bottom half, Morocco vs. Iran, plays at 11 a.m. ET, and the top half of Group B, Portugal vs. Spain, plays on Fox at 2 p.m. ET.

12 MONKEYS

Syfy, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Three episodes of this show’s fourth and final season are shown tonight, as 12 Monkeys returns to finish up its time-traveling story line. Many series, when they’re starting a new season, jump ahead in time. This series, by contrast, jumps backward, as do its characters: to the 1960s, to WWII, and all the way back to medieval times (pictured).

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Among Maher’s guests this week are two people with very different styles, and styles of talking: George Will and Billy Eichner.

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

BBC America, 11:00 p.m. ET

Among tonight’s guest is Usain Bolt, widely celebrated as the fastest man alive. For maximum irony, record this episode, then watch it on fast forward.

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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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