MONDAY
JULY 15
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET

I watched this 1983 movie again, for the first time in years, after putting it in Best Bets a few months ago. And my, 30 years on, was it delightful to watch. I especially enjoyed how the comedy, starring Tom Cruise as a suburban Chicago teenager who takes advantage of his parents’ temporary absence, and is himself taken advantage of in the bargain. Rebecca De Mornay co-stars as the young hooker with a heart of something less soft than gold, and among a strong group of future stars, Joe Pantoliano has the most fun as “Guido the Killer Pimp.” And watching Cruise rise to stardom with this single role is, of course, both impressive and entertaining.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

The Johnny Carson vintage interviews presented tonight include a 1983 interview with Michael Caine (at 8:48 p.m. ET), whose 1966 comedy The Wrong Box follows immediately at 9 p.m. ET. Other Carson interviews tonight, hosted by a properly reverential Conan O’Brien: Shelley Winters from 1975 (at 8 p.m. ET), followed at 12-minute intervals by Ronald Reagan (1975, five years before being elected President of the United States), Robin Williams (from 1981), Jonathan Winters (from 1988), and Caine.

 
  
 
 

CBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

In this week’s new episode, as the town residents remain trapped under glass by a mysterious bubble, things start to get in very short supply. One thing people are running out of: medicine.  Another thing: patience. Dean Norris stars.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

This new film, by Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, follows three teenage Southern California friends – two boys, one girl – as they follow their passions (skateboarding, among other things) and face the future. Which, as this study shows, is more imposing than promising. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m. ET

First Jon Stewart took off for the summer to make a film, and then his replacement, John Oliver, got a break as The Daily Show took a two-week vacation. But it returns tonight, as does Oliver – whose guest tonight is Aaron Sorkin, whose HBO series The Newsroom also returned, last night, for its second season.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli

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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.