MONDAY
FEBRUARY 16
2015

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

No joke – or is it? Tonight’s episode appears to introduce this show’s rebooted origin story of one of the most infamous villains in the Batman universe: the Joker. The character in question is played by Cameron Monaghan from Shameless. Whether or not he turns out to be the actual Joker, though, is a riddle. Maybe we should check with E. Nigma – because we already know he will, in time, morph into The Riddler.

 
  
 
 

BET, 8:00 p.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: Part 1 of 3. This miniseries is a new drama using a composite character (Aminata Diallo, played by Aunjanue Ellis) to dramatize the story of slaves who were promised their freedom and fought in a war. Except, in this little-told chapter from history, the conflict in question was the Revolutionary War, and the slaves belonged to the British. Also starring: Louis Gossett Jr., whose credentials in this particular genre were made impeccable thanks to his unforgettable performance as Fiddler in 1977’s Roots.

 
  
 
 

Encore, 8:00 p.m. ET

When this movie was released in 1969, it was so controversial, and its subject matter and language considered so adult, that it was one of the few major-studio films ever rated X. That was then, then is now. And now, it shows up, unedited, at the start of prime time on cable’s Encore network. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman star, as hustlers who team up in hopes of surviving the tough streets of New York City.
 
  
 
 

CBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

Taped last Tuesday in Los Angeles, after the Grammys but while all that musical talent was still in town, this star-studded, song-packed concert salutes the music and legacy of Stevie Wonder. Performers at the concert included Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Gary Clark Jr. teaming for a medley of “Fingertips,” “Master Blaster” and “Higher Ground”; Lady Gaga at the piano for “I Wish”; Annie Lennox singing “My Cherie Amour”; and Stevie himself, performing a closing set that included “Superstition.” A similar concert, and TV special, was presented last year to honor Paul McCartney – with this follow-up, it should, and does, become an exciting annual TV event.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s Episode 3 starts with a flashback within the flashback, stretching the rules of this new series even more inventively—and, like the rest of the hour, giving us real insight into the development of young Jimmy McGill into the smarmy Breaking Bad attorney known as Saul Goodman.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.