SATURDAY
JUNE 16
2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Various Networks, 6:00 a.m. ET

Okay, so I’m late on this one today – as I’m typing, it’s the second half of Argentina vs.  Iceland, a really exciting (and tie!) game so far, but one that started at 9 a.m. ET on Fox. Hope you caught it from the beginning. Later men's soccer games today, both shown on Fox Sports 1 (because Fox switches to golf and the U.S. Open), are Peru vs. Denmark at noon ET, and Croatia vs. Nigeria at 3 p.m. ET.
 
  
 
 

Fox, 11:00 a.m. ET

It’s the weekend for the U.S. Open, which is televised by Fox for a change (whether that’s a good change is a matter of opinion). One thing’s for sure this year: After the first two days of the men’s tournament are over, only one player is playing below par. That would be Dustin Johnson, who leads the field at 4 below par as he heads to the opening tee today. Johnson made the cut. His second-round partner, Tiger Woods, was among those who did not.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

Back in 1993, Jurassic Park changed movie history, and elevated digital special effects to a new level, by doing on the screen what the characters played by Sam Neill and Laura Dern were witnessing as they toured the park for the first time: dinosaurs brought vividly, and convincingly, to life. The newest entry in the Jurassic Park series arrives later this month in theaters, but I can still remember the thrill of attending, with my wide-eyed young offspring, the opening-night midnight premiere of Steven Spielberg’s fantastic adaptation of the Michael Crichton story. Bad parent? Perhaps, since my youngest was eight years old at the time. But really good movie…

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Think of this 1972 Sydney Pollack movie, starring Robert Redford as a man who retreats into the rugged and unforgiving wilderness of the American West in the 19th century, fighting nature, the elements, and Native Americans in equal measure, as the original The Revenant. In its own wat, Jeremiah Johnson is just as poetic and captivating, and the cinematography as breathtaking. The film was shot on location throughout Utah, which is why Redford subsequently opted to establish both his home and his Sundance Film Festival in that beautiful state.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.