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AUGUST 16

2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Animal Planet, 8:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This new spinoff series takes the Too Cute concept, of cramming lots of adorable animal footage into one place, and thinks smaller. Specifically, it presents its cuddly creatures in 30-minute doses instead of hour-long shows, and focuses exclusively on the tinier spectrum of playful pets. Tonight, the series launches with a double-dose premiere. First, at 8 p.m. ET, is an episode devoted to English bulldogs and mixed breeds, followed at 8:30 p.m. ET by a show giving other animals their shots at small-scale stardom. By Animal Planet standards, this new Pint Sized series is the Shih Tzu.

2 GUNS

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg co-star in this 2013 action movie as undercover agents who are coming at the same case from opposite angles – then realize the only hope they have of surviving, as they’re targeted in a wider conspiracy, is to work together.

THE GREAT WHITE MATRIX

Discovery, 9:00 p.m. ET

The last evening of Shark Week ends with one last bite at the apple – one last evening of prime-time special programming, including this special that, like every other Discovery prime-time program this week, has something to do with sharks. It doesn’t have to be new information, or even verifiable information in some cases – just sharky. But in my view, that’s okay. In our current multimedia landscape, sharky beats snarky any day. Or any week.

OUTLANDER

Starz!, 9:00 p.m. ET

If you watched last week’s super-hyped premiere, and want to return for more, here’s Episode 2. I point this out only as a possible service, not with any degree of actual enthusiasm.

KATT WILLIAMS: "PRICELESS: AFTERLIFE"

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

This is Katt Williams’ first standup comedy special in several years – almost a decade, in fact – and it’s clear he’s stored up a lot of material. As always, some of the topics on which he touches are so unusual, and usually left alone by fellow comics, that the road less traveled tends to lead to something funny as well as fresh.

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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.

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HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

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