THURSDAY

APRIL 17

2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: This could be the series finale for Community – with this show, its fate is so tenuous, and its treatment by NBC so uncommitted, there’s really no telling at this point. If Community is continuing, it’s going out with a plot twist to set up a Season 6. And if it’s ending, it’s going out with a bang, and with a tongue-in-cheek product-placement nod to Subway that stays true to the irreverent spirit of series creator (and recently returned show-runner) Dan Harmon. Joel McHale stars.

BONNIE AND CLYDE

TCM, 8:30 p.m. ET

Arthur Penn directed this 1967 period bank-robbing film, one of the most influential movies of the Sixties. Warren Beatty plays Clyde Barrow, a small-time crook who hits the big time after teaming up with bored and bold Bonnie Parker, played in a star-making turn by Faye Dunaway. Bonnie wrote letters to newspapers about the duo’s bank-robbing exploits, and had pictures taken of them to commemorate their crime spree. Had there been reality TV in the Depression era, she would have starred in one.

THE CRAZY ONES

CBS, 9:01 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: In this one-hour season finale, we’re introduced to a woman from Simon’s past. She’s the ex-wife of Robin Williams’ Simon, and the mother of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Sydney. So who has series creator David E. Kelley cast in that role, which could be recurring if this show returns for a Season 2? None other than former Taxi star Marilu Henner.

SCANDAL

ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: The Season 3 finale for this series sounds so intentionally and almost absurdly overloaded with plot twists and climaxes, it deserves mention. Most of the show’s characters are gathered at a senator’s funeral – while underneath them, a bomb ticks off the minutes until its preset explosion. And that’s only one of the life-threatening, game-changing plots in tonight’s season finale. Kerry Washington stars.

PARENTHOOD

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: It’s the last episode of the season for Parenthood, and NBC has yet to decide whether to renew the series for a Season 6. That hints at a failure of leadership, or at least nerve, in the NBC executive suites, because Parenthood, by far, is the best show the network has on the air right now. Its renewal should be a matter of pride and certainty, not a tough call. Watch tonight, and while you’re wiping away tears and wondering what will happen next to these characters, ask yourself: How could this outstanding family drama series not be renewed?

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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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