CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
In tonight’s episode, Robin asks Barney to sell his bachelor pad, so they can live in a place with fewer of his conquest-specific … memories. Good move, but Barney doesn’t agree.
Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET
MINISERIES PREMIERE: Jane Campion co-wrote and co-directed this seven-part miniseries, which stars Elisabeth Moss from Mad Men as a New Zealand detective who returns home to visit family, only to be asked to help solve a local mystery. It’s a strong series of character studies – as full of angst as The Killing, but done the Kiwi way. Holly Hunter co-stars, but the standouts here are Moss (what a performance!) and, playing the menacing father of a girl who goes missing, Peter Mullan (ditto!).
More Max, 9:15 p.m. ET
Every time I visit this 1996 Tim Burton comedy, its imaginative design, and so many of its playful performances, make me smile, from Jack Nicholson’s dual role to Martin Short’s smarmy one. And the aliens are perfect: Ack! Ack! Ack!
A&E, 10:00 p.m. ET
SERIES PREMIERE: Freddie Highmore plays a young Norman Bates, and Vera Farmiga is his mother Norma, in this prequel to 1960’s
Psycho that ignores timeline logic by setting this earlier chapter of Norman’s life in the present day. But give it a chance, because eventually, it starts to gel. See Ed Bark's full review in
Uncle Barky's Bytes.
Showtime, 11:00 p.m. ET
Will Ferrell and Betty White are this week’s guest on David Steinberg’s intimate talk show about comedy, about which I have two major complaints. One: It should be shown earlier by Showtime, because it’s certainly entertaining enough. Two: each installment should be an hour, not 30 minutes. I know you want to leave the audience wanting more, but it seems Steinberg and his guests, each week, are barely getting started.