THURSDAY
OCTOBER 19
2017

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Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

Ed Nygma, a.k.a. The Riddler, is out of the deep freeze, but his brain may have been a bit frostbitten in the process. Even so, he’s thinking clearly on at least one front: His desire for revenge against Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. The Penguin, who had the Riddler frozen, then placed on display as an ice sculpture at his nightclub. Tough crowd…

 
  
 
 

TBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

Game 5. The Chicago Cubs staved off elimination last night by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2, though the Cubs had to withstand a ninth-inning rally by the Dodgers to do it. The Dodgers now lead the National League Championship Series 3-1, and the Cubs, once again, are making what could be a last stand at Wrigley Field. After tonight, any remaining games in this series will be played at Dodger Stadium.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:30 p.m. ET

This sitcom, in its second, anything-goes reboot season, has become even more enjoyable, and given Ted Danson, ostensibly, an entirely new character to play. And he’s playing with verve and an obvious joy – at the same time he’s also playing a loose version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. For the former star of Cheers, it’s been a very good year.

 
  
 
 

Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET

In case you missed it, and want to see it, tonight is a repeat of the series pilot for Orville – which, like subsequent episodes, is much truer to the tone and spirit of the original Star Trek than you would imagine a comedy by Seth MacFarlane to be.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.