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2013

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TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Randolph Scott, TCM’s star of the day, headlines this 1957 Western, playing a new ranch owner who seems pretty easygoing – until, that is, he climbs into a stagecoach that soon is overtaken by an outlaw, played by Richard Boone. Fans of Justified, take special note: This movie is based on an Elmore Leonard short story, called The Captive. That’s how long Leonard has been inspiring Hollywood to make entertaining dramas about quirky characters.

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More Max, 9:00 p.m. ET

This is a thriller whose killer is more deadly, and scary, than any monster wielding a saw, a chainsaw or a hatchet. It’s a microscopic, deadly virus, and finding where it started, and how it spread, is the riveting mission at the center of this excellent 2011 drama. Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet star.

UNDER THE DOME

CBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

Big Jim’s son went rogue, then returned – and Big Jim (Dean Norris) returned, too, with a slight head wound, after facing off one adversary in his quest to control the town’s resources and loyalties. This week, everything seems to be up for grabs, while the origin of the dome seems to be a step or two closer to being discovered.

POV: "THE LAW IN THESE PARTS"

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

Here’s a tricky subject for a documentary – yet it’s full of people willing to talk, even about a subject so potentially volatile and definitely confusing. This particular POV examines the military administration used by Israel since the Six Day War in 1967 to deliver justice. Judges, legal advisers, and prosecutors talk the about balance of power, and law, in that unique judicial framework. Check local listings.

THE WRITERS' ROOM

Sundance, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s show looks at Fox’s New Girl. And if you haven’t met Liz Meriwether, the creator of this Zooey Deschanel comedy, you should check it out, just to see how closely the star apple has fallen from the show-runner tree.

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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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