SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 2
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Sundance, 7:00 p.m. ET

Here’s a timely, touching repeat from the archives of this Sundance music series, hosted by Elvis Costello in front of a live audience, and dedicated to both sharing the stage and understanding the creative processes of his musical guests. In this particular installment, from the show’s freshman season of 2008, Costello’s guest was Lou Reed, who died recently, but who is captured vibrantly and candidly in this one-hour Spectacle.

 
  
 
 

IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET

In the moody David Janssen TV series from the Sixties, the focal point was Janssen as Richard Kimble, the doctor wrongly accused of, and perpetually hunted for, the murder of his wife. In this exciting 1993 movie remake, though Harrison Ford’s Kimble clearly is the protagonist, Tommy Lee Jones steals this film as Kimble’s dogged pursuer, Lieutenant Gerard. And when a sequel was made, it starred Jones, not Ford.

 
  
 
 

Starz!, 9:00 p.m. ET

Episode 3. In this episode of this excellent imported British miniseries, Chiwetel Ejiofor steps up as a black bandleader in London in the early Thirties. He’s been the star of this series all along – but this week, his character becomes more aggressive, taking front and center, and not just on the bandstand. And since he’s gotten Oscar buzz for 12 Years a Slave, maybe that will draw more viewers to this well-acted period drama.

 
  
 
 

BBC America, 10:00 p.m. ET

This season, Graham Norton seems to have made some sort of show-biz pact with the devil, because his guest list each week has gotten more and more ridiculously A-list, and excitingly eclectic. This week’s guests include Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Saunders from Absolutely Fabulous, and Cher.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET

This isn’t exactly a Scandal, but tonight’s guest host is Kerry Washington, star of that popular ABC prime-time drama series. And the musical guest is no stranger to scandal, either: it’s Eminem.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.