THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 20
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

Sheldon (Jim Parsons) showed measurable and unexpected character growth a few episodes ago  -- growth that had the studio audience gasping in shock and applauding in approval. And tonight, now that he has professed his love for Amy (Mayim Bialik), and she has reciprocated,  they get to move forward.  More fun with flags!

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Tonight, you can have your movie terror the way Paul Revere planned his warning signals about the British invasion: This 1963 Alfred Hitchcock classic should typify “One if by air,” but the redcoats were not yet that sophisticated with their manner of attack. But in this scary movie about a mysterious avian revolution, some of the most frightening scenes occur when the birds in question are sitting perfectly still, perched on land, or on playground bars – so “One if by land” works for The Birds, as I see it. Of course, that’s only a matter of a pinion…

 
  
 
 

IFC, 9:00 p.m. ET

And this 1975 Steven Spielberg killer shark thriller is, of course, representative of Paul Revere’s “Two if by sea.” It’s also representative of one of the best suspense films, or action films, or monster movies, or however you wish to categorize it, in the history of the movies.

 
  
 
 

ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET

MIDSEASON FINALE: This is what the networks, cable and broadcast, increasingly are calling their final first-run episodes of the year before the holiday break. I suppose it’s because “midseason finale” sounds a lot better than “the last episode before we pack things up until the New Year, when people start watching TV in large numbers again.” But on this particular midseason finale, we’re supposed to solve the murder that was introduced way back in the series premiere. My money’s on Professor Plum, in the library, with a lead pipe.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

On tonight’s episode, another fall finale, Max (Max Burkholder) is a guest at a party thrown by his parents for the Chamber Academy – and it’s a party at which he’s determined to propel his relationship with his “girlfriend” to the next level. Which, to the objective outside observer, might as well be called “base camp.”
 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.