FRIDAY
APRIL 20
2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Public Television, Check local listings

(Fri - Sun) At the top of this new edition, Bill Moyers talks about a subject he knows extremely well: public television. A recent federal appeals court decision has approved the presentation of political and issue-related advertising on public TV and radio channels. Moyers directs his outrage not only to viewers, but to local station managers. “Just say no,” he tells them, and asks viewers to act also. To find where this program is broadcast in your area, click HERE.
 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Another night of TCM’s “Spring Break” films, tonight begins with a 1965 film that, like the others, is not very good – but, like the others, is fascinating to watch regardless. Sometimes these movies are entertaining, truly, because of the scenery. Other times, it’s the bafflingly incongruent supporting cast (Don Rickles and Buster Keaton?) Still other times, as with this movie starring Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley, it’s the musical performances – which, again, are from an oddly wide spectrum. Ladies in gentlemen, Lesley Gore. And James Brown.
 
  
 
 

Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET

This series is hard enough to keep straight as it is, with two different universes and lookalike populations who have a propensity to cross over and intermingle. But tonight, it adds a time jump to the mix, by leaping forward to the year 2036. In that Orwellian future, the Observers are in charge, and firmly in control. That’s fine for those Observers. But what about us observers? What’s going on?
 
  
 
 

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This effortlessly entertaining show returns for a new season, with an increasingly inventive team of animators bringing to goofy life some casual conversations featuring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Few shows on TV make me laugh as often, or as loudly. And wait until, in tonight’s episode, you hear Karl’s idea for a new movie starring Tom Cruise…
 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s guest list doesn’t feature any really big names – but sometimes, those are the shows that end up being the most captivating.
 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.