FRIDAY

MAY 20

2016

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IFC, 8:00 p.m. ET

This is when I consider it summer, officially, regardless of what the calendar says: It’s summer whenever TV networks begin repeating Jaws in prime time. Made in 1975, it’s still one of Steven Spielberg’s, and the cinema’s, greatest blends of action movies and character studies. Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw star.

DARK SHADOWS

Freeform, 8:00 p.m. ET

This 2012 movie was a pale remake of the original gothic soap opera series – and considering how pale Jonathan Frid’s Barnabas Collins was in the original TV show, that’s saying something. But though Johnny Depp plays a more comic and silent-movie version of Barnabas, this remake is worth watching because of the villainess, played by Eva Green of Penny Dreadful. She not only looks completely different here, she acts completely different.

KEN BURNS' JAZZ

Cinemax, 10:00 p.m. ET

Part 9. This portion covers the years 1956-60, and includes the ascendance of Miles Davis (pictured) – whose complex and groundbreaking Bitches’ Brew album took me more than a decade to fully appreciate. Of course, for me back then, my idea of jazz sophistication was Herbie Mann playing flute on “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” so I had a lot to learn. Though I still like Herbie Mann. Check local listings.

BANSHEE

Cinemax, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES FINALE: This is the last episode of this series, so I expect one thing and only one thing: carnage. As to who lives or dies at the end, if anyone, that’s what office pools are for. Oh, and the finale’s title? “Requiem.” That should provide a pretty strong hint.

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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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