FRIDAY
JULY 20
2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 5:00 a.m. ET

After one day of competition, the name of Tiger Woods is on the first page of the leader board at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. That simple fact means a larger audience for today’s coverage of Round 2, which is televised live in the wee hours of the morning, and replayed at 3 p.m. ET for those who can’t abide the time-zone time shift.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 6:00 p.m. ET

AMC presents a double feature of movies featuring Clint Eastwood’s iconic “Dirty Harry” Callahan. First up: This 1971 titular showcase, followed at 8:15 p.m. ET by 1973’s Magnum Force. Eastwood fans should feel very fortunate, considering what a slow TV night this is. So the question is: Are you an Eastwood fan, and do you feel fortunate? Or, to put it Harry’s way: Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?

 
  
 
 

Public Television, Check local listings

This weekend’s installment features journalist Chris Hedges, who discusses out-of-the-way places where people are trapped in cycles of endless despair. And I never even was asked to sign a release form. Moyers & Company airs from Friday to Sunday on local public TV stations; to find it in your local area, click HERE.

 
  
 
 

FX, 8:00 p.m. ET

The third Batman movie directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale has hit theaters nationwide. For those who want to go back and see how Batman Begins begins, one of TV’s alternatives is this first Nolan Caped Crusader effort, detailing the origin of the so-called Dark Knight.

 
  
 
 

TNT, 8:00 p.m. ET

Holy conflict, Batman! On the very day The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters, and at the same exact time the first film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is shown on another cable network, TNT presents the second film in the series. This one, from 2008 – and the one that captured one of the final performances by Heath Ledger, as a very making Joker. Christian Bale stars.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.