SUNDAY
APRIL 21
2019

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

SPECIAL PREMIERE: Smokey Robinson and Cedric the Entertainer co-host this Grammy salute to Motown Records, honoring the 60th anniversary of the pioneering label from Detroit (which, in those days of US automotive production dominance, was known as Motor Town, a.k.a. Motown). Performers include some who, like Robinson, were there for the early glory days: Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, for starters. Others include Fantasia, Thelma Houston, Boyz II Men, and such relatively unexpected guests as Little Big Town. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower

 
  
 
 

BBC America, 8:00 p.m. ET

In the first two episodes of Season 2, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) has been struggling to survive since being stabbed, quite seriously, by her adversary and secret crush, Eve (Sandra Oh). But while fighting back from near death, Villanelle has managed to increase her personal body count by one victim per week: a mercy killing (as she saw it) in the season premiere, and the offing of a Misery-like creepy captor last week. As she left that latter crime scene, Eve was just entering it, but the two have yet to cross paths more directly this season. For now…

 
  
 
 

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week’s final-season premiere was indeed satisfying – just the dragon flight scene alone made the episode a winner. But the alliances and betrayals are being shifted early and often – and, as always, it pays great dividends, on this series, to pay particular attention to the women, who are as devious and dangerous as they are powerful and ambitious.

 
  
 
 

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week’s Billions showed Axe at his most resourceful, and perhaps at his most ruthless. Tonight, one of Axe’s former proteges sets out to demonstrate similar attributes, with Axe himself as the target. Oh, and Chuck and Wendy continue to negotiate their relationship after he betrayed her by publicly acknowledging their private bedroom predilections.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

The last scene of last week’s Barry had the protagonist meeting, face to face, his acting school girlfriend’s former boyfriend, Sam, who had choked and abused her. The expression on Barry’s face indicated that Sam may not be in many more episodes after tonight’s.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:30 p.m. ET

Selina Meyer is usually seen making the wrong move at every turn, like a political Basil Fawlty. But last week, during a televised presidential debate, she stumbled accidentally on a right move, by, in a frustrated and unchecked moment, telling her younger female competitor to quit whining and “man up.” Not a politically correct thing to say, which was precisely why it seemed to resonate – and may have saved Selina’s campaign.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.