THURSDAY
MAY 21
2015

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET

The new limited-series ABC quiz show continues, and tonight’s episode will be the one that lets ABC know if this experiment is gaining in momentum, or becoming another broadcast TV failure in an attempt to do something different. Well, slightly different, anyway…

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

This fundraiser event, based on a successful one in Great Britain, is aimed at showcasing music and comedy in an effort to raise money for children everywhere who live in poverty. Scheduled participants include Will Ferrell, Adam Levine and Jennifer Hudson. Watch for the pretaped short videos, which include such playful offerings as cast members from Orange Is the New Black performing in an indie “film” called “Reservoir Bitches.” The hosts are Seth Myers, Jane Krakowski and David Duchovny.

 
  
 
 

IFC, 10:00 p.m. ET

In this new episode Marc (Marc Maron) tries to be neighborly – but his neighbors, who are lesbians, make it tough when they ask him to make a special donation to them. A sperm donation…

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:30 p.m. ET

Part 1. In this episode, which starts the latest multi-part adventure for Louie (Louis C.K.), our hero goes on a “Road Trip” – and we go along for the ride. And the flight. And all the indignities…

 
  
 
 

Netflix, 11:30 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Former Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy, from iCarly and Sam & Cat, stars in this new Canadian series, imported by Netflix on a weekly basis, as a pregnant teen who lives in Pretty Lake. It’s an isolated town that becomes even more isolated after a mysterious virus wipes out everyone over 21. The quarantined town has to fend for itself and work as its own new society, as in Lord of the Flies or, in a movie that had anyone over 30 rounded up and forcibly ingested LSD, the 1968 counter-culture movie Wild in the Streets. What’s really wild about this new six-part limited series is that Netflix is premiering each new installment on a weekly basis, and at the same time: Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. ET. This means no instant binge-watching of Between, but it also means more time for the show to generate attention and conversion. I’ve been rooting for Netflix to try this in the States – and here it is. After its Netflix premiere, of course, this opening episode is  available for instant downloading.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.