SATURDAY
JULY 21
2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 7:00 a.m. ET

What a captivating golf tournament this has been the first two days, with the potential for being even more exciting today and tomorrow. After two rounds of play, Brandt Snedeker (pictured) has notched a 10-under-par score of 130, matching the lowest 36-hole score at any British Open, and playing bogey-free to this point. And Adam Scott, after two days, is only one stroke behind that astounding pace. And look who, after sinking an amazing birdie from out of a sand trap on the 18th hole yesterday, is 6-below par, four strokes off the lead with two days to play: Tiger Woods. To watch today’s third round live, get up early. To watch a replay, tune in at 7 p.m. ET.

 
  
 
 

Nickelodeon, 9:00 a.m. ET

It’s an all-day marathon of SpongeBob episodes, leading up to a brand new installment at 8 p.m. ET. It’s titled “Extreme Spots,” and that’s not a typo – just an Olympic-timed spoof of extreme sports, with reckless daredevil Johnny Knoxville guest starring as an extremely extreme competitor named Johnny Krill.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

I can recommend this special even though there are two obvious drawbacks to it. One is that it restricts itself to NBC’s greatest Olympic moments, an annoyingly jingoistic approach that robs us of all those truly great moments, starting with the “Miracle on Ice,” from the years when ABC provided coverage – or even the more recent CBS days. The other drawback? These 30 moments are voted on by online fans. And online fans skewing younger, that means they’re likely to have shorter, and less discerning, memories. But for one-stop shopping of NBC’s highlights, and to whet the appetite for the coming Games, why not?

 
  
 
 

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

This is a really creepy Steven Soderbergh movie, in which screenwriter Scott Z. Burns tracks a deadly disease to an unlikely and elusive Patient Zero. It’s a gripping thriller, and my only criticism is this: How did the scientists’ team of computer experts generate those nifty graphic images so instantly? Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet star. I recommend watching with anti-bacterial wipes close at hand. You’ll thank me later.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

This 1944 movie is the one where Humphrey Bogart met and fell in love with Lauren Bacall, off-screen as well as on. Howard Hawks directed, and knew just how to get the best out of his young actress. It’s amazing to realize this was Bacall’s first film, and even more amazing to realize that, at the time, she was 19 years old.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.