SUNDAY

APRIL 22

2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Discovery, 1:00 p.m. ET

(1-9 p.m. ET) Any marathon of this nature series would be worth watching, but this one is TV Worth Hearing as well. For this special Earth Day showing, Discovery Channel is presenting this series with its original narration by Sir David Attenborough, not the swapped-out U.S. narration by Alec Baldwin. And it makes the series seamless, since tonight’s special finale – shown for the first time by Discovery – is hosted by Attenborough on-camera. It’s called On Thin Ice, and it’s the respected naturalist’s personal view of how the world has changed, and why, in the more than 50 years he’s been exploring it. For related TVWW coverage, see my Bianculli’s Blog review HERE and Jane Boursaw’s just-posted Reel Life with Jane overview HERE.

ONCE UPON A TIME

ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET

In the “real world” on this side of fairy tale land, Rumpelstiltskin is Mr. Gold, played by Robert Carlyle. In both worlds, he seems to hold sway over Lana Parilla’s fiery femme – a queen in that world, and a mayor in this one. Tonight, after what she considers a personal betrayal, Mayor Regina Mills confronts Mr. Gold with a fury, but not necessarily with a chance of defeating him.

FOX 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

Has it really been 25 years since Rupert Murdoch launched American TV’s first full-fledged fourth network since DuMont folded in the 1950s? Close enough – and this two-hour prime-time program is a celebration, and reunion, built around the little network that could, and did, thanks to such early successes as The Simpsons and The X-Files. For a very savvy recap of why Fox’s silver anniversary is worth celebrating, read Diane Werts’ just-posted For Better or Werts column HERE.

THE GOOD WIFE

CBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

This is the penultimate show of this season, so expect things to start happening a bit faster and more furiously. That’s saying something, too, because this excellent show is nothing if not briskly paced – and full of surprises. Tonight, one of those surprises involves Judge Cuesta (David Paymer), who is presiding over a case argued by Alicia (Julianna Margulies).

MAD MEN

AMC, 10:00 p.m. ET

Details, as always, are sketchy for this show – but we know that a pitch to a client goes very, very bad... and that Don (Jon Hamm), at some point during the workday, asks wife Megan (Jessica Pare) for a private word.

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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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