THURSDAY
AUGUST 22
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Disney Channel, 8:00 p.m. ET

One of Pixar’s biggest gambles, and best movies. Ed Asner gives voice to a crusty old man who has been a recluse since the death of his beloved wife – until he goes up, up and away on an adventure, floating his house away with a massive collection of balloons, and with a young stowaway in tow. This 2009 film has introduced a one-word catch phrase to posterity, at least among many of the people I know. “Squirrel!”

 
  
 
 

Oxygen, 9:00 p.m. ET

The modern wave of Jane Austen mania, exemplified by the current Austenland film, probably can trace itself to the popularity of this 2005 adaptation, starring Keira Knightley of Pirates of the Caribbean as Elizabeth Bennet, Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn as Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and, this time around, Matthew Macfadyen as the dashing Mr. Darcy.

 
  
 
 

Syfy, 9:00 p.m. ET

Early in the first season of Saturday Night Live, the very same year that Jaws had spooked moviegoers all summer, Chevy Chase got lots of laughs by dressing up as a “land shark” and preying on victims by ringing their apartment doorbells and gaining access under false pretenses (“Candygram!”). Now Syfy, continuing its run of intentionally absurd creature-feature telemovies, presents Ghost Shark, about a killer shark that’s not only dead, but able to surface wherever there’s water. (The best reason ever for keeping the toilet seat lid down.) Recommended only as a so-bad-it's-still-bad type of entertainment.

 
  
 
 

USA, 9:00 p.m. ET

There are only a few episodes left of this series, yet the core group keeps getting split up and distracted with other bits of business. In tonight’s show, Michael and Sonya go to Mexico – and it’s no pleasure trip.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

The Office is over, but some of its employees have found other work: Ellie Kemper and Angela Kinsey (who played Kelly and Angela) are here to play fun and games with host Jane Lynch, as are Minnie Driver, Kal Penn, Max Greenfield, and SNL vet Kenan Thompson. Hey, look -- instead of Kenan & Kel, it's Kenan & Kal!

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.