FRIDAY
JANUARY 23
2015

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Bravo, 7:50 p.m. ET

Eight years ago, this sweet little musical comedy Disney film imagined what it would be like if a Disney-style animated princess would pop in, fully three-dimensional, in the modern world, in New York City but with her idealism and innocence intact. The film gave Amy Adams her first starring role – and, quite rightly, led to an impressive string of movie roles. In Enchanted, she’s enchanting. And so, I suppose, is this film’s modern-day Prince Charming: Patrick Dempsey from Grey’s Anatomy.

 
  
 
 

Comedy Central, 8:30 p.m. ET

In this 2008 comedy, Seth Rogen and James Franco co-star, creating devastation in their wake as they stumble aimlessly through a series of silly situations. And yet, seven years ago, this movie was released without causing any international incidents.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This is the first new American Masters of the season – and it’s Season 29, if you’re counting, which is damned impressive (the number of seasons, not that you’re counting). It’s devoted to Ricky Jay, and it’s the first time this series has profiled a magician. That means Ricky Jay is getting his American Masters moment in the spotlight before, say, Harry Houdini – but there’s a good story to tell here, and the vintage clips go back to some surprising places, and feature some surprising others, including Steve Martin. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

Syfy, 9:00 p.m. ET

In tonight’s episode, the second installment of this series, time-traveling Cole (Aaron Stanford) finds himself in the year 2015. I can’t say I’m particularly impressed – these days, I do that all the time.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

One of tonight’s guests on this new outing is politician Howard Dean. Another is comedian Bill Burr (pictured), whose name may be less familiar – but who, on Monday’s premiere installment of Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, provided the strongest laughs at the discuss-the-issues roundtable. And now, on a different coast, here he is, sitting in on his second talk-show roundtable of the week.
 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.