FRIDAY
JANUARY 24
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Public Television, Check local listings

I couldn’t think of anyone better, or more charismatic, to carry on Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series and legacy than astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who matches wits, and wit, so well with  Bill Moyers on this show, they ought to think about starring in the talk-show equivalent of a buddy movie. Their conversation began last week – and went so well, it’s going into overtime with tonight’s installment. It seems only fitting: their cosmic conversation, likes the universe itself, is expanding.

 
  
 
 

Netflix, 11:00 a.m. ET

For now, Netflix has earned the right to be noted whenever it makes a programming step, so let’s note this: Its newest exclusive offering, a documentary about the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney, is unveiled today. But it’s unveiled at the odd hour of 11 a.m. ET – and presents a look at the losing candidate of an election that took place two years ago. Before this, when was the last time you read a media mention of Mitt Romney? My point exactly. As attention-getting moves go, regardless of the film’s quality, Mitt isn’t exactly House of Cards. Mormon filmmaker Greg Whiteley directs.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 8:00 p.m. ET

In Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy triumph of a Western spoof, Cleavon Little plays Black Bart – technically, black Bart – who, at one point, extricates himself from a mob of bigots by holding himself hostage at gunpoint. And it works. So does the rest of the movie, from its infamous campfire scene to its shatter-the-fourth-wall climax. Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn and Brooks himself co-star.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

Pamela Travers, who wrote Mary Poppins under the name P.L. Travers, is profiled in this public television special – which finds the room, and the time, to present clips from the current Disney movie, Saving Mr. Banks, about the long process of turning her book into a film. Check local listings.

 

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s guests include Erin Brockovich – the real one, not Julia Roberts, who played her in the movie of the same name – and Willie Nelson. Hmm. Willie Nelson and Bill Maher together, with marijuana legalization as part of the national news cycle. What will they talk about?

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.