THURSDAY
JULY 24
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Greg Poehler, as an American willingly transplanted to Sweden to experience the land and lifestyle of his Swedish girlfriend, is very droll and funny here – and Josephine Bornebusch, playing the girlfriend, is one of the most pleasant surprises of the summer TV season. Together, they make a very sweet TV couple. And in tonight’s episode, even in this remote location, Welcome to Sweden finds room for another guest star: this week, it’s Aubrey Plaza, from Parks and Recreation.

 
  
 
 

CNN, 9:00 p.m. ET

It makes sense that this really smart CNN documentary series would be perceptive enough to single out the year 1968 as one volatile and meaningful enough to warrant its own hour – titled, simply, 1968. And what relevance does that year hold today? Well, start with the Soviet incursion into Czechoslovakia, if you want modern parallels. And if you want pivotal historical events, start with the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the election of Richard Nixon, and… well, watch and see. It’s amazing, and frightening, that all of that happened in one explosive 12-month period.

 
  
 
 

Lifetime, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s Season 13 for Project Runway, but it’s difficult to attach any superstitious meaning to the fact that Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, though moving from one network to another, are embarking on their 13th cycle together. After all, how many shows get to run that long?

 
  
 
 

Sundance, 9:00 p.m. ET

Daniel (Aden Young) continues his largely passive journey through the new, unexpected chapter in his life, not so much embracing freedom as wondering what to do with it. Tonight, a series of conversations and confrontations finally lead him in a direction – backwards, to consider the past.

 
  
 
 

ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET

If you’ve been watching this uplifting nonfiction series this summer – and since it’s been winning its time slot since it premiered, many of you have – tonight’s installment is particularly dramatic, and involving. One of the many strong story lines that real life serves up in this documentary series tonight has to do with Debbie Yi, the doctor who has been showcased to great effect before. Tonight, she’s not only central to a case involving a patient – but her own personal story reaches a pivotal point as well. What a doctor… and what a show.

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:30 p.m. ET

Aya Cash’s Gretchen is a brave comedy character to inhabit with commitment – kind of like Dabney Coleman’s unapologetically acerbic TV host in Buffalo Bill so, so long ago. She does it beautifully, and somehow, remains beautiful as she does so – playing a magnetic personality that simultaneously repels and attracts. Her male counterpart in this new comedy, Chris Geere’s Jimmy, is outclassed and outshone – but it fits their unsteady, even unwanted onscreen relationship, even as, in tonight’s show, Jimmy thinks of asking the commitment-phobic Gretchen out on a date.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.