WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 25
2017

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

Last night’s Game 1 of this year’s series was the fastest-played World Series game in 25 years – it took only two hours and 28 minutes, making it the fastest game since 1992. Pitching on both teams was amazing, but the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros thanks to big-bearded Justin Turner’s big two-run homer that broke a 1-1 tie, and proved the only margin of victory the Dodgers needed. Tonight, Game 2 – and, most probably, more dominant pitching.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

I’ve always had a special spot for otters (right now, it’d be my koi pond, if any TVWW-reading otters are interested). When I was a college student at the University of Florida, my friends and I would go northwest of Gainesville on occasional weekends to be the first people that day to throw our giant inner tubes, and ourselves, into the Itchetucknee River. Then we’d let the current carry us around the curves, where we’d come upon turtles, snakes, and occasional otters. The Charlie in the title of tonight’s Nature installment, Charlie and the Curious Otters, is filmmaker Charlie Hamilton James, who gets so intrigued by a trio of river otters he films in Wisconsin that he starts visiting, and filming, otters all over the world. I’ll be tuning in for sure – even though, for some people, this might sound like otter nonsense. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Like Roseanne before it, the ABC sitcom Modern Family has made Halloween an annual TV tradition. And while many family members are ready, even eager, to pass on the torch, Phil and Claire are stalwart holdouts. Tonight’s episode, fittingly, is called “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Phil Dunphy,” and it features Claire as Wonder Woman.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

Part 1 of 2. Frontline producer Michael Kirk and his team present this internationally researched two-parter, concluding next Wednesday, in which reporters trace, and probe, the moves and motives of Vladimir Putin regarding his decision to target the American election. (Real news!) For full reviews, see Alex Strachan's TV That Matters, and Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's BytesCheck local listings.
 
  
 
 

USA, 10:00 p.m. ET

The more I watch, the less I understand. This series, in Season 3, is beginning to make me feel like I’m back in my college statistics class all over again…

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.