SUNDAY

JANUARY 26

2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

There’s a Beatles tribute being taped by Grammy attendees for broadcast closer to the golden anniversary of the group’s record-breaking appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Consequently, I’m not sure how much thunder will be generated by the appearances of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on tonight’s show – or even whether they will play together, or appear separately. But with Ken Ehrlich producing, the Grammys are a guaranteed must-see music event anyway, because of the live performances featuring combinations of artists. Tonight’s scheduled highlights include a duet by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and a Highwaymen tribute showcasing surviving original members Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson with country stars Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton, standing in for the late Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: "DOWNTON ABBEY"

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

The friction between Anna (Joanne Froggatt) and Bates (Brendan Coyle) continues to escalate, because she refuses to tell him of her being sexually assaulted because she fears – she knows – that her husband will exact revenge by murder, and thus return to prison. But Bates is anything but stupid – and tonight, despite all of Anna’s efforts and protestations and denials, he begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Check local listings.

TRUE DETECTIVE

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey’s detectives get deeper into the case in tonight’s episode, in this show’s extended, complicated flashbacks. But they also get deeper into each other’s lives, in ways that don’t always mesh, and sometimes lead only to more friction. And in the present, McConaughey’s time in “the box,” interviewed by modern counterparts to his old police partnership, spins into more and more strange behavior.

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: "SHERLOCK"

PBS, 9:58 p.m. ET

Tonight’s episode is called Sign of Three, and takes place at the wedding of Watson (Martin Freeman) to Mary (Amanda Abbington), with Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) as a very surprised, and distracted, best man. Check local listings.

EPISODES

Showtime, 10:30 p.m. ET

The sitcom-within-a-sitcom on this show, Pucks, is in danger of imminent cancellation. Its star, Matt Le Blanc, couldn’t be happier, because he’s jockeying for another, better job – but the way he’s behaving, especially towards show writers Beverly and Sean (Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan), has them much less happy. And not because Matt is hoping for cancellation – because they are, too.

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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.

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