MONDAY
MARCH 26
2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

Last week, during the first two editions of the Battle Rounds, I was charmed by the beauty of some of the arrangements and performances of the vocal duets – and stunned when one of the members of said duet was sent home rather than stolen by another judge. That’s what you want out of this part of the show, or at least what the producers want, and I continue to be impressed by this show’s talent pool and overall positive emotional aura. Tonight, the third installment of Battle Rounds. Expect more highlights, more disappointments – and, I’m guessing, even more steals.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. This two-part, five-hour documentary profile of comedian Garry Shandling comes from filmmaker Judd Apatow, one of the many, many people Shandling befriended and mentored over his long, pioneering career in show business. This biographical study, dipping into Shandling’s private diaries and home movies, captures it all, from the tragic loss of his brother in early childhood to his pushing-the-envelope cable TV work on Showtime’s It’s Garry Shandling’s Show to HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show. And it’s all here, in an artfully compiled two-parter (concluding tomorrow night) that is surprisingly, and unforgettably, spiritual and inspirational. For my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website. And to see what Judd Apatow has to say about his beloved friend, read Roger Catlin's TV Eye.

 
  
 
 

CW, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s new episode is called “Goon Struck” – and though it sounds like a play on a Cher movie, it’s actually about the murder of a hockey player, which sends Liv (Rose McIver) to investigate, and ingest the brains and memories and attitudes of, the corpse on ice.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This new AMC drama, based on the historically inspired novel by Dan Simmons, tells the story of two ill-fated sea voyages during the 19th century, by the H.M.S. ships Erebus and Terror.  About two decades before America’s Civil War, they became trapped in the North Atlantic ice, working their way through the still-unknown lengths of the Northwest Passage. Simmons injects what may be a supernatural element, but the natural horrors are frightening enough. Ciaran Hinds and (pictured) Jared Harris play the ship’s respective captains, and this 10-part adventure plays with claustrophobia and helplessness like a Das Boot on ice. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.