FRIDAY
MAY 26
2017

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Acorn TV, 3:00 a.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This four-episode limited series – or mini-miniseries, or whatever we should call it these days – is a British import about very unattractive characters (behaviorally, not physically) in a very attractive setting. The setting is Cornwall, where Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones) plays a successful chef with two grown kids, an ex-wife whose recipes built his reputation, and a younger second wife who suspects him of cheating on her. And he is – with his ex. Dawn French, who’s made me laugh ever since she teamed with Jennifer Saunders on the sketch comedy series French and Saunders in the late Eighties, is very good, and very believable, as the ex-wife – dramatic roles suit her, it turns out – but her part is hardly sympathetic. In fact, the only character worth rooting for in the entire story is the second wife, played by Emilia Fox – who, when she gets angry at her husband, takes it out on his fancy convertible by smashing its windows with a bat, Lemonade-style. Except, since this is England, it’s a cricket bat. And what makes Delicious worth watching, despite its abrasive central characters, is a shocking plot twist that arrives early, and twists everything, in a very unusual and compelling way. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower

 
  
 
 

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: It’s Season 3 for Bloodline – and in this episode, the normally reliable character, played by Kyle Chandler, goes off the rails. Or, at least, goes off the road, after a car accident that can best be described as unusual. It involves an alligator…

 
  
 
 

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

MOVIE PREMIERE: Based on the Rolling Stone article and subsequent book by the late Michael Hastings, this new Netflix movie stars Brad Pitt as Gen. Glen McMahon, a military leader commanding troops in Afghanistan. Clearly based on then-active Gen. Stanley McChrystal, this is a war movie for a war that, at this point, has no end, and no clear winners. Which, arguably, is the moral of War Machine in the first place.
 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week, American Masters presented a new profile of famous chef James Beard, one that explained his importance to the pantheon of international culinary masters. Today, it tries to do the same with a slightly lesser, but still shining, star in that same firmament: Jacques Pepin. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.