THURSDAY

SEPTEMBER 26

2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: To start the season, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) is at sea – and not, as usual, in the proverbial, general sense. This time it’s literal. And tentacled.

PARKS AND RECREATION

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: To start Season 6, Leslie (Amy Poehler) takes a trip to London. Hey, I’m heading there very soon myself… but do I expect to see her there? Knope.

THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW

NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: The premiere installment of this new Fox show (on NBC, but you know what I meant) isn’t quite up to the standards of excellence I was hoping for, given Fox’s brilliant comedic work in Family Ties and Spin City. But there’s a fine ensemble here (Breaking Bad’s Betsy Brandt, as his wife, is an especially shrewd bit of casting), and there’s nothing at all wrong with Fox. The writing just has to get a little more subtle, and funny. Before long, I expect it will do both. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

GLEE

Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Part 1 of 2. For the first shows back without the late Cory Monteith, Glee is providing a substantial distraction: a two-part episode built around the music of the Beatles. American Idol usually tanks when it takes on the Lennon-McCartney catalog, but Glee, when Chris Colfer’s Kurt sang a slow, soulful “I Want to Hold Your Hand” a while back, did it beautifully. So there’s hope. And there’s nothing they can sing that can’t be sung. It’s easy…

THE CRAZY ONES

CBS, 9:01 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar play father and daughter, both running their family ad agency, in this new CBS comedy. The premiere uses Kelly Clarkson well, and mentions McDonald’s a lot, but only hints at the possibilities of this pairing, especially with David E. Kelley behind the scenes. But because of all these players, and the premise, I expect this show to develop, and sharpen, quickly. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.

TWO AND A HALF MEN

CBS, 9:31 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Normally, I wouldn’t point out the return of this latest incarnation of this particular Chuck Lorre comedy. But he’s one of the best at breathing new life into aging shows – and tonight, he adds, as a series regular, Amber Tamblyn, who was terrific as both the star of Joan of Arcadia and a late addition to House. Here, she plays the formerly unmentioned daughter of Charlie, coming home (for the first time), perhaps to roost.

PARENTHOOD

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This Season 5 premiere picks up eight months later, which has given Kristina (Monica Potter, who was robbed of an Emmy nomination for her work last season) time to be cancer-free. That allows for some changes in her household – but in this opener, there are changes afoot in virtually every household. It’s a pleasure to have this drama series back – and still on the air, period.

ELEMENTARY

CBS, 10:01 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: In this Season 2 premiere, Holmes and Watson take a trip to London. Hey, maybe they’ll see Leslie Knope there. Or me.

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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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