THURSDAY
DECEMBER 27
2012

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

Mindy Kaling’s Fox sitcom didn’t really click with me – though I liked its sensibility, and its comic generosity with familiar guest stars. But for those who do like it, or for those who have yet to sample it, Fox is using the “dead week” between Christmas and New Year’s to showcase it prominently. Four repeat episodes occupy all of Fox’s prime time tonight – so the network hasn’t given up on its latest Project quite yet.
 
  
 
 

Encore, 8:00 p.m. ET

One of the most compelling examples of what I call “spider-web movies” is shown tonight – and if any of my film students from last term are watching, I hope they pay particular attention to, and get particular enjoyment from, the druggy dream sequence – or dreamy drug sequence – based on Busby Berkeley choreography from the 1930s. Jeff Bridges stars in this 1998 Coen Brothers comedy, a pop-culture touchstone for the new generation.
 
  
 
 

HBO2, 8:00 p.m. ET

With tonight’s broadcast and cable schedules dominated by reruns, here’s one repeat that stands out above the rest. It’s a replay of the recent Mel Brooks special, in which the true king of all media – most of them, anyway – is interviewed, with generous clips supplied. For my exclusive two-part TVWW Interview with Mel Brooks, see Bianculli’s Blog, Part 1 and Part 2.
 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

The resume of Ginger Rogers is loaded with movies about Broadway babes and hopeful stars and starlets – but though this 1954 film shares a similar plot, it’s not a comedy or a musical, but a drama. In this case, a future Broadway star has that future taken away, by murder. Van Heflin, George Raft, Gene Tierney co-star.
 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

Perhaps because NBC has announced plans to shift this newsmagazine to a less popular Friday night time slot next year, Rock Center is filling tonight's show with a rerun. But it's a good one -- a recap of President Obama's successful targeting of Osama bin Laden. With the film Zero Dark Thirty about to hit theaters nationwide, it's a well-timed primer. And the Julian Fellows Downton Abbey feature I wrote about earlier is available on the Rock Center website.
 
  
 
 
 
 
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Para bajingan ini tidak punya rasa malu sama sekali, menipu orang-orang yang tidak bersalah setiap hari.
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Pemerintah Indonesia tangkap situs web sialan itu
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Penipu sejati, persetan denganmu, jalang!
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Para penipu ini mengira orang-orang itu bodoh. Modus penipuan yang sama, omong kosong yang sama.
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Para penipu ini adalah pembohong profesional. Siapa pun yang mempercayai mereka hanya ikut memperkuat penipuan mereka.
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Para penipu ini pantas untuk diungkap kebohongan dan kebusukan mereka.
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Halaman ini dikelola oleh para penipu brengsek, hanya berisi kebohongan, janji palsu, dan trik murahan. Hindari orang-orang bodoh ini.
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Penipu sejati, persetan denganmu, jalang!
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Para penipu ini adalah pembohong profesional. Siapa pun yang mempercayai mereka hanya ikut memperkuat penipuan mereka.
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Para penipu ini mengira orang-orang itu bodoh. Modus penipuan yang sama, omong kosong yang sama.
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Penipuan murahan yang berpura-pura sah. Jangan sampai tertipu.
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Situs web ini benar-benar penipuan, jangan percayai mereka.
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Singkirkan para penipu dengan cerita palsu dan hasil palsu. Jangan percaya bajingan pembohong ini.
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Pemerintah Indonesia, persetan dengan para penipu itu, tangkap mereka dan persetan dengan mereka karena telah menipu banyak orang.
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Tidak ada yang nyata di sini. Hanya omong kosong penuh tipu daya dari orang-orang serakah.
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Para penipu ini pantas untuk diungkap kebohongan dan kebusukan mereka.
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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.