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MAY 27

2019

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Back in the 1970s, Steve Allen hosted an intriguing PBS series called Meeting of Minds, in which he hosted a dinner party populated by performers impersonating historical figures. (The opener featured Theodore Roosevelt, Cleopatra, Thomas Paine and St. Thomas Aquinas breaking bread together.) Today on Netflix, deceased talk-show guests are featured once again – but this time in a roast format, hosted by Comedy Central roastmaster general Jeff Ross. Guests of honor, each “roasted” by other fellow non-living celebrities, include Abraham Lincoln, Freddie Mercury, and, once again, Cleopatra.

2019 STANLEY CUP FINALS

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

Game 1 of this year’s Stanley Cup Final is an alliterative affair: It’s the Blues vs. the Bruins, the culmination of a wild playoff race that began with all the division winners being eliminated in the first round – with all the long-shot wild-card teams advancing instead. That’s the first time that happened in NHL history, so this year’s tournament is a contest where almost anything can happen. Let’s see…

BIOGRAPHY: "CHRIS FARLEY: ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH"

A&E, 9:00 p.m. ET

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: The latest edition of Biography is devoted to former Saturday Night Live repertory cast member Chris Farley – who, like his SNL idol John Belushi, was an outrageously original and energetic comic talent, became a big TV and movie star, and died way too young.

THE HOT ZONE

National Geographic, 9:00 p.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new three-part miniseries, based on the book by Richard Preston, stars Julianna Margulies as a dedicated scientist confronted with identifying and controlling the Ebola virus when an outbreak threatened to occur in the U.S. in 1989. (Spoiler Alert: It didn’t. But Ebola is back in the headlines, so set your paranoia on Stun.) The miniseries continues tomorrow and concludes Wednesday on National Geographic, so it’s fairly well-contained.

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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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