TUESDAY

AUGUST 27

2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

HBO, 7:45 p.m. ET

Ang Lee won the Oscar last year for directing this 2012 adaptation of the Yann Martel novel, an epic fable of sorts about a young man who is cast adrift with an unlikely fellow survivor at sea: a Bengal tiger. A stunningly beautiful, impressively ambitious movie.

WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?

CW, 8:00 p.m. ET

Regular comic cronies Colin Mochrie, Ryan Styles and Wayne Brady are joined tonight by a real knockout: boxing champion Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali. And when she shows up to play along, she doesn’t take the gloves off.

THE ANDERSON TAPES

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Sidney Lumet directed this 1971 crime caper movie with such inventive usage of its Manhattan locations, that some people watch this Sean Connery movie just for the scenery. I do, too – but in my case, the scenery in question is co-star Dyan Cannon, who’s lovely.

DRUNK HISTORY

Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: The first round of Comedy Central’s version of this sop-errific series ends tonight, with the focus on the Wild West – and drunken tales that include stories of Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett and others at the Alamo.

WEB THERAPY

Showtime, 11:00 p.m. ET

In tonight’s new episode, Fiona (Lisa Kudrow) accepts and tries to counsel some new clients, including a young couple whose relationship, until Fiona does her “magic,” has been entirely on line. They’re played by young actors who already have done fine work on other TV shows, but on broadcast TV: Mae Whitman on NBC’s Parenthood, and Darren Cross on Fox’s Glee.

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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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