SUNDAY

SEPTEMBER 27

2015

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CBS, 7:30 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: 60 Minutes is the oldest continuously running TV series in prime time, yet regularly makes the Top 10 in the ratings. Tonight is the Season 48 opener for this venerable newsmagazine, and tonight’s show speaks with two of the most newsworthy, quoteworthy, and aggressively abrasive men on the planet: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. No wonder this is a special expanded installment.

THE SIMPSONS

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This year, The Simpsons had me at the opening couch gag – a salute to some classic Beatles LP covers. So the show can still delight and surprise me, even though this is the start of Season 27. (For The Simpsons, that is. Personally, I’m closing in on Season 250.) And tonight’s season opener does go somewhere unexpected: Homer and Marge, on the advice of a marriage counselor, undergo a trial separation. And another thing I never thought I’d see: Homer on a drug-fueled date with a younger woman – played by Lena Dunham, no less.

BLOOD & OIL

ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Don Johnson is 65 now, but still carries the effortless sex appeal that served him so well in the Eighties on Miami Vice. In this new series, a throwback to the days (and shows) of Dallas and Dynasty, Johnson plays the modern equivalent of a J.R. Ewing – someone who made his millions (and more) in the energy game. Scott Walker plays his ungrateful son, Amber Valletta plays his trophy wife, and the young-generation co-stars of the show, playing a young couple seeking their fortune in North Dakota, are Chace Crawford and Rebecca Rittenhouse. If you like this prime-time soap opera genre (and, based on Empire, many, many people still do), this is for you. For a full review, read Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes. For other capsule reviews of this show, see TV Worth Watching’s Annual Fall Preview 2015.

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

CBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

SERIES FINALE: While other series are just starting out tonight, optimistically presenting their very first episodes, the flagship CSI series is saying goodbye tonight, after 15 seasons and more than 300 installments behind them. Original stars William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger are back for this two-hour finale – as is recurring guest star Melinda Clarke as the unforgettable Lady Heather.

VICE SPECIAL REPORT: FIXING THE SYSTEM

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

This special report by VICE, looking at the U.S. penal system by conducting a group interview with some selected inmates, is indeed special, because of its special “correspondent.” Conducting the conversation? President Barack Obama.

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

The protagonists of this show haven’t gotten very far as yet – in fact, even leaving the neighborhood temporarily, on foot, has become a very risky adventure. But as the deaths pile up – along with the undeaths – the people huddled in their houses begin to realize that “normal life” may have become a thing of the past.

RAY DONOVAN

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: Mickey (Jon Voight) is targeted by the Armenian mob he double-crossed – but the person I’m really worried about in this Season 3 is the teacher who has flirted with flirting with Ray’s daughter Bridget. Tonight, Ray (Liev Schreiber) finds out about it… and when Bridget says her dad would kill him if he knew, she’s not using hyperbole.

QUANTICO

ABC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This new ABC series is an obvious variant on the How to Get Away with Murder model – start with a serious crime (in this case, a terrorist attack blowing up New York’s Grand Central Terminal), and spend a year swimming with the fishes. Or, at least, the red herrings. The premiere episode isn’t that engaging, but its leading lady, as a Quantico trainee who both survives and is suspected of planning the blast, is a potential breakout star. In the States, that is: She’s Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, who already is a big star, and has been for years, back in India. For a full review, read Ed Bark's Uncle Barky's Bytes. For other capsule reviews of this show, see TV Worth Watching’s Annual Fall Preview 2015.

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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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