WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 28
2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Sundance, 8:00 p.m. ET

Most drama or comedy movies, dealing with sexual urges and practices some might consider as deviant, usually adopt a priggish or mocking tone. This 2002 movie, starring James Spader as a businessman with some unusual quirks, and Maggie Gyllenhaal as the new secretary who finds she likes the restrictions and control he offers, makes it a tender love story instead – though with some very funny moments. And some frankly sexy ones, too.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Meredith Willson’s nostalgic, yet sarcastically modern, Broadway musical was one of the first stage musicals on which I worked at my ­Glee-like performing arts group back in high school. So for many reasons – including the sight and sound of Paige O’Hara, the future voice of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast animated classic, as Marian Paroo – I have a super-soft spot for this musical. That includes this 1962 production, shown on TCM unedited, uninterrupted and in full wide-screen format – which allows you to see all the dancers in Shirley Jones’ cleverly choreographed “Marian the Librarian” number. Robert Preston stars.

 
  
 
 

BBC America, 10:00 p.m. ET

In this episode of Broadchurch, some crucial evidence floats to the surface – in this case, literally. And when it does, the investigators, played by David Tennant and Olivia Colman, find themselves facing even more resistance and hostility than before.

 
  
 
 

Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET

In this penultimate new episode of Futurama, Dr. Zoldberg, the giant crab creature, gets his moment in the animated spotlight, and gets to fall in love with Marianne, a beautiful blonde. This is unusual for the good doctor – not because he’s shellfish, but because, as he admits to her, “I’m smellier than a whorehouse’s outhouse.” But Marianne has no sense of smell, so it may be a perfect match. And Game of Thrones fans, take note: Marianne’s voice is provided by Emilia Clarke, who portrays Daenerys Targaryen, the beautiful dragon lady, on that HBO fantasy series.

 
  
 
 

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

FX calls this a “pivotal episode” of The Bridge – and when the promotion team at FX makes that kind of a claim, they’re not kidding. But now that the clues to the killer have led to an apparent identification, expect his cat-and-mouse game with authorities to get even more felonious. Or feline-ious.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.