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BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 
MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

Once a month, David Letterman returns with a new installment of his Netflix talk show, and with a new guest. Tonight, it’s someone who’s conquered late-night TV as Letterman has, but, unlike Letterman, also has tasted major success in prime time, the movies, and, more recently, on Broadway: Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, and cinema and the stage’s Mean Girls creator, Tina Fey.

 
  
 
 
A LITTLE HELP WITH CAROL BURNETT

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This series was not made available for preview, which may not be the most encouraging sign. But Carol Burnett earned our trust as a TV star some 60 years ago as a regular on The Garry Moore Show, so let’s watch and hope. She and some cohorts (including, here, Russell Peters) speak to young kids who give advice, on all manner of things, to adults. It sounds like part Kids Say the Darnedest Things, and part the recent Last Week Tonight with John Oliver skit with young kids holding court – in a literal courtroom. Which is to say, in theory, it sounds like fun.

 
  
 
 
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Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Last season, this series based on an independent movie ended with Sam (Logan Browning) leading a student protest at her predominantly white college. Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of that protest, which has many of the characters, and student groups, divided among some sensitive lines – racial and otherwise.

 
  
 
 
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BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET

This 1987 movie, directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman (based on his own delightful novel), is one of my favorite films – in all respects, a modern Wizard of Oz, and full of just as much wonder and charm. This time around, pay particular attention to Andre the Giant, who plays Fezzik, and who recently was profiled in HBO’s Andre the Giant documentary. Anybody want a peanut?

 
  
 
 
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

ABC, 9:01 p.m. ET

Tonight’s episode is called “The One Who Will Save Us All,” and it’s likely to be an unlikely savior. After all, the “Destroyer of Worlds,” an ominous nickname attached to both Daisy and Ruby, hasn’t been easy to pin down. Neither has the psychologically frayed but not fully broken Talbot (Adrian Pasdar), who tonight emerges from his Manchurian Candidate fog to lead the team. Or does he? And where?

 
  
 
 
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HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Among tonight’s scheduled guests: national security expert Michael Hayden and historian (and frequent guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe) Jon Meacham (pictured).

 
  
 
 
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

BBC America, 11:00 p.m. ET

What a show – and on this week’s new episode, what a guest list. It includes Benedict Cumberbatch, about to star in Patrick Melrose on Showtime; Matt LeBlanc, who recently wrapped up his wildly entertaining (and self-deprecating) Episodes series, also on Showtime; and Mary Berry, famous in England (and here in the States) for what there was called The Great British Baking Show. Sounds like a recipe for a great hour of conversation…

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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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