THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 4
2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Encore, 8:00 p.m. ET

Look at all the people who, way back in 1986, collaborated on this superb coming-of-age period drama. There’s Stephen King, who wrote the novel on which it’s based. And Rob Reiner, who directed it. And River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell and Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in it. And don’t forget Richard Dreyfuss, who plays the adult writer looking back. Good look. Great movie.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:30 p.m. ET

This is complicated. Next week, CBS premieres Thursday Night Football, a midweek franchise it’s paid a lot – a lot – to televise this coming football season. Meanwhile, this week, NBC presents a special Thursday edition of its regular Sunday Night Football series, television’s most popular show. It’s the Seattle Seahawks, the defending Super Bowl champions led by QB Russell Wilson, against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. It’s bound to be a highly rated game – which means NBC is helping build a Thursday audience for CBS.

 
  
 
 

IFC, 10:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s episode is called “Hair Swap,” and investigates the theory about men having different responses to different female hair colors by having Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) trading tresses – and becoming brunette and blonde, respectively, to see if anyone notices. And yes, attention is paid.

 
  
 
 

Sundance, 10:00 p.m. ET

The hostage ordeal survived by Nessa (Maggie Gyllenhaal) eight years ago continues to haunt her – and to have an impact on her current negotiations regarding her initiative to make cable TV and the Internet more available in the Middle East. And the dangers she confronted so long ago are not necessarily all behind her…

 
  
 
 

NBC, 11:35 p.m. ET

Larry David doesn’t do the talk-show rounds much at all – so his scheduled appearance on tonight’s Tonight Show is noteworthy. And even more so, since he’s sure to be discussing his just-announced Broadway debut.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.