MONDAY
MARCH 5
2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

The new cycle of The Voice continues, with week two of the Blind Auditions stage, where contestants are judged on their vocal abilities alone. This is a contest Kelly Clarkson would have won in a short American Idol minute – and she won that first series competition, and now is on board as a judge, fighting alongside Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys and Adam Levine, to amass the best team of singers and emerge with the best performer overall. And even though Clarkson is a rookie as a U.S. Voice judge, and works the same side of the talented-and-empathic street as Keys, I like Clarkson’s chances.

 
  
 
 

Smithsonian, 8:00 p.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This new Smithsonian documentary series looks at one of the most famous leaders in history: Egyptian ruler Cleopatra, who was born into the royal family in 68 B.C. The pharaoh appointed her the next ruler of Egypt, then died shortly thereafter, leaving Cleo as a literal teenage queen. This first installment, “Blood and Betrayal,” covers the circumstances of her birth and her sudden ascent to power. It could have begun with her famous death scene and told her story in flashbacks, but that approach would have been asp backwards.

 
  
 
 

CW, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s new episode, the second installment of Season 4, is called “Blue Bloody,” and has Liv (Rose McIver) ingesting the brains, and taking on the personality, of a wealthy dowager. In accordance with the phrase “You’re only as old as you feel,” this episode will have Liv feeling very old indeed.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

This is the second episode of this new NBC series, which I wish were better, because Christina Hendricks (Mad Men, Another Period), Mae Whitman (pictured, from Parenthood) and Retta (Parks and Recreation) are all very good, entertaining actresses. But the plot of this show careers wildly between its comic aspects (at the supermarket) and its allegedly serious ones (as in tonight, when the ladies, having committed one criminal act already, are forced to become mules and carry something illegal across the border.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.