WEDNESDAY
JULY 6
2016

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 8:00 a.m. ET

It’s shaping up to be quite a year for Wimbledon, especially for fans rooting for the relative old-timers. Defending champion Novak Djokovic was toppled in a stunning loss to No. 28-ranked Sam Querrey on Saturday, which makes today’s men’s quarterfinals especially intriguing. No. 3-ranked Roger Federer (pictured), who last won the trophy at Wimbledon in 2012 (which was the most recent of his 17 majors), plays No. 9-ranked Marin Cilic at 8 a.m. ET. That game is followed, at 11 a.m. ET, by local British favorite Andy Murray, ranked No. 2, playing France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked No. 12. Two other quarterfinal games are played at the same hours, but those are the biggies, and the ones ESPN is sure to feature most prominently.
 
  
 
 

ESPN, 2:30 p.m. ET

With Cinderella team Iceland knocked out of the Euro 2016 soccer games, the action reverts to teams with some of the world’s most famous and highly paid players. But there’s still one Cinderella team in play: Wales, which today plays in the first semifinal game of a major match in that country’s history. And there are superstars, too: Wales has Gareth Bale (pictured), who, when not representing his home country here, is a star player for Real Madrid – as is Cristiano Ronaldo, who’s playing in this game for Portugal. And tomorrow, at the same time in the other Euro 2016 semifinal it’s Germany vs. France.

 
  
 
 

IFC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight, a plot thread from earlier in the season is revisited, as Marc visits the lesbian couple to whom he served as sperm donor so they could have a child. When he goes there to meet the baby and congratulate the couple, he learns that the couple… has broken up.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 11:30 p.m. ET

Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month are Western days on TCM, hosted by Keith Carradine. Today, the most interesting movies come late in the day, starting with Sam Peckinpah’s controversially violent 1969 The Wild Bunch. The violence ante has been upped so much in the decades since, the slow-motion carnage here may seem more quaint than shocking – but the performances remain a delight. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan and Warren Oates star.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 4:15 a.m. ET

This 1973 film, too, is a Western directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson as the lawman Pat Garrett and outlaw Billy the Kid, respectively. But the most fascinating part of this Western comes from supporting player Bob Dylan, who plays the mysterious character known as Alias (pictured) – and who also provided the music’s memorable score, including the now-iconic song “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”
 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.