FRIDAY

NOVEMBER 7

2014

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

This series, having just returned for a new season, now moves to its new time slot, at 8 p.m. ET Fridays. That’s a victory of sorts for fans of quality TV, because it means that Fox finally has bitten the bullet and cancelled Utopia, one of the worst network TV series in years. Originally, Fox had scheduled its horrid reality-TV “social experiment” to run for a full year, occupying prime-time TV slots twice a week. Then Fox reduced its losses by presenting Utopia on Fridays only, relegating other coverage to the web. Now, it’s a web-only thing – but if you’re searching for Utopia, don’t bother.

DETOUR

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

This low-budget 1945 film noir launches TCM’s November series of Friday-night road movies – and what a start. Tom Neal stars as a hitchhiker who catches a ride, and maybe a break: The driver dies suddenly, offering an alternate identity to be adopted. But then, as another hitchhiker, along comes Ann Savage, and all bets are off, all claws are out, and Detour takes its characters on quite a twisting, and twisted, ride.

CONSTANTINE

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

The premiere episode of this new NBC series, based on a DC Comics character, was a dreary mess. Last week’s follow-up episode was an obvious reboot, trying to inject a lighter, Elementary-type flavor by pairing him with an evil-hunting partner, Zed, played by Anjelica Celaya. Didn’t help. So tonight, for episode three, what’s left to try? I know: Giving up and changing the channel.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Given the results of the midterm elections, Bill Maher is bound to be in quite a mood – especially when he reveals the final results of his season-long “Flip a District” campaign. But amid all the political post-mortem, there also are guests to welcome, including Lisa Kudrow, whose The Comeback comes back, after almost a decade in hibernation, this weekend on HBO.

THE FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS

HBO, 11:00 p.m. ET

Last weeks episode on Nashville was quite interesting, showing a range of talents and influences, and ending with one of the best songs yet from the Foo Fighters’ location-inspired Sonic Highways album. Up tonight: another location. Specifically, Austin,. TX, where stops include the Austin City Limits studio.

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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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