THURSDAY
NOVEMBER 8
2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Sundance Now, 3:00 a.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: Increasingly, more and more cable and network services are presenting streaming sister sites, which require monthly fees to watch – and as these services stack up, it takes more and more persuasion, and at least one really, really good TV show, to entice people to sample that service and add it to their viewing list (and monthly bill). In my opinion, today the Sundance Now streaming service does just that, by presenting a new four-part imported British miniseries called The Cry. It starts in Scotland and shifts to Australia, and stars Jenna Coleman – who has impressed me greatly since she played Clara on Doctor Who, and after that as the title role in Victoria. In The Cry, she plays a young mother whose husband asks her to accompany him from Scotland to Australia in hopes of negotiating the return of his teen daughter from a previous marriage. Once there, unexpected events throw them all into the media spotlight and into a police investigation – and whatever you think may happen at the start, The Cry flips it, and keeps surprising you. Coleman, Ewen Leslie as her husband, Asher Keddie as the Aussie ex-wife – they’re all amazing, and their characters, each and every one of them, unsettlingly complicated. Highly recommended. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower

 
  
 
 

CBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

In tonight’s new episode, the gang tries to bond with Amy’s parents, played by Teller (of Penn and Teller) and Kathy Bates (currently raising hell on American Horror Story: Apocalypse). Wolowitz has a plan to win over Amy’s dad, in particular: card tricks.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:30 p.m. ET

Tonight’s new episode of my favorite current TV comedy is called “The Worst Possible Use of Free Will.” I recommend you watch it, but hey: it’s up to you.

 
  
 
 

CBS, 9:30 p.m. ET

In tonight’s new episode, Murphy and her gang attend an awards ceremony, which makes room for a lot of guest stars, including John Larroquette, Bette Midler, and Katie Couric.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.