WEDNESDAY

APRIL 8

2015

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

Last week, this series brought back Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson, as both mentor and performer – one of the many ways Idol is trying to invigorate itself, and lure back viewers, in its autumn years. Tonight, it makes room for another former Idol singer turned star: Jennifer Hudson, who didn’t win the year she competed, but afterward, ended up winning an Oscar. And tonight, she sings a duet with Iggy Azalea, one of today’s hottest female singers – but someone who, I suspect, wouldn’t have made it very far in a singing compettion, even on Australian Idol. Last year, however, Azalea did perform with one of this show’s judges, Jennifer Lopez, at the American Music Awards (pictured). For a full story on this show's quest to rebuild its audience, see Ed Martin's TV Mix.

THE VOICE

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

Both American Idol and this show are competing directly tonight, and with live editions. Just a few years ago, Idol would have been the pre-emptive ratings winner, but things have reversed, and now The Voice, in these head-to-head battles among singing-competition shows, has the upper hand – and, this season, the more entertaining group of judges.

NATURE: "NATURE'S ANIMAL HOMES"

PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET

MINISERIES PREMIERE: This three-part documentary series is hosted by ecologist Chris Morgan, who dives in with an enthusiasm that makes him a potential nature TV successor to Sir David Attenborough. At any rate, it’s the footage, and the subject, that are so captivating here: In tonight’s Part 1, “The Nest,” all manner of birds, from ospreys to strange Australian turkeys, are shown building, protecting and using their nests, using everything from mud to their own downy feathers. The result, Morgan says, is animal art and architecture – and Nature provides such a close look, it’s hard to disagree. Besides, considering how much time I’ve spent the last two months looking at the live TV feed of that eagles nest in Pennsylvania, this particular TV hour is right up my alley. Or, in this case, my tree. Check local listings.

THE AMERICANS

FX, 10:00 p.m. ET

Both Justified and The Americans, this season, are building up the tension almost unbearably as they follow their plotted courses. That’s one thing they have in common. Another is that their executive producer is Graham Yost – so, well done, sir. Tonight, the sleeper couple’s daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor), asks some tough questions. And she’s not the only one, by a long shot.

BIG TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FL

Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m. ET

This quirky series continues to propel itself at warp speed, while being warped itself, combining cinematic parodies with a telling satire of the stardom-seeking, Internet-loving new generation of wannabe filmmakers. On tonight’s show, one of the filmmaking brothers receives a horrifying letter, telling of his brother’s descent into grocery-store baggery and serious depression – but there’s a catch.

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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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