Public Television, Check local listings
Last week, because the New York-based Bill Moyers team was hit hard, and left literally powerless, by what was left of Hurricane Sandy,
Moyers & Company had no choice but to scrap its scheduled pre-election show and present a repeat of the series’ pilot. This week, post-election, Moyers debriefs three journalists about their analysis of the 2012 election results, and what they suggest about things to come: James Fallows, Bob Herbert and Reihan Salam. To find where and when the show runs in your area, check the
Moyers & Company website.
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Clint Eastwood played The Man with No Name in this 1964 spaghetti Western, which led Sergio Leone to direct some sequels and led Eastwood to forsake TV’s Rawhide for good to pursue movie stardom. Good bet, Clint. And tonight, TCM follows up this Eastwood Western by showing more. At 9:45 p.m. ET, 1965’s For a Few Dollars More is televised, followed at midnight ET by 1966’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
Last week, Peter (Joshua Jackson) became so devoted to the cause of overthrowing the Observers that he became a real pain in the neck – or, at least, endured one, by intentionally allowing an Observer piece of body-altering hardware to burrow into the back of his neck and attach itself to his central nervous system. The result? Based on previews, Peter now operates at the same super-speed, and super-strength, as the Observers. But he doesn’t yet sport a fedora.
Cinemax, 10:00 p.m. ET
In tonight’s episode, Jack Turner (Patrick Malahide, a favorite of mine since The Singing Detective) begins to reveal the hidden insidiousness of his business plans – a wide-ranging global scheme of misdeeds that has a lot in common with the secret agendas on Rubicon. And if you liked that AMC espionage thriller, you should be watching this. This, in addition, has Melissa George as Sam, another major asset for any TV series.
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
The day after the election, Bill Maher was on MSNBC’s Hardball, trying out punch lines on host Chris Matthews. But he had some smart observations as well, specifically about the “Republican bubble” that he’s been featuring on his show all year. Tonight, he gets to make his point one last time, with help from such special guests as James Carville, Andrew Sullivan and Samuel L. Jackson. And, since Maher donated a million dollars to Obama’s campaign, he gets to put his mouth where his money is – and crow about the results.