WEDNESDAY

AUGUST 9

2017

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AT&T Audience Network, 8:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This new 10-part series begins with an extended sequence so unsettling, and so craftily and patiently constructed, that it lets you know, from the start, that this is one of the best adaptations of a Stephen King story in years. And it is. David E. Kelley is the principal executive producer helming the adaptation here, just as he did with HBO’s Big Little Lies – and once again, he’s found the right approach, and the right cast, to make it all work. Brendan Gleeson stars as a retired detective haunted by a mass murder case he never solved, Harry Treadaway is the killer who’s not through yet, and strong supporting roles are filled by Mary-Louise Parker, Holland Taylor, and others. To hear or read my full review on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, visit the Fresh Air website and David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

THE STORY OF DIANA

ABC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Part 1 of 2. This two-night special, co-produced by ABC and People, is one of many Princess Diana TV shows keyed to the 20^th anniversary of her death. This one includes an exclusive interview – exclusive to this country, anyway – with Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer. Concludes tomorrow night.

THE CARMICHAEL SHOW

NBC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES FINALE: The last two first-run episodes of Jerrod Carmichael’s sharp-edged NBC sitcom are shown tonight, in the final hour of prime time. The Carmichael Show deserves better than a late-summer burn-off – then again, it deserved to be renewed, so this ignominious farewell date and time is the least of its problems. And of NBC’s.

CLASSIC ALBUMS

AXS TV, 9:00 p.m. ET

This is no secret, but is worth noting: Tonight’s new edition of this AXS series is No Secrets, the classic 1972 album from Carly Simon. It’s the one that included the intriguing hit song “You’re So Vain,” which Simon plays, and dissects, as part of this special.

BROADCHURCH

BBC America, 10:00 p.m. ET

This is the penultimate episode of the season, and of this trilogy, so there’s a lot going on – and a lot of new clues surfacing, just in time.

BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW

IFC, 10:00 p.m. ET

This week’s sketches include “Last Year You Weren’t 40,” a skit that, like the infamous “Last F***able Day” sketch on Inside Amy Schumer, is a woman’s take on some of the potential indignities facing them as they reach certain chronological milestones.

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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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