Celebrating Betty White, ‘Animal Kingdom’ Finale, ‘Real Sports’ Goes to Everest & Wimbledon
A critical checklist of notable Tuesday TV:
Betty White: First Lady of Television (8/7c, PBS, check local listings at pbs.org): Who doesn’t adore Betty White? Her biography is akin to the history of television, as we happily glean from this sweet and satisfying tribute from the producers of Pioneers of Television — a title that applies to White, now a still-chipper 96, more than most. This special follows her life and career from the earliest days of live TV on the West Coast through her heyday as an Emmy-winning comedienne in classics from the 1970s (the man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and 1980s (the lovably dim Rose of The Golden Girls) to her triumph hosting Saturday Night Live in 2010. Her greatest role, though, may have been just being herself: producer, personality, animal advocate (shown cavorting with a giant grizzly bear) and immortal TV star.
Animal Kingdom (9/8c, TNT): The third season has been an eventful one for the criminal Cody family, and things aren’t likely to let up in the finale, as Smurf (Ellen Barkin) offers to give the boys the freedom they desire, but at a cost. However it works out, they’ll be back next summer for Season 4.
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (10/9c, HBO): The first-rate sports newsmagazine travels far and wide in this month’s edition. Correspondent David Scott heads to Mount Everest to hear first-hand about dangers on the slopes from those who know the mountain better than anyone: the Sherpas of Nepal, who act as guides for visiting climbers. In another segment, Mary Carillo interviews Mansour Bahrami, a colorful personality who at 62 became the oldest player ever to compete at Wimbledon. And Jon Frankel looks into what many see as the hypersexuality of female cheerleader/dancers on the sidelines of sporting events.
Inside Tuesday TV: It’s holiday time on NBC’s Making It (10/9c), as the contestants design costumes for a Halloween party using everyday household items, then pick their favorite holiday to create a front-door display in the Master Craft challenge… In Investigation Discovery’s new series The Devil Speaks (10/9c), real-life audio recordings of police interviews, voicemails and phone calls provide a deep dive into criminal investigations… TBS’s survival spoof Wrecked (10/9c) sends rich-brat Danny (Brian Sacca) undercover with the castaways’ wealthy captors for some undercover intelligence work. Not that intelligence is anyone’s strong suit here.
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The Outpost (yawn) and Carter for me.
Re Salvation (SPOLERS).... I think this show really skirts the line between good drama and unrealistic sci-fi. First Darius had a magic bullet-proof shirt. Now, he has magic contact lenses too. (Now that I think about it, he should have insisted the female president wear one of his shirts at all times.) During that fancy party, it looked like an old-fashioned sci-fi show, with the glowy eyes flashing left and right. And speaking of the party, one of the things I found hardest to believe about the episode was that such a fancy, high-dollar party, with so many very important guests, could be thrown together in less than 24 hours. The magic shirt... fine. The contact lenses... why not. The party being arranged so quickly? Uh-uh!!
Also, I was quite surprised about Liam's reaction to the cult. Not that he was suspicious. Not that he knew something was fishy. Not that he saw people turning over their valuables to the cult's leaders. But I was surprised that he came up with the deduction of "suicide cult." I mean, WHAT??? Normal people would figure it was just a normal, everyday money-grabbing scam.getting gullible people to turn over their valuables. How he made the leap from that to suicide... not sure. Must have something to do with that book we see him remember from when he and Jillian first met. (I admit that flashed so quickly on the screen, I didn't catch it all.)
Lastly, in an interesting note of irony, last night's Elementary dealt with someone who was shot three times at close range, but survived.... due to his bullet-proof hoodie. Apparently technology really is getting close to very thin faux "armor," based on silkworms and spiders.
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I'm still watching The Outpost and Carter as well.
Now regarding my current top show Salvation:
Yes its not realistic, the show is quasi-sci-fi/fantasy/political drama.
It doesn't really fit in any specific genre. Sometimes it reminds me of Designated Survivor and other times an old fashioned sci-fi show. It is so addicting and well done I don't even want to discuss all of the implausible situations. The only scenes that bore me are the 'COPE" cult parts.
Spoiler Alert!
But the suicide pact opened up my eyes. Hope they can save Jillian from that ominous red drink.
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Got Talent, Animal Kingdom, and Million Dollar Listing for sure. Perhaps the show about Betty White (I've already seen a bunch of bios and tribute shows about her) and Carter which I'm still not sold on.
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