Keep the Devil way down in the hole with our Summertime Roundtable
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, May 31. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Summertime Roundtable (3 p.m.): Our ol’ gang of Cheers reviewers is back and better than ever, and now, they’re not just taking on one show. They’re taking on all of them. Every eight weeks, they’ll cover eight different episodes—seven picked by them and one picked by you guys—all revolving around one theme. Our first theme is adolescence, and the first episode chosen is “Boys Of Summer,” the fourth season premiere of The Wire, a show we know many of you have some familiarity with. Come prepared to discuss Randy, Dukie, Michael, and Namond, and settle in for a summer full of teenage tomfoolery.
REGULAR COVERAGE
Eagleheart (adult swim, 12 a.m.): Just because everything else is in reruns doesn’t mean you have to miss out on good comedy on Thursdays. Why, just 10 minutes of this spoof of cop shows (and Walker Texas Ranger) has almost as many laughs as two doses from the other guys! Kevin McFarland approves.
TV CLUB CLASSIC
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (11 a.m.): Dax plays mentor to another Trill, while Quark runs into an old flame in this week’s episodes. Quark has old flames? This seems sort of surprising to us, but, then, we just assumed Ferengi reproduced asexually. Zack Handlen shakes his head to tell us how wrong we are.
The Thick Of It (1 p.m.): What with the success of In The Loop and Veep on these shores, we figured it was high time we got around to Armando Ianucci’s original political satire/sitcom. Who better to cover it than David Sims, who lived in the United Kingdom and might actually know what “Parliament” is?