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For its 100th episode, Glee goes with big and familiar music. Viewers chose the shows 10 best songs; a reunion has people doing new versions of songs others did earlier.
Mel (J.K. Simmons) clearly has trust issues; hes blind, but doesnt trust his guide dog. Do we really expect him to trust his teen daughter Katie?
His ex-wife is more trusting, which may be a problem. (Did we mention that Katie is a teen-ager?) That leads to funny moments, in an episode that also has Henry get a glimpse at his friends family.
There are good reasons to resent this special an hourlong commercial for Marvel movies, with other commercials tucked inside. People keep praising each other in hollow, actor-speak words. Wed be more upset, except that much of the praise is accurate: Marvel Comics had sold film rights to its top characters Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four; it was building a studio with what one newspaper dubbed second-string superheroes. Then it soared. It hired Shakespeareans (Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hiddleston), an Oscar-winner (Gwyneth Paltrow), an offbeat star (Robert Downey Jr.). It mixed with slam-bang action, creating popular films that dont need hollow praise.
Other choices include:
6:30 p.m., TruTV. Doubleheaders today and Wednesday will determine the last four teams in the NCAA tournaments field of 64.
8 p.m., CBS. A bomb has exploded at a military charity concert. The team ponders if it was aimed at an old rock star (Keith Carradine) or was part of a broader plot.
9 p.m., CBS. When an undercover agent is killed, the team searches for a mole.
10 p.m., ABC. The main story influencing a politician is weak. A secondary one, tricking a reporter, has its moments because of the addition of Jaime Ray Newman of Farmington Hills as a scam artist.
Mike Hughes writes about television for TV America. His column appears Monday through Saturday.
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