What TV To Watch

Channel: NBC

The Blacklist

James Spader plays an international criminal who volunteers to help the FBI catch other (worse) criminals, meanwhile there are secrets upon secrets that slowly unfold.  It can be up and down and IMHO goes on a few seasons too long, but it is well made and James Spader plays the lead with delicious nonchalance.

The Good Place

This show is smart and wickedly funny.  It’s a half-hour network comedy about moral philosophy.  Really. Eleanor Shelstrop (Kristen Bell) dies and goes to the Good Place – run by Michael (Ted Danson).  The problem is that Eleanor is a terrible person and doesn’t belong in the good place.  I have recommended this show to …

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Initially an Andy Samberg vehicle, this comedy with its ensemble cast follows the detectives of Brooklyn’s 99th Precinct.  It is unpredictable and intelligently funny.  Andre Braugher stands out as straight-man Captain Holt.