TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: June 15
COMEDY Absolutely Fabulous Vision, 8 p.m. Sharp as it ever was, this British comedy holds up remarkably well for a show nearly 20 years old. Originally broadcast from 1992 to 1995, and thereafter revived in TV movies and short-run series, the premise has always revolved around Jennifer Saunders's portrayal of addled PR agent Edina, or Eddy, with Joanna Lumley lending brilliant support as her weathered fashionista friend Patsy. The fact that Eddy was also single mom to the sensible teen Saffron (Julia Sawalha) only heightened the comedy scenario. In tonight's episode, Edina is reunited with her long-missing boyfriend Hamish, while Patsy is forced to put in an appearance at the fashion magazine that employs her (with help from a map).
DRAMA Criminal Minds CBS, 9 p.m. Despite what you may have read or heard, Paget Brewster will return to this enduring crime procedural next season. The lady herself confirmed the news last week via Twitter, however begrudgingly ("I was forced back by a contract?"). Tonight brings a rebroadcast of one of last season's stronger episodes, in which Brewster's character of BAU agent Emily Prentiss suspects that an old nemesis from her Interpol days is responsible for a string of horrific murders.
FOOD Man v. Food Presents Dessert OLN, 7:30 p.m. In most outings of this popular series, host Adam Richman can be found tucking into massive mounds of meat or savouring deep-fried delights. Tonight, however, he's in search of America's best desserts, which first takes him to Sarasota, Fla., and Yoder's Restaurant, best known for its decadent peanut-butter cream pie. Richman then cuts to the chase with a visit to Schmidt's Fudge House in Columbus, Ohio, where he partakes of huge slabs of homemade fudge.
MOVIE The Night of the Hunter TCM, 8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT Film actor Charles Laughton only directed one movie in his career, but he made a masterpiece. Based on real-life events, this 1955 thriller features a bravura performance by Robert Mitchum as the self-proclaimed preacher Harry Powell, who has the word 'love' tattooed on one hand and 'hate' on the other. While sharing a prison cell with the condemned prisoner Harper (Peter Graves), Harry learns the man has stashed away a small fortune and only his children know the location. Upon Harper's execution and Harry's release, the preacher looks up the witless widow Willa (Shelley Winters), and begins to slowly terrorize her two young kids.