Arts & Entertainment

Survivor: Redemption Island; American Idol; Top Chef Masters

Tips for TV Viewing

Survivor: Redemption Island, 8 p.m., CBS

Oh, I love Redemption Island! Love everything about it. Love the gladiator-like setting. Love the voyeurism of the four players brought in to watch. Love the number of times Probst says the word “duel.” Love that the duel actually involves keys and sticks. Love, love, love that the Russell tribe threw the challenge (you know that never works out the way they think it will) and that it’s Russell versus Matt on Redemption Island. So great.

American Idol, 8 p.m., Fox

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So, the show is not live, in an effort to keep it actually to two hours. Hmmm. How many takes does a performer get to get it right, grassy knoll theorists might be asking. And of course we don’t have a Top 12, we have a Top 13. Remember how that worked out Anoop? The boys are: Casey Abrams, Jacob Lusk, James Durbin, Paul McDonald, Scotty McCreery and Stefano Langone. The girls are: Ashton Jones, Haley Reinhart, Karen Rodriguez, Lauren Alaina, Naima Adedapo, Pia Toscano and Thia Megia. 

Top Chef, 10 p.m., Bravo

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“The chefs are in the Bahamas for the rest of the season; the chefs go head to head with their nemesis.” A) Nice gig to be in the Bahamas for the remainder. B) How can they all have the same nemesis? (Clearly, I am not watching the season.)    

 


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