Tonight's Best TV
A Daily Guide to Notable Shows
Black Sails
A cable drama thick with political intrigue, sex, violence, badly-bearded men, barely clad women playing (of course) whores, Black Sails is Game of Thrones — but with pirates. And guess what? It's gritty-smart adult fun. Toby Stephens rivets as embattled Captain Flynt, obsessed with seizing a mythic treasure ship and quelling mutiny among his crew. The pilot impresses by being sprawling and tightly plotted, throwing scores of distinctive, promising characters at you in an action packed, twisty plot. Here's how good and different Black Sails is: It makes pirate economics sexy. And who knew pirates had economics?! Not even a guilty pleasure: Black Sails is Arrrrrr-estingly good. B+
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
Christina Ricci plays the murderer of nursery-rhyme fame. Also: Who thought that was a good nursery-rhyme topic?
Shaun White: Russia Calling
An hour-long special on how TSFKATFT* is preparing for the Sochi Olympics.
*the snowboarder formerly known as the Flying Tomato
Saturday Night Live
Jonah Hill hosts, so expect plenty of Wolf of Wall Street and 22 Jump Street references. Fewer about his Golden Globe teleprompter.
