TV tonight: Timothy Olyphant shines on ‘Justified’; ‘Tosh.0? returns; ‘Key & Peele’ debuts
Timothy Olyphant in a look you won't see him wear on 'Justified.' Photo credit: Craig Barritt/Getty Images
The Florida primary results may be the biggest show on television tonight. But there are other options. Consider:
1. “Justified,” at 10 on FX, delivers a scorching episode called ”Harlan Roulette.” This variation on Russian roulette results in some wrenching television. The bad guys are colorful: Pruitt Taylor Vince as a brutal pawnshop owner, Jere Burns as a sniveling provider of security systems and Neal McDonough as a mob fixer. Yet this episode is a first-rate demonstration of how star Timothy Olyphant dominates the show through his charismatic performance as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens.
2. Daniel Tosh starts a new season of “Tosh.0″ at 10 on Comedy Central. The channel’s most popular series is a showcase for Tosh’s take-no-prisoners comedy style. Did he learn that growing up in Titusville or going to the University of Central Florida?
3. Lucy Liu and Carl Lumbly continue their guest roles on “Southland” at 10 o’clock on TNT. The channel provided this preview: “Sammy lets old grudges die hard when he leaves a gang territory unattended, only to have a violent gang war erupt throughout the city. Ben’s recent mistake continues to haunt him publicly everywhere he goes.”
4. Comedy Central rolls out the premiere of “Key & Peele,” a promising sketch comedy, at 10:30. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele send up cooking shows, rap videos, Ancestry.com and trash-talking husbands who cower around their wives. In the most audacious bit, Barack Obama hires an anger translator. “I have a birth certificate,” the translator screams.
5. “Glee” delivers its Michael Jackson tribute at 8 p.m. on Fox. Fox also presents new episodes of “New Girl” at 9 and “Raising Hope” at 9:30.
6. “The Biggest Loser” is new at 8 on NBC. But affiliate WESH will offer a primary special at 10; the program will be simulcast on sister station WKCF-Channel 18.