Critics Picks for Tonight’s TV (May 2)

Two of the three newspaper TV critics we follow daily agree that we should watch ‘Big Bang’ on CBS tonight as comedy legend Bob Newhart makes a guest appearance at 8.

Social Profile: Big Bang Theory on CBS

• Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBigBangTheory (25 million “likes”)
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/bigbang_cbs (1,432,191 followers)
• Nielsen Ratings (7.1 rating, 11,431M viewers) http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/top10s.html

Critics’ picks for other shows to watch tonight include: ‘Office’ on NBC at 8:30, ‘Glee’ on Fox at 9, and the season finale of ‘Parks and Recreation’ at 9 on NBC.

Our Thursday night viewing is ‘Person of Interest’ at 9 on CBS, and ‘Elementary’ at 10. But, that’s just us, without a DVR.

Read the articles:

• USA Today: Bob Newhart on ‘Big Bang,’ ‘Office,’ ‘Glee’ http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/05/02/bianco-critics-corner-may-2/2126433/
• NYTimes via Seattle Times ‘Parks and Recreation’ on NBC, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on ABC and ‘Glee’ on Fox http://seattletimes.com/html/television/2020898386_tvpicks02xml.html
• LA Times: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ on CBS
  http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-thursdays-tv-highlights-the-big-bang-theory-on-cbs-20130501,0,2108971.story?track=rss