TV critic's picks: Wednesday

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "The Real Exorcist"

October 30, 2012 at 7:16PM

A dog's life One can understand if you decide to sit out yet another airing of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (7 p.m., KSTP, Ch. 5), but if you must wait up in the pumpkin patch with Linus again, you might want to bring your iPad along. That's because none other than @Snoopy will be tweeting throughout the episode.

They came from outer space "The Neighbors" (7:30 p.m., KSTP, Ch. 5) may not be the smartest sitcom on the air, but what's wrong with a little sci-fi silliness, especially when it's being delivered by Simon Templeman and Toks Olagundoye, two perfectly absurd actors who are clearly having a ball playing confused aliens stationed in the suburbs? Good, clean fun.

Scare tactics If you thought the Lifetime network was a platform for only plucky women, you haven't met the station's newest star, the Rev. Bob Larson. He's also known as "The Real Exorcist" (10 p.m., Lifetime), the demons' worst enemy. In this premiere episode, Larson travels to Oregon and Georgia to chase monsters living in human bodies.

about the writer

about the writer

Neal Justin

Critic / Reporter

Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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