TV picks for March 26: "The Game,” "Go On,” "NCIS: LA”

March 25, 2013 at 11:52PM
Jay Ellis and Coby Bell on "The Game." credit: Russell Kaye, BET
Jay Ellis, left, and Coby Bell on “The Game.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Seeing 'Red'

John Corbett and Kim Raver aren't spending time at "NCIS: Los Angeles" (8 p.m.,WCCO, Ch. 4) just to tell Linda Hunt how much they dug her in "The Year of Living Dangerously." If all goes well (and it usually does in "NCIS" territory), they'll have their own spinoff, "NCIS: Red," ready for next season.

That's what friends are for

Chandler Bing and Monica Geller are back together when Courteney Cox guest-stars on Matthew Perry's "Go On" (8:01 p.m., KARE, Ch. 11). The reunion may help this ratings-challenged sitcom, but unless Ross, Joey, Rachel and Phoebe also pop by, this decent show probably won't go on.

It's not over till it's over

Everyone expected that "The Game" (9 p.m., BET) was over when the CW axed it in 2009. But BET brought it back two years later to record-breaking ratings, and now the series about the personal lives of football players is marking its 100th episode. Talk about a comeback.

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