JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight

Hidden Palms, on The CW. Because it’s Kevin Williamson, because Dawson’s Creek gave me such pleasure for its first few years, and because I have subsequently felt obligated to give a chance to Wasteland and Glory Days. Because even though I saw the first episode months ago and didn’t like it, and even though the May 30 debut screams “summer burn-off,” Diane Werts at Newsday swears it gets better. And because my former colleague, predecessor as Time TV critic and Brooklyn neighbor Ginia Bellafante says the furniture is pretty. I’m not advising that you watch it, so the hour of your life you spend if you do watch is entirely nonrefundable.