Don’t be ridiculous: Everybody likes The Newsroom
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, July 14. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
The Newsroom (HBO, 10 p.m.): Look, Aaron Sorkin is not a waiter in a restaurant serving you TV just how you want it prepared: For reasons passing understanding, The Newsroom continues to cover the big stories of two years ago, opening its second season on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Think that’s a mistake? He doesn’t give a damn. Do you think this is the best time to talk about what has changed between the first and second seasons? Whoever ends up reviewing the show for us thinks it’s the best time to talk about what happened to the show between its first and second seasons. There it is.
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The Killing (AMC, 9 p.m.): If Phil Dyess-Nugent had any concerns about the progress of this season’s investigation, they’ve probably doubled now that Sarah has gone missing. This’ll get worse before it gets better.
True Blood (HBO, 9 p.m.): When the fall is all that’s left, it matters a great deal, which is why Carrie Raisler will spend part of her evening watching Bon Temps residents summon dead parents and undertake perilous rescue plans, then use the remaining portions to wonder how it took True Blood this long to call an episode “Fuck The Pain Away.”
Dexter (Showtime, 9 p.m.): If you haven’t seen Dexter Morgan commit a murder, then you haven’t seen Shakespeare the way it was meant to be done. Joshua Alston can only assume this is why Dr. Vogel is so interested in helping the show’s protagonist.
Falling Skies (TNT, 9 p.m.): Les Chappell asks “What is the virtue of a proportionate response?” and Falling Skies answers by saying “But Les, don’t you think it’ll be cool to watch the characters build an alien weapon?”
Ray Donovan (Showtime, 10 p.m.): Sonia Saraiya has trouble figuring out what Mickey’s trying to get at by working his way back into the good graces of the family. The way she sees it, he’ll just end up living the rest of his life on a very charitable grant from the Ray Donovan Foundation.