HBO and David Simon want to Show [You] A Hero
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Sunday, August 16th. All times are Eastern.
Top pick
Show Me A Hero (HBO, 8 p.m.): The Wire’s David Simon is back with HBO for a new miniseries about low-income housing crises and, as is inevitable with a Simon joint, a greater condemnation of society at large. The cast is stacked: Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, and Winona freakin’ Ryder are only the tip of the iceberg. Joshua Alston watched all six episodes and gave it a solid A, saying “it’s not only [Simon’s] most concise and accessible work yet, it’s also the most timely—a neat trick for a period piece set in 1987.” The rest of us will just have to watch along weekly with Genevieve Valentine, or run the risk of getting cornered at a dinner party in five years by a bespectacled dude who won’t stop saying, “you have to watch Show Me A Hero, what are you doing with your LIFE.”
Also noted
Humans (AMC, 9 p.m.): The first season comes to a close with a mass synth kidnapping. Brandon Nowalk doesn’t know why you’re looking at him like that, he just cuts out magazine letters for fun sometimes, geez, relax.
Masters Of Sex (Showtime, 10 p.m.): John Teti officially taps in for weekly coverage of the show as a celebrity couple asks for help with their sex lives.
Regular coverage
Ballers (HBO, 10 p.m.)
The Brink (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim, 11:30 p.m.)
Classic coverage
The Simpsons (3 p.m.)