Tell some Big Little Lies, win some medium little Tony Awards
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, June 9. All times are Eastern.
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Big Little Lies (HBO, 9 p.m.) and The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (CBS, 8 p.m.): Improbably, the mothers of Monterey have returned, and this time, there’s a mother-in-law in tow.
For those concerned that there just wasn’t any story left to tell, and thus no real reason to return to the world of Big Little Lies, Danette Chavez would like to reassure you (in her pre-air review, linked above) that’s not the case. Yes, there’s a some spinning of wheels, but who cares:
The biggest change Big Little Lies makes is to trade the unfolding mystery of season one for a more contained game of cat and mouse, a decision that the new season needs to justify along with its own existence. The first three episodes mostly make the case for both, but even if they didn’t, are you really going to miss out on a chance to watch Meryl Streep try to take down this murderers’ row of talent?
