1) World Cup, 8 p.m. ET, Fox. Off to a strong start, the U.S. faces Belgium, in Seattle. The Americans (shown here in a previous game) have won all three games that counted, outscoring their opponents, 8-1. (After cinching a spot, they rested their starters and lost a game,.3-2.) Belgium has had 0-0 and 1-1 ties, plus 3-2 and 5-1 wins. Tonight, one will be eliminated. Read more…
Amid all the summertime reruns and re-reruns, we might long for some fresh TV shows..
They’re coming … and all on the same day.
That’s Thursday, July 9. There will be a new drama series (a good one) and a continuing drama (a great one). There will be a new Jennifer Garner mini-series (shown here) and the season-openers of two game shows and two reality competitions.
All of them arrive together, mostly by coincidence. Logically, networks waited for various distractions (basketball, hockey, soccer, 4th-of-July) to end; weirdly, they then all chose July 9.
Here’s a round-up, starting with broadcast TV, then cable, then streaming: Read more…
1) “Patience,” 8 p.m. PBS. After a so-so start to its second season, this show finally has the sort of smart hour that filled the first year. An autistic girl may have seen her father killed; Patience Evans, also autistic, struggles to help. It’s a neatly complex story and a subtly perfect, Emmy-worthy performance by Ella Maisy Purvis (shown here) as Patience. Read more…
