SUNDAY

AUGUST 18

2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

By the time last week’s midseason premiere was televised by AMC, I’d already seen it at least five times. But now, starting with tonight’s episode, I’m as much in the dark as anyone else – and just as excited to see what happens next, to Walt (Bryan Cranston) and to everyone in his path. And don’t forget AMC's Talking Bad at 11 p.m. ET – it may be the fastest half-hour talk show on television.

TRUE BLOOD

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON FINALE: You may as well call this episode “There Will be True Blood.” Last week’s episode ended with Lilith’s trio of blood-drenched naked sirens (so that’s what you missed, if you’re not watching) surrounding Bill with plans to end his undead life at last. But no, Bill’s still around, and out for revenge – and so are many other characters, fanged and unfanged, as another season of True Blood comes to an end. The bottled True Blood is tainted – but with this anything-goes series, taint over till it’s over.

DEXTER

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

An awful lot happened last week between Hannah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Dexter (Michael C. Hall). Girl drugged boy, girl didn’t kill boy, boy found girl, boy didn’t kill girl, boy went to kill girl’s new husband, only to find she beat him to it. So what are the duo up to, or no up to, this week? Tough to say, because Dexter’s already got a young mentor who’s lowering the population at Dexter’s apartment complex – and that can’t be good.

OPRAH'S NEXT CHAPTER: LINDSAY LOHAN

OWN, 9:00 p.m. ET

Is this all Oprah Winfrey is doing with her OWN network these days? Scheduling highly publicized installments of Mea Culpa Theater, booking misbehaving celebrities and expecting them to act contrite and beg for redemption? She did it with Lance Armstrong, which got the most media coverage Oprah has gotten since shutting down her syndicated series – and tonight, she’s doing it with Lindsay Lohan. How long before A-Rod makes Oprah’s A-List?

THE NEWSROOM

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Last week on this series, we went through a time jump of another few months, and one of the subplots has Sloan (Olivia Munn) first in denial, then in depression and rage, after an ex-boyfriend embarrasses her by circulating an intimate video of her as an act of breakup revenge. And other stories in the newsroom, professional as well as personal, are just as fraught with emotion and peril these days. And, one presumes, this week.

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.

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