SUNDAY
JULY 19
2015

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

ESPN, 6:00 a.m. ET

After yesterday’s play, and weather, almost anything is possible. So if it’s drama you want, this Old Course gauntlet in Scotland is the tournament for you. This year, however, it is not the tournament for Tiger Woods…

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: Greg Poehler, Amy’s brother, returns for Season 2 of this enjoyably different summer series, loosely based on his own life. He plays Bruce, a show-biz accountant who falls in love with a beautiful blonde from Sweden – and impulsively follows her there, professes his love, and tries to settle down. Josephine Bornebusch plays the blonde in question, and she’s both beautiful and funny enough to make the premise believable and Welcome to Sweden delightful. And then, as an added bonus, there’s the fabulous Lena Olin as the woman’s insult-spewing, disapproving mother. If you missed this sitcom last summer, don’t repeat that mistake.

 
  
 
 

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight, Anita the synth house helper reveals a bit more of her personality – even though she’s not really supposed to have one. This series treads on very familiar sci-fi territory, but does it with unusual sensitivity and, yes, humanity.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

Last week’s episode ended with a shootout, and a bloodbath, and the three surviving law-enforcement officials staring at one another in disbelief. So, after the unexpected carnage, now what? That’s the question of the day, and the subject of tonight’s new episode.

 
  
 
 

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

Pay close attention to the women in tonight’s episode. They’re dangerous, whether they’re the tough-gal Mexican wrestler in the gym (played with dominating fervor by Alyssa Diaz) or the no-nonsense multi-millionaire’s daughter (played with flinty ferocity by Katie Holmes, pictured) looking to hire Ray for her own reasons.

 
  
 
 

ABC, 10:01 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: This new summertime medical documentary series comes from executive producer Terence Wrong, whose past achievements include ABC’s Boston Med, NY Med and Hopkins, among others. I’m not sure which is the more amazing feat: getting hospitals to cooperate with his film crews in filming honest accounts of what happens in operating rooms and emergency rooms, or, year after year, getting ABC to finance and broadcast these excellent, important medical documentary series. This new series, Save My Life: Boston Trauma, covers activities at several Boston area hospitals, including Massachusetts General, Boston Medical Center, and Brigham and Women’s. (What, no St. Elsewhere?) I’m pretty sure one of our editors was rushed to one of those institutions last year, but I don’t think he was filmed. But I’ll be watching regardless, and so should he. As should you…

 
  
 
 

HBO, 10:30 p.m. ET

In tonight’s episode, Tim Robbins’ Secretary of State heads to Israel in hopes of staving off a crisis. One of them, anyway…

 
  
 
 
 
 
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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.