SUNDAY

JUNE 30

2013

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET

In tonight’s new episode, Holder (Joel Kinnaman) studies the photos of murder victims to look for an overlooked common denominator, while Linden (Mireille Enos) focuses on her prime suspect. At least Holder and Linden are working together in tandem again, if not always in the same room.

TRUE BLOOD

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s episode features the return of a pair of long-dormant characters, and their relationship has changed significantly in the interim. Meanwhile, Bill (Stephen Moyer) decides to trust Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) enough to send her out on a devious mission, to visit a professor whose knowledge Bill requires, and return with him. Bll’s advice to her, knowing the teacher’s not-so-secret lechery: “You should wear something inappropriate.” Mission accomplished.

DEXTER

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: This is the beginning of the eighth and final season for Dexter, which picks up six months after last season’s bloody cliffhanger, in which Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), to protect brother Dexter, pointed her gun at someone other than her sibling. She’s still reeling from that decision – while Dexter (Michael C. Hall) has to deal with a new serial killer on the loose in Miami, and a specialist, played by the attention-demanding Charlotte Rampling, who’s brought in to help. For a full review, and a link to my Fresh Air with Terry Gross NPR report, see Bianculli’s Blog.

FAMILY TREE

HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET

Still following the path of his family ancestry wherever it takes him, tonight Tom (Chris O’Dowd) visits yet another distant American relative – who tells him of a movie-star forebear who starred in silent Westerns in the 1920s, as “Tumbleweed Tim.”

RAY DONOVAN

Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Liev Schreiber stars as the title character, a brooding Hollywood fixer in this new Showtime drama series, which also features Jon Voight as Ray’s father, just released from prison after 20 years. Their father-and-son dynamic is the strongest element of a powerful new show – one good enough to add to your weekly viewing list. For a full review, and a link to my Fresh Air with Terry Gross report for NPR, see Bianculli’s Blog.

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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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