NBC, 9:00 a.m. ET
The British get a rematch of this year's Wimbledon, at Wimbledon, as their home-kingdom favorite, Andy Murray, squares off once again against Roger Federer, who beat him at this same Centre Court not too long ago. But today at 9 a.m. ET, in a match televised live by NBC, the two players do battle again — this time for country. And also today is one of the most eagerly awaited events of these Olympics: the men's 100-m., in which the world's fastest man will be anointed once again.
LinkTV, 6:00 p.m. ET
We here at TVWW raved about this Danish series import before it became fashionable, and want to be among the first to alert latecomers to an upcoming chance to catch up: Beginning Aug. 20,
LinkTV is repeating the first two seasons of this political drama, two episodes a night, at 8 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, for those who took our advice in the first place, tonight at 6 ET (and again at 9 p.m. ET), LinkTV is presenting the American TV premiere of the Season 2 finale, in which Birgitte (Sidse Babett Knudsen) is on leave from her job as prime minister — and torn about whether to return to work.
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
There are some goofy and unnecessary subplots this season, to be sure, but one of the best is turning out to be one of the most unexpected and unlikely: the growing relationship between Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) and her vampire protégé Tara, (Rutina Wesley). Last week, Pam presented Tara with a gift that showed how much she cared: a Fangtasia patron, a bitchy and haughty woman from Tara’s past, whom Pam “glamoured” into becoming Tara’s adoring, willing source of omnipresent warm blood.
AMC, 10:00 p.m. ET
Last week, Walt (Bryan Cranston) was struck with an inspired new base of operations for his meth-lab outfit: a roving, portable one, housed inside suburban residences being tented for pest and vermin fumigation control. So Walt buys a local pest-control company, and he’s set: hiding in plain sight, in a temporary base that no one dares enter. Sheer brilliance. But there’s one pest Walt can’t eradicate or stop: his brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris), who’s noticing yet another suspicious trail that others have missed — yet another trail that leads, as only we know, to Walt himself.
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
Last Sunday’s episode was the strongest yet for this Aaron Sorkin series, which, given its overall quality and inspirational and thoughtful messages, has taken much more heat than it deserves. In tonight’s episode, a presidential TV address is scheduled suddenly, one that TV news executive Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston) predicts will have staffers remembering where they were, and what they did, this day. Me, I’ll be watching The Newsroom.