PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
As Season 2 continues, this series import continues to show why it deserves as large and rabid a following as that of Downton Abbey. It’s such a bubbly concoction of humor and drama, of high and lows, that each week it serves up a TV cocktail – with a kick. Watch tonight, and you’ll see what I mean. Check local listings.
PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET
Last week’s premiere episode established the characters and premise. Tonight, the department-store vision of Jeremy Piven’s Mr. Selfridge, an American rake and entrepreneur in London, begins to take shape more fully. And as his vision comes to the fore, so do the issues with his many women – who are the true reason to watch, and enjoy, this new drama about 1900s London. Check local listings.
AMC, 9:00 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Season 6 begins tonight with a two-hour premiere, and there’s a lot to say about it. AMC and series creator Matthew Weiner, though, have asked for reviewers to be especially circumspect, so let’s just say it’s nice that
Mad Men is back, and, by the time the two-hour premiere is over, you’ll be happy to have begun spending time with these characters again. What characters, and what time, I won’t say. For more details, vague and otherwise, see Eric Gould’s
Cold Light Reader, and my own review on
NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
The story line involving Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), and her quest to claim the throne, is my favorite from the early episodes of Season 3. But tonight, I have a soft spot for the first appearance by Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Redwyne (pictured). For my money, Diana Rigg should be the woman on the Iron Throne. She rules.
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: This has been a tough season for Marty (Don Cheadle) and his cohorts, and tonight’s season finale may be the toughest plot of them all. There’s a concern, or at least a rumor, that Jeannie (Kristen Bell) is about to betray Marty and his team, just when things at work are at their most volatile.