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2015
Jul
13
 
 

What do The Americans, Louie, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield and Justified all have in common, other than that they all aired, and in some cases still do, on FX? They have never won an Emmy. Further, they have not even been nominated...

 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
13
 
 
The day before baseball’s All-Star Game, some of the sport’s heaviest hitters show up to swing for the fences – without any of the annoyances of runners on base, situational strategies, or wickedly difficult incoming ball trajectories from opposing pitchers. It’s just pitches served over the plate, seeing who can hit more of them into the stands or beyond, and just how far. It’s an odd offshoot of baseball’s midpoint summer break – but here it is.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
13
 
 
Guy Fieri isn’t usually very contemplative in his frenzied fast-food tours – basically, he’s an eat-and-run kind of guy – but on tonight’s one-hour special, he looks back not only on his favorite meals at America’s local, low-rent food joints, but how his TV series came to be in the first place.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
13
 
 
Author Elizabeth Swados has written, candidly and sometimes humorously, of her long bout with depression. Tonight, those thoughts are collected in an animated short film, with voices provided by Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi and others.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
13
 
 
China is the first country in the world to declare “Internet addiction” a national health crisis – and the country is seeking ways not only to define this new “illness,” but to treat it. Web Junkie looks at a real-life program that sounds like the stuff of A Clockwork Orange fiction: a three-month program designed as high-tech rehab, to wean addicted web users from their online habits. Be warned: If you like this installment of P.O.V. on Facebook, you’re not p
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
13
 
 
The very recent warmth in international relations between Cuba and the United States has come to this – the first TV sign of cooperation between those two countries. This Discovery Channel documentary is the first U.S.-produced series filmed in Cuba since the lifting of the 50-year-plus embargo. Its topic? All the American cars, mostly from the Fifties, still in use there, because of the unavailability of more recent models from the States. To see this much vintage chrome anywhere else in
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
12
 
 
Do not bet Heimo Korth your bottom dollar that the sun will come out tomorrow. Where Korth lives, the sun goes down in November and doesn’t come back until January...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
12
 
 
Today’s championship Wimbledon match between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Roger Federer is a rematch of last year’s Wimbledon final, which Djokovic won. Federer played so spectacularly against Andy Murray, he seems in a better place to challenge Djokovic than a year ago – but expect a tough one. And Neil, when I mistyped Djokovic’s first name, in my Best Bet on Friday’s semifinal, it was just early morning mistake-making. Though I’d like to say I was only
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
12
 
 
It’s the end of the season for Graham Norton and that means a new clip reel of his top 10 moments, including Seth MacFarlane doing “Cindyoke” — sitting alongside Cindy Lauper and singing her “True Colors” with the best of Family Guy’s Peter Griffin’s improv style...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jul
12
 
 
So the character played by Colin Farrell didn’t die from that short-range shotgun blast – and, in last week’s episode, walked around just a little gingerly as a result. The hangover from that misleading cliffhanger, though, has this second season of True Detective limping more than a little. This week, the show follows its investigative team to a pawn shop, where the latest clues suggest that many of these characters, as Dylan used to sing, are only a pawn in their game.