Day: June 13, 2024

Weekly Previews

Week’s top-10 for June 17: new dramas plus a sports surge

1) Orphan Black: Echo,” 10 p.m. Sunday, AMC and BBC America. The 9-minute opeing is an intense, two-person drama. One woman (Krysten Ritter) doen’t know who she is; the other (the always-great Keeley Hawes) is reluctant to tell her. Then this sequel series becomes a brisk adventure, with Ritter (shown here) running from and toward unknown forces. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / June 13, 2024

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for June 15: swimming stars and singing Barnum

1) Olympic swimming trials, 11 a.m., Peacock; 6:30 p.m., USA; 8 p.m., NBC. The Olympics are still six weeks away, but they’re already gobbling up TV time. For Americans, swimming — with stars like Katie Ledecky (shown here), already with seven gold medals — is especially popular. Trials continue through June 23; track-and-field starts June 21, with gymnastics June 27. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / June 13, 2024