TV Thursday: The Newsroom Encore, Burn Notice, Graceland & More

News & Notes

On cable tonight, A&E has the series finale of Intervention, AMC has the first season finale of Showville, History has the fourth season finale of Swamp People, Lifetime has the 12th season premiere of Project Runway, MTV has the third summer season premiere of Ridiculousness, and Syfy has the TV movie premiere of Blast Vegas.

If you haven’t yet, check out the latest TV times Three Podcast: Ep.188, “San Diego Comic-Con Preview 2013.” On this episode I am joined by @kyool of @NoReruns and @sosandrine of @TVEquals. We talk about what we are looking forward to this week at Comic-Con 2013 and last week’s episodes of Under the Dome and Falling Skies.

Prime Picks

The Big Bang Theory (CBS): Repeat. “The Proton Resurgence” episode replays, where Bob Newhart guest stars as the guy who hosted Leonard and Sheldon’s favorite childhood TV show. Runs 31 minutes.

Burn Notice (USA Network): New. Michael and Fiona go undercover has a couple of hackers to get some information for Sonya. Sam and Jesse help Barry. Runs 61 minutes. Plays again later. The previous episode replays earlier this morning.

Graceland (USA Network): New. Mike wants Bello to steal from a drug cartel and Briggs attempts to help Charlie cover up some bad decisions. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 61 minutes. Plays again later. The previous episode replays earlier this morning.

Other Option

• The Newsroom (HBO): Repeat. This past Sunday’s second season premiere episode, “First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers,” replays.

Sports Note

• ESPN has first round coverage of the British Open golf tournament early.

Late Night

• The Bridge (FX): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Calaca,” replays. Runs 73 minutes.
• Franklin & Bash (TNT): Repeat. Last night’s episode, “Freck,” replays.

Thursday TV Marathons

Burn Notice (USA Network): Five episodes early.
House (Oxygen): Six episodes.
Living Single (TV One): Has 12 episodes early.
NCIS (USA Network): Seven episodes.
Without a Trace (ION): Seven episodes.