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Television Premieres and Notables: June 15-21, 2015

Monday, 6/15

The Making of the Mob: New York; AMC 9 pm CST. eEries Premiere.
Part reenactment, part testimonial, this series looks at the Mob.


Tuesday, 6/16

Tyrant; FX. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Proof; TNT. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A billionaire offers $10 billion to someone who can prove there is an afterlife.

Clipped; TBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A comedy set in a barbershop.


Wednesday, 6/17

Deutschland 83; Sundance. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
In 1983, an East German soldier is sent to the West side to be a spy.
(Interesting note: apparently, this is the first German-language series to air on a U.S.network [don't worry, it's subtitled]).


Thursday, 6/18

The Astronaut Wives Club; ABC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A series centered on the wives of the first (Mercury 7) American astronauts.
Fingers-crossed it's at least half as good as the novel...

Mistresses; ABC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Complications; USA. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 6/19

Killjoys; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bounty hunters in space!

CollegeHumor's Comedy Music Hall of Fame; IFC. 9 pm CST. Special.
Weird Al Yankovic gets his due...

Catastrophe; Amazon Prime. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Amazon brings this comedy to the States, about a London schoolteacher who has a tryst with an American comic, and a baby is the result.


Saturday, 6/20

Orphan Black (BBC America; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 6/21

Poldark; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
A British Redcoat returns from the Revolutionary War to find that his home and love moved on without him.

True Detective; HBO. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Crimson Field; PBS. 9 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
A series that follows front-line medics in WWI.

Ballers; HBO. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dwayne Johnson stars as a former football player who becomes an agent (or something like that) for them.

The Brink; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Tim Robbins and Jack Black star as in this political comedy.