Must See HDTV (June 12th - 16th)
Though delayed by events including E3 and WWDC, our listings are here, and there is plenty still to see on your HDTV this week. House of Cards makes the trek from Netflix to Blu-ray, while USA brings back two of its series for the summer. Then this weekend we have UFC action and the season premiere of True Blood on HBO, while both the NHL and NBA enter the championship round of their playoffs. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.
The Last of Us
If the reviews are to be believed, then The Last of Us is not to be missed. Coming from the makers of Uncharted, this PS3 exclusive game follows the journey of two people through a postapocalyptic landscape where most of the people have been transformed into monsters. There's a multiplayer component too, but it's garnering most of the attention for a single player experience that Joystiq concludes "is not a cheerful story, but it's a damned good one."
($59.99 on Amazon, June 14th)
Blu-ray & Games
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (3D)
Oz the Great and Powerful (3D)
The Newsroom (S1)
House of Cards (S1)
Enter the Dragon (40th Anniversary Edition)
The Last of Us (PS3)
Wednesday
WWE Main Event, Ion, 8PM
Melissa & Joey, ABC Family, 8PM
Baby Daddy, ABC Family, 8:30 & 9PM
Family Tools, ABC, 8:30PM
Bruins / Blackhawks NHL Stanley Cup, NBC, 8PM
Royal Pains (season premiere), USA, 9PM
NBA Social Media Awards 2013, NBA TV, 9PM
60 Minutes Sports, Showtime, 9PM
Mythbusters, Discovery, 9PM
How to Live With Your Parents (for the rest of your life), ABC, 9:30PM
The Big Brain Theory, Discovery, 10PM
The Real World: Portland, MTV, 10PM
Unnecessary Roughness (season premiere), USA, 10PM
Thursday
NBA Finals Game 4, ABC, 9PM
The Hero, TNT, 8PM
Save Me (season finale), NBC, 8:30PM
72 Hours, TNT, 9PM
Burn Notice, USA, 9PM
Lombardi's Legacy, ESPN, 9PM
Does Someone Have to Go?, Fox, 9PM
Showville, AMC, 9PM
Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
Graceland, USA, 10PM
Sullivan & Son (season premiere) TBS, 10PM
Hannibal, NBC, 10PM
The Show with Vinny, MTV, 10PM
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, MTV, 10:30PM
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, 11PM
Friday
Magic City (season premiere), Starz, 9PM
WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
Continuum, Syfy, 10PM
Maron, IFC, 10PM
XIII, Reelzchannel, 10PM
Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 10PM
Vice (season finale), HBO, 11PM
Saturday
IndyCar Series @ Milwaukee, NBC Sports Network, 4PM
Bruins/Blackhawks NHL Stanley Cup, NBC, 8PM
UFC 161 on FX prelims, FX, 8PM
Zero Hour, ABC, 9PM
Sinbad, Syfy, 9PM
AFI Life Achievement Award: Mel Brooks, TNT, 9PM
Primeval, Syfy, 10PM
UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson, PPV, 10PM
Sunday
NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing @ Michigan, TNT, 1PM
Canadian GP, NBC Sports Network, 2PM
Heat/Spurs NBA Finals Game 5, ABC, 8PM
Giants/Braves, ESPN, 8PM
2013 Miss USA Pageant, NBC, 9PM
Nurse Jackie (season premiere), Showtime, 9PM
True Blood (season premiere), HBO, 9PM
The Killing, AMC, 9PM
Nurse Jackie, Showtime, 9PM
Falling Skies, TNT, 10PM
Mad Men, AMC, 10PM
The Borgias (season finale), Showtime, 10PM
Veep, HBO, 10PM
Family Tree, HBO, 10:30PM