BY LYNN ELBER
\nAP TELEVISION WRITER<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Summer travel packing list: swimsuit, sunblock, television.<\/p>\n
In this portable TV era, there’s no reason to leave small-screen entertainment at home when cable channels, streaming services, and networks are eager to keep you connected online with top-notch fare from, among others, Oscar-owning filmmakers.<\/p>\n
So hit the road with your smartphone, laptop or tablet – or, heck, stay put in front of an actual TV set – and check out this steamy-weather menu of hot picks (all times EDT).<\/p>\n
– “BrainDead,” CBS, 10 p.m. Monday, June 13. A different political show from “The Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle King, with Washington beset by brain-eating bugs and a bipartisan coalition out to stop them. Tony Shalhoub and Broadway and TV “Grease” heartthrob Aaron Tveit are among the comic thriller’s stars.<\/p>\n
– “Animal Kingdom,” TNT, 9 p.m. Monday, June 14. A teenager (Finn Cole) loses his mother to a heroin overdose and gains a violent family that includes a tough matriarch (Ellen Barkin) and her offspring in the drama series based on the Australian movie of the same name.<\/p>\n
– “Raised by Wolves,” Acorn TV streaming service, Monday, June 20. A bluntly funny take on the lives of an unconventional single mother and her six home-schooled kids from writers Caitlin and Caroline Moran, sisters who lived a version of the comedy series.<\/p>\n
– “Queen of the South,” USA, 10 p.m. Thursday, June 23. Drawn from the best-selling novel “La Reina Del Sur,” which already spawned a hit telenovela, the drama stars Alice Braga (“I Am Legend”) as a woman on the run in the U.S. from a drug trafficking ring after her boyfriend’s murder.<\/p>\n
-“Dancing On the Edge,” PBS, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 26. An eight-part drama about a black jazz band that finds success and tragedy in 1930s London. Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years A Slave”) and Matthew Goode (aka Lady Mary’s squeeze in “Downton Abbey”) are part of the cast.<\/p>\n
– “Alexander Hamilton,” History Channel, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 26. Finding tickets to the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton” too pricey? This two-hour documentary detailing his national legacy may leave you singing the founding father’s praises.<\/p>\n
– “Roadies,” Showtime, 10 p.m. Sunday, June 26. Rock stars ruled in filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning “Almost Famous,” but it’s the crew members who shine in the comedy series written and directed by Crowe. Luke Wilson, Carla Gugino and Keisha Castle-Hughes are part of the ensemble cast.<\/p>\n
– “Hello World!” Discovery Channel, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 9. The family-friendly series enlists the narration and tunes of Christina Aguilera, Usher, Joan Jett and others to educate us about wild animals and their habitats.<\/p>\n
– “The Night Of,” HBO, 9 p.m. Sunday, July 10. A start-to-finish murder case as created by one Oscar-winning writer, Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List”) and one Oscar-nominated one, Richard Price (“The Color of Money”), with an assist from Peter Moffat, whose original U.K. series it’s adapted from. John Turturro, Riz Ahmed star.<\/p>\n
– “The A Word,” SundanceTV, 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 13. Both autism and adultery figure in this series described as both thoughtful and humorous, about a 5-year-old boy and his extended family.<\/p>\n
– “The Get Down,” Netflix, Friday, Aug. 12. New York circa 1970s is the setting for this music-saturated drama about South Bronx teenagers in a harsh and changing world. Extravagant filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) directed and produced the series with young actors (Justice Smith, Shameik Moore) and veterans (Jimmy Smits, Giancarlo Esposito).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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