A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.

TV Tonight: Rich, But Such Small Portions

A quick reminder that tonight is The Riches' season finale. Or maybe a better term than "finale" is "the last episode they were able to finish, thanks to the strike." Like AMC's Breaking Bad, The Riches had its season order arbitrarily cut, to seven episodes. (This is the one episode of season 2 I haven't seen in advance, so I can't say whether the ending is as abrupt as Breaking Bad's was.) On the bright side, there were also fewer episodes of Dirt. In any case, I'll take what I can get and hope that a third season gives the series' excellent performances a better showcase.

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