99 Words About … The historical goodness of ‘The Hour’
If Aaron Sorkin were stuck in a London hotel room with a nasty bout of dysentery and nothing in his Netflix queue but AMC’s "Rubicon" and "Mad Men," he might go on to write something very much like "The Hour" (10 p.m. Wednesday, BBC America).
Ostensibly about the birth of a BBC news program in 1956, the series also boasts murders, government conspiracies, political intrigue, romance and McNulty from "The Wire." (Dominic West portrays the newscast’s arrogant anchor.)
Best of all, watching it will give you that warm, superior feeling whenever your friends start yammering on about "Jersey Shore."