TELEVISION

‘GoT’ creators to adapt sci-fi trilogy for Netflix

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going to make an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s “Remembrances of Earth’s Past.” The series will be known as “The Three-Body Problem.” 4:25 p.m.

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Sometimes enjoying a British series can be bloody difficult

If you're struggling to understand dialogue, there's always closed captioning. 4:56 p.m.

John Oliver offers to donate $55,000 if Danbury actually names sewer plant after him

The ongoing saga between John Oliver and the city of Danbury, Conn., continued Sunday on "Last Week Tonight." 10:12 a.m.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Big streaming numbers, a Swank space drama, and a ‘Wallander’ prequel

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week in TV. 7:35 a.m.

TELEVISION

‘High Fidelity’ cancellation is doubly disappointing

Cast member Kingsley Ben-Adir told the LA Times that season 2 was going to focus on the character of Cherise, which would have given Da’Vine Joy Randolph an opportunity to develop her poignant and lovable character. 2:14 p.m.

Good job, TV; come get your trophies

There was a lot to like about many of the shows that arrived this summer, though we're handing out a couple of booby prizes, too. 5:37 p.m.

TELEVISION

Two decades later, where has ‘Survivor’ brought us?

It was part of the beginning of the mainstreaming of bad behavior as a winning approach on reality TV, a harbinger of all kinds of negative effects of the genre on our culture. 5:00 p.m.