This is how Showtime kicked off their double season finale of "Dexter" and "Homeland" last night. There are so many things that ring strange about this disclaimer. The language for one, though I recognize that likely a team of people wrestled with how to communicate this, and I feel for them. "In light of" is not the right phrase. "That may be" is too damning: "That may be" essentially means "That some may find." So: Some of you may find these images disturbing; some of you may be callous and dead inside, and/or east coast liberal elites.

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Showtime's programming hinges "on dramedies about women with secrets; AMC does meditative and highly watchable dramas about men in difficult situations." —Ha, that is true! For a counterpoint on talking about HBO, there are about 400 tweets today from TV expert Kate Aurthur.