This is the final week before the broadcast networks bring out their big guns.
Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
In the interim, ABC's "Mistresses" ends its season on Monday, Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" wraps up (with Kennesaw's Zach Everhart Jr. in the running) on Wednesday and ABC's 'Wipeout" on Sunday.
On cable, the season enders include E!'s sinking "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" Monday, USA's "Royal Pains" and TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles" Tuesday, HBO's "Hard Knocks" and 'The Leftovers" Sunday.
A handful of shows return, too: FXX's "The League" Wednesday, NBC's "Sunday Night Football" on Thursday (just because...) and HBO's final season of "Boardwalk Empire" Sunday.
Plus, ABC gives us an hour-long retrospective of its classic "Schoolhouse Rock" shorts from the 1970s on Sunday.
MONDAY
"Masterchef " 8 p.m. Fox — The Top 6 contestants are tasked to take over a high-end restaurant in Los Angeles.
"Love & Hip Hop Atlanta " 8 p.m. VH1 — Joseline goes cray-cray.
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians " 9 p.m. E! (ninth season finale) — Tired of the Kardashians? Ratings seem to indicate that.
"America's Next Top Model " 9 p.m. the CW — The final 14 contestants move into a house.
"Hotel Hell " 9 p.m. Fox — Ramsay visits a historic inn in Connecticut, which is run by a pair of bickering siblings.
"The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story " 9 p.m. Lifetime — How much of this is true? Only Dustin Diamond, who oversaw this project, knows for sure.
"Dallas " 9 p.m. TNT — Elena confronts the Ewings in an all-out showdown.
" Atlanta Exes " 9:30 p.m. VH1 — The ladies are still reeling from a past fight.
"Highway to Sell " 10 p.m. Discovery (new series) — Dennis Pittsenbarger and "Slick" revamp someone's classic car. They can buy it back at a discount or sell it for cash.
"Under the Dome " 10 p.m. CBS — Big Jim learns the shocking truth about what really happened to his wife, Pauline.
"Mistresses " 10:01 p.m. ABC (second season finale) — Joss plans her engagement party as Scott arranges another surprise for her.
TUESDAY
"The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic" 8 p.m. ABC — Thinly disguised infomerical, anyone?
"America's Got Talent" 9 p.m. NBC — Twelve of the top 24 acts perform.
"Houdini" 9 p.m. History — Houdini must adapt as the industrial age comes to an end.
"Rizzoli & Isles " 9 p.m. TNT (fifth season summer finale) — A high-profile prosecutor is arrested for murder, but Jane soon suspects he didn't commit the crime.
"Royal Pains " 9 p.m. USA (sixth season finale) — Hank and Evan search for Emma following her disappearance while Paige and Evan discover startling news about Bob.
"Finding Carter " 10 p.m. MTV — Carter makes a really bad decision.
"Hard Knocks " 10 p.m. HBO (ninth season finale) — Coaches evaluate player performances as they prepare for the cuts that will finalize the 53-man roster.
"Drunk History " 10 p.m. Comedy (second season finale) — A White House marriage in 1886 makes Frances Cleveland the youngest First Lady in U.S. history.
WEDNESDAY
"So You Think You Can Dance" 8 p.m. Fox (1oth season finale) — Kennesaw's Zack Everhart Jr. could be the second Cobb County person to win in four seasons after Melanie Moore in 2011.
"Legends" 9 p.m. TNT— Martin is sold VX gas, resulting in the apprehension of the Colonel and Ana Paulanos.
"The Bridge" 10 p.m. FX — Fausto is betrayed by his organization.
" Franklin & Bash" 10 p.m. TNT — The guys tangle with a corrupt cop while helping a client take back his property from an avaricious land developer.
" Graceland" 10 p.m. USA — The agents prepare to take down the Solano Cartel permanently.
" Hot in Cleveland" 10 p.m. TV Land — As Joy becomes increasingly happy with Mitch, Simon returns to her life.
"The League" 10 p.m. FXX (sixth season debut) — The guys attend a funeral.
"My Friends Call Me Johnny" 10 p.m. Esquire (new series) — Philanthropist Jean Pigozzi travels the globe to interview his famous friends.
"Extant" 10 p.m. CBS — As the offspring's powers increase, Molly learns about Yasumoto's painful path to immortality.
"Top Chef: Duels" 10 p.m. Bravo — David Burke and Takashi Yagihashi square off in top-chef battles.
"Taxi Brooklyn" 10:01 p.m. NBC — The shooting of a motorcycle messenger delivering heroin is investigated.
THURSDAY
"Sunday Night Football" 8:30 p.m. NBC (28th season debut) — Yes. It's Thursday. But NBC is getting an early start with the Packers vs. the Seahawks.
"Project Runway" 9 p.m. Lifetime — Pieces of Chopard jewelry inspire looks.
"Rush" 9 p.m. USA — Rush finds his ex-girlfriend Sarah has drastically changed while Alex gets in deeper with Rush.
"Married " 10 p.m. FX — Russ and Lina go on a date in their old neighborhood.
"Satisfaction " 10 p.m. USA — Neil contemplates what to do after receiving an ominous warning.
"Monsters Underground " 10:30 p.m. Discovery — Bill Brock suspects a legendary descendant of the giant prehistoric sloth is feeding on Northern California's black bear population.
FRIDAY
"Stand Up To Cancer" 8 p.m. ABC, Fox, CBS, NBC, plus 26 cable networks — Networks are donating an hour of commercial-free TV to raise funds to fight cancer.
"The Knick " 9 p.m. Cinemax — During surgery, Thackery's hand is forced by Algernon, which irks Gallinger; a recovering Abigail regrets her involvement with Thackery.
"Airplane Repo " 10 p.m. Discovery — A helicopter heist is attempted; a Cessna 340 is repossessed.
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives " 10 p.m. Food — Boston-area restaurants including one kitchen which turns out both Mexican street food and gastropub fare like gravlax and chicken sausage.
WEEKEND
"Cedar Cove" 8 p.m. Saturday Hallmark — Olivia's brother returns to town with surprising news.
"Dr. Who" 9 p.m. Saturday BBCA — The Doctor joins forces with Robin Hood.
"Outlander" 9 p.m. Saturday Starz — Claire goes along on the MacKinzies' trip to collect rents.
"Hell on Wheels" 9 p.m. Saturday AMC — Elam struggles to survive after an attack by a bear.
"Iyanla Fix My Life" 9 p.m. p.m. Saturday OWN (third season fall debut) — She helps a man with 34 kids with 17 women.
"The ABC's of Schoolhouse Rock" 7 p.m. Sunday ABC — A look at the 1970s series "Schoolhouse Rock."
"Utopia" 8 p.m. Sunday Fox (new series) — Fifteen people create a civilization from scratch over a year.
"Wipeout" 8 p.m. Sunday ABC (seventh season finale) — Frats and sororities battle.
"Boardwalk Empire" 9 p.m. Sunday HBO (fifth season debut) — It's 1931 and Nucky is in Cuba while the Great Depression bears down.
"Oprah's Lifeclass" 9 p.m. Sunday OWN (fourth season fall debut) — Steve Harvey imparts his thoughts about life.
"Ray Donovan" 9 p.m. Sunday Showtime — Ray tells Bridge she needs to lie about where she was during the shooting.
"The Leftovers" 10 p.m. Sunday HBO (first season finale) — Mapleton descends into chaos after a Memorial Day mission by the Guilty Remnant. .
"Manhattan" 10 p.m. Sunday WGN — Helen and Charlie deal with a crisis.
"Masters of Sex" 10 p.m. Sunday Showtime — Masters bristles at Frank's insinuations about his and Estabrooks' demons.
"Reckless" 10 p.m. Sunday CBS — Jamie tries to prove Vi's ex-husband is innocent of medical malpractice.
"The Strain" 10 p.m. Sunday FX — Eph races to safeguard his family.
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