What To Watch: True Blood, Falling Skies And 4 Other Premieres, Enlisted And Drop Dead Diva End And More
On TV this Sunday: True Blood bites into its final season, Rising Star (hopefully) shines, Eric Dane sets sail on The Last Ship, Enlisted is honorably discharged and Drop Dead Diva forever rests its case. Here are 11 programs to keep on your radar.
Series finale: The Hill brothers celebrate Pete's one-year anniversary of almost dying in Afghanistan, otherwise known as his "Alive Day." (Officially cancelled.)
Wipeout
ABC
Two-hour Season 7 premiere: The competition series returns with a family edition, featuring teams of relatives enduring the Shed Zone, the Classic Sweeper and other "That's gotta hurt" obstacles.
ET
Drop Dead Diva
Lifetime
Series finale: Stacy is caught in the middle when Owen and Kim attempt to talk some sense into Jane about her relationship.
The Last Ship
TNT
Series premiere: After Captain Tom Chandler (Grey's Anatomy's Eric Dane) and the crew of the USS Nathan James set out for the Arctic, they learn of a deadly virus that has wiped out more than half the human population. Now, the safest place to develop a vaccine for the virus is out at sea. No pressure, though!
The Musketeers
BBC America
Series premiere: On the streets of 17th-century Paris, the Musketeers of the King's Regiment — Aramis (Santiago Cabrera, Heroes), Athos (Tom Burke, The Hour) and Porthos (relative newcomer Howard Charles) — are assigned to protect their king and country.
Rising Star
ABC
Series premiere: Josh Groban hosts this live singing competition, which allows viewers to vote in real-time as the contestants perform. Brad Paisley, Kesha and Ludacris serve as judges experts.
True Blood
HBO
Final season premiere: A band of rogue H-Vamps crashes the vampire-human mixer at Bellefleur’s, and the "one vampire for every human" plan moves forward.
ET
Falling Skies
TNT
Season 4 premiere: On the outskirts of Charleston, the Mason clan and the remaining 2nd Mass troops suddenly come under attack by a new Espheni war machine.
Halt and Catch Fire
AMC
Cameron nearly completes the BIOS, but a crisis threatens the project's future. (Hmm, have you tried restarting it...?)
Penny Dreadful
Showtime
In the season's penultimate episode, Sir Malcolm, Ethan and Sembene do everything they can to save Vanessa.
Salem
WGN America
Increase gets closer to understanding who really runs things in Salem, and Alden may be the only one who can save Anne when she finds herself in danger.
