NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET
This series is building, surely but a bit too slowly, to the Season 2 finale, in which Bombshell is among the musicals competing for this year’s Tony Awards. Meanwhile, they writers are finding drama where they may – including a benefit concert in which Ivy (Megan Hilty), is asked to perform a number that’s intentionally, and provocatively, risqué.
BBC America, 8:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: This is a very special episode, both behind and in front of the camera. Behind the scenes, it’s written by noted genre author Neil Gaiman, who already has contributed one impressive episode of Doctor Who. And in front of the camera, it makes room for the return of one of the most familiar and tenured foes in the Doctor’s universe: the Cybermen.
Encore, 8:00 p.m. ET
Consider this 1964 musical a sex-symbol summit of the highest proportions. On one side, Elvis Presley, pairing on screen, for the first time, with a singing sensation as full of gyrations and sexual energy as himself. On the other side, Ann-Margret, about whom you could say, “Ditto.” Do the sparks fly? In the musical numbers, most definitely. The rest of the time? You decide.
BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET
It’s a lot of fun to watch this series deepen its plot, and extend its cast of characters and its focus, each week. Tatiana Maslani is not only playing multiple parts on this show, but they’re constantly interacting, and even impersonating one another. In tonight’s episode, one of her clones announces to another that she’s been ordered to kill her – but the various incarnations are beginning to work together, not against one another. Send in the clones! No, wait – they’re here.
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
Tonight’s guest host is a former regular, and perennial bright spot: Kristen Wiig, making a return appearance as headliner, and bringing several of her favorite old characters with her. You go, girls.