Showtime, 8:00 p.m. ET
HBO has timed it so that its Sunday series are taking a break – but Showtime is soldiering on through the holiday pre-season, with fresh episodes tonight of all three of its Sunday shows. First up: another episode of Ray Donovan that simultaneously explores past and present, dramatizing not only Ray’s current problems, but more details about a key event many decades ago.
Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET
Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) isn’t exactly the poster boy for anything positive – but in this week’s episode, because of the rewards being dangled, he’s trying to be…
USA, 9:00 p.m. ET
SERIES FINALE: Rami Malek, after winning an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, completes his obligation to the USA drama series that launched him, by starring in tonight’s two-hour series finale of Mr. Robot. Last week’s episode ended with what looked like wide-scale thermonuclear annihilation – but this series, like Legion, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Watchmen, has begun dealing in so many alternate realities that it’s hard to tell for sure. All I know is, after tonight, Mr. Robot is over. In this dimension, anyway…
Showtime, 10:00 p.m. ET
One of the most compelling and mysterious characters from the original series The L Word was Shane, played by Katherine Moennig. Moennig just left Ray Donovan, where she played the role of Ray’s private eye assistant Lena, to co-star on this other Showtime drama, a modern sequel to The L Word. And tonight, much of the episode focuses on Shane, whom Moennig is portraying once again. "Shane! Come back, Shane!" And she has...