Encore, 8:00 p.m. ET
Conclusion. If you’ve been watching all week, this is the payoff. If you haven’t, you should have been. And this is the big ending with the showdown at Osaka Castle, and with Anjin-San (Richard Chamberlain) battling side-by-side with Toranaga (Toshiro Mifune, pictured).
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Glenn Ford is putty in the gloved hands of Rita Hayworth’s Gilda in this 1946 romantic melodrama – and who can blame him? You can put the blame on Mame if you want – but it’s Hayworth, singing that song, who casts the spell that proves so potent.
BBC America, 9:00 p.m. ET
Rubik is not to blame here, but tonight the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companions are confronted by some mysterious cubes. They’re less harmless than they seem – but on this entertaining series, isn’t everything?
Comedy Central, 10:00 p.m. ET
From 1999, this is one of the early Chris Rock specials for which he prepared like a heavyweight, coming out with all-new material and determined to land an early knockout punch. Which, by the way, he does.
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
The last time Joseph Gordon-Levitt showed up to guest host, he came with an impressive amount of energy, and a willingness to do a lot more than might have been expected of him. Now that he’s set his personal bar so high, the writers should respond in kind, making this a potentially strong outing. Musical guests: Mumford & Sons.