NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: The “evil timeline” is back – perhaps for the last time, as it’s not yet known whether NBC is giving
Community a reprieve or a pink slip. But for now,
revel in this: evil Kevin (or evil Chang, if you prefer), as well as evil Jeff, warped Annie, and a lot more.
Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
Last night’s competition show was, indeed, competitive. Jimmy Iovine, who was backstage (or, at the end, on stage) to evaluate the three rounds of singing from the three remaining contestants, awarded one round to each – but gave the overall night to Candice Glover, who ended and stopped the show with a dynamic version of “Somewhere” from West Side Story. It’s the voters who, tonight, will determine the final two. I’d retain Candice for sure, and go with Angie Miller over Kree Harrison. But the finalists have been strong this season. It’s the judges who have been weak.
BBC America, 8:00 p.m. ET
Though I recommended this episode of Doctor Who when it premiered on BBC America, I didn’t push its biggest selling point. Now I can, just in time for tonight’s repeat: It features, as guest stars, Diana Rigg as the week’s villain, and her real-life daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, who plays Rigg’s daughter here, too. What a duo. And, set in Yorkshire in 1893, it’s so much fun.
Fox, 9:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: Glee hasn’t done much of consequence this season, other than find various ways to go off the rails even more than before – but tonight’s season finale offers closure, at least partially, on two long-running plot lines. One, the New Directions club competes, once again, at Regionals, at which they bombed last year when Marley collapsed on stage. And two, Rachel (Lea Michele) goes to her callback audition for a Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Hello, gorgeous.
NBC, 10:01 p.m. ET
I don’t like this show, at least not yet, but I do like tonight’s guest star: Gillian Anderson, making a rare stateside TV appearance since leaving The X-Files and moving overseas. She plays Hannibal’s therapist — which, considering what we know of him, ought to be a full-time job. But, in this case, it isn’t.