The TV season is officially over, but no one bothered to tell Awake
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, May 24. All times are Eastern.
TOP PICK
Awake (NBC, 10 p.m.): Typical of the misfortunes suffered by the show during its first (and only) season, Awake’s finale isn’t even a part of the official 2011-12 TV season, which finally shuffled off to a long, overdue slumber after the latest American Idol was crowned last night. So it’ll just be Zack Handlen and a merry band of Kyle Killen devotees (and one guy hoping Detective Britten wakes up in Malfoy Manor) tuning in to find out what produced Britten’s split realities, the true nature of the conspiracy surrounding Britten, what Kevin Weisman’s deal is, and which one of the detective’s loved ones died in that car crash.
REGULAR COVERAGE
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, 8 p.m.): Another sign that the frivolous and largely free-of-new-TV days of summer are upon us: The shimmering British charm of Cat Deeley beams from Fox’s broadcast signal, occasionally interrupted by the grouchiness of Nigel Lythgoe. Oliver Sava asks once more: So these contestants have convinced themselves that they are able to cut a rug?
Eagleheart (Cartoon Network, midnight): A crime boss with a deadly flair for scat-singing is the marshals latest target. In lieu of a traditional review, Kevin McFarland will respond to the episode with an improvised string of jazzy vocables. Bizzeldy bizzeldy bop!
TV CLUB CLASSIC
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (11 a.m.): Let’s imagine a world where Mad Men’s Paul Kinsey actually makes a go of writing TV in Los Angeles, eventually working his way through the writers’ room rat race and landing a gig on the second Star Trek spin-off. In this case, he’d probably end up writing scripts like Deep Space Nine’s “Paradise,” centered on a technophobic society. Zack Handlen prefers Dave Algonquin’s work on Star Trek: Voyager.