Wife swap
It’s been a long and sexy road for King Henry VIII. Four seasons of the temperamental Tudor king’s story wraps up with tonight’s series finale in which Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) hears that friends King Francis (Emmanuel Leconte) and Charles Brandon (Henry Cavill) are at death’s door, which leads Henry to melancholy contemplation of his own mortality. Meanwhile, Henry is also plagued with succession issues, losing his beloved Boulogne to a peace treaty with France and being haunted by the ghosts of his past wives.
* THE TUDORS
Today, 9 p.m., Showtime
‘Beat’ cops
After taking a breather following the cancellation of NBC’s “My Name Is Earl,” Jason Lee returns to television, playing Dwight Hendricks, a Memphis police detective with a deep love of the blues (he’s a singing cop) and his mama. His unconventional approach to police work rubs his new boss, Lt. Tanya Rice (Alfre Woodard) the wrong way at first, but she grudgingly accepts his idiosyncracies when Dwight solves an elder abuse case. Dwight also gets help from the precinct’s rich batch of characters, including his old partner, Charlie “Whitehead” White (Sam Hennings), and newbie uniform cop Davey Sutton (DJ Qualls), his protégé of sorts. Co-starring Abraham Benrubi, Celia Weston and DJ Qualls.
* MEMPHIS BEAT
Tuesday, 10 p.m., TNT
Pebble Beach match
Golfer Phil Mickelson (left) is having a great year and could add another Grand Slam title to the Masters he won in April when the U.S. Open plays its final round at the legendary Pebble Beach golf course near the windswept coast of Carmel, California. Past champions at the course include legends such as Jack Nickaus, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods (who is, not surprisingly, not having a great year).
* US GOLF OPEN
Today, 2 p.m., NBC
Lesbians in La-la land
Showtime bid adieu to scripted lady love last year when “The L Word” was cancelled. Now they’ve got the “Real” thing — a 9-episode series that follows the “Real Housewives”-type lives of six Los Angeles lesbians. In the premiere, dreadlocked Whitney welcomes her ex-flame to town for a fun weekend, while Rose, a “reformed player,” does her best with monogamy. Finally, new lesbian Tracy deals with a new relationship and her mom’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
* THE REAL L WORD
Today, 10 p.m., Showtime
Back to the ‘Futurama’
Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s cult cartoon has been taken out of cryogenic storage and — finally! The Emmy-winning series returns with its first fresh episode in six years. In the first of back-to-back episodes, a space battle reduces the Planet Express Intergalactic delivery company crew to literal skeletons. Their only hope is reanimation by the short-sighted (and ancient) Professor Farnsworth’s experimental “re-birth” device. In the second episode, sexy cyclops Leela and hunky space captain Zapp Brannigan are stranded on a Garden of Eden-type planet — naked, of course.
* FUTURAMA
Thursday, 10 p.m., Comedy Central
The thin ‘Blue’ line
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a young, rookie cop working the streets in a big city, this is the show for you. The Canadian co-production — which means it’s set in Toronto — follows five wet-behind-the-ears cops fresh out of the Academy on their first day on the job. Rookie ringleader, Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym), a perfectionist from a family of cops, makes a critical newbie mistake while apprehending a suspect and torpedoes a long-running undercover drug sting. She tries to make up for it by taking on an unstable gunman all by herself. “Everwood’s” Gregory Smith co-stars as Dov Epstein, the thrill-seeking rookie raised by hippie parents.
* ROOKIE BLUE
Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC
Getting ‘Lucky’
When Lisa Rayborn’s (Natasha Henstridge) mom dies, the New York City fashion designer returns to her hometown and the family farm. Life on the farm isn’t working out so great, now that her brother Jim (Harry Hamlin) has decided to raise Merino sheep. Lisa adopts a border collie named Lucky to help wrangle the wayward animals. When disaster strikes, Lucky is called on for some big-time action.
* YOU LUCKY DOG
Saturday, 9 p.m., Hallmark Channel