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This weekend’s big US dramas

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Saturday, 10pm, CSI: NY, Five
Craig T Nelson’s media mogul Robert Dunbrook is back in the bad books after someone is shoved out of his office window, 20 stories up. Just one problem - the body’s gone missing, which makes it quite hard to investigate, never mind press charges… Still, it must be doing wonders for his newspaper sales. There’s no such thing as bad publicity, right?

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Sunday, 9pm & 10pm, House, Sky1 & Sky1 HD
NEW SERIES Sunday nights aren’t the same without our dose of JJ Abrams, but Sky1 have kindly acquired the new run of House, so that’s pretty good medicine, especially as they’re delivering double shots of the grumpy doc for the first few weeks. Tonight we see the aftermath of Amber’s death, as Wilson finally gives up on his friendship with House, and House does everything he can to patch it up again.

Sunday, 9pm, Supernatural, ITV2
Sam and Dean head to Windom, Minnesota to check out a boy who claims he’s John’s son, and that his mother is missing. While they search for the missing mum, they find out a whole lot more about thier father and a case he worked on the year before Adam was born.

Sunday, 10pm, Desperate Housewives, E4
SERIES FINALE Sofa cushions at the ready, as Creepy Dave finally puts his dastardly plan into action, making off with Susan and wee MJ. Susan we could live without, but MJ’s a cutie… To add to the drama, Lynette fears her cancer is back, Orson takes a beating, and Gaby fails to stop Carlos’s niece moving in.

Sunday, 11pm, Dirty Sexy Money, E4
SERIES FINALE And, indeed, show finale - DSM’s been cancelled, so don’t expect closure by the end of tonight’s episode. Simon finally spills the beans about who’s behind his skullduggery, Jeremy makes a big mistake during a weekend in Vegas, and Nick is ordered to stop Lisa publishing a kiss-and-tell book about the Darlings. The good news is that Donald Sutherland is already lined up for equally dynastic drama The Eastmans. Watch this space for more news on that one…

Five things we learned today | Friday 29 May

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1. Battlestar’s Tricia Helfer, Mark Sheppard and Michael Hogan are all set to turn up in promising new sci-fi series Warehouse 13.

2. The True Blood viral Blood Copy blog has had a Gawker-friendly makeover.

3. Burn Notice might be forced to relocate from its Miami base.

4. Bigwigs at ABC have confirmed the identity of that massive four-toed statue in Lost.

5. The third season of Mad Men will be a little shorter to make room for more adverts.

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Friday 29 May

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8pm, Army Wives, Living
NEW SERIES We’ve had to wait an eternity since the last series’ cliffhanger, when a sergeant, angry over the break-up of his marriage, walked into the wives’ favourite bar with explosives strapped to his body. Now, we find out who survived and who didn’t. Keep the tissues handy, that’s all I’m saying.

9pm, Criminal Minds, Living
The BAU is called to Alabama when a couple are murdered and their daughter is abducted, and the case reveals a shocking pattern of ritualistic killing linked to Eastern European traditions.

9pm, NCIS, FX
A bank robbery on an army base ends with a murder, and Gibbs is assigned a rookie to help with the investigation, but it seems that’s not the young chap’s only purpose.

10pm, Dexter, FX
Dexter thinks Miguel has cottoned on to his ‘hobby’ and decides to test him, Rita has a mid-life crisis when she gets fired from her job, and Debra suspects Ramon may be the Skinner.

10pm, Numb3rs, Five
Don’s still confined to his hospital bed, and Charlie’s guilt-ridden about his part in his brother’s injuries, so goes all out to help the team track down a serial killer. It’s the show’s 100th episode - keep your eyes peeled for lots of insider references!

Heather’s Pick of the Day | Thursday 28 May

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9pm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark
Steve Guttenberg guest-stars in an episode that bears a striking resemblance to the real-life divorce shenanigans of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.
• catch it again tomorrow night, 8pm

9pm, The Mentalist, Five
A professor is poisoned to death, and the main suspect turns out to be Jane’s former psychiatrist, a fact that somewhat clouds his judgement…
• catch it again, Sunday, 7pm on Five US

9pm, Bones, Sky1
SERIES FINALE It’s the one everyone’s been talking about, with Bones and Booth as you’ve never seen them before, getting up close and personal. It almost feels wrong.
• catch it again, Friday, 9pm on Sky2

9pm, My Name Is Earl, E4
Earl’s latest good deed recipient is the improbably named Griselda Weezmer, the local witch lady who turns out to be even crazier than he remembered. She’s played by the always fab Golden Girls star Betty White.
• catch it again at on E4+1, 10pm/Saturday, 7pm

9pm, ER, More4
SERIES FINALE It’s the end of the line for the long-running show, which draws to a close with a feature-length episode full of the sort of fast-paced emotional drama that made it such a favourite for so long.
• catch it again at on More4+1, 10pm

10pm, Californication, Fiver
Hank chooses to propose to Karen right before a dinner party, with Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian due to show up at any moment, but the usual cocktail of drugs and happenstance takes things in a peculiar direction.
• catch it again on Wednesday, 10pm

10pm, Grey’s Anatomy, Living
Derek’s back after his ‘episode’, but his first surgery is on Izzie. No pressure there, then. Elsewhere, Owen has an extreme reaction to a ceiling fan, forcing Cristina to face up to the extent of his problems.
• catch it again on Living+1, 11pm/Living+2, 12m’t/Wednesday, 8pm

10.45pm, Brothers & Sisters, More4
Kevin’s ex, Chad, shows up unexpectedly with a steamy proposition involving Scotty, and Sarah decides it’s time she got a little action of her own. Oh, and Nigel Havers is back too.
• catch it again on More4+1, 11.45pm

Four things we learned today | Thursday 28 May

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1. Jeepers! Scooby Doo star Freddie Prinze Jr is joining the cast of 24!

2. And former 3rd Rock legend John Lithgow is to be Dexter’s new nemesis.

3. Sarah Connor terminator Summer Glau might pop up in the second season of Dollhouse.

3. General Zod may well be the big bad in the next season of Smallville.

4. One of the Grey’s Anatomy medics definitely won’t be returning for the sixth season…

Fangtastic news, folks… Not long to go now until True Blood starts in the UK!

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Just a quick heads-up, but we have it on good authority that True Blood, the magnificent new vampire series from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, will be starting on FX in the middle of July. Not long to go now!

In the meantime, we thought you’d like this rather swanky half-hour featurette from HBO all about the show. Be warned, though: it contains some spoilers…

Four Things we learned today | Wednesday 27 May

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1. A Buffy movie appears to be in the works – but, for shame, without Joss Whedon!

2. More details are emerging about the second fangtastic series of True Blood.

3. Two more people who aren’t overly famous have been cast in the next season of 24.

4. Battlestar’s Katee Sackhoff appears to be in line to become a comic-book character Typhoid Mary.

Pete’s Pick of the Day | Wednesday 27 May

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9pm, Eleventh Hour, Living
We have already had a body turning up frozen to death under a hot sun, and now a student in Oklahoma dies from a case of the bends despite not being in contact with water. Ooh, those writers are so clever.

9pm, Gossip Girl, ITV2
Chuck wakes up in a hotel with little recollection of what happened the night before, and Nate and Vanessa try to help him fill in the missing pieces. Meanwhile, Blair hatches a plan to bring Rachel down.

10pm, The Unit, Virgin 1
Jonas and the team get their own back on the arrogant official who ruined last week’s mission by getting him to join them on an assignment in a war zone. Back at home, Kim is secretly reunited with her kids.

In the latest issue of TV & Satellite Week…

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• We get all excited about Hugh Laurie’s return in the great new series of House.

• Benidorm is back for a hilarious one-off special.

• We preview the return of Damian Lewis as the quirky crime-solving cop in Life.

• Our weekly TV Spy round-up has all the latest news and gossip on the biggest US dramas.

All this, plus your full week of television listings, with more channels than any other magazine.

Pete’s Pick of the Day | Tuesday 26 May

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8pm, Knight Rider, Sci-Fi
The competitive world of drag racing takes the spotlight as Mike goes undercover in a bid to crack a smuggling ring. But the old military buddy he looks to for help is hiding a secret of his own.

9pm, Dollhouse, Sci-Fi & HD
A romantic weekend in the wilderness turns into the most dangerous game when Echo finds herself human prey. Can Boyd, get to her before it’s too late? Meanwhile, Ballard gets a clue about Echo’s past, and we learn more about rogue active Alpha.

9pm, CSI, Five
Battlestar Galactica fans will love this week’s affectionate nod to the sci-fi series, as the team head into convention land to work out who killed the producer of the re-imagined cult TV show Astro Quest.

9pm, Smallville, E4
As the series hurtles towards its shattering climax in a fortnight’s time, Clark discovers Chloe’s been lying to him over Davis, and Jimmy and Oliver find themselves at the mercy of Davis’s alter ego, Doomsday.

9pm, Ghost Whisperer, Living
After Ned introduces Melinda to online gaming, she finds herself transported into a virtual world where a ghost disguised as an avatar has become fixated with a young girl called Alise.