Some finales appear more final than others
“Grimm” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-14) ends its sixth and final season tonight. Not unlike “The X-Files,” the series has basically been a police procedural with supernatural overtones. It also shares an underlying fluency in fairy tale mythology with “Once Upon a Time,” but without that ABC show’s connection to the Disney toy box.
Will “Grimm” be missed? Unlike many series, its audience remained rather consistent over six seasons. If it had aired on the CW network, where the ability to attract 6 million or so viewers would be considered a coup, it might have rattled on forever — or at least as long as “Supernatural.”
Longevity is probably not in the cards for “Sleepy Hollow” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14), wrapping up its fourth supernatural season tonight.
Seasons end for the topical comedies “Last Man Standing” (7 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), starring Tim Allen, and “Dr. Ken” (7:30 p.m., ABC, TV-PG), based on star Ken Jeong’s real life. Neither series has been officially renewed, but both are probably safe bets to return.
“Dr. Ken” faces a bit of hurdle in the story department. The series follows Jeong’s path from real-life doctor to professional comedian and actor. Tonight’s season finale sees him getting a big break to do comedy at a community college. Will “Dr. Ken” become “Formerly Dr. Ken” when he changes careers? Will we have to sit through “The Hangover” movies again? Will the story arc follow him all the way to his ABC series, becoming “Making ‘Dr. Ken’ ”?
» With NCAA basketball dominating conversations, Showtime debuts the 2017 documentary “Disgraced” (8 p.m.) about the 2003 murder of Baylor star Patrick Dennehy at the hands of teammate and friend Carlton Dotson. This is the only documented case of one NCAA student-athlete murdering another.
» A veteran comic discusses his long career in the 2016 documentary “Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg” (9 p.m., Starz). Klein’s career has been marked by retrospection. His breakthrough 1973 comedy album was “A Child of the Fifties.” He starred in HBO’s first stand-up special in 1975.
» The three-part series “Five Came Back” (TV-MA) begins streaming today on Netflix. Directed by Laurent Bouzereau and narrated by Meryl Streep, it examines the work Hollywood directors John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens did during World War II, and how the war influenced their later works.
» Also on Netflix, the movie “The Discovery” (TV-MA) stars Robert Redford as a man who “proves” the existence of an afterlife, a finding with profound and unexpected social consequences. Redford joins his Hollywood contemporary and “Barefoot in the Park” co-star Jane Fonda (“Grace and Frankie”) on Netflix, a streaming service unafraid to cast “mature” stars because it has no need to please youthseeking advertisers.
Other highlights
» A murder victim is put on ice on “Rosewood” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14).
» An officer seeking forgiveness goes missing on “Blue Bloods” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14).
Cult choice
Baseball’s opening weekend is a good excuse to indulge in the threehanky 1942 Lou Gehrig biopic “The Pride of the Yankees” (2:30 a.m. Saturday), starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright.