Catch up on
Penny Dreadful: (Available on Netflix) “Penny Dreadful” aired successfully for three years before abruptly ending. Created by John Logan (the play “Red” and the Bond film “Skyfall”), the series was a powerful drama masquerading as a gothic horror piece, with all sorts of 19th century monsters like Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man. It centered on the mystical Vanessa Ives played by Eva Green, whose path crossed with the creatures, all elegantly reimagined. Green is brilliant throughout, particularly when she got to act with equally brilliant Patti Lupone, who had arcs as two different characters in the series.
This week
Sharknado 5 — Global Swarming: (8 p.m. Sunday on Syfy) Sarah Palin reportedly was the producers’ choice to do a cameo as the U.S. president in the latest installment of the fishy franchise, but negotiations broke down. They then got a verbal OK from Donald Trump back in 2015, but he dropped out for some reason. Still, there are plenty of drop-ins for the shark-alyptic story, including Charo, Olivia Newton-John, Clay Aiken, Margaret Cho, Tony Hawk, Greg Louganis, Gilbert Gottfried, Fabio (playing the Pope) and Bret Michaels.
Chesapeake Shores: (9 p.m. Sunday on Hallmark) Second season of the drama about a young woman in New York who returns to her hometown in Maryland to help save her sister’s failing inn.
Ray Donovan: (9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime) Susan Sarandon