Thursday TV: Community, White Collar S.5 Finale, Elementary & More

News & Notes

Tonight, NBC has a Saturday Night Live Presents a SNL Sports Spectacular special.

Over on cable, USA Network has the fifth season finale of White Collar.

Listen to the latest TV times Three Podcast: Ep.211, “New Brooklyn Sherlock Met Enlisted Psych Melissa.” On this episode I am joined by @mytakeontv and @raelee. We talk a little news and recent episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, Melissa & Joey, the Psych remake, Enlisted and Sherlock.

Prime Picks

Community (NBC): New. Annie is trying to get the cafeteria ready for a dance and has to deal with the head of multiple departments to complete the task.
Parks & Recreation (NBC): New. Ann and Chris leave Pawnee and Leslie throws them a going away party. Runs 31 minutes.

White Collar (USA Network): Season Finale. Neal and Peter are searching for the hidden treasure under New York City before some other can get their hands on it. Runs 61 minutes. Plays again later.

Elementary (CBS): New. Joan finds a connection to an unsolved case while reviewing one of Sherlock’s cold cases. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 59 minutes.

Solid Selections

The Vampire Diaries (The CW): New. Damon gets a really grisly gift from Enzo. Matt decides to throw a party. Caroline confesses something to Elena.

The Crazy Ones (CBS): New. Simon loses a contest and Andrew and Zach attempt to help him get his groove back. Starts a minute after the hour and runs 30 minutes.

True Detective (HBO Signature): Repeat. This past Sunday’s episode, “The Locked Room,” replays.

Other Option

• The Big Bang Theory (CBS): New. The gang fails to get tickets to Comic-Con, so Sheldon decides to hold his own convention and ends up spending a wild night with James Earl Jones. Runs 31 minutes.

Sports Notes

• ESPN has doubleheader college basketball action with Cincinnati at Louisville followed by Purdue at Michigan.
• ESPN2 has doubleheader college basketball action with Florida at Mississippi State followed by UCLA at Oregon.
• FS1 has college basketball action with Providence at Marquette.
• TNT has doubleheader NBA action tonight with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the New York Knicks followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Golden State Warriors.

Thursday TV Marathons

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (ION): Eight episodes.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (USA Network): Has 13 episodes.
Living Single (TV One): Has 12 episodes early.
Sex and the City (Oxygen): Has 10 episodes.