“Copper” (Sunday, 10 p.m., BBC America)
The series about that very American event, our Civil War, is done well by the British Broadcasting Company, although they do employ some respectable U.S. historians to ensure historical accuracy. It’s the second season’s penultimate episode as the looming assassination of President Lincoln (sorry, but if that’s a spoiler alert, you really shouldn’t be watching historical dramas), with that dastardly Donovan’s (Donal Logue) misdeeds thwarting Corcoran’s (Tom Weston-Jones) attempts to bring law and order to 1860s New York.
“Broadchurch” (Wednesday, 10 p.m., BBCA)
They’re promising us the killer in the finale of this excellent British whodunit. But there are enough clues out there to help you solve the murder — or you can just check out the spoilers via the original airing in England — but it doesn’t take away from the fantastically sad, creepy town that was divided and re-united by the murder of an 11-year-old boy.
“The Bridge” (Wednesday, 10 p.m. FX)
The show itself is homemade, but it crosses the border to Mexico so easily, you feel like you’re slipping through that hidden passage on Charlotte’s (Annabeth Gish) ranch. And now that it’s jumped from so-so cop show to bizarro runaway train of revenge, the last few episodes should keep Sonya (Diane Kruger) on edge — at least as on edge as the socially inept detective is capable of being.
“The Chase” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., GSN)
The most addictive game show since the original “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” wraps up its inaugural season on the Game Show Network. If you haven’t challenged the English Beast (unrelated to The Beast in “The Bridge”) and his encyclopedic trivia knowledge – although his foreign roots occasionally trip him up, as it did on a seemingly softball question about Baskin- Robbins — try out this quiz show before it bows.
“Siberia” (Monday, 10 p.m., NBC)
The fictional thriller about a reality series set in Russia never really found its footing — Mama had high hopes it would lampoon the recent spat of reality show contestants, but they were mostly just the typically predictable drama-series characters who just happened to be lost in the Siberian wilderness. And speaking of “Lost,” in the first season finale, the surviving contestants could learn three words from the great island adventure about their own rescuers: Not Penny’s boat.