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TV delves into the supernatural this week:
“Pretty Little Liars” (Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC Family)
Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Toby’s (Tyler Blackburn) investigation into last week’s mystery phone number takes them on a field trip to neighboring town Ravenswood, which conveniently is the name of the new series premiering on the network this fall. There’s always something spooky going on back in Rosewood, but this cursed village even creeps out Spencer. Toby will be moving there permanently for the spinoff.
“Being Human” (Saturday, 10 p.m., BBC America)
In the fifth and final season premiere for the original, superior supernatural roommate series, vamp Hal (Damien Molony) werewolf Tom (Michael Socha) and ghost Alex (Kate Bracken) will face down no less than the Devil, who’s wandering around the earth in human form. Mama has a few suspects she wouldn’t mind the trio taking down, just to be safe.
“True Blood” (Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO)
The already out-there fanged soap opera crosses over to other side when Sookie (Anna Paquin) asks Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) to perform a séance, raising her parents for a Q&A. Considering Sookie’s new boy toy, Ben (Rob Kazinsky), provides a dangerous revelation about Mommy and Daddy early in the episode, you might think Sookie would reconsider this summoning idea as stupid and dangerous. But then, maybe you’ve never seen the show.
“Sharknado” (Thursday, 9 p.m., Syfy)
Mama will admit she has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this summer storm since she saw the preview for it earlier this season. It’s sharks falling out of the skies and eating people. Why is their first objective to eat people? How do they stay alive after they’re no longer in water? Are you seriously questioning the scientific basis for a Syfy original movie? Just enjoy the sharks falling from the sky, people. Tara Reid and Ian Ziering star as the team investigating the phenomenon. Which means we’re all doomed.
“Longmire” (Monday, 10 p.m., A&E)
Although the western cop series is mostly as grounded as the cold, hard facts that Walt (Robert Taylor) depends on, there are a few forays into the spiritual world. The sheriff’s best friend, Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), has been his go-between with the ethereal reservation, where the Cheyenne tribe does seem to have its hotline to “The Great Spirit,” which is also the title of this episode. The stoic Walt will need all the heavenly help he can get as Detective Fales (Charles S. Dutton) set his sights on the sheriff as the number- one suspect in the murder of his wife’s killer.