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8 shows to watch this week

24: Live Another Day (Monday, 9 p.m., Fox)


Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) have a plan in place to eliminate the terrorist threat before any more attacks rock London.

With no time to spare and lives on the line, Jack and Kate (Yvonne Strahovski with Gbenga Akinnagbe pursue crucial leads in an attempt to gain the upper hand on the incredibly intense circumstances.

Meanwhile, key players reveal their true colors. Co-starring Kim Raver and Tate Donovan.

Rookie Blue (Thursday, 9 p.m., ABC)

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The officers of 15 Division are assigned to seize items purchased with money earned illegally, and nobody really wants to do it. Andy (Missy Peregrym) and Nick (Peter Mooney) are sent to an illegal gambling house — still in operation, by the way — and they dutifully arrest the homeowner. But after a confession that seems too good to be true, Andy recruits Sam (Ben Bass) to help her get to the bottom of what’s really going on.

True Blood (Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO)


The final season begins with the vampire-human mixer at Bellefleur’s in full swing, but a gruesome attack by a band of H-vamps means death for a long-running cast member.

Meanwhile, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) tries to atone for her past mistakes; Bill (Stephen Moyer) has an unlikely ally in a showdown with vigilantes; and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) seeks answers to a mystery in Morocco. Starring Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse, a woman who hears too much gossip and lets it bother her.

Rizzoli & Isles (Tuesday, 9 p.m., TNT)

TNT

A woman walks into the station covered in blood, carrying a gun and saying she killed someone. Unfortunately, the trauma of what she did caused her to forget who she is and who the victim is.

The team tries to unravel this bizarre case as they deal with the loss of close friend and colleague Det. Barry Frost (Lee Thompson Young). Starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

The Last Ship (Sunday, 9 p.m., TNT)

TNT

The Navy destroyer USS Nathan James is a kingdom of men. Men with square jaws who don’t use a lot of adjectives. They give orders and follow them. The captain is Tom Chandler (Eric Dane with Adam Baldwin).

Needless to say, he runs a tight ship. Everything’s going swimmingly out there on the high seas, until a guest passenger, one Rachel Scott (Rhona Mitra), a strong-willed, fearless paleomicrobiologist, discovers a deadly virus in the Arctic.

It seems that while the crew is singing sea chanteys and watching the blue horizon, a global virus is decimating the population of the world. What to do? Is there any safe harbor? Chandler and Scott clash on procedure.

Tyrant (Tuesday, 10 p.m., FX)

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Pediatrician Barry Al-Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn Middle Eastern nation, ends a 20-year self-imposed exile to return home for his nephew’s wedding. With his American wife and children in tow, Barry has to deal head-on with a clash of cultures as well as the political scene of his youth. Ashraf Barhom plays Jamal, Adam Rayner stars as Barry and Jennifer Finnigan plays his wife, Molly.

Rising Star (Sunday, 9 p.m., ABC)


Most people think singing competition shows are deadsville. Not the folks at ABC, which will premiere “Rising Star.” Aspiring singers get immediate feedback from the audience via an app to determine whether the singer will advance in the competition.

If the voting reaches a certain threshold, the performer moves on. In addition, the performer can see how the voting is going throughout the performance, so the feedback is immediate and dramatic. There are judges (including Ludacris) involved, but one wonders why they are needed.

Taxi Brooklyn (Wednesday, 10 p.m., NBC)


Danger-junkie Detective Caitlyn Sullivan (Chyler Leigh) is demoted to foot patrol for reckless driving, disobeying orders and personality conflicts. Yikes. Cat arrests Marseille-born taxi driver Leo Romba (Jacky Ido).

Accused of being a wheelman in a bank robbery, Leo begs Cat to make a deal: In exchange for proving his innocence, he will provide her with his driving skills and taxi.

The unlikely partnership grows into a friendship as they investigate a series of robberies, and Leo becomes Cat’s confidant in her personal investigation of her father’s murder.

Also starring: Raul Casso, James Colby, Jennifer Esposito, Bill Heck, Caterina Murino, Ally Walker and Jose Zuniga.