'Rescue Me' is a Tuesday TV pick

'Rescue Me'

Sad news: This superb drama about New York firefighters will end its run in 2011. Creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan have given us a TV show that is at times hysterical (Steve Pasquale's character Sean had some brilliantly comic — and musical — moments this season) and moving (Callie Thorne deserves serious award recognition for her monologue about being a 9/11 widow). Tonight's fifth-season finale should be a doozy with Leary's Tommy Gavin back on the sauce and (as usual) in the middle of several wild story lines. 10 p.m. on FX (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop, Seattle Times staff

Also on today

"MLB Baseball," 7 p.m. (FSN): Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners (Live).

"Hell's Kitchen," 8 p.m. (Fox): The chefs compete in a blind taste-test challenge; one team serves raw meat and the other team runs out of potatoes.

"Citizen Kane" (1941), 8:30 p.m. (TCM): Enigmatic newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane rises, falls and leaves behind a riddle with his dying breath.

"America's Got Talent," 9 p.m. (KING): The first 10 acts from the top 20 perform.

"The Colony," 10 p.m. (Discovery): The colonists run into missionaries on a river trip; the arrival of two new visitors creates an internal rift.

"P.O.V.," 10 p.m. (KCTS): "Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador") — Two female matadors — Mari Paz Vega and Eva Florencia — share a passion for bullfighting.

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