Worth Watching: May 29-June 4

FRIDAY Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money Move over, Suze Orman: Mellody Hobson has the 411 for you. ABC’s resident money maven talks personal finance in the recession. 9 p.m. on ABC.

SATURDAY Groomer Has It Tonight, contestants gussy-up shelter dogs for an adoption event. 9 p.m. on Animal Planet.

Harper’s Island Abby, Henry and J.D. discover another body. 9 p.m. on CBS.

Pushing Daisies After a five-month hiatus, the quirky and queer Emmy-winning fantasy/mystery show returns. 10 p.m. on ABC.

SUNDAY The Talented Mr. Ripley Thrilling murder mystery from queer writer Patricia Highsmith features Jude Law in an incomparably sexy bathtub scene with Matt Damon. With Gwyneth Paltrow and fabulous European settings. 10 p.m. on TMC.

MONDAY Medium With Patricia Arquette as the pseudo detective who dreams dead people. 10 p.m. on NBC.

TUESDAY Law & Order: SVU Season finale. When an error jeopardizes a murder case, the detectives rush to find more evidence before the killer takes revenge on the squad. 10 p.m. on NBC.

Mental Annabella Sciorra and Chris Vance star in this medical drama set in L.A. With Marisa Ramirez as Dr. Chloe Artis, a young lesbian doctor. 9 p.m. on Fox.

WEDNESDAY New Adventures of Old Christine With lesbian comedian Wanda Sykes. 8 p.m. on CBS.

The Goode Family This animated series features a PC family of ultra-green-conscious vegans. The father states repeatedly that he always wanted more lesbians in his life. Whether he wanted the ones next door is another question. 9 p.m. on ABC.

Law & Order Season finale. Who will the killer be? The woman or the queer? The best detective duo in years, Anthony Anderson and Jeremy Sisto, hunt them down. 10 p.m. on NBC.

THURSDAY So You Think You Can Dance? Hotties and notties, queers and non-queers compete to see who is the best dancer. 8 p.m. on Fox.

The Fashion Show Just like “Project Runway,” but with a different gay guy. Designer Isaac Mizrahi hosts. 10 p.m. on Bravo.

Queer TV you can always see

The Young & The Restless A tempest in soapland erupted May 21 when the devoutly Catholic Chris Engen allegedly walked off the set rather than play a gay scene that included a same-sex kiss. “Y&R” has finally introduced a gay character, Rafe Torres, after 30 years. Engen, who plays Adam Wilson, had been in conflict with the writers for several months about the direction his character was taking. So, Michael Muhney will assume the role of Adam on June 25. Since Adam has been heterosexual throughout his tenure at “Y&R,” it’s difficult to imagine how the writers will twist a gay storyline out of him. Monday-Friday, 12:30 p.m. on CBS.

As the World Turns Luke and Noah are going cruising — that is, on a cruise — with Damian, Lily and Meg. Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. on CBS.

Guiding Light Natalia and Olivia are so in love, it’s painful. Olivia even went to Jeffrey to ask him to testify for Natalia’s son. The two discussed living together again, but Natalia feels it wouldn’t be seemly. Especially after Natalia’s priest dropped by to have a talk with her about Frank. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. on CBS.

Ellen Monday-Friday, 3 p.m. on NBC.

The Rachel Maddow Show Monday-Friday, 9 p.m. on MSNBC.

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