TV This Week

SUNDAY

How to solve “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,� when its venerable Victorian-era author died before he could finish it? “Masterpiece Classic� tries to bring Charles Dickens’ dark tale of obsession to a satisfactory conclusion in a new adaptation. (KOCE, 9 p.m.)

She made “Tiny Furniture� – the 2010 art-house hit, not things you might find at a mini-Ikea. Now, Lena Dunham, below, is giving the small screen a go as creator and star of “Girls,� a new dramedy about twentysomethings in the Big Apple. (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)

MONDAY

Real-life movie star Uma Thurman continues her guest stint as a fictional movie star on “Smash.� Perhaps that’s reason enough to keep watching this tune-filled Broadway-set drama that has lately gotten a bit too “Glee�-ful for its own good. (NBC, 10 p.m.)

TUESDAY

Despite what you see on those procedural shows, actual forensics work isn’t all car chases and busting down doors armed with a gun, a quip and a cool set of shades. “Frontline� separates fact from TV fiction with “The Real CSI.� (KOCE, 10 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY

This land is your land: “Nature� surveys the largest protected wilderness in the Lower 48 (hint: It’s not Yellowstone) and the new series “Park Secrets� takes a fresh look at some of our nation’s most popular national parks. (KOCE, 8 p.m.; Travel, 8 p.m.)

THURSDAY

Can she talk? Yes, yes, she can. Willing to dish the dirt? Indubitably. Surgically enhanced? Unashamedly. She’s Joan R– oops, scratch that. She’s Kathy Griffin, “D-list� comedian and host of the new weekly chat show

“Kathy.� (Bravo, 10 p.m.)

FRIDAY

Country gals: After the return of “The Singing Bee,� hosted by Melissa Peterman, a former “Beverly Hills, 90210� lovely gets the heck out of Dodge — er, Los Angeles — in the new reality series “Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country.� (CMT, 8 and 9 p.m.)

SATURDAY

Not many filmmakers can take you from the Big Bang to 1950s Texas and beyond in a single movie … but not many filmmakers are Terrence Malick. The reclusive director performs said feat in his visually stunning 2011 meditation “The Tree of Life.� With Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, below. (Cinemax, 10 p.m.)