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In its second season, Guillermo del Toro's "The Strain" (Sunday, 11 p.m., FX) remains the creepiest show on TV.
There's not a sparkly vampire to be seen here — but there are a lot of horrifying monsters all over New York City. In this weekend's episode, Eph and Nora experiment on their new patients; Kelly searches for Zach.
And if you missed the Season 2 premiere last week, it repeats Sunday/early Monday at 1:25 a.m.
Friday on TV ...
"Masters of Illusion" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): Magicians Tommy Wind, Aaron Radatz, Ed Alonzo, Danny Cole, Nathan Phan, Arthur Trace, Greg Gleason and Les Arnold and Dazzle perform.
"Great Performances" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones star in a production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Driving Miss Daisy," which was filmed in Melbourne, Australia.
"The Messengers" (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30): The Messengers' attempt to rescue someone from government lockup.
"HitRecord" (8 p.m., Pivot): All things maternal are celebrated.
"Defiance" (9 p.m., Syfy): A visiting arms dealer changes Defiance's fortunes.
"Killjoys" (10 p.m., Syfy): On an easy salvage job on an abandoned ship the Killjoys discover they are not alone.
"Dark Matter" (11 p.m., Syfy): Chemical hypnosis and the ship's neural link are used to explore the memories hidden in Five's subconscious.
Saturday on TV ...
Golf (7 a.m., ESPN): Third round at the British Open
Gold Cup soccer — quarterfinals: USA vs. Cuba (3 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13); Haiti vs. Jamaica (5 p.m., FS1)
"The Millers" (7 and 7:30 p.m., CBS/Ch.2): The Millers stage their own living nativity scene; Nathan tries to use his celebrity to get his niece into an exclusive school.
Major League Soccer (8 p.m., KMYU): Houston Dynamo at Real Salt Lake
"Roboshark" (8 p.m., Syfy): A great white shark sinks its teeth into an alien space probe in the Pacific, creating a roboshark that invades Seattle.
"Hannibal" (9 p.m., Ch 30): Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter are delivered to Muskrat Farm to await Mason's revenge.
"Cedar Cove" (9 p.m., Hallmark): In the third-season opener, Olivia is stilll uneasy about Jack's relapse.
"Hell on Wheels" (10 p.m., AMC): In the fifth and final season opener, Cullen is in California with the Central Pacific Railroad, building east through the mountains.
"Atlantis" (10 p.m., BBC America): Pythagoras seeks to help Jason
"Power" (10 p.m., Starz): After the revelation that Ghost and Jamie are the same man, Angela seeks proof;
"Mega Shark vs. Kolossus" (10 p.m., Syfy): A new Mega Shark does battle with a giant robot doomsday device from the Cold War.
"Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" (11 p.m., BBC America): Strange tries to drive himself insane as a way of gaining access to the fairy magic that he believes can bring his wife back from the dead.
Sunday on TV ...
Gold Cup soccer — quarterfinals: Panama vs. Trinidad (2:30 p.m., FS1); Costa Rica vs. Mexico (5:30 p.m., FS1)
"Big Brother" (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2): Houseguests are nominated for eviction.
"Celebrity Family Feud" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Rob Gronkowski and family vs. Holly Robinson Peete and family; Bill Engvall and family vs. Keke Palmer and family.
"Welcome to Sweden" (7 and 7:30 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5): In the Season 2 premiere, Bruce plans to propose to Emma; Emma tangles with her boss.
"Last Tango in Halifax" (7 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Raff is excited to learn that his mother and Robbie are going to marry.
"Love You To Death" (7 p.m., Lifetime): A female student falls for a mysterious new transfer who's the prime suspect in a missing-persons case.
"The Last Ship" (7 and 9 p.m., TNT): Chandler tracks the Immunes to Northern Florida.
"Battlebots" (8 pm., ABC/Ch. 4): The competition continues.
"Poldark" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Poldark and Demelza become parents; the miners riot.
"Falling Skies" (8 p.m., TNT): A mission to gather vehicles and fuel goes wrong.
"Golan the Insatiable" (8:30 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13): Golan goes to Alexis' school to be crowned king at a dance. (Season finale)
"Save My Life: Boston Trauma" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4): Debut of this documentary series, which follows top-tier trauma teams inside the ERs and ORs of Boston hospitals.
"The Crimson Field" (9 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7): Grace is threatened by a commander of a Sikh regiment.
"Humans" (10 p.m., AMC): Leo gets one step closer to finding Mia; Niska gets revenge.
"True Detective" (10 p.m., HBO): Ray and Frank contemplate new life choices; Ani and Paul follow a lead up the coast.
"Ray Donovan" (10 p.m., Showtime): Paige Finney calls Ray to protect a quarterback.
"Tut" (10 p.m., Spike): The opener of a three-part drama on Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's reign finds young Tut trying to wrest control of his kingdom while eliminating those who conspire against him. I've only seen Part 1, and I was kind of bored.
"Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf" (10 p.m., Syfy): Half shark/half octopus vs. half whale/half wolf.
"Ballers" (11 p.m., HBO): Charles' marriage is tested; Vernon faces a crisis.
"Masters of Sex" (11 p.m., Showtime): Masters takes on a high-profile patient; Virginia and Libby come to terms.
"The Brink" (11:30 p.m., HBO): Zeke and Glenn are rescued by an eccentric English couple.
"Halt and Catch Fire" (11 p.m., AMC): Cameron and Tom try to come to terms; Joe and Sara say goodbye to Dallas.