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1. 'Castle Impossible' Tuesday at 9 p.m. on HGTV: The renovation reality show finds Ian Figueira and Daphne Reckert facing a rare dilemma: The California couple has inherited her grandfather's French chateaux. The 500-year-old estate surrounded by 130 acres on the outskirts of Paris could be a dream come true or a royal money pit. Over multiple episodes, the pair confront a project where the main floor is habitable and elegant but the upstairs and outbuildings are French fixer-uppers. Calling HGTV experts to the rescue, the husband and wife attempt to execute a renovation project that won't take all the king's gold coins. Advertisement 2. 'Jeopardy! Masters,' season 3 Wednesday at 9 p.m. on ABC, then streaming on Hulu: The crème-de-la-crème of the long-running game show compete for big money. Under the eye of host Ken Jennings, the brainiest of the brainy, the six highest ranking current Jeopardy!' contestants return for a primetime gladiatorial competition special. Wednesday night will feature back-to-back knockout rounds between contestants, including Brad Rutter, the biggest winner of the bunch with $4,953,436. The victor of the finals will receive $500,000, plus $100,000 for charity and the Trebek Trophy. Advertisement 3. 'Turning Point: The Vietnam War' Wednesday on Netflix: The military docuseries takes as its hook the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Over five episodes, the series focuses on the strategic, cultural, individual, and long-lasting impact of America's fight in Vietnam. From Luminant Media, the documentary follows related projects 'Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War' and 'Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror.' The filmmakers build upon new sources of material, including unique access to CBS archives, Vietnamese footage, and previously unreleased White House tapes. 4. ' ' Thursday on Netflix: Star Tina Fey co-created this dramedy, lining up a stellar cast that includes Mass. native Steve Carrell, Will Forte, and Colman Domingo. The story updates the 1981 comedy, which starred Alan Alda, who also wrote and directed. Over four seasons, three married couples gather for quarterly getaways. As they holiday, the duos contemplate the nature of love, sex, and friendship, and the collateral damage of divorce. 5. 'Miss Austen' Sunday at 9 p.m. on PBS: The four-part 'Masterpiece Theater' drama puts amateur watercolorist Cassandra Austen, not her better-known younger sister Jane, in the foreground. Starring Keeley Hawes, the original drama focuses on Cassandra's fateful decision to burn her late sister's letters. Her action would have a lasting impact on Austen scholarship, and on the public perception of the English author of ' Advertisement Thelma Adams is a cultural critic and the author of the best-selling historical novel ' ,' about Josephine Marcus, the Jewish wife of Wyatt Earp.