Thursday’s TV highlights

SERIES

Come Dine With Me: A young dinner party novice and a Belgian food snob clash as the unscripted series returns with new episodes (7 and 10 p.m. BBC America).

The Universe: This new episode of the science-based series looks at space probes — which have found the building blocks of life in the tail of a comet and water on other planets — and ponders if they may one day find a new planet much like Earth, or even make contact with other life forms (8 p.m. History).

POV: Scottish filmmaker Amy Hardie investigates the human subconscious in the new documentary “The Edge of Dreaming” (8:30 p.m. KCET).

Rookie Blue: Andy and Swarek (Missy Peregrym, Ben Bass) put their relationship issues aside after an inmate escapes during a prisoner transport and they must track him down in this new episode (9 p.m. ABC).

The First 48: This new episode revisits the case of teenage mom arrested and charged with robbery and murder (9 p.m. A&E).

The Real Housewives of D.C.: Michaele invites everyone to her winery for an old-fashioned grape stomp in a new episode of this unscripted series that is sure to resonate with “I Love Lucy” fans (9 p.m. Bravo).

Project Runway: The remaining designers are divided into two teams and assigned to create a cohesive design line to match 2010 hair trends. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn star in this new episode (9 p.m. Lifetime).

Nightline Prime— Secrets of Your Mind: Why We Do What We Do: This new episode goes inside the mind of a psychopath to examine the origins of evil or violent behavior, specifically whether people can be born with a predisposition to bad behavior (10 p.m. ABC).

Royal Pains: In the season finale Hank’s (Mark Feuerstein) gossipy patient disappears before he can diagnose her, while Divya (Reshma Shetty) is surprised by her reaction to another’s health crisis. Anastasia Griffith also stars (10 p.m. USA).

SPORTS

Baseball: The Dodgers visit the Milwaukee Brewers (11 a.m. FS Prime).

WNBA basketball: Playoffs: The San Antonio Silver Stars visit the Phoenix Mercury (6 p.m. ESPN2).