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Friday, May 17
Blue Bloods
CBS, 10pm
Midseason Finale!
The police drama starring Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan wraps up the first half of its 14th and final season with “The Heart of a Saturday Night,” featuring guest star Aidan Quinn. The final episodes of the series begin airing this fall.
The 8 Show
Netflix
New Series!
In this series from South Korea, eight individuals trapped in a mysterious eight-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous game show where they earn money as time passes.
Thelma the Unicorn
Netflix
Original Film!
In this animated kids film, Thelma (voice of Brittany Howard) is a small-time pony who dreams of becoming a glamorous music star. In a pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma is transformed into a unicorn and instantly rises to global stardom, but this new life of fame comes at a cost. The voice cast also features Will Forte, Jemaine Clement, Fred Armisen, Zach Galifianakis and Jon Heder.
A Gentleman in Moscow
Paramount+
Series Finale!
Based on a novel by Amor Towles, the story of former Russian aristocrat Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor), who is stripped of his land and title and imprisoned in a Moscow hotel after the Russian Revolution, will conclude. Will he finally get out of that hotel?
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
Paramount+
Season Premiere!
Season 9 of the competition series returns with two episodes dropping today, featuring Keke Palmer and Stephanie Hsu as guest judges. Other guest judges this season will include Alec Mapa, Anitta, Brothers Osborne (T.J. and John), Colton Haynes, Connie Britton, Jeremy Scott, Kristine W and Ruta Lee. This season, eight fan-favorite queens return to use their drag superpowers for good, competing to win a supersized donation of $200,000 to a charity of their choosing. The behind-the-scenes companion series RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked is also back for its sixth season, with episodes available weekly starting today.
On Golden Pond
MOVIES!, 12:25pm
Catch a Classic!
Screen icons Henry Fonda (in his final film appearance) and Katharine Hepburn headline this beloved, Best Picture Oscar-nominated 1981 drama. It is a fine swan song for Fonda, who plays a grumpy, retired professor grappling with the effects of aging and estranged from his daughter (played by Jane Fonda, Henry’s real-life daughter). At their summer home on the titular pond, he and his wife (Hepburn) agree to care for the son of their daughter’s new fiancé, and an unexpected relationship begins to bloom. Henry Fonda was awarded his first and only Best Actor Oscar out of two career nominations; he did not attend the ceremony, so Jane, who received a Supporting Actress nod herself, accepted it, as well as the honorary award he was also given, on his behalf. Hepburn, who also was not at the ceremony, was awarded Best Actress, the fourth and final Oscar win of her legendary career.
S.W.A.T.
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The police drama starring Shemar Moore as Los Angeles SWAT team officer Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson has been saved from cancellation a second time and will return for Season 8. Season 7 ends with “Twenty Squad,” in which SWAT faces their deadliest adversary yet when a violent cell of extremists looks to blow up half of Los Angeles.
Fire Country
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
Gabriela (Stephanie Arcila) prepares to walk down the aisle on her wedding day as Bode (Max Thieriot) receives some surprising news in the Season 2 finale “I Do.” CBS has picked up Fire Country for a third season.
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home
Hallmark Mystery, 9pm
Original Film!
Rachel (Amanda Schull), once a trauma surgeon in the U.S. Army, is a small-town family doctor now settled into a quiet life with her widowed father (Gerard Plunkett) and her teenage twins (Isla Crerar and Jett Klyne). When her favorite patient dies after she gave him a clean bill of health, she can’t shake the feeling something is wrong. Her attempt to involve the authorities is met with resistance, as charming police detective Jack Quinn (Brendan Penny) wants to help but is not convinced of any wrongdoing. Putting her background in military forensics to use, she starts to investigate the death, but the further she digs, the more danger her life is in.
Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog: “Brutal Labradoodle”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Cesar heads to Beverly Hills to help a fearful labradoodle named Harvey, who leads his pack with chaotic aggression because his timid owner provides the wrong type of leadership. As a result, Harvey lashes out at everyone and everything, most notably the family TV set. Cesar also sets out to help a traumatized pet mom get a better handle on her large sheepdog on their out-of-control walks.
Mary & George
Starz, 9pm
Series Finale!
In the finale of the historical drama, George and Charles (Nicholas Galitzine and Samuel Blenkin) embark on a trip to Spain, and Mary (Julianne Moore) attempts one last gamble to ensure absolute power.
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
HBO, 11pm
Season Finale!
The darkly funny documentary series about comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s tumultuous quest for love, sex and truth wraps up Season 1.
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Saturday, May 18
The Established Home
Magnolia Network, 1pm
Season Premiere!
In the Season 3 premiere, “Holland Custom Kitchen,” designer Jean Stoffer redesigns a dated ’90s kitchen in a vacation home on the shores of Lake Michigan in the small town of Holland, Michigan. She creates a new layout, custom cabinetry and a hidden pantry, and includes an innovative reengineering for a problematic ceiling.
Design Down Under
Magnolia Network, 2pm
Season Premiere!
Husband-and-wife design-build team Richie Morris and Georgia Ezra create more one-of-a-kind modern designs and bespoke spaces for their clients in Melbourne, Australia, while juggling their thriving businesses and family of four.
Horse Racing: 149th Preakness Stakes
NBC, 4:30pm Live
If he competes, Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will try to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive today at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore for the running of the 149th Preakness Stakes.
I Am Bruce Lee
The CW, 8pm
Martial artists, athletes, actors, directors and producers discuss the legacy of Bruce Lee in this network premiere of the 2012 biographical documentary.
Everything Puppies
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Scarlett (Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes) is a hardworking entrepreneur and inventor looking to make it big with innovative dog toys and treats. Her latest puppy treat recipe is already all the rage with the dogs on her block; she just needs a distributor to bring her product to the masses. But she can’t land it on the shelves of any local grocers until she meets Alex (Stephen Huszar), who runs Happy Harvest and is so impressed by her product that he puts in an order and quickly sells out. As he and Scarlett work together to keep the supply of puppy treats coming, a competitor gets a whiff of her product and does everything he can to shut her down.
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie: “Scream, Blacula, Scream”
MeTV, 8pm
Sven introduces Scream, Blacula, Scream, a 1973 “blaxploitation” horror movie that is a sequel to 1972’s Blacula. William Marshall reprises his role as Prince Mamuwalde, aka the vampire Blacula. Don Mitchell and Pam Grier costar.
Two for One: Steven Spielberg
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, TCM primetime host Ben Mankiewicz is joined by filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who introduces two films of his choosing. Spielberg will offer commentary on each title’s cultural significance and its influence on other films, behind-the-scenes stories, and his own personal reflections on them. The director has chosen Jailhouse Rock (1957), the Elvis Presley-led musical drama that features the title tune and other memorable songs on its soundtrack, and Forty Guns (1957), writer/director Samuel Fuller’s Western starring Barbara Stanwyck and Barry Sullivan.
Critter Fixers: Country Vets: “A Wolf and the Bear”
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
The docs at Critter Fixer treat a wolf that has been shot, help a cat with a long-term virus and perform an emergency C-section to deliver 10 puppies.
Saturday Night Live
NBC, 11:30pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
Season Finale!
Season 49 of the long-running late-night variety show staple concludes with Jake Gyllenhaal, star of the upcoming Apple TV+ series Presumed Innocent, making his third appearance as host. He is joined by singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter, appearing for her first time as musical guest.
Sunday, May 19
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
BritBox
BritBox offers exclusive North American coverage of this prestigious British flower show over 13 episodes (airing daily following the U.K. broadcast), with expert-led reviews of all the show gardens along with celebrity interviews.
Golf: PGA Championship: Final Round
CBS, 1pm Live
The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of the PGA Championship following today’s final round at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
NASCAR Cup Series: All-Star Race
FS1, 5pm Live
NASCAR’s All-Star Race festivities return to historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. Racing action starts with the 100-lap All-Star Open, giving drivers a final shot to qualify for the main event: a 200-lap race for a $1 million top prize.
America’s Funniest Home Videos
ABC, 7pm
Season Finale!
Season 34 of the long-running unscripted series assembling the funniest home videos around America ends tonight.
American Idol
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
The 22nd season of this hit singing competition show comes to a close with a three-hour finale tonight.
The Equalizer
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The team races against the clock after Mel (Liza Lapira) is kidnapped by a member of her veteran support group and his older brother in the Season 4 finale “Shattered.” The series has been renewed for a fifth season.
The Simpsons
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
Kerry Washington returns as the guest voice of teacher Ms. Peyton in the Season 35 finale “Bart’s Brain,” in which Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) makes a new friend. The Simpsons will return for Season 36.
A Gentleman in Moscow
Showtime, 8pm
Series Finale!
In “Adieu,” Count Rostov (Ewan McGregor), having spent 30 years in captivity, reckons with potential freedom and his existence in a new world. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Johnny Harris also star.
Memorial May Specials
Smithsonian Channel, beginning at 8pm
This three-hour block of specials features 100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam, tracking the stories of the pilots of Operation Rolling Thunder and their race to survive their 100-mission goal; Gun Trucks of Vietnam, celebrating the U.S. Army gun truckers who scavenge parts and weapons to turn these unarmed trucks into five-ton killing machines during the war; and The Spy in the Hanoi Hilton, telling the story of James Stockdale and his fellow prisoners at the notorious “Hanoi Hilton.” Their clandestine communications with U.S. intelligence alerted the CIA and Pentagon to the horrors of the Vietnamese POW camps and prompted a daring, top-secret rescue mission.
Directed by Frank Oz
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Puppeteer/voice actor/filmmaker Frank Oz, most associated with his Muppets and Star Wars work, turns 80 this week (he was born Frank Richard Oznowicz in England on May 25, 1944). Ahead of his big day, Turner Classic Movies offers a double feature of movies directed by Oz. First is The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), the third Muppets feature film. In addition to directing, Oz also cowrote the movie and served as puppeteer and voice for his usual roster of characters, including Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Sam Eagle, among others. Following that is the Oscar-nominated Little Shop of Horrors (1986), an adaptation of the Alan Menken and Howard Ashman 1982 off-Broadway musical, which was itself based on Roger Corman’s 1960 cult B-movie The Little Shop of Horrors. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia and Steve Martin lead the cast.
Krapopolis
FOX, 8:30pm
Season Finale!
In “Remedial Archeology,” the Season 1 finale, Tyrannis (voice of Richard Ayoade) buys a magic shell. Krapopolis has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3.
Tracker
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 1 finale “The Storm,” Colter (Justin Hartley) investigates the disappearance of two amateur storm chasers that the local police have written off as an accidental drowning. Tracker has been renewed for Season 2.
How It Really Happened With Jesse L. Martin
CNN, 9pm
Season Finale!
The season concludes with a look into the infamous art heist that took place at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the night of St. Patrick’s Day in 1990.
The Great North
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
In an effort to be more romantic, Beef (voice of Nick Offerman) takes Carissa (Jenny Yang) out on multiple dates in a single day. Meanwhile, Honeybee and Judy (Dulcé Sloan and Jenny Slate) plan their second annual opening of the Tobin Family Pool in the Season 4 finale “Fifty Worst Dates Adventure.”
When Calls the Heart: “Facing the Music”
Hallmark Channel, 9pm
Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) hopes for the best when Tom Thornton (Max Lloyd-Jones) visits with an exciting opportunity for the town’s choir; Rosemary (Pascale Hutton) and Bill (Jack Wagner) interview a source; Lucas (Chris McNally) considers his options.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer: “Surviving the Casanova Killer”
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
Tonight’s episode shares the story of single mom Barbara Mabee Abel, who comes home to find a man, Paul John Knowles, holding her disabled sister hostage. He then tries to kidnap her young son, but she begs him to take her instead. She is at his mercy for days, and to survive, she must get him to fall in love with her.
MaryLand
PBS, 9pm
Series Finale!
Everything comes to a head as Richard (George Costigan) and Jim (Andrew Knott) arrive on the Isle of Man, and Mary’s (Judy Clifton) actions continue to have an impact on the entire family as they try to heal and reconnect.
Bob’s Burgers
FOX, 9:30pm
Season Finale!
While at a party, Tina (voice of Dan Mintz) has a problem with butt sweat. Her problem compounds when her skirt gets stuck in the dryer in the Season 14 finale “Butt Sweat and Fears.” Bob’s Burgers will return for Season 15.
CSI: Vegas
CBS, 10pm
Series Finale!
CSI: Vegas won’t return to CBS for Season 4, so “Tunnel Vision” serves as the series finale. After an explosion in a bio lab, the CSI team races to determine which nerve agent left one of their own unconscious, while the others explore a dangerous underground tunnel to find another CSI who got kidnapped during the blast.
Guilt
PBS, 10pm
Series Finale!
In the last episode of the series, Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) have a plan for final victory, but so does everyone else; Maggie’s (Phyllis Logan) enemies close in; and Sturrock’s (Euan Macnaughton) bank sale is in danger.
Monday, May 20
Princess Power
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The animated preschool series returns for Season 3, continuing to follow the adventures of princess friends from four different “Fruitdoms” — Blueberry, Kiwi, Pineapple and Raspberry — as they try to make their worlds better places.
MLB Baseball: Detroit at Kansas City
FS1, 7:30pm Live
The Detroit Tigers head to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City to begin a three-game AL Central divisional series against the Royals.
MasterChef Junior
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
A trophy, a $100,000 grand prize and the title of MasterChef Junior champion are on the line for three young chefs in the season finale episode.
The Voice: “Live Finale, Part 1”
NBC, 8pm Live
The top five artists perform a ballad and up-tempo song in front of coaches Chance the Rapper, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Reba McEntire to compete for the title. Viewers will have the chance to vote for their favorite artist overnight.
Star of the Month: Sessue Hayakawa
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Monday celebration of famed Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa continues tonight with three of the films that the star made during the sound era, mostly in supporting but still memorable roles following his days as a major silent movie idol. Leading things off is the Tokyo-set film noir House of Bamboo (1955), cowritten and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Robert Ryan, Robert Stack and Shirley Yamaguchi. Next is the adventure/romance Green Mansions (1959), led by Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins. The lineup concludes with the World War II drama Hell to Eternity (1960), with Hayakawa playing a Japanese commander during the Battle of Saipan. Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone and Patricia Owens lead the cast.
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
The final three dancers face off in their pursuit of the $100,000 grand prize in the Season 18 finale. The finalists will each select someone from the top 10 to perform with them in their last dance pieces.
Ugliest House in America
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “From Ugly to Glamorous,” the road trip comes to an end as comedian Retta reveals the winner of Ugliest House in America. Then, the winning house receives a $150,000 renovation from HGTV designer Alison Victoria, who transforms the once-ugly house into a once-in-a-lifetime dream home.
CBS News: An Interview With the Pope
CBS, 10pm
CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell sits down with His Holiness Pope Francis for an interview in this primetime special. This marks the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network.
Weakest Link: “Tossed Me Like Rice at a Wedding”
NBC, 10pm
Eight strangers, including two Ph.D. students and a “bud tender,” compete in a fast-paced trivia game. The last competitor standing could be taking home up to $1 million.
Independent Lens: “The Tuba Thieves”
PBS, 10pm
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard-of-hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. Through several deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery of “The Tuba Thieves” isn’t about theft of instruments: It’s about the nature of sound itself.
Race to Survive: New Zealand
USA Network, 11pm
Season Premiere!
The high-stakes adventure competition series returns for its second season, with nine teams of two using a combination of endurance racing, survival skills and intuition as they navigate 150 miles of New Zealand’s harshest terrain, hoping to eventually claim the $500,000 grand prize. Tonight’s season premiere is a supersized 75-minute installment.
Tuesday, May 21
Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
Paramount+
New Series!
This three-part docuseries looks at how the Lollapalooza music festival, which started in 1991 as a farewell tour for the band Jane’s Addiction, rose from the underground to launch a cultural movement and change music forever. Throughout the series, Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction, Porno for Pyros) reconnects with what the event has become and reflects on the festival’s significance across multiple genres and decades.
Bonnie and Clyde
MOVIES!, 11:45am
Catch a Classic!
Best Director Oscar nominee Arthur Penn’s Best Picture-nominated 1967 biographical crime film depicts the violent career and end of infamous outlaw couple Clyde Barrow (Best Actor nominee Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Best Actress nominee Faye Dunaway), who embarked on a robbery and murder spree across the Southwest in the early 1930s. The landmark film, considered one of the first of the “New Hollywood” era, costars Best Supporting Actress winner Estelle Parsons, and Best Supporting Actor nominees Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard.
MLB Baseball: Atlanta at Chicago Cubs
TBS, 7:30pm Live
The Atlanta Braves visit Wrigley Field to face the Chicago Cubs in Game 1 of a three-game series.
Will Trent
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
The crime procedural drama series based on Karin Slaughter’s books about an orphan who becomes a renowned detective will air its final episode of Season 2 tonight.
FBI
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 6 finale “Ring of Fire,” the team races to take down a Somali terrorist group for good. FBI has been renewed for Season 7.
The Cleaning Lady
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
The Cleaning Lady wraps up Season 3 with back-to-back episodes. In “Fight or Flight,” Ramona (Kate del Castillo) continues trying to recruit Thony (Élodie Yung) into her business. Then, in “House of Cards,” the FBI organizes a plan to take down Ramona. The series will return for Season 4.
The Rookie
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!
Aaron (Tru Valentino), Lopez (Alyssa Diaz), Celina (Lisseth Chavez), Tim (Eric Winter) and Smitty (Brent Huff) discover a surprising connection in their case.
FBI: International
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Tuxhorn,” the Season 3 finale, the Fly Team heads to Oslo when they are tipped off that two Norwegian prisoners are being held in Russia. The series will return for Season 4.
The Voice
NBC, 9pm Live
Season Finale!
This season’s winner of the music competition series will be determined over tonight’s two-hour, star-studded finale that includes performances by chart-topping artists, finalist/coach duets and a celebration of 25 seasons of The Voice. It is preceded by a recap of last night’s finale performances, which begins an hour earlier.
American Experience: “The Riot Report”
PBS, 9pm
Exploring a pivotal moment in America’s history, this episode tries to help viewers understand what happened during the 1967 summer riots and why. Revisit 1967, when inner cities across America erupted in violence.
The Good Doctor
ABC, 10pm
Series Finale!
Freddie Highmore wraps up his role as autistic surgeon Dr. Shaun Murphy in this medical drama, which ends with Season 7.
FBI: Most Wanted
CBS, 10pm
Season Finale!
The Fugitive Task Force races to catch the culprit threatening Manhattan with a dirty bomb in the Season 5 finale “Powderfinger.” CBS has picked up the series for Season 6.
Wednesday, May 22
Jeopardy! Masters
ABC, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 2 of this Jeopardy! spinoff concludes tonight.
Survivor
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
Find out which castaway outwits, outplays and outlasts all the others to claim the title of Sole Survivor and a $1 million prize in the Season 46 finale.
Walker: “Witt’s End”
The CW, 8pm
Stella (Violet Brinson) continues her search for an important necklace and starts putting together the pieces of the mystery.
The Masked Singer
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
The final two celebrities deliver exceptional performances of songs like “Latch,” “Heart of Glass,” “Renegade” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” before the last unmaskings of Season 11 in “Finale: One Mask Takes It All.”
Chicago Med
NBC, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 9 of the medical drama concludes with “I Think I Know You, But Do I Really?” Ripley (Luke Mitchell) and Charles (Oliver Platt) treat a high-risk prisoner who may have dementia; Archer (Steven Weber) and Sean (Luigi Sottile) clash when a resident from Margo’s (Beth Lacke) facility lands in the E.D.; and Crockett (Dominic Rains) receives shocking news. Chicago Med has been renewed for Season 10.
TCM Spotlight: First Name Basis
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies continues its monthlong, Wednesday night spotlight on famous films with one-name titles using the name of a primary character. Tonight’s five-title lineup begins with the Best Picture Oscar-winning romantic drama Marty (1955), led by Best Actor winner Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti, alongside Best Supporting Actress nominee Betsy Blair. Next, Best Actor nominee James Stewart and Best Supporting Actress winner Josephine Hull star alongside Harvey (1950), a 6-foot-plus-tall rabbit who is invisible for most of the comedy/drama and is billed “as himself.” After that, Mia Farrow plays the adult Alice Tate in Alice (1990), writer/director Woody Allen’s fantasy romantic comedy. Then, in Tommy (1975), an adaptation of The Who’s 1969 rock opera album of the same name, band member Roger Daltrey plays deaf, mute and blind pinball wizard/religious leader Tommy Walker alongside Best Actress nominee Ann-Margret as his mother. Finally, Dustin Hoffman gives a Best Actor-nominated performance as Lenny Bruce in Lenny (1974), the Best Picture-nominated biopic about the comedian also starring Best Actress nominee Valerie Perrine.
Abbott Elementary
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the concluding episode of the season, Janine (Quinta Brunson) throws the perfect end-of-year party for her colleagues and friends.
Sight Unseen: “Fluffed”
The CW, 9pm
Tess (Dolly Lewis) and Sunny (Agam Darshi) investigate the murder of a real estate agent’s assistant in a glossy mansion.
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Food and beverage industry entrepreneurs pitch themselves to mentors Gordon Ramsay and Lisa Vanderpump as they vie for one of the seven spots on each expert’s team in the “Pitch for Your Life” Season 2 premiere.
Chicago Fire
NBC, 9pm
Season Finale!
The drama finishes up Season 12 with “Never Say Goodbye.” Boden (Eamonn Walker, who is exiting the show as a series regular) makes a decision that impacts the race for deputy commissioner; a tense call brings up painful memories for Carver (Jake Lockett) and Damon (Michael Bradway); and Mouch (Christian Stolte) struggles to adjust to the new truck. The series will be back for Season 13.
NOVA: “Decoding the Universe: Cosmos”
PBS, 9pm
How big is the universe? If it began with the Big Bang, will it also have an end? Is there life beyond our planet? Questions like these inspired the launch of Voyager I in 1977 and have driven innovative space research and exploration ever since. Trace the groundbreaking discoveries that have transformed our picture of the universe, from an age when we knew of no planets beyond our solar system to today, when we have evidence of thousands and estimate trillions more. And follow the teams trying to solve two of the biggest mysteries in cosmology today: What are dark matter and dark energy?
The Conners
ABC, 9:30pm
Season Finale!
In the last episode of the season, Darlene (Sara Gilbert) grapples with her emotions when she discovers her household is about to change dramatically.
Grown-ish
Freeform, 10pm
Series Finale!
This black-ish spinoff concludes its run after six seasons as Junior (Marcus Scribner) graduates from Cal U and Zoey (Yara Shahidi) pursues her fashion career.
Chicago P.D.
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 11 finale, “More,” as the months-long investigation into the serial killer reaches its close, Voight (Jason Beghe) must outsmart the offender in a race against the clock. Meanwhile, Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) must make a vital decision. Chicago P.D. has been renewed for Season 12.
Reginald the Vampire: “The Truth About the Truth”
Syfy, 10pm
Sarah’s (Em Haine) new bestie is an angel in disguise, and Reginald (Jacob Batalon) game-plans the coming vampire apocalypse.
Thursday, May 23
The Ms. Pat Show
BET+
Season Premiere!
In Season 4 of this comedy, Pat (Patricia Williams) has her hands full since it’s graduation time, and each member of the family will, in their own way, be “walking the stage” as they hilariously deal with dead mamas, deep secrets, newborn babies and an outrageous family road trip.
Tires
Netflix
New Series!
Comedian Shane Gillis costars in this scripted comedy series that he also cocreated and -wrote with costar Steve Gerben. Gerben plays Will, the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain who attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee Shane (Gillis).
Evil
Paramount+
Season Premiere!
In the fourth and final season, Kristen (Katja Herbers), David (Mike Colter) and Ben (Aasif Mandvi) continue to assess cases involving wayward technology, possessed pigs, demonic oppression and infestation, a dance muse conjured by alleged witches, an evil relic, and more. Throughout, Leland (Michael Emerson) continues to lure Kristen into raising a baby antichrist who was conceived with her ovum, while David is recruited by the Vatican’s secret service to “remote view” — a paranormal ability to see the unseen in order to detect evil. New episodes are available Thursdays beginning today.
The Blue Angels
Prime Video
Filmed for IMAX, this immersive footage takes viewers into the cockpit for a firsthand view of the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, as well as a look behind the scenes at what it takes to become a Blue Angel.
TCM Birthday Tribute: Betty Garrett
TCM, beginning at 10am
Catch a Classic!
Although better known in her later career for her supporting roles in sitcoms like All in the Family (she played Archie’s liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo) and Laverne & Shirley (she was the girls’ landlady, Edna Babish), actress/comedian/singer/dancer Betty Garrett had a notable, if brief, big-screen stint in which she played other scene-stealing supporting characters. Celebrating what would have been Garrett’s 105th birthday (she was born May 23, 1919, in St. Joseph, Missouri, and died Feb. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles at age 91), Turner Classic Movies airs the first five of the seven feature-length films in which Garrett appeared from the late 1940s and into the late ’50s. Up first is her debut movie: Big City (1948), described on its movie poster as being a “big-hearted drama with songs” in which Garrett plays singer “Shoo Shoo” Grady. Next is the musical romantic comedy Neptune’s Daughter (1949), which finds Garrett playing the similarly named character Betty Barrett, the “man-crazy” sister of star Esther Williams’ character, Eve Barrett. Then, in the musical On the Town (1949), Garrett appears as Brunhilde “Hildy” Esterhazy, who takes to sailor-on-leave Chip (Frank Sinatra). Garrett and Sinatra also factor in the next musical, Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), in which Garrett’s Shirley Delwyn becomes an ardent fan of Sinatra’s ballplayer Dennis Ryan. Finally, Garrett appears in Words and Music (1948), a biographical musical film loosely based on the creative partnership between composer Richard Rodgers (Tom Drake) and lyricist Lorenz Hart (Mickey Rooney).
Red Nose Day: Cheers to Ten Years
NBC, 8pm
This hourlong special celebrates Red Nose Day’s first decade in the United States. The star-studded program looks back at the hilarious, inspirational and unforgettable moments from NBC’s Red Nose Day programming and the life-changing impact the campaign has had. Also included are stories that highlight the impact of donations to Red Nose Day and how they help toward efforts to end child poverty here and around the world. Following this special is a rebroadcast of the Red Nose Day episode of The Wall.
Grey’s Anatomy: “I Carry Your Heart”
ABC, 9pm
Teddy (Kim Raver) encourages Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) to speed up their Alzheimer’s research.
Elsbeth
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 1 ender “A Fitting Finale,” Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) and her team try to figure out who murdered an unlikable photographer in the middle of a fashion show. Elsbeth has been picked up for Season 2.
Don’t Forget the Lyrics!
FOX, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of the musical game show begins with a lifelong underdog tapping into his inner Rocky Balboa in “Eye of the Tiger!” Niecy Nash is back as host.
Elkhorn: “Bandits”
INSP, 9pm
When a masked bandit terrorizes the stagecoach line and kills a passenger, Theodore Roosevelt (Mason Beals) and his Elkhorn men join the citizens of Medora to track down the culprit. Can they lay a trap to catch the killer before he strikes again?
Station 19: “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”
ABC, 10pm
When a wildfire threatens Seattle, the crew must jump into action to save their city.
True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here
SundanceTV, 10pm; also streams on AMC+ & Sundance Now
Season Finale!
Season 3 of this true-crime docuseries concludes with “Vinalhaven, Maine.” On a remote island, a dispute between two lobstermen is settled the way islanders do it: face-to-face. But the conflict turns deadly when one swings an ax, leaving locals to dispute whether the death was caused by self-defense or murder.
Friday, May 24
The Beach Boys
Disney+
This film is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream. The documentary traces the band from humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-new interviews with the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston, along with other music luminaries including Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe and more. Viewers will also hear from the group’s Carl and Dennis Wilson in their own words, along with other insights.
Atlas
Netflix
Original Film!
This galaxy-spanning action movie set in a high-tech and futuristic world stars Jennifer Lopez as the title character: Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence. She joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past, but when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it. Simu Liu and Sterling K. Brown costar.
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Netflix
New Series!
This follow-up to Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous is set six years after the events of that series. Members of “The Nublar Six” are struggling to find their footing off the islands, navigating a world now filled with dinosaurs and people who want to hurt them. Reunited in the wake of a tragedy, the group comes together, only to find themselves on the run and catapulted into a global adventure to unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaurs and humanity alike.
My Oni Girl
Netflix
Original Film!
This Japanese anime film is produced by the cutting-edge Studio Colorido and directed by Studio Ghibli alumni Tomotaka Shibayama. It tells the story of Hiiragi (voice of Kensho Ono), a first-year high school student who struggles to make friends despite his efforts to please others. His life takes an unexpected turn one summer day when he meets Tsumugi (Miyu Tomita), an oni (demon) girl who is on a quest to find her mother in the human world. Snow mysteriously begins to fall, and their adventure begins.
Lingo
CBS, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this word-twisting game show premieres with two back-to-back episodes tonight. RuPaul Charles returns as host.
Memorial Day Marathon Begins
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Starting this evening and continuing into the early morning of Tuesday, May 28, Turner Classic Movies celebrates Memorial Day with a nonstop lineup of war- and military-themed films. This evening’s schedule begins with The Caine Mutiny (1954), the Best Picture Oscar-nominated military trial drama that earned Humphrey Bogart a Best Actor nomination for his memorable performance as Lt. Cmdr. Queeg. After that is Platoon (1986), Best Director winner Oliver Stone’s Best Picture-winning Vietnam War drama, led by Charlie Sheen and Best Supporting Actor nominees Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe. Next in the lineup are two Korean War-set films: director Anthony Mann’s Men in War (1957), starring Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray, and writer/director Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet (1951), the first American film about the Korean conflict. After that is the World War II movie Go for Broke! (1951), a dramatization of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was made up of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers. The film is led by Van Johnson and costars several actual veterans of the 442nd. Concluding tonight’s lineup of films and leading into tomorrow’s is the Best Picture-nominated comedy/drama The Human Comedy (1943), which earned star Mickey Rooney a Best Actor nod.
Cesar Millan: Better Human Better Dog: “Lighter Love”
Nat Geo, 9pm
Cesar departs from his normal rehab case to take on an obese pit mix named Moose, who bears a striking resemblance in appearance and spirit to his late pit bull, Daddy. In another case, Remy is a territorial miniature poodle whose incessant barking dominates her pet parent’s balcony. Cesar finds a way to calm the perfectionist pet parent and help reclaim the balcony.
Saturday, May 25
Memorial Day Marathon Continues
TCM, beginning at 7:45am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ several-day marathon of war- and military-themed films continues all day today with the following lineup of titles: Merrill’s Marauders (1962) and They Were Expendable (1945), both set in World War II’s Pacific Theater; Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943), a musical comedy made as a fundraiser during World War II and airing as part of TCM’s Musical Matinee franchise; Onionhead (1958), a World War II comedy/drama led by Andy Griffith; The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), a World War II drama that earned costar Robert Mitchum a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination; the Best Picture-nominated A Farewell to Arms (1932), the first adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s World War I-set novel; Attack (1956), director Robert Aldrich’s drama set during the latter months of the World War II campaign in Europe; Captains of the Clouds (1942), which follows members of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the skies over World War II Europe; the melodrama Bad for Each Other (1954), airing as part of TCM’s Noir Alley franchise; Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), a Korean War drama led by Van Johnson and Walter Pidgeon; The Red Badge of Courage (1951), cowriter/director John Huston’s adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Civil War novel, led by World War II hero-turned-actor Audie Murphy; and Wings for the Eagle (1942), which follows workers at an aircraft assembly plant in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
United Football League
ABC, beginning at 12pm Live
ABC’s coverage of the United Football League in Week 9 has the St. Louis Battlehawks at the Arlington Renegades and the Birmingham Stallions at the San Antonio Brahmas.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: BetMGM 300
FOX, 1pm Live
A big Memorial Day weekend of auto racing includes NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers competing for 200 laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway.
MLB Baseball
FOX & FS1, beginning at 7pm Live
Memorial Day weekend MLB action on FOX Sports features a FOX regional game with either the Chicago Cubs at the St. Louis Cardinals or the L.A. Dodgers at the Cincinnati Reds. Later tonight on FS1, the Miami Marlins are at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Tara (Emmanuelle Vaugier), now settled in Montana and dating cowboy Boone (Kavan Smith), faces challenges as tensions arise when blending their families together.
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie: “Destroy All Monsters”
MeTV, 8pm
Sven introduces 1968’s Destroy All Monsters, Toho’s classic kaiju crossover that brings together Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and several more of the Japanese studio’s monstrous favorites in a future-set tale involving aliens taking control of the creatures and causing chaos around the world.
