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Friday, May 8
In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Story
PBS, 9pm
People from across America share their personal stories, photographs and videos, providing firsthand accounts of how the global coronavirus pandemic has affected their lives and our nation, and brought us all together.
Dead to Me
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Jen (Christina Applegate), Judy (Linda Cardellini) and the lies that entwine them are back for a second season. Picking up in the aftermath of that bloody backyard reveal, the irresponsible pair once again struggle to keep their secrets buried. With a surprising new visitor in town and Detective Perez (Diana Maria Riva) hot on their heels, Jen and Judy take drastic measures to protect their loved ones and each other — no matter the cost.
The Eddy
Netflix
New Series!
This eight-episode drama takes place in the vibrant multicultural neighborhoods of modern-day Paris. André Holland stars as Elliot Udo, once a celebrated jazz pianist in New York who is now the co-owner of struggling club The Eddy, where he manages the house band fronted by lead singer and on-again-off-again girlfriend Maja (Joanna Kulig). Circumstances eventually cause Elliot’s personal and professional worlds to begin to quickly unravel as he confronts his past, and he must fight to save the club and protect those closest to him.
MacGyver
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The clock is ticking for the Phoenix Foundation’s heroes, because the baddies from Codex aim to set off a nuclear bomb! The blast could reset the Earth’s climate problems … but kill millions of people in the process. Unfortunately, two important members of the Phoenix team are missing from the action: operative Angus MacGyver (Lucas Till) and computer expert Riley (Tristin Mays), who the gang believe have gone over to Codex. In truth, they’re deep undercover.
The Blacklist: “Roy Cain”
NBC, 8pm
As the task force investigates a kidnapping executed by seemingly impossible abductors, Dembe (Hisham Tawfiq) lands in a perilous situation. Meanwhile, a recent health scare causes Red (James Spader) to think about a successor.
VE Day 75th Anniversary
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies commemorates the end of World War II in Europe 75 years ago with a lineup of notable films that take place near the end of and/or after the war. The lineup includes Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); Henry Fonda as the title character and Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts (1955), which is set in the waning days of the Pacific War; and Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955).
Live PD
A&E, 9pm Live
It’s too soon to know what form the popular police ride-along series will take in May, but it will continue to highlight our brave first responders.
Magnum P.I.
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
As the Hawaiian sun sets on the crime drama’s second season (and we await word on a renewal), this week’s back-to-back episodes begin with a wedding. The happy couple: MI6 agent turned majordomo Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and … helicopter pilot T.C. (Stephen Hill)? Don’t adjust your TV. This is a faux union to keep Higgins, who’s British, from being deported when her visa expires. The season’s final hour ups the action with the return of shifty Francis “Icepick” Hofstetler (Corbin Bernsen), father figure to La Mariana bar owner Orville “Rick” Wright (Zachary Knighton). The parolee wants one last score — a warehouse robbery — before his terminal cancer takes him out for good. When the plan goes sideways, Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and the gang reluctantly help him deal with it.
Dynasty: “My Hangover’s Arrived”
The CW, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the season finale, it’s time for Fallon’s (Elizabeth Gillies) surprise bachelorette party and things go exactly as one would expect … in the world of Carrington.
Great Performances: “LA Phil 100”
PBS, 9:30pm
Celebrate the centennial of the Los Angeles Philharmonic with “La Valse” by Ravel, Stravinsky’s “Firebird” and more led by three renowned LA Phil conductors: Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and current music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel.
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Secret Celebrity Edition
VH1, 9:30pm
On the penultimate episode of this four-part event series, fierce Drag Race alums Bob the Drag Queen, Kim Chi and Nina West help another trio of stars (whose identities are hush-hush for now) wig out on the main stage, where they have to roast host RuPaul!
Friday Night In With the Morgans
AMC, 10pm
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) and his wife Hilarie Burton Morgan (One Tree Hill) check in with their friends Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos during the former’s half-hour video-chat show.
Saturday, May 9
Heart of the Batter With Jordin Sparks
Cleo TV, 1pm
New Series!
She starred in Broadway’s Waitress and she’s still baking! In this episode, which originally aired as part of her YouTube series of the same name, the American Idol champ shows her sweet side with individual-serving pumpkin cakes and strawberry Moscato cupcakes.
Accident, Suicide or Murder
Oxygen, 6pm
Season Premiere!
The show is back with a jaw-dropping sophomore season that unravels the truth behind mysterious deaths. Each hourlong episode takes a deep dive into suspicious deaths that were initially suspected as accidents, suicides or murders. With the families fighting for justice and the detectives on the case determined to find the truth, motives will be exposed, and justice will be served as the families finally find out what caused the death of their loved ones.
America vs. China
FOX Business Network, 7pm
FOX Business Network presents a one-hour documentary special titled America vs. China, with an encore presentation airing on FOX News Channel Sunday at 10pm ET. Anchored by Global Markets Editor Maria Bartiromo, the program will provide an in-depth look into China’s initial handling of COVID-19 as well as the country’s push to become an economic and military superpower. Pulling from her expansive reporting on the Chinese economy over three decades, the documentary will feature Bartiromo’s interviews with top business executives and political leaders, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro, billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, Revolution Chairman Steve Case and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), among others. An extended director’s cut of the special will be available on FOX Nation, FNC’s online streaming service, beginning on Sunday at 10:05pm ET.
Downton Abbey
HBO, 8pm
Fans of Julian Fellowes’ lavish international TV hit about the Crawleys, a doughty early-20th-century British family, and their equally impressive staff flocked to the 2019 movie continuation — and they were rewarded with an experience as warmly entertaining and emotionally satisfying as the six-season series had been. Almost every favorite character returns, among them Maggie Smith’s indispensable, witheringly witty Dowager Countess, Downton’s proud co-manager Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) and the not-quite-retired butler Carson (Jim Carter), who’s all atwitter about the impending visit of the royal family. Other new stories include run-ins with police, the rise of game-changing political movements and, of course, more romance.
’80s Saturday
IFC, beginning at 8pm
Tonight’s cinematic trip back to the 1980s on IFC features back-to-back airings of Tim Burton’s dark 1988 comedy Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis.
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet
Nat Geo Wild, 8pm
Season Finale!
Dr. Michelle Oakley is the only all-species vet for hundreds of miles in the Yukon. Whether wrestling bison, tracking ibex in the mountains, performing surgery on a bear or braving frozen landscapes to return lynx to the wild, Dr. Oakley does whatever it takes to keep the animals in her charge safe and healthy.
Paranormal 911: “Basement Dweller, Do Not Resuscitate and Children of the Barn”
Travel Channel, 9pm
A dark entity attacks a security guard in the basement of a nursing home; an EMT has a chilling encounter with a dying man; and a paramedic hears ghostly children playing in an old barn.
Line of Duty
AMC, 11pm
Season Premiere!
The six-episode Season 2 of this anthology police procedural sees the AC-12, a police unit that investigates fellow officers, focusing their attention on an officer who survived an ambush where three cops were killed and a protected witness was left seriously injured. Expect to gasp at how the hour ends.
Noir Alley: “Mildred Pierce”
TCM, 12am (late-night)
Catch a Classic!
Tonight’s entry in Turner Classic Movies’ Saturday evening salute to film noir classics is 1945’s Mildred Pierce, the iconic crime drama that netted Joan Crawford an Oscar for Best Actress in the title role (the only Oscar win in her career). Based on a novel by James M. Cain, the film follows Mildred, a divorced mother who climbs from waitress to chain restaurateur in order to provide a good life for her children, only to face a fateful — and fatal — betrayal from her heartless and ungrateful eldest (Ann Blyth).
Sunday, May 10
“Mommie Dearest” Mother’s Day
IFC, beginning at 9am
Spend a somewhat campy Mother’s Day with back-to-back airings of the 1981 film Mommie Dearest, a docudrama based on Christina Crawford’s book of the same name that portrayed her adoptive mother, famed actress Joan Crawford, as abusive and manipulative. Faye Dunaway portrays Joan, with Diana Scarwid as the adult Christina, in a film that didn’t get too many positive reviews but maintains a cheesy sort of charm.
Happy Mummy’s Day Marathon
Syfy, beginning at 1pm
Get wrapped up in 10 hours of mummy movies today. The marathon begins with The Scorpion King (2002), followed by The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
The Love Boat
MeTV, 5pm
We’re expecting you aboard The Love Boat for special episodes featuring Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors and Ronnie Schell.
The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II
ABC, 7pm
After the success of the first iteration, Ryan Seacrest returns as host for all-new star-studded performances, inventive at-home choreography and even more Disney magic. The animated Mickey also returns to guide the onscreen lyrics, allowing audiences, families, roommates and loved ones to follow along in perfect harmony with their favorite celebrities as they sing beloved Disney melodies.
The Top Ten Revealed: “’80s Break Up Songs”
AXS TV, 8pm
From the sounds of Whitesnake to Bon Jovi, the panel counts down the 1980s songs that were the soundtracks to heartbreak.
The Simpsons: “The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds”
FOX, 8pm
In the new episode “The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds,” Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) makes a new friend who loves horses, but then becomes part of a circle of snooty young rich girls.
Outlander: “Never My Love”
Starz, 8pm
Season Finale!
Claire and Jamie Fraser close another chapter in their beloved love story, as the 12-episode Season 5 ends tonight. Season 6 will continue their story and will follow the book A Breath of Snow and Ashes.
Happy Mother’s Day
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Sit down with Mom tonight and watch a Mother’s Day double feature on Turner Classic Movies. First up is the 1948 drama I Remember Mama, starring Best Actress Oscar nominee Irene Dunne, Best Supporting Actress nominees Barbara Bel Geddes and Ellen Corby, and Best Supporting Actor nominee Oscar Homolka. That’s followed by Best Actress Oscar nominee Barbara Stanwyck and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Anne Shirley in Stella Dallas (1937).
Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar: “Save a Horse, Ride a Rockstar”
AXS TV, 8:30pm
Country music superstars Big & Rich visit with host Sammy Hagar.
Duncanville: “Wolf Mother”
FOX, 8:30pm
Annie (voice of Amy Poehler) feels underappreciated on Mother’s Day, so she adopts Wolf (voice of Zach Cherry), who seems to care more about her than her own kids do.
Live From Daryl’s House: “Grace Potter”
AXS TV, 9pm
In a Mother’s Day broadcast, Daryl Hall is joined by singer/songwriter Grace Potter.
Killing Eve: “Are You From Pinner?”
BBC America & AMC, 9pm
In the new episode “Are You From Pinner?,” Villanelle (Jodie Comer) returns home to Russia to try to find her family, hoping a connection with her roots will help bring back what’s been missing in her life.
Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition
Food Network, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence return to whip a new cast of celebrity cooking nightmares into culinary shape. Only the most-improved star left standing at the finale wins $25,000 for the charity of their choice and bragging rights for their team mentor. From a seafood challenge with live fish tanks to a rowdy dessert scramble game, anything can and does happen in Worst Cooks boot camp. This season’s recruits are Wells Adams, Johnny Bananas, Dave Coulier, Bridget Everett, Robin Givens, Sonja Morgan and Brian Posehn.
Bob’s Burgers: “Local She-ro”
FOX, 9pm
While trying to show Tina (voice of Dan Mintz) what’s great about their town, Linda (voice of John Roberts) ends up on the trail of a legendary local singer in the new episode “Local She-ro.”
I Know This Much Is True
HBO, 9pm
New Series!
Star and executive producer Mark Ruffalo delivers an intense, Emmy-worthy dual performance as identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in this mesmerizing six-part adaptation of Wally Lamb’s bestselling novel. The family saga follows the brothers’ parallel lives in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness. Melissa Leo, Rosie O’Donnell, Archie Panjabi, Imogen Poots, Bruce Greenwood and Juliette Lewis also star.
Family Guy: “Holly Bibble”
FOX, 9:30pm
Cooped up in a hotel room due to a big storm, the Griffins pass the time by reimagining three Bible stories in the new episode “Holly Bibble.”
The Rookie: “The Hunt”
ABC, 10pm
Season Finale!
In Part 2 of the season finale, Nolan’s (Nathan Fillion) discovery goes much deeper than he expected and could put his life and career in jeopardy.
Call Your Mother
Comedy Central, 10pm
Comedy Central presents this hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy’s biggest stars. The documentary features interviews with Louie Anderson, Awkwafina, Jimmy Carr, Bridget Everett, Fortune Feimster, Rachel Feinstein, Judah Friedlander, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Gold, Jen Kirkman, Jo Koy, Bobby Lee, the Lucas brothers, Norm Macdonald, Jim Norton, Tig Notaro, Yvonne Orji, Kristen Schaal, David Spade and Roy Wood Jr.