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Tuesday, May 9
Dancing Queens
Bravo, 9pm
New Series!
These ladies pay hot men to dance with them, and some of them don’t think twice about sabotaging their competition. Welcome to the world of pro-am dance, where passionate women pay professional dancers to train and compete with them across the nation. The costumes, the money, the competitions — explore the world of competitive dance for amateurs, Bravo-style.
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special
Netflix
Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is back for their third Netflix comedy special, filmed at the Sydney Opera House. They talk about a wedding (theirs!), more than one traumatic encounter with a bunny and much more.
147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
FS1 & FS2, beginning at 1pm Live
Day 2 of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, has breed judging and Junior Showmanship Preliminaries in the afternoon on FS2. Primetime on FS1 has group judging for Sporting, Working and Terrier Groups, followed by Best in Show and Junior Showmanship finals.
FBI: “Privilege”
CBS, 8pm
All eyes are on the team when they try to find out who kidnapped the only child of a prominent U.S. senator in the new episode “Privilege.”
Superman & Lois: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”
The CW, 8pm
Natalie (Tayler Buck) meets Matteo’s (Spence Moore II) parents for the first time; Jordan (Alex Garfin) interferes with Jonathan’s (Michael Bishop) training.
Night Court
NBC, 8pm
Season Finale!
This reboot of the classic 1984-92 sitcom, led by Melissa Rauch and original star John Larroquette, concludes its first season with “The Honorable Dan Fielding, Part 2.” Abby (Melissa Rauch) is on trial, and she and Dan (John Larroquette) are fighting for her professional life. District Attorney Jeff Dewitt (Kurt Fuller) returns and forces Olivia (India de Beaufort) to choose sides, and Abby and Rand (Pete Holmes) find their relationship at a crossroads. Night Court has done well for NBC, and will return for Season 2.
Directed by Preston Sturges
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Five of writer/director Preston Sturges’ memorable and innovative screwball comedies and satires are on Turner Classic Movies’ lineup tonight, so get ready to keep up with the fast-paced dialogue and stories (relative to similar titles of the time). The night begins with one of Sturges’ most famous works: Sullivan’s Travels (1941), a satire on the film industry led by Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake. Following that are McCrea, Claudette Colbert, Mary Astor and Rudy Vallée in the screwball comedy The Palm Beach Story (1942); Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve (1941), another screwball comedy; Eddie Bracken and Ella Raines in the satirical comedy/drama Hail the Conquering Hero (1944), which earned Sturges an Oscar nomination for his screenplay; and, finally, the film that won Sturges an Oscar for his screenplay: the political satire The Great McGinty (1940), which was the first movie he wrote and directed.
Lopez vs. Lopez
NBC, 8:30pm
Season Finale!
The freshman sitcom starring real-life father and daughter George and Mayan Lopez, who play fictional versions of themselves, concludes tonight with “Lopez vs. Last Call.” George hits the bottle as Mayan hits her limit with his behavior. Meanwhile, Rosie (Selenis Leyva) is drunk with jealousy when Chance (Brice Gonzalez) announces that George is his hero.
Gotham Knights: “Belly of the Beast”
The CW, 9pm
A series of cryptic clues leads Turner (Oscar Morgan) and Duela (Olivia Rose Keegan) to one of The Court’s secret meetings.
Accused
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 1 finale “Billy’s Story,” an aging rock star (Keith Carradine) attempts to cement his musical legacy while trying to prevent his troubled son from unraveling.
The Wall: “John and Toni”
NBC, 9pm
John and Toni, a father and daughter from Antioch, California, contend on the wall. Do they have what it takes to win big?
Frontline: “Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court”
PBS, 9pm
This 90-minute investigation looks into the controversial rise of one of Washington’s most powerful and influential couples — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni Thomas — and their role in reshaping the country’s politics and law.
Weakest Link: “Class Is Officially in Session”
NBC, 10pm
Eight strangers, including a teacher and a principal, compete to win up to $1 million in this high-drama trivia competition.
Wednesday, May 10
The Muppets Mayhem
Disney+
New Series!
Rock out with the Electric Mayhem Band in this musical comedy that follows those beloved Muppet musicians — Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot and Lips — on a journey to record their first ever studio album. With the help of a driven young music executive (played by Lilly Singh), the old-school Muppet band comes face-to-face with the current music scene. All episodes are available today.
Class of ’09
Hulu
New Series!
This limited FX on Hulu series is a suspense thriller that follows a class of FBI agents set in three distinct points in time as they grapple with immense changes when the U.S. criminal justice system is altered by artificial intelligence. Spanning multiple decades and told across interweaving timelines, the series examines the nature of justice, humanity and the choices we make that ultimately define our lives and legacy. Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara lead the cast. The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Wednesdays.
African Queens: Queen Cleopatra
Netflix
Season Premiere!
This docuseries from executive producer Jada Pinkett Smith that explores the lives of prominent and iconic African queens returns for Season 2 with a spotlight on one of the most famous: Queen Cleopatra, a daring ruler whose beauty and romances came to overshadow her real asset: her intelligence.
Dance Brothers
Netflix
New Series!
The first Finnish-language series to premiere globally on Netflix, this young-adult drama centers on brothers Roni (Roderick Kabanga) and Sakari (Samuel Kujala), who are struggling to make a living as professional dancers. To help finance their dance dreams, they decide to start their own club, which provides income, housing and a training space. Their unique club and impressive dance routines quickly bring them fame, but soon, artistic ambitions and personal relationships collide with commercial demands.
The Flash: “A New World, Part Two”
The CW, 8pm
Iris (Candice Patton) is alarmed by Barry’s (Grant Gustin) disappearance and Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) assures her everything will be OK.
The Masked Singer: “Semi-Finals”
FOX, 8pm
The remaining three celebrity singers perform, but only two will move on to compete in the season finale.
Married at First Sight: “Sliding Toward Decision Day”
Lifetime, 8pm
With Decision Day around the corner, one husband’s lingering doubts leave his wife wondering if he will ever be satisfied. Meanwhile, a group of flirtatious singles gives the wives a glimpse at what life after Decision Day could look like. Some brides don’t like what they see, but one is intrigued, and possibly open to accepting an indecent proposal.
Chicago Med: “The Winds of Change Are Starting to Blow”
NBC, 8pm
Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) clashes with Charles (Oliver Platt) on a patient who is distrustful of hospitals; Crockett (Dominic Rains) and Will (Nick Gehlfuss) fight against Med’s new policies to save their cancer patient; and Hannah (Jessy Schram) and Archer (Steven Weber) pull surprising things out of their unsuspecting patients.
Wild Scandinavia
PBS, 8pm
New Series!
This breathtaking, three-part natural history series, airing tonight and the next two Wednesdays, immerses viewers in three iconic Scandinavian landscapes: the hauntingly beautiful coast (tonight’s installment); the magical seasonal forests; and the volcanic and arctic extremes. Surprising wildlife stories of lynx and puffins, orca and wolves, and more reveal the resilient spirit of Scandinavia, a place where myth and modernity coexist.
Star of the Month: William Powell: “Private Eye Powell”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday night salute to legendary actor William Powell continues with eight of his appearances in mystery films. Up first, and comprising most of the lineup, are his most famous from among those: the six comedy/mystery movies in the Thin Man series based on characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Powell and Myrna Loy play Nick and Nora Charles, the witty, hard-drinking, fun-loving, high-society couple who, with their lovable dog Asta, often find themselves embroiled in solving mysteries. Starting things off is the 1934 original, The Thin Man, followed by After the Thin Man (1936), Another Thin Man (1939), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) and Song of the Thin Man (1947). Finishing the schedule early tomorrow morning are director Michael Curtiz’s Private Detective 62 (1933), in which Powell plays a private detective who falls for the society woman (Margaret Lindsay) he has been hired to frame in a made-up scandal; and The Kennel Murder Case (1933), which was Powell’s fifth and final appearance as Philo Vance, the amateur detective protagonist of S.S. Van Dine’s crime novels (Powell’s first starring role in a film had come when he portrayed Vance for the first time, in the 1929 mystery The Canary Murder Case).
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!
Pat Sajak hosts as celebrity contestants Vanna White, Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik go head-to-head for charity.
Riverdale: “Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Four: Dirty Dancing”
The CW, 9pm
Fearing that Betty (Lili Reinhart) is going down the wrong path, Alice (Mädchen Amick) makes her join an after-school dance show.
Chicago Fire: “Never, Ever Make a Mistake”
NBC, 9pm
Herrmann (David Eigenberg) works on becoming a better man after Cindy’s (Robyn Coffin) cancer journey; Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) bonds with a homeless victim on a call; Kylie (Katelynn Shennett) takes her firefighter exams; and a harrowing call takes a toll on Brett (Kara Killmer).
NOVA: “Hidden Volcano Abyss”
PBS, 9pm
In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the islands of Tonga. Join scientists as they investigate what caused the blast, how it spurred a devastating tsunami and if another eruption could be imminent.
True Lies: “Unfamiliar Partnerships”
CBS, 10pm
Harry (Steve Howey) finds his loyalties tested when an ex-Omega Sector operative and friend asks the team for help with a special assignment in the new episode “Unfamiliar Partnerships.”
Single Drunk Female
Freeform, 10pm
Season Finale!
This hilarious dramedy about a young writer recovering from alcoholism while living with her cantankerous, overbearing mother (Ally Sheedy) airs its final two Season 2 episodes tonight, back-to-back. In “Coming Clean,” Sam (Sofia Black-D’Elia) struggles with whether or not to tell Alex (Ricky Velez) the truth about recent events; in “Group of Drunks,” Sam continues her search for her higher power, and Brit (Sasha Compère) and Joel (Charlie Hall) throw a divorce party.
Chicago P.D.: “Fight”
NBC, 10pm
Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) is unwittingly drawn into a deadly betrayal and finds herself in a fight for her life. With minimal leads, Voight (Jason Beghe) and the team scramble to find her before it’s too late.
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories With David Rubenstein: “The Gadsden Flag”
PBS, 10pm
Discover how the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, once a potent symbol of independence, has been co-opted by a variety of Americans over its long history.
Thursday, May 11
Titans
HBO Max
Series Finale!
The DC Comics-inspired superhero series concludes its fourth and final season.
Ultraman
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The anime series featuring the popular Japanese hero returns for its third and final season.
58th Academy of Country Music Awards
Prime Video, livestreams beginning at 7pm
“Country Music’s Party of the Year” returns for its second year of exclusive availability as a livestream on Prime Video. Dolly Parton, who hosted last year’s ceremony, and Garth Brooks, in his first time taking the stage to host an awards show, will cohost the event from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. HARDY leads the field with seven nominations, followed by Lainey Wilson with six, which is the most nods for a female artist. Miranda Lambert, the most-awarded artist in ACM history, has received her record-breaking 17th Female Artist of the Year nomination. Parton will be closing out the show with a performance — the world premiere of the lead single from her upcoming rock album. Other performers include Lambert, Wilson, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Jo Dee Messina and Keith Urban, among others. A full rebroadcast of this ceremony will stream the next day for free on Amazon Freevee.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Conference Semifinals: Game 5
TNT, beginning at 7pm Live
The quest for the Stanley Cup continues tonight on TNT with two Game 5s (if necessary) from the conference semifinal round.
NBA Playoffs: Western Conference Semifinals
ESPN, beginning at 7:30pm Live
NBA playoff action on ESPN continues with two matchups from the Western Conference semifinals tonight.
Station 19: “All These Things That I’ve Done”
ABC, 8pm
Andy (Jaina Lee Ortiz), Theo (Carlos Miranda) and Sullivan (Boris Kodjoe) vie to be named captain, and Vic (Barrett Doss) forges an unexpected bond after going rogue.
Walker
The CW, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the final episode of the season, “It’s a Nice Day for a Ranger Wedding,” the Texas Rangers and the Walkers gather to celebrate a very special event.
Next Level Chef
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the two-part season finale “Made in America/Next Level Finale,” each chef must select two different boxes that represent a state and its local ingredients, and they must prepare a dish that seamlessly fuses both. Then the final three chefs must create one dish on each level of the kitchen in just 90 minutes. Only one will win the one-year mentorship, $250,000 and the title of Next Level Chef.
Law & Order: “Appraisal”
NBC, 8pm
Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) and Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) suspect an art dealer was murdered, but can’t make an arrest until they locate her body; Price (Hugh Dancy) and Maroun (Odelya Halevi) must go to trial with a circumstantial case and a suspect with unlimited resources; and the squad celebrates a birthday.
TCM Spotlight: Weather in the Movies: “Stormy Weather — Part 2”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
A storm’s a-brewin’ once again as Turner Classic Movies continues its monthlong Thursday look at films that prominently include weather as at least part of their stories. Following up on last week’s focus on stormy weather movies, there is more turbulence in the forecast for tonight with The Rains Came (1939), a drama set in India led by Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power; Singin’ in the Rain (1952), the iconic musical with the famous scene of Gene Kelly living up to the title that you are probably picturing right now; and Seven Samurai (1954), the Akira Kurosawa classic whose use of rain to enhance action scenes has inspired that visual look in other notable productions, including Blade Runner. The downpour starts to let up early tomorrow morning as Network (1976) and Foreign Correspondent (1940) close out the lineup.
Ghosts
CBS, 8:30pm
Season Finale!
When a woman shows up claiming to be the rightful heir to Woodstone Mansion, Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) enlist the help of a lawyer in the Season 2 finale “The Heir.”
Grey’s Anatomy: “Ready to Run”
ABC, 9pm
Richard (James Pickens Jr.) and Teddy (Kim Raver) make an exciting announcement, while Jules (Adelaide Kane) and Blue (Harry Shum Jr.) butt heads over Maxine’s (Juliet Mills) care.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Bad Things”
NBC, 9pm
Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Carisi (Peter Scanavino) are baffled when a series of assaults have the same M.O. but different DNA left at each crime scene. Muncy (Molly Burnett) believes Elias Olsen (Adam Petchel) has struck again and is determined to prove it.
CSI: Vegas: “Shell Game”
CBS, 10pm
The CSI team investigates a case in which an ambitious investigative reporter is found dead at a peanut factory in the new episode “Shell Game.”
Good Trouble: “Tell Me Sweet Little Lies”
Freeform, 10pm
With the clock ticking at Speckulate, Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) and Evan (T.J. Linnard) work together to stop a takeover.
Wild West Chronicles: “Sister Blandina and the Killer”
INSP, 10pm
When a bloodthirsty mob storms a jailhouse that is holding a man accused of attempted murder, they are confronted by a 22-year-old missionary from the Sisters of Charity. Only Sister Blandina can stop the vigilantes from taking the law into their own hands.
Law & Order: Organized Crime: “Shadowërk”
NBC, 10pm
When DNA from an SVU rape investigation connects to an OCCB unsolved murder, Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) uncover a revenge-for-hire scheme on the dark web. While Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) and Jet (Ainsley Seiger) follow the money trail to expose the website’s anonymous creator, Stabler asks Professor Rollins (Kelli Giddish) for help with a key clue.
Friday, May 12
City on Fire
Apple TV+
New Series!
Based on Garth Risk Hallberg’s epic 944-page bestselling novel City on Fire, this new series tells the intricate tale of a shooting in Central Park, and how the victim, a young NYU student, connects a string of mysterious fires, the downtown punk scene and a wealthy real estate family with a lot of secrets around the turn of the century. “We were interested in a post-9/11, pre-Occupy Wall Street New York,” said cocreator Josh Schwartz, of its unique 2003 setting, which was a fun blast to the past, full of flip phones and bootcut jeans galore. The eight-episode drama is led by Jemima Kirke, Chase Sui Wonders and Wyatt Oleff. The first three episodes are available today; new episodes drop Fridays.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Apple TV+
This film incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements to tell Michael J. Fox’s extraordinary personal and professional triumphs and travails in his own words, drawn from unprecedented access to the actor and his family.
Crater
Disney+
Original Film!
This coming-of-age sci-fi adventure is the story of Caleb Channing (Isaiah Russell-Bailey), who was raised on a lunar mining colony and is about to be permanently relocated to an idyllic faraway planet following the death of his father (Scott Mescudi). But before leaving, to fulfill his dad’s last wish, he and his three best friends — Dylan (Billy Barratt), Borney (Orson Hong) and Marcus (Thomas Boyce), along with Addison (Mckenna Grace), a new arrival from Earth — hijack a rover for one final adventure on a journey to explore a mysterious crater.
The Great
Hulu
Season Premiere!
The satirical dark comedy about the rise to power of Russia’s Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) returns for its third season, which sees the empress and her husband, Peter (Nicholas Hoult), attempting to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable problems — like Catherine’s attempt on his life, and the fact that she imprisoned all of his friends. All 10 episodes drop today.
Black Knight
Netflix
New Series!
Based on a popular webtoon, this South Korean sci-fi/action series is set in a dystopian future devastated by air pollution, where the survival of humanity depends upon a group of deliverymen known as the Black Knights, who navigate the wastelands using unconventional means.
The Mother
Netflix
Original Film!
A deadly assassin (Jennifer Lopez) comes out of hiding to protect the daughter (Lucy Paez) she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men. Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick and Gael García Bernal costar.
Mulligan
Netflix
New Series!
In this animated satirical comedy, when most of Earth is destroyed by aliens, can a few survivors rebuild what’s left of America and form a more perfect union? The series comes from producers of 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and features a voice cast led by Nat Faxon, Chrissy Teigen, Tina Fey and Dana Carvey. Recurring guest stars include Daniel Radcliffe, Ayo Edebiri, Ronny Chieng and Kevin Michael Richardson.
Queer Eye
Netflix
Season Premiere!
The Fab Five are in New Orleans for their seventh season of inspirational heroes and beautiful befores-and-afters.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars & RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked
Paramount+
Season Premieres!
The competition series is back for Season 8, with a new “Fame Game” that allows eliminated Queens another chance to win. Among this season’s guest judges will be Zooey Deschanel, Idina Menzel, Ego Nwodim, Matt Rogers, Robin Thede, JoJo Siwa and Bowen Yang, who join returning mainstay judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Matthews and Ts Madison. The season premieres with two episodes today; new episodes drop Fridays. Also available to stream are episodes of Untucked, returning for its fifth season, which offers behind-the-scenes access to All Stars.
The Power
Prime Video
Season Finale!
The first season of this thriller led by Auli’i Cravalho, John Leguizamo and Josh Charles concludes with today’s episode.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
MOVIES!, 2:10pm
Catch a Classic!
An Oscar winner for its visual effects, this 1970 dramatization of the lead up to, and execution of, the Japanese attack on U.S. naval bases at Pearl Harbor in 1941 is a fascinating and compelling international coproduction between the two countries that had been mortal enemies three decades earlier. Two separate productions — one in America, directed by Richard Fleischer, and one in Japan, helmed by Toshio Masuda and Kinji Fukasaku (legendary director Akira Kurosawa had initially been attached to the project) — created the separate sequences woven together for the film that bring us into the minds of the participants on both sides (the Japanese sequences are subtitled in English). Notables among the large cast are Joseph Cotten as Secretary Henry Stimson, George Macready as Secretary Cordell Hull, Martin Balsam as Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, Keith Andes as Gen. George C. Marshall, James Whitmore as Vice Adm. William Halsey Jr., Sô Yamamura as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto and Asao Uchida as Gen. Hideki Tojo.
S.W.A.T.: “Forget Shorty”
CBS, 8pm
In “Forget Shorty,” the first part of a two-part season finale, SWAT teams up with the DEA, led by Mack Boyle (guest star Timothy Hutton), to conduct a massive gang sweep, only to discover that a vicious cartel is planting roots in the city and endangering numerous lives.
The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
Singer Jane Da Silva (Jodie Sweetin) inherits a nonprofit detective agency. Mentored by her aunt, Sadie (Paris Jefferson), and Detective John Cameron (Stephen Huszar), she takes on her first case, about a mother’s untimely death years before. As Jane investigates, she realizes that digging up the past can be dangerous.
100 Day Dream Home
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
The new season kicks off with a two-episode special. Lifelong Floridians Andi and Pete always dreamed of owning oceanfront property, so when a vintage beachside hotel in Indian Shores, Florida, called The Sunburst Inn went on the market, they snapped it up immediately. But the 75-year-old, 12-room hotel is sorely in need of a refresh, so the couple have called on Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt to turn it into a dream destination before peak tourist season begins. That means a complete renovation, inside and out, in only 100 days!
Great Performances: “Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best”
PBS, 9pm
Enjoy a show-stopping revue of milestone shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 in this 90-minute special hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. The program features performances from Lincoln Center by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more.
Blue Bloods: “Irish Exits”
CBS, 10pm
In the new episode “Irish Exits,” Frank (Tom Selleck) worries about his longtime friend, Lenny Ross (returning guest star Treat Williams), when he suspects the former officer is hiding his true reason for returning to the city.
Dear Mama
FX, 10pm
Series Finale!
The documentary series chronicling rap icon Tupac Shakur and his relationship to his mother, Afeni, concludes with “Until the End of Time.”
Saturday, May 13
The Thing From Another World
TCM, 3:15pm
Catch a Classic!
From its famous opening title sequence — featuring the letters of the title slowly burning through the background and accompanied by Dimitri Tiomkin’s ominous score, which not only established its own story’s eerie ambience very well, but also added to the terror in John Carpenter’s Halloween nearly 30 years later when the sequence was featured in a scene — to its final scene, which trails off with an insistent warning to “Keep watching the skies,” this 1951 Howard Hawks production is a sci-fi/horror classic. That is despite the fact that it is not as close to its original source material, the novella “Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell, as Carpenter’s superb 1982 remake, simply titled The Thing, was. Although the titular threat is not a shapeshifter here, it is still memorably and menacingly portrayed by James Arness in an early, pre-fame role. Director Christian Nyby (with Hawks contributing, to a degree; the realistic, fast-paced and overlapping dialogue heard in this movie is certainly one of his trademarks) effectively creates suspense with the claustrophobic conditions surrounding the group of military and scientific minds trapped with the Thing at an Arctic base (even as they are also at odds with each other on how to deal with the situation), and there are some moments that still have the ability to surprise viewers. The cast works well together and is led by Kenneth Tobey, who would become familiar as a similar military character type in other ’50s sci-fi classics like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955).
NTT IndyCar Series: GMR Grand Prix
NBC, 3:30pm Live
Top drivers Marcus Ericsson, Pato O’Ward and Scott Dixon take to Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course for the GMR Grand Prix.
MLB Baseball
FOX & FS1, beginning at 4pm Live
An MLB doubleheader on FOX Sports starts with the Texas Rangers at the Oakland A’s on FS1. In FOX’s regional primetime game, viewers will see either the San Diego Padres at the L.A. Dodgers or the Houston Astros at the Chicago White Sox.
Into the Wild Frontier: “William Bartram: America’s First Great Naturalist”
INSP, 6pm
Naturalist William Bartram explores the unmapped regions of the South to document the native fauna and flora. But after surviving many encounters with Native Americans and wildlife, it’s an invisible virus that may finally end the journey and his life.
XFL Football: Championship
ABC, 8pm Live
The first season of the revived XFL pro football league wraps up with the championship game between the Arlington Renegades and the D.C. Defenders tonight at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Dream Moms
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Danielle (Tamera Mowry-Housley) and Claire (Chelsea Hobbs) once had dreams of making it to Broadway. Years later, consumed with motherhood, they have no time for themselves and have deferred their dreams. Claire is a single mother and bookkeeper, and Danielle is married to a successful lawyer (Roger Cross) and lives on the Upper East Side. Her daughter is positioned for the NYC ballet. After Danielle’s brother (Andrew J. Hampton) introduces her to Claire, who he met at his dance studio, the two of them work toward competing in a national televised dance contest, which helps them both regain their sense of self and passion as performers.
Maid for Revenge
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
In this original thriller, a struggling young maid wakes up next to her client’s pool covered in blood, finding the owner dead in the water. Suddenly her 8-year-old son’s life is in jeopardy. With no memory of what happened, she races to uncover the truth. The film is inspired by true events. Stars Kathryn Kohut and Matt Wells.