All Times Eastern. PBS programming varies regionally.
Wednesday, May 24
The Flash
The CW, 8pm
Series Finale!
After nine years of saving Central City, Barry Allen can finally rest his speedy feet as the final season of this DC Comics superhero series comes to a close tonight. In “A New World, Part Four,” The Flash is tasked with his greatest challenge yet — to save the timeline and save existence. Friends old and new gather for an epic battle to save Central City, one last time.
Platonic
Apple TV+
New Series!
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star in this new comedy series following a platonic pair of former best friends who reconnect in midlife with disastrously hilarious consequences. The series is cowritten and cocreated by Friends From College writers Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco. The first three episodes are available today; new episodes drop Wednesdays.
American Born Chinese
Disney+
New Series!
Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan lead this genre-hopping, coming-of-age action comedy based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. It tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of mythological Chinese gods. The large cast of regulars and guest stars also includes Yeoh and Quan’s Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All at Once costar, Stephanie Hsu.
Chip ’n’ Dale: Park Life
Disney+
Season Premiere!
Disney’s chipmunk troublemakers are back in a six-episode second season that features even wilder and crazier adventures.
The Clearing
Hulu
New Series!
Inspired by the J.P. Pomare psychological thriller In the Clearing, this hair-raising Australian series follows a woman named Freya (Teresa Palmer) who must face her demons when a child goes missing and she suspects the cult she once escaped to be responsible. “Freya’s endured a childhood most wouldn’t even be able to imagine,” Palmer says of the role. “Her demons still follow her. She’s overprotective and paranoid at times.” Making it especially eerie is that the cult is based on a real-life community from rural Victoria, where the show was filmed. Costars include Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce. The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Wednesdays.
The Ultimatum: Queer Love
Netflix
New Series!
This expansion of The Ultimatum, a series that showcases stories of love, relationships, and the ups and downs of commitment, features five new couples made up of women and nonbinary people who are at a crossroads in their relationship. One partner is ready for marriage, while the other may have doubts, and an ultimatum is issued. In just over eight weeks, each couple will either get married or get out after they choose new potential partners in a life-changing opportunity to get a glimpse of two different futures. JoAnna Garcia Swisher hosts. Four episodes are available both today and next Wednesday, May 31; the season will conclude with two episodes on Wednesday, June 7.
Survivor
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
Find out which player emerges as the winner as Jeff Probst hosts the Season 44 finale. Survivor will expand to a 90-minute edition when it returns for Season 45 this fall.
MasterChef: United Tastes of America
FOX, 8pm
Season Premiere!
Season 13 of MasterChef has the top home cooks from four American regions battling it out in culinary challenges for judges Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez and Joe Bastianich. But only one cook will win the MasterChef title and a $250,000 cash prize.
Chicago Med
NBC, 8pm
Season Finale!
Season 8 of the medical drama concludes tonight with the episode “Does One Door Close and Another One Open?” Shocking information threatens Jack Dayton’s (Sasha Roiz) surgery and the future of OR 2.0. Med will be back for Season 9.
Wild Scandinavia: “Fire and Ice”
PBS, 8pm
Series Finale!
The series concludes with a journey into Scandinavia’s kingdoms of fire and ice, where muskoxen, polar bears and arctic foxes must navigate the dramatic transformation of their world as it melts from a long polar night into a sleepless rush of life under the midnight sun.
Star of the Month: William Powell
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Wednesday celebration of iconic actor William Powell continues with eight films he made during the 1940s, beginning with the comedy Life With Father (1947), which earned him his third and last Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as a strait-laced, turn-of-the-20th-century father who presides over a family of boys, and whose wife (Irene Dunne) is really the one who rules the roost. Following that is the 1946 drama The Hoodlum Saint, costarring Esther Williams; The Heavenly Body (1944), a romantic comedy also featuring Hedy Lamarr; I Love You Again (1940), a comedy that re-teams Powell with his Thin Man costar Myrna Loy and is directed by W.S. Van Dyke, who had directed the stars in the first four Thin Man movies; Crossroads (1942), a mystery that costars Lamarr, Claire Trevor and Basil Rathbone; Love Crazy (1941), a screwball comedy that pairs Powell and Loy once again; The Youngest Profession (1943), in which Powell makes a cameo as himself, along with other luminaries of the time, including Greer Garson and Lana Turner; and Ziegfeld Follies (1945), a musical comedy featuring Powell in the prologue, again portraying legendary theatrical impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., after having played him in 1936’s The Great Ziegfeld.
The Prank Panel
ABC, 9pm
New Series!
In the first episode of this new unscripted comedy series in which everyday people pitch pranks to a panel of the world’s greatest pranksters, titled “Family Love/Repo Revenge,” an officiant is mortified by the marriage she just blessed, and a repo man gets pranked.
Riverdale: “Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Six: Betty & Veronica Double Digest”
The CW, 9pm
Veronica (Camila Mendes) devises a plan to bring in some money at the Babylonium.
Expedition Unknown
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In Season 11, adventurer Josh Gates again brings viewers across the globe as he continues to investigate and solve the world’s most intriguing mysteries. In the new season, he travels throughout five continents to dive into sunken tombs in Africa, reclaim stolen and looted statues in Cambodia, and discover a pirate’s lost treasure in the frigid waters of the U.K. — with one excursion giving him the most terrifying moments of his career. The season kicks off with the episode “Sunken Pyramids of the Nile.”
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars
FOX, 9pm
New Series!
In this new competition series, Gordon Ramsay puts food and beverage industry entrepreneurs through a multitude of challenges designed to showcase their business skills, test their drive and convince Ramsay they have what it takes to earn his personal investment of $250,000.
Chicago Fire
NBC, 9pm
Season Finale!
This first entry in producer Dick Wolf’s hit Chicago franchise of dramas finishes Season 11 tonight with “Red Waterfall.” As Brett (Kara Killmer) waits for life-changing news, Herrmann (David Eigenberg) encounters a psychic with a grave warning on a call. The series has been renewed for Season 12.
NOVA: Your Brain
PBS, 9pm
Miniseries Finale!
The miniseries concludes with “Who’s in Control?” Are you in control of your brain, or is your brain controlling you? Dive into the latest research on the subconscious with neuroscientist Heather Berlin to see what is really driving the decisions you make.
Mayans M.C.
FX, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The Sons of Anarchy spinoff begins its last ride with a 10-episode fifth and final season premiering with two episodes tonight. Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo) leads his brother, Angel (Clayton Cardenas), and the Santo Padre M.C. in a bloody war against their rival Sons of Anarchy.
Chicago P.D.
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
The crime drama’s 10th season comes to a close with “A Better Place.” As Richard Beck’s (Lee Tergesen) timeline for a deadly attack moves up and Samantha (Caitlin Mehner) panics, Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) and the team scramble to get ahead of unprecedented disaster. Chicago P.D. has been renewed for Season 11.
Thursday, May 25
Judge Me Not
ALLBLK
New Series!
Judge Lynn Toler (Divorce Court) created, wrote and executive produces this legal drama loosely based on her life. It follows Zelma Jay Johnson (Chyna Layne), an exceptionally bright, young Black woman who struggles with mental health issues, a ludicrous family and a volatile love life. The series joins her as she takes on her new role as a judge in a court full of outrageous characters both in front of and behind the bench. As her passionate relationship with her live-in lover takes them both on a ride, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a psychological thriller that puts her life at risk. The series also stars Javon Terrell (2022 winner of ALLBLK’S “Shoot Your Shot” national casting call held in conjunction with the American Black Film Festival), Terrence Green, Jonathan Chase, Gena Shaw and Bonita Brisker.
FUBAR
Netflix
New Series!
Arnold Schwarzenegger comes to series television in this show that tackles universal family dynamics set against a global backdrop of spies, action and humor. He plays a CIA operative on the verge of retirement who discovers a family secret and is forced to go back into the field for one last job. Monica Barbaro, Milan Carter, Gabriel Luna and Fortune Feimster also star.
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Western Conference Finals: Game 5
ESPN, 8pm Live
Game 5 (if necessary) between the Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars airs tonight on ESPN.
TCM Spotlight: Weather in the Movies: “Sweltering Skies”
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Thursday night look at films that famously incorporate weather into their stories blows over after tonight’s lineup, consisting of five hot and steamy titles: The Seven Year Itch (1955), Billy Wilder’s classic comedy in which Marilyn Monroe as “The Girl” makes an already-sweltering New York City summer even hotter for Tom Ewell’s middle-aged, married and fantasy-prone character; the Best Picture Oscar-nominated A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Oscar nominee Tennessee Williams’ adaptation of his own Southern Gothic play set in hot and humid New Orleans, starring Best Actress winner Vivien Leigh, Best Actor nominee Marlon Brando, Best Supporting Actor winner Karl Malden and Best Supporting Actress winner Kim Hunter; Dog Day Afternoon (1975), the Best Picture-nominated true-life crime drama led by Best Actor nominee Al Pacino; The Good Earth (1937), a drama about Chinese farmers struggling through a drought and famine (a number of this film’s primary stars, like Paul Muni and Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, were white and, unfortunately, made to look Asian through “yellowface,” a makeup technique of that era used for the first time here); and Stray Dog (1949), a Japanese film noir cowritten and directed by Akira Kurosawa that takes place during a heat wave in postwar Tokyo and is led by frequent Kurosawa collaborator Toshiro Mifune.
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Game 5
TNT, 8:30pm Live
Barring a series sweep, TNT has coverage of the Eastern Conference finals Game 5 between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics tonight.
100 Days to Indy: “The Road to the 500”
The CW, 9pm
An inside look at what Indianapolis is like during May, when lifelong Indy 500 fans hit the streets.
Ghost Hunters
Travel Channel, 9pm; also streams on discovery+
Season Finale!
In “Diocese of the Dead,” TAPS is called to Ogdensburg, New York, to investigate a large family home. Once a church rectory, this imposing limestone manor is filled with terrifying entities that date back to its religious beginnings. Alongside Jason’s son, Austin Hawes, and guest investigator Dustin Pari, TAPS hopes to calm the family’s fear of being in their house.
Wild West Chronicles: “The Many Faces of Charles Siringo”
INSP, 10pm
Unable to apprehend the train-robbing Smith Brothers, Sheriff Doc Shores calls the Pinkerton Detective Agency for assistance. The agency sends Charles Siringo, an undercover specialist known for his unorthodox methods of capturing criminals.
Friday, May 26
Kendra Sells Hollywood
Max
Season Premiere!
Kendra Wilkinson is back for Season 2, in which the stakes are higher than ever. With a six-figure quota looming over her head, she must pull out all the stops to secure her place on the team and prove that she can sell some of the most exclusive real estate in Los Angeles. Two episodes are available Fridays beginning today. The entire first season, which originally debuted on discovery+, is now available on Max.
The American Barbecue Showdown
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, new host Michelle Buteau (The Circle) joins the judges for a fresh round of heated competition between eight of the best barbecuers in the country.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Prime Video
Series Finale!
The acclaimed, award-winning comedy/drama starring Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub, Marin Hinkle and Michael Zegen ends its run after five seasons.
Couples Therapy
Showtime, 8pm
Season Finale!
The docuseries that follows Dr. Orna Guralnik as she guides couples through honest confrontation with each other about real-life struggles finishes its third season.
Memorial Day Movie Marathon Starts
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Starting tonight, and running all the way through Memorial Day (Monday, May 29) and into the early morning hours of May 30, Turner Classic Movies airs a nonstop, 82-hour marathon of memorable war and military-themed films to commemorate the holiday on which Americans remember the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. Airing tonight into tomorrow morning are A Walk in the Sun (1945), The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), They Were Expendable (1945), The Young and the Brave (1963) and Dark of the Sun (1968).
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Game 5
TNT, 8pm Live
Game 5 (if necessary) between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes airs tonight on TNT.
100 Day Dream Home
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
In “Home SWEET Home,” with a large, blended family and an at-home baking business booming, there’s no longer enough room in a couple’s 1970s ranch-style home. Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt whip up a dream home where there’s enough room to bake and the family has enough room for company.
Run the World
Starz, 9:35pm
Season Premiere!
The comedy series about three 30-something best friends who fashionably navigate through the ups and downs of love and careers in Harlem, New York, returns for Season 2. Amber Stevens West, Bresha Webb and Corbin Reid star.
The Secrets of Hillsong
FX, 10pm
Series Finale!
The investigative documentary series exploring scandals and misconduct at Hillsong Church, one of the 21st century’s most successful megachurches, concludes with two episodes tonight.
Saturday, May 27
Memorial Day Movie Marathon Continues
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ 82-hour marathon (which runs until early Tuesday, May 30) of memorable war and military-themed films in commemoration of Memorial Day continues with Don’t Go Near the Water (1957), Up Periscope (1959), No Time for Sergeants (1958), Hollywood Canteen (1944), Pride of the Marines (1945), Ace of Aces (1933), Back to Bataan (1945), The Steel Helmet (1951), Pork Chop Hill (1959), The Tanks Are Coming (1941), The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Operation Pacific (1951) and Captains of the Clouds (1942).
USFL Football
FOX & FS1, beginning at 4pm Live
Week 7 of the USFL season has the Birmingham Stallions at the New Orleans Breakers on FOX. The Philadelphia Stars are at the Pittsburgh Maulers later tonight on FS1.
MLB Baseball
FOX & FS1, beginning at 4pm Live
The Philadelphia Phillies are at the Atlanta Braves on FS1, followed by a primetime regional game on FOX featuring the St. Louis Cardinals at the Cleveland Guardians, the Boston Red Sox at the Arizona Diamondbacks or the Cincinnati Reds at the Chicago Cubs.
Into the Wild Frontier: “Mason & Dixon: Trailblazing Surveyors”
INSP, 6pm
English astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon brave deadly terrain and hostile Native Americans to resolve a border dispute in Colonial America. With science and courage, they survey their famous Mason-Dixon Line with pinpoint accuracy.
County Line: No Fear
INSP, 8pm
Original Film!
Just as Sheriff Alden Rockwell (Tom Wopat) is getting set to retire, a threat against the father of his friend, Sheriff Jo Porter (Kelsey Crane), may not only ruin his plans for a life of leisure but also bring a dangerous criminal syndicate to both Maksville and York counties. Alden and Jo must team up once again to bring down this seemingly insurmountable threat. Casper Van Dien, Patricia Richardson and Denim Richards costar.
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Finals: Game 6
TNT, 8:30pm Live
The battle for an NBA Finals berth continues on TNT with Game 6 (if necessary) between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat tonight.