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Wednesday, May 7
Bugs That Rule the World
PBS, 10pm
New Series!
In this four-part global investigation into insects, exploring their diversity and their critical roles on the planet, scientists reveal the beauty of bugs, from pollinators to insect assassins to the tiny clean-up crews that purify the planet. The premiere episode, “Insect Apocalypse,” has scientists theorizing what life on Earth might be like if all insects vanished.
Last Bullet
Netflix
Original Film!
This third and final installment in the Lost Bullet French action thriller franchise is an explosive opus that finds Lino (Alban Lenoir) embarking on a relentless quest to find and confront Areski (Nicolas Duvauchelle).
NASCAR: Full Speed
Netflix
Season Premiere!
Season 2 of this high-octane sports docuseries follows the tales of triumph and tenacity surrounding drivers on and off the track during the 2024 NASCAR playoffs.
Citizen Kane
TCM, 7:30am
Catch a Classic!
Orson Welles’ 1941 classic is regularly at, or very near, the top of many people’s list of greatest movies of all time, and watching it again (or for the first time) tonight, you will be reminded why. After more than 80 years, the stunningly original innovation that Welles put into the film’s direction and camerawork, with the help of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Gregg Toland, helps it look like it could have been made in the modern era — it’s easy to forget it was produced in the early ’40s. It’s all the more impressive when you realize that Welles made this masterful, Best Picture Oscar-nominated film when he was only in his mid 20s. Along with directing (for which he received an Oscar nomination), producing and cowriting Citizen Kane (with Herman J. Mankiewicz; the duo won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay), Welles also stars in his Best Actor Oscar-nominated title role, a not-so-subtle dramatization of tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Welles leads an equally incredible cast that also includes Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane and more.
The Masked Singer
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
The Golden Mask Trophy is on the line and the winner is unmasked in the singing competition’s two-hour Season 13 finale.
Chicago Med: “The Invisible Hand”
NBC, 8pm
The hospital faces a staffing crisis as the nurses stage a sick-out; Archer (Steven Weber) and Frost (Darren Barnet) bet on who can discharge their patients first; and Charles’ (Oliver Platt) distrust of a patient complicates his treatment.
Chicago Fire: “Cut Me Open”
NBC, 9pm
With the crew stretched thin, a performance efficiency expert evaluates Firehouse 51. Meanwhile, Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) and Severide (Taylor Kinney) bond with the mother of the baby they hope to adopt.
The Amazing Race: “Up the River Without a Joust”
CBS, 9:30pm
Racers travel to Strasbourg, France, where they go head-to-head in a water jousting match in the new episode “Up the River Without a Joust.”
Life or Death: The Negotiators: “Sydney Siege”
Nat Geo, 10pm
Police negotiators step in to try to keep the peace when an armed couple holds 27 people at gunpoint, seeking the return of their 3-month-old child.
Chicago P.D.: “Black Ice”
NBC, 10pm
Ruzek (Patrick John Flueger) witnesses a tragic accident on an icy bridge, leading Intelligence into a dark and sinister case involving sex trafficking.
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Thursday, May 8
Forever
Netflix
New Series!
A reimagining of one of the most impactful first-love stories of all time — Judy Blume’s 1975 young adult novel Forever… — this romantic drama from producer Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends) follows the epic love story of two Black teens, Keisha and Justin (Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr.), as they explore their identities through the awkward and moving journey of being each other’s “capital-F First.” Blume is an executive producer on the series, which costars Karen Pittman, Wood Harris and Xosha Roquemore.
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage: “Ladies Love Brunch”
CBS, 8pm
Georgie (Montana Jordan) tries his best to please all of the moms in his life for Mother’s Day in the new episode “Ladies Love Brunch.”
Law & Order: “Tough Love”
NBC, 8pm
A tough-love sports agent is stabbed to death, leaving the squad with a trail of possible suspects.
TCM Spotlight: The Defining Frontier: The American Character in Westerns
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Turner Classic Movies’ monthlong Tuesday and Thursday night look at the history of Westerns via themed lineups continues with “Rugged Individualism.” Since its founding, America has always glorified the individual over the collective. The Constitution helped establish the nation as a place where anyone can thrive through hard work and determination, and the American frontier — with its rugged landscape, lawlessness and lack of infrastructure — rewarded those who could make their own way and overcome difficult conditions. The “lone cowboy” character was often featured in Westerns, symbolizing these ideas of freedom and self-reliance, and helped to ingrain these values into the American consciousness. Examples of that theme can be seen in tonight’s lineup: The Man From Laramie (1955), one of the great James Stewart-led Westerns directed by Anthony Mann; Ride Lonesome (1959), starring Randolph Scott, Karen Steele and James Coburn in his film debut; writer/director Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns (1957), led by Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Gene Barry; High Plains Drifter (1973), directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as another one of those nameless strangers he initially became famous for around this era; Hang ’Em High (1968), also led by Eastwood (this time as a named character) alongside Inger Stevens, Ed Begley and Pat Hingle; and The Oklahoma Kid (1939), starring James Cagney as a heroic gunslinger and Humphrey Bogart as his black-clad villainous nemesis.
Hudson & Rex
UPtv, 8pm
Season Finale!
In the Season 2 finale, “In a Family Way,” after a woman is found dead in the snow, Charlie (John Reardon) and Rex (Diesel vom Burgimwald) have a pool of unconnected suspects with only one thing in common — the victim was convinced they were all her family. Season 3 of Hudson & Rex debuts next Thursday, May 15.
Ghosts
CBS, 8:30pm
Season Finale!
Sam and Jay (Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar) host a big party for the launch of Sam and Isaac’s (Brandon Scott Jones) vampire book in the Season 4 finale “The Devil Went Down to Woodstone.” CBS has renewed Ghosts for Seasons 5 and 6.
Doctor Odyssey: “The Wave”
ABC, 9pm
After Max’s (Joshua Jackson) declaration fractures his relationship with Avery (Phillipa Soo), he leaves the ship and finds himself caught in an earthquake, which triggers a tsunami warning; with The Odyssey forced to leave port, Max races to return before it’s too late.
Elsbeth
CBS, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Ramen Holiday,” the Season 2 finale, Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) encounters many familiar suspects during a murder investigation. Stephen Moyer, Retta, Gina Gershon, Alyssa Milano and Mary-Louise Parker are among the guest stars reprising their roles. Elsbeth will return for Season 3.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: “Aperture”
NBC, 9pm
When an assault at gunpoint is witnessed through a neighboring window, the SVU must find the victim.
Grey’s Anatomy: “Love You Like a Love Song”
ABC, 10pm
Jo (Camilla Luddington) and Link’s (Chris Carmack) wedding day arrives, along with some visitors; Teddy (Kim Raver) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) are met with a familiar face seeking treatment; and Lucas (Niko Terho) disagrees with Simone (Alexis Floyd) on how to approach a patient’s worsened condition.
Found: “Missing While a Family”
NBC, 10pm
M&A is approached about a missing family from a Jewish modern orthodox congregation. Meanwhile, Margaret (Kelli Williams) shares her recent experiences with her family, Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) sets a plan in motion for his and Gabi’s (Shanola Hampton) future, and an M&A ally is put in jeopardy.
SurrealEstate: “Battleground”
Syfy, 10pm
Susan (Sarah Levy) investigates a client’s home that is haunted by a young Vietnam-era soldier whose war never ended.
Friday, May 9
Friday Night Frights
MOVIES!, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Cowriter/director George A. Romero’s influential 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead not only popularized zombies in pop culture but also remains one of the more terrifying depictions of these flesh-eating ghouls, as they attack a rural farmhouse where seven people have been trapped following the sudden uprising of the living dead. The film’s social commentary is also as relevant and affecting as its shocks and chills. Some inspiration for the movie appears to have come from Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend, so it’s fitting that MOVIES! follows up Living Dead tonight with The Last Man on Earth (1964), the first film adaptation of I Am Legend, and still one of the most effective. Here, Vincent Price plays a man who becomes a reluctant vampire hunter after a disease apparently turns the rest of humanity into the living dead. Following this, catch David Cronenberg’s Rabid (1977), starring Marilyn Chambers and Frank Moore, and wrap up the night with Romero’s Day of the Dead (1985).
Nonnas
Netflix
Original Film!
Vince Vaughn leads this comedy as Joe Scaravella, who, following the loss of his mother, risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with a group of local grandmothers as the chefs. The cast also includes Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Joe Manganiello, Drea de Matteo, Campbell Scott, Linda Cardellini and Susan Sarandon.
The Royals
Netflix
New Series!
This Indian romantic comedy/drama begins when Aviraaj Singh (Ishaan Khatter), the polo-playing, pleasure-seeking party prince and heir to the royal throne of Morpur, meets high-functioning, tightly wound, ace CEO Sophia Shekhar (Bhumi Pednekar). As sparks and insults fly, they reluctantly come together to save his royally dysfunctional family from financial ruin and to save her own leading startup of luxury homestays in India from ruthless investment bankers.
Hollywood Squares
CBS, 8pm
Season Finale!
The game show revival wraps up its first season with “I’ve Been in 12 Sandwiches” and “Between Two Nuts.” Nate Burleson hosts with Drew Barrymore as the center square. CBS picked up Hollywood Squares for a second season.
Grosse Pointe Garden Society: “The Fallow Period”
NBC, 8pm
As new details of their night unfold, Birdie (Melissa Fumero), Catherine (Aja Naomi King), Brett (Ben Rappaport) and Alice (AnnaSophia Robb) reckon with the aftermath of their gala afterparty.
Gold Rush: Mine Rescue With Freddy & Juan
Discovery Channel, 9pm
Season Premiere!
Gold recovery experts Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra are back on the road in North America to help turn small-time miners’ pitfalls into profits. In the season premiere, Freddy and Juan face off at a hard rock mine spanning three elevations at 4,000 feet in the Cascades. Battling impenetrable rock, the guys devise an innovative 180-foot chute featuring a spiral concentrator in their first ever Washington state rescue. The season also features visits to mines in Oregon, Arizona, Montana and British Columbia.
Saturday, May 10
NTT IndyCar Series: Sonsio Grand Prix
FOX, 4:30pm Live
IndyCar returns to the hallowed ground of Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Sonsio Grand Prix on the Brickyard’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.
MLB Baseball
FOX, beginning at 7pm Live
Saturday regional MLB action on FOX features either the Chicago Cubs at the N.Y. Mets or the San Francisco Giants at the Minnesota Twins.
Love in the Clouds
Hallmark Channel, 8pm
Original Film!
Brooklyn (McKenzie Westmore), a reporter from Seattle, lobbies to cover the wildly popular International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and finds a unique angle in an enigmatic hot air balloon pilot, Jared (Paul Greene). Jared offers romantic rides but is mysteriously closed off to love himself. That is, until Brooklyn steps onto his balloon and changes his outlook on love and life.
The Judd Family: Truth Be Told, Parts 1 & 2
Lifetime, 8pm
New Docuseries!
This two-night documentary special delves into the delicate relationships of one of country music’s most revered families. Interviews with both Wynonna and Ashley Judd, along with Naomi’s widower Larry Strickland, share the complex mother-daughter dynamics that tied them together and also drove them apart. “Wynonna and Ashley both took a long time to decide to participate because they wanted to be sure that this would be the right representation of their mother’s life,” shares director Alexandra Dean. “Both were concerned that her story be told in its full complexity with honesty and fairness.”
Two for One: Jamie Lee Curtis
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, TCM primetime host Ben Mankiewicz is joined by actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who introduces two films of her choosing. Curtis will offer commentary on each title’s cultural significance and its influence on other films, behind-the-scenes stories, and her own personal reflections on them. The star has chosen director John Frankenheimer’s suspenseful psychological/political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962), starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh (Jamie Lee’s mother) and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury, and Sweet Smell of Success (1957), the film noir satirical drama led by Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis (Jamie Lee’s father) and Susan Harrison.
Say Yes to the Dress
TLC, 8pm
Season Finale!
In “I’m Marrying Me,” one-of-a-kind bride Nicoletta arrives with crystals, sage and a plan to marry herself, and new consultant Cierra is all for it! Paraplegic bride Natalie hopes to experience that magical bridal feeling.
Saturday Night Live: “Walton Goggins/Arcade Fire”
NBC, 11:30pm Live; also livestreams on Peacock
Walton Goggins (HBO’s The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones) hosts SNL for the first time tonight, while Grammy-winning band Arcade Fire makes their sixth appearance as musical guest a day after the release of their new album, Pink Elephant.