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Friday, May 23
Fountain of Youth
Apple TV+
Original Film!
Two estranged siblings (John Krasinski and Natalie Portman) partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth, using their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure that will change their lives — and possibly lead to immortality.
Memorial Day Specials on FOX Nation
FOX Nation, Available Now
FOX Nation offers several programs streaming now in observance of Memorial Day:
General Patton and the Prayer That Changed History General Patton’s call to faith to help turn the tide of the war before his troops were defeated by the German military in World War II.
Sledgehammer: My Father the WWII Hero Hosted by FOX News contributor Johnny Joey Jones, this documentary tells the never-before-heard stories from the son of legendary Marine Eugene “Sledgehammer” Sledge.
The Final Journey of the Forgotten Warriors Martha MacCallum shares the stories of Korean War veterans that fought for our country during “The Forgotten War.”
Field of Valor The story of how Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was among the heroes storming the beach on D-Day.
The Unsung of Arlington Discover the stories of the unsung heroes buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Netflix
This documentary takes viewers inside the cockpit with the U.S. Air Force’s legendary flight squadron, the Thunderbirds, for the first time ever. Witness the unprecedented training, peril and personal sacrifice it takes to push the limits of aviation as a member of one of America’s most revered demonstration teams.
Big Mouth
Netflix
Season Premiere!
In the eighth and final season of this adult animated comedy, the Bridgeton teens tackle new challenges as high schoolers, including driving, drugs, sexual inexperience, enthusiastic consent, porn, their changing bodies and fear of the looming future. At the height of the season, when many of the characters are in crisis, Compassion (personified as a new creature voiced by Holly Hunter) emerges as a crucial way forward.
Fear Street: Prom Queen
Netflix
Original Film!
Following the first three Fear Street horror movies that aired in 2021 and were set, respectively, in the years 1994, 1978 and 1666, this latest installment, which takes place in 1988, shows that the town of Shadyside still has darkness at its heart. Borrowing from ’80s slasher movie tropes, this story finds all hell breaking loose as someone begins slaughtering the senior prom queen candidates. The previous Fear Street films were based on R.L. Stine’s series of novels, but this is the first entry with its story drawn from a specific book: 1992’s The Prom Queen.
Forget You Not
Netflix
New Series!
This comedy/drama from Taiwan revolves around Cheng Le-le (Hsieh Ying-xuan), a married woman who balances her job as a stand-up comedian with being a part-time convenience store employee. Despite her mundane life, Le-le is full of hopes and dreams for her future but is met with a series of challenges. Facing marital difficulties with her husband, Zhang Kai (Wallace Huo), and hardships with her father (Chin Han), she is spurred to embark on a courageous journey that redefines her relationships with her family, lover and friends.
Memorial Day Movie Marathon Begins
TCM, beginning at 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Starting this evening and continuing into the early morning of Tuesday, May 27, Turner Classic Movies celebrates Memorial Day with a nonstop lineup of war- and military-themed films. This evening’s schedule begins with The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), the drama about World War II veterans readjusting to life back home that earned William Wyler a Best Director Oscar along with wins for Best Picture, Best Actor (Fredric March) and Best Supporting Actor (Harold Russell, an actual war veteran who had lost both hands during his service). Following that are Till the End of Time (1946), Pride of the Marines (1945), Battle Cry (1955) and Marines in the Making (1942).
Missing Presumed Dead
Nat Geo, beginning at 9pm
New Series!
This series tells the fascinating and shocking stories of real disappearances, and how the victims survived their experiences and were found or rescued. Each installment focuses on one unbelievable story and is told chronologically through a combination of stylized, cinematically shot interviews with the missing person, their family and friends, and experts in abduction, surviving hostile environments and hostage negotiation, along with archival footage. Two hourlong episodes begin the series tonight. The first one focuses on journalist Michael Scott Moore, who traveled to Somalia and was captured by pirates. The next episode follows the Robertson family, whose journey sailing the world was ended by orcas.
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Saturday, May 24
Memorial Day Movie Marathon Continues
TCM, beginning at 6am
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: Wings for the Eagle (1942), Mister Roberts (1955), Sergeant York (1941), Hit the Deck (1955), Men Must Fight (1933), Men of the Fighting Lady (1954), Target Zero (1955), The Steel Helmet (1951), Men in War (1957), A Walk in the Sun (1945), Cornered (1945, airing as part of Noir Alley), Battleground (1949) and Armored Command (1961), which is making its TCM premiere.
UFL Football
ABC, beginning at 12pm Live
A United Football League doubleheader on ABC has the Arlington Renegades at the Memphis Showboats and the Michigan Panthers at the Birmingham Stallions.
NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship: Semifinals
ESPN2, beginning at 12pm Live
Both NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinal matches take place today at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and air on ESPN2. The championship match is Monday on ESPN.
MLB Baseball
FOX & FS1, beginning at 4pm Live
Get your Memorial Day weekend celebrations started with the National Pastime as FS1 has an afternoon AL East matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and Red Sox at Boston’s Fenway Park. FOX’s primetime regional game features either the L.A. Dodgers at the N.Y. Mets or the Cleveland Guardians at the Detroit Tigers.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: BetMGM 300
The CW, 4:30pm Live
A big weekend of NASCAR racing at North Carolina’s Charlotte Motor Speedway includes the 200-lap Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 on The CW.
WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event
NBC, 8pm Live
This latest Main Event special, the third in the revival of the franchise that originally aired in the ’80s and ’90s, takes place at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, and features superstar John Cena making his first appearance.
Sunday, May 25
Tennis: French Open: Early Rounds
TNT, truTV & Max, beginning at 5am Live
The French Open begins its 10-year broadcast deal with TNT Sports as early-round action from Roland-Garros in Paris starts this morning on TNT and truTV. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz is defending men’s singles champion, while Poland’s Iga Świątek aims for a fourth consecutive title. TNT, TBS and truTV combine to televise the tournament through June 8, and every match also streams live on Max.
Memorial Day Movie Marathon Continues
TCM, beginning at 6am
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: Ace of Aces (1933); The United States Army Air Force Band (1942); Air Force (1943); Cornered (1945; a re-airing of last night’s Noir Alley feature); A Farewell to Arms (1932); Fighter Squadron (1948); Merrill’s Marauders (1962); Take the High Ground! (1953); The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); Shoulder Arms (1918) and A Sailor Made Man (1921), both part of the Silent Sunday block; and the Soviet film The Mirror (1975) and Polish film A Generation (1955), both part of the Imports block.
Formula 1: Tag Heuer Monaco Grand Prix
ABC, 9am Live
Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, George Russell and more of Formula 1’s best drivers compete in the sport’s crown jewel race, the Tag Heuer Monaco Grand Prix, through the streets of scenic Monte Carlo. Last year, Charles Leclerc became the first Monaco native since 1931 to win the race in his hometown.
NTT IndyCar Series: Indianapolis 500
FOX, 12:30pm Live
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is back at legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 109th Indianapolis 500. Alex Palou, Pato O’Ward, Scott Dixon and other contenders look to end Josef Newgarden’s quest for an unprecedented three-straight Indy 500 championships.
“Month of Mayberry” Continues
MeTV, beginning at 4pm
MeTV’s monthlong salute to The Andy Griffith Show and its related spinoffs, series and specials continues this afternoon with Return to Mayberry, the 1986 TV movie that reunited Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard and several other cast members in their original roles. Following that is the first episode of the 1968-71 Ken Berry-led spinoff series Mayberry R.F.D., “Andy and Helen Get Married” (with Griffith making one of his occasional appearances in the series).
NASCAR Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600
Prime Video, 6pm Live
A new era begins at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Coca-Cola 600 as the Cup Series starts its stretch of five races streaming exclusively on Prime Video. Drivers must endure 400 laps around the 1.5-mile quad-oval in NASCAR’s longest event, though Christopher Bell won last year after rain shortened the race to only 249 laps.
MLB Baseball: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets
ESPN, 7pm Live
New York’s Citi Field hosts Sunday Night Baseball as Shohei Ohtani and the L.A. Dodgers wrap up a three-game set against Juan Soto and the Mets.
A Bestselling Kind of Love
UPtv, 7pm
Original Film!
Sophie (Ashley Newbrough) is thrilled when her first novel soars to the top of the bestsellers list but is terrified of speaking in front of crowds to promote it. Her agent hires Daniel (Jason Diaz), a public speaking coach, to help her overcome her fears.
Tucci in Italy: “Trentino-Alto Adige”
Nat Geo, 8pm
Host Stanley Tucci delves into the identity of Italy’s northernmost region, where many speak German as well as Italian, with the cuisine reflecting both cultures.
National Memorial Day Concert 2025
PBS, 8pm Live
A concert honoring the military service and sacrifice of the men and women in the U.S. armed forces will air tonight.
The Walking Dead: Dead City
AMC, 9pm
In the fourth episode of Season 2, “Feisty Friendly?,” Maggie (Lauren Cohan) uncovers surprising information. Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) attempts to outmaneuver a slippery foe.
The Last of Us
HBO, 9pm
Season Finale!
The saga of Joel and Ellie’s journey through a dangerous and unpredictable postapocalyptic world concludes its second season. Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna star. The series has been renewed for Season 3.
Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under: “Raising Gracie”
Nat Geo Wild, 9pm
Gracie, an abandoned koala, charms as the cutest housemate for veterinary nurse/zookeeper Annii.
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
TNT, Following NBA Playoffs
New Series!
The acclaimed original television and film franchise The Librarians, which followed the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world’s most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts, returns with a new spinoff. The 12-episode series centers on Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan), a “Librarian” from the past who time-traveled from 1847 and now finds himself stuck in the present. When Vikram returns to his castle in Belgrade, Serbia, and discovers that it is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. With the help of a new team of eclectic heroes, including a savant in world history, a scientific genius and a highly skilled Guardian, Vikram has only six months to clean up the mess he made. The series kicks off with a two-night premiere event starting tonight following NBA Playoffs coverage. The next episode premieres tomorrow following NHL Playoffs coverage, and subsequent episodes will air on Mondays.
The Rehearsal
HBO, 10:30pm
Season Finale!
Nathan Fielder wraps up another season of this series in which he helps ordinary people prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design.
Rick and Morty
Adult Swim, 11pm
Season Premiere!
The adult animated sci-fi/comedy about sociopathic genius scientist Rick (voice of Ian Cardoni), who drags his inherently timid grandson Morty (Harry Belden) on adventures across the universe, returns for Season 8.
Monday, May 26
Boglands
Acorn TV
New Series!
In an isolated village in the northwest of Ireland, a murder investigation begins when a body is found buried in a bog — which police officer Conall Ó Súilleabháin (Dónall Ó Héalai) discovers is his mother, Sabine, who has been missing for 15 years. Forbidden from investigating this most personal of cases, Conall must join forces with citizen journalist Ciara-Kate (Hannah Brady) to get justice for his mother. This series features dialogue in the Gaelic language (with subtitles). The first two episodes are available today; new episodes drop Mondays.
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
Netflix
New Series!
This latest installment in the Cold Case true-crime docuseries franchise reexamines the 1982 case where seven people in Chicago died completely unexpectedly. The discovery of the common thread that tied their mysterious deaths together shocked the nation: They had all taken Tylenol laced with cyanide. The news sparked a panic across the country and one of the largest criminal investigations in history. The three-part Tylenol Murders features interviews with those closest to the killing, weighs shocking theories and evidence, looks at new testimonies and even gets inside the mind of a key suspect.
Memorial Day Movies
MOVIES!, beginning at 6am
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
All day today, MOVIES! and Turner Classic Movies spotlight war- and military-themed movies in honor of the Memorial Day holiday. The MOVIES! lineup features The Desert Rats (1953), Decision Before Dawn (1951), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), The Longest Day (1962), Mister Roberts (1955), None but the Brave (1965), Von Ryan’s Express (1965) and Patton (1970). TCM concludes its marathon, which has been going since Friday night, with Report From the Aleutians (1943), Go for Broke! (1951), Flying Leathernecks (1951), Destination Tokyo (1943), Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Darby’s Rangers (1958), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Great Escape (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Kelly’s Heroes (1970) and Dark of the Sun (1968).
Memorial Day Music Marathon
AXS TV, beginning at 8am
All day today and into the wee hours of the night, enjoy this collection of legendary country, Southern and rock performances from artists including Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson & Friends, Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, AC/DC and more.
American Music Awards
CBS, 8pm Live
Jennifer Lopez hosts the world’s largest fan-voted music awards show live tonight from Las Vegas. The AMAs honor artists across several genres and present major awards for Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year and Favorite Music Video. The Memorial Day show also pays tribute to American service members and veterans. Rod Stewart will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
LEGO Masters: “Over the Falls”
FOX, 8pm
Teams must tap into their inner jungle spirit and build a unique and exciting creature that comes to life as it descends a moving waterfall and is captured in slow-motion video. For the first time in LEGO Masters history, the teams will decide who receives the golden brick and gains immunity against elimination in the new episode “Over the Falls.”
“Month of Mayberry” Continues
MeTV, beginning at 8pm
The theme for the final weeklong character spotlight airing as part of MeTV’s monthlong salute to The Andy Griffith Show is “Mayberry’s Out-of-Towners.” Tonight through Friday at this time will be two episodes with a focus on memorable guest stars. Tonight’s installments are “The Manicurist,” with guest star Barbara Eden, followed by “Aunt Bee’s Brief Encounter,” with guest star Edgar Buchanan. Other guest stars spotlighted in episodes throughout the week include Buddy Ebsen, Don Rickles, Jean Hagen and Bill Bixby.
Yes, Chef!: “Chefs Rank”
NBC, 8pm
The chefs sit down for a family-style dinner and taste and judge each other’s food alongside José and Martha. The decision of who enters the cook-off will be fully in the chefs’ hands. Will they play it safe or be bold enough to target their biggest threats?
90 Day: Hunt for Love
TLC, 8pm
New Series!
Set in Tulum, Mexico, the series follows love-hungry alums from TLC’s 90 Day franchise series, along with fresh new singles, looking to find their life companion. Whether they’re healing old wounds, chasing new sparks or unknowingly walking straight into a love triangle, each of them throws caution to the wind as they jump back into the dating game. Their journeys transform into a thrilling adventure in chemistry and connection, filled with plenty of romantic curveballs and twists.
America’s Most Wanted
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
John Walsh and son Callahan examine another gripping case with law enforcement experts as the groundbreaking true-crime series wraps up its season.
Rock the Block
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “And the Winner Is,” it’s the final week and the teams empty their budgets and race to finish their homes before a winner is declared! Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott and host Ty Pennington judge before the teams have the chance to tour each other’s houses for the first time.
Kevin Costner’s The West
History, 9pm
New Series!
Kevin Costner’s love affair with the West is never-ending. The Yellowstone and Dances With Wolves star partners with documentarian Doris Kearns Goodwin in this new eight-part series starting tonight with back-to-back episodes, and then airing Tuesday, May 27 and then Mondays. The series provides a fresh look at the epic history of the American West by delving into the desperate struggle for the land itself, and how it still shapes the America we know today. In man’s quest for new lands and better lives, many became legends, but those who staked their claims to the West also sparked fierce conflicts with Native nations trying to defend their ancestral lands. While the West offers a chance to explore, to build, to strike it rich or start anew, there is a powerful truth at the heart of all these dreams: This land has the unique power both to promise bounty … and bring bloodshed.
Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie
Investigation Discovery, 9pm
New Series!
This four-part true-crime docuseries airs tonight and tomorrow (two hourlong episodes each night) and marks the first time that Sherri Papini has spoken out on camera since the media firestorm and federal investigation that followed her alleged abduction in 2016, her shocking return to her family and the subsequent aftermath that led to her 2022 arrest by federal authorities. The series will revisit Papini’s case, layering in her perspective and offering new insights with potential answers to the questions that still swirl around the case.
Tuesday, May 27
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu
Series Finale!
After five seasons of unimaginable abuse, torture and oppression, June (Elisabeth Moss) risks everything to destroy the tyrannical Gilead government. In the final episodes, June sparks an uprising of Handmaids to wipe out the Commanders, but Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) is always on the lookout.
MLB Baseball: Atlanta at Philadelphia
TBS, 6:30pm Live
A three-game NL East rivalry series between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies begins tonight at Philly’s Citizens Bank Park.
Down Home Fab
HGTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
In “Crash Course,” a single mother of three greatly needs a redesign that will function well for her home office and her kids. Tensions mount in the middle of the renovation when an accident threatens to delay the grand opening of Chelsea and Cole DeBoer’s new store.
America’s Got Talent
NBC, 8pm
Season Premiere!
The talent competition series returns for its milestone 20th season, with Mel B reclaiming her seat at the judges’ table alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Sofía Vergara. Terry Crews is also back as host. The season kicks off with a two-hour premiere tonight. As the auditions begin, the show welcomes a magician who recruits home viewers to participate, a danger act with a superhuman ability and undeniable Golden Buzzers that captivate the judges. The episode will also feature an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the series. Results shows air on Wednesday nights beginning tomorrow (May 28); the live shows will kick off from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium beginning Tuesday, Aug. 19.
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 “American Psyche.” Some Westerns have delved deep into the psychology of their protagonists, analyzing the internal motives and conflicts that propel them. That is the case in tonight’s lineup of films, which begins with what is considered by many to be the greatest Western of all time: director John Ford’s The Searchers (1956), led by John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond and Natalie Wood. It tells the story of a man driven by hatred and bigotry; Wayne’s Ethan Edwards is the hero of the story, but certainly a flawed and complicated one. Next, director King Vidor’s psychological Western Duel in the Sun (1946) explores themes of love, lust and passion in the rare Western with a woman as its main character, played by Best Actress Oscar nominee Jennifer Jones alongside Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck and Best Supporting Actress nominee Lillian Gish. Following that, director Anthony Mann’s Western film noir Winchester ’73 (1950) features James Stewart as a man obsessed with revenge. Next, writer/director Samuel Fuller’s I Shot Jesse James (1949) explores the emotions of Robert Ford (John Ireland), the man who killed the famous titular outlaw (Reed Hadley). The lineup concludes with director Robert Wise’s psychological Western film noir Blood on the Moon (1948), led by Robert Mitchum as an unemployed cowhand hired by his dishonest friend (Robert Preston) as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and a cattleman (Tom Tully).
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
FOX, 9pm
Season Finale!
The procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit concludes Season 3. Scott Caan and Dania Ramirez star.
Sitting Bull
History, 9pm
New Series!
Narrated by Oglala Lakota actor Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone), this docudrama miniseries airs in two parts, concluding tomorrow night. It offers an overarching exploration of famous Lakota leader Sitting Bull’s remarkable life and accomplishments, including his uniting of Native nations in an extraordinary alliance as American settlers began expanding westward and encroaching on Native territories. The story is told through expert interviews and scripted dramatic sequences, with Sitting Bull portrayed as an adult by Kul Wičaša Lakota actor Michael Spears (Dances With Wolves, 1923).
Destination X
NBC, 10pm
New Series!
This competition series based on the award-winning Belgian format is hosted by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and combines adventure travel and immersive gameplay with the ultimate guessing game. Contestants embark on the road trip of a lifetime, but with no idea where they are. Once they’re on the blacked-out Destination X bus, the journey transforms into a real-life game board, with challenges designed to offer clues as to their mystery location. The first participant to reach Destination X will be crowned the winner.
Wednesday, May 28
Audrey Hepburn Icon-a-Thon
MOVIES!, beginning at 10am
Catch a Classic!
Spend a day with iconic actress Audrey Hepburn in this marathon featuring five of her most memorable films. Up first is Two for the Road (1967), director Stanley Donen’s romantic comedy/drama that features Hepburn and Albert Finney as a married couple who reflect on their 12-year relationship while on a road trip from England to the French Riviera. After that is Charade (1963), a romantic comedy/mystery also directed by Donen that also features Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn and George Kennedy, as well as the Oscar-nominated title song by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. Next comes Wait Until Dark (1967), the famous thriller that earned Hepburn a Best Actress nomination as a blind woman terrorized in her apartment by three criminals (played by Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston) searching for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is hidden there. Things lighten up again with the next film, 1966’s How to Steal a Million, a heist comedy that costars Peter O’Toole, Eli Wallach and Charles Boyer. The lineup concludes with one of Hepburn’s most famous roles, as Eliza Doolittle alongside Best Actor winner Rex Harrison in the Best Picture-winning musical My Fair Lady (1964).
Captain America: Brave New World
Disney+
Feature Film Exclusive!
In this Marvel movie that follows the events of the 2021 series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) now wields the shield as Captain America. He meets with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) and soon finds himself in the middle of an international incident. In a race against time, Sam must discover the reason behind a nefarious global conspiracy before the true mastermind has the world seeing red — in the form of the fearsome Red Hulk. The film costars Danny Ramirez, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly and Xosha Roquemore, with a cameo by Sebastian Stan, who reprises his role as Bucky Barnes.
F1: The Academy
Netflix
New Series!
This adrenaline-fueled docuseries follows 15 female drivers across all five F1 Academy teams. Through exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the series highlights the drama of the races, as well as the personal stories and high stakes for these incredible drivers and the teams around them as they break barriers in one of the most demanding sports in the world.
Sullivan’s Crossing: “The Ties That Bind”
The CW, 8pm
Maggie (Morgan Kohan) accompanies Cal (Chad Michael Murray) to visit his parents; Sully (Scott Patterson) and Frank (Tom Jackson) get to the bottom of who is behind the new development.
2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Semifinals
ION, 8pm Live
ION is once again home for coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The semifinals air tonight in a two-hour block. The finals will air tomorrow night on ION.
Raid the Cage
CBS, 9pm
New Episodes!
It’s a sibling showdown as brothers from Chicago take on sisters from Burbank, California, to win big cash and prizes as the game show returns for new episodes with “Sibling Rivalry.” Damon Wayans Jr. and Jeannie Mai host.
Sherlock & Daughter: “Sound Connections”
The CW, 9pm
As Sherlock (David Thewlis) and Amelia (Blu Hunt) identify the villains surrounding them on all sides, Holmes repays a favor to his oldest enemy, arranging a meeting between Professor Moriarty (Dougray Scott) and the young Australian man who has suddenly become very close to Amelia.
Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
Discovery Channel, 9pm
This two-hour documentary looks at the tragedy that occurred in June 2023 when the Titan, a submersible operated by tourism company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing all five aboard.
Adults
FX, 9pm
New Series!
This new half-hour scripted comedy follows a group of young New Yorkers trying to establish themselves despite astronomical student debt, insane housing prices, job insecurity and the ever-present threat of getting canceled. The ensemble cast includes Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Amita Rao, Jack Innanen and Owen Thiele.
Married to Real Estate
HGTV, 9pm
Season Finale!
In “Townhome Overhaul,” a couple is ready to transform their traditional townhome into something that suits the whole family. They’re turning to Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson to not only completely update their kitchen, living room and primary bath, but to also add a bedroom to the first floor.
Sitting Bull
History, 9pm
Series Finale!
This two-part docuseries concludes with “Never Give In,” which finds Sitting Bull (Michael Spears) and Crazy Horse facing George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn, the most famous battle of the American West. When their legendary triumph over the U.S. Army fails to end the war, they must continue the fight to preserve the Lakota way of life against unimaginable odds.
In the Kitchen With Harry Hamlin
IFC, 11pm
Season Finale!
Joel McHale and Aisha Tyler join host Harry Hamlin and his niece, classically trained chef and author Renee Guilbault, for a delightful dinner and stimulating conversation in the Season 2 finale. On tonight’s menu: fish, with the perfect brownie sundae for dessert.
Thursday, May 29
Dept. Q
Netflix
New Series!
In this U.K. mystery/thriller, Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague with no friends in the Edinburgh police. After a tragic incident, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Department Q, a newly formed cold-case unit that is meant to just be a PR stunt. But more by accident than design, Morck starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove, especially when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared years ago starts to heat up.
The Better Sister
Prime Video
New Series!
Based on the novel by Alafair Burke, this thriller series follows two sisters — Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive with a picturesque life, and her estranged sister, Nicky (Elizabeth Banks), who struggles to make ends meet and stay clean — as they reunite after a brutal murder. As they try to make sense of this tragedy, they must also untangle their own complicated history.
NCAA Women’s College World Series
ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 12pm Live
Eight teams begin a double elimination tournament in Oklahoma City to determine the NCAA Softball Division I champion. ESPN and ESPN2 combine to air four games today.
2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals
ION, 8pm Live
ION has live coverage of the finals of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, set in a two-hour block. An encore broadcast will follow.
Transplant: “Home”
NBC, 8pm
Bash (Hamza Haq) attempts to reconcile with Elliot (Mark Rendall) while awaiting the fellowship decision; Mags (Laurence Leboeuf) keeps the possibility of her heart transplant a secret while helping a teen on growth hormones; June (Ayisha Issa) attends self-harm therapy; and Theo (Jim Watson) discusses his reinstatement.
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 concludes tonight with “The End of an Era.” Several great Westerns captured an era when the American frontier was in decline. This was a period when the country began to fundamentally change, transitioning from a rugged, lawless society to one with more rules and structure. While it can be looked back upon as a time of progress, many living in that era had a hard time adjusting to a new way of life. Tonight’s films show the challenges that came with one way of life ending as the Old West gave way to modern civilization. Up first is cowriter/director Sergio Leone’s epic spaghetti Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), led by Henry Fonda (cast against type as a villain), Charles Bronson, Jason Robards and Claudia Cardinale. After that, John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles and Lee Marvin (as the title character) lead director John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Two titles from director Sam Peckinpah close out the lineup: The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), a Western comedy starring Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner and Strother Martin, and The Wild Bunch (1969), a revisionist Western led by William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien and Warren Oates.
Grimsburg
FOX, 8:30pm
New Episodes!
The animated comedy featuring Jon Hamm as the voice of grizzled detective Marvin Flute returns with new Season 2 episodes.
MLB Baseball: Washington at Seattle
FS1, 9:30pm Live
A three-game series between the Washington Nationals and the Mariners closes out tonight at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park.
SurrealEstate: “Grave Matters”
Syfy, 10pm
The search for a client’s last will leads the team on a deadly scavenger hunt through a graveyard.
Friday, May 30
Your Friends & Neighbors
Apple TV+
Season Finale!
The first season of this hilarious and compelling crime drama series starring Jon Hamm as a recently divorced middle-aged dad who begins stealing from his wealthy neighbors will wrap up tonight. Will he end up in prison for a crime he did not commit, or will he, as always, find a way to finagle himself out of trouble?
TCM Birthday Tribute: Howard Hawks
TCM, beginning at 6am
Catch a Classic!
Legendary director/producer/writer Howard Hawks was born in Goshen, Indiana, on May 30, 1896; he passed away Dec. 26, 1977, in Palm Springs, California, at age 81. TCM remembers the filmmaker on the anniversary of his birth today with seven of the films he directed. Up first is Flight Commander (1930; originally known as The Dawn Patrol), a drama set during World War I. Hawks, who had been a flight instructor during the war, flies a plane as a German pilot in an uncredited role in the film. After that is Today We Live (1933), a romantic drama led by Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone. Up next is another World War I-set drama: the Best Picture Oscar-nominated Sergeant York (1941), which won Gary Cooper the Best Actor Oscar and earned Hawks the only Best Director nomination of his career. The next film places its action in the Pacific theater of World War II and was made during that conflict: 1943’s Air Force, featuring John Garfield, John Ridgely and Gig Young among its cast. Following that is To Have and Have Not (1944), Hawks’ adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel that marked the first onscreen pairing of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The Hawks birthday tribute wraps up in the later afternoon/early evening with Tiger Shark (1932), a romantic melodrama led by Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann, and Land of the Pharaohs (1955), a historical epic starring Jack Hawkins and Joan Collins that dramatizes the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Rackley Roofing 200
FS1, 8pm Live
Craftsman Truck Series stars Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, Chandler Smith and others duke it out at Nashville Superspeedway for the Rackley Roofing 200 on FS1.
A Boyfriend to Die For
LMN, 8pm
Original Film!
Olivia (Brittany Underwood) never wanted to be known as just another product of nepotism, but as a rising star in her father’s prestigious firm, that’s exactly how people see her. Determined to prove herself, she crosses paths with Jonathan Rothfield (Alex Trumble), a sharp and ambitious heir to a renowned banking dynasty. Together, they find not only a shared drive to succeed but a powerful, intoxicating chemistry that draws them closer. As their careers and ambitions intertwine, Olivia realizes that their combined influence could take them to the very top of the financial world. But when her father finally backs their venture, a chilling secret begins to surface — one that threatens to unravel everything she’s worked for. Will Olivia’s thirst for success blind her to the dark truths that could destroy them all? The closer they get, the more dangerous the stakes become.
Saturday, May 31
Doctor Who
Disney+, 2pm
Season Finale!
The latest season of this sci-fi favorite, led by Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth incarnation of the titular Doctor, concludes with this episode dropping at a special time today.
UFL Football: Houston at Michigan
ESPN, 3pm Live
The Houston Roughnecks and Michigan Panthers conclude their United Football League regular season with this matchup at Detroit’s Ford Field.
MLB Baseball
FOX & FS1, beginning at 4pm Live
FOX Sports closes out May with three MLB Saturday matchups. Action starts at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park as the Milwaukee Brewers battle the Phillies on FS1. FOX’s regional primetime game gives viewers either the N.Y. Yankees at the L.A. Dodgers or the Minnesota Twins at the Seattle Mariners. Switch back to FS1 for the nightcap between the Washington Nationals and the D-backs in Arizona.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Tennessee Lottery 250
The CW, 7:30pm Live
Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love and more Xfinity Series contenders race for 188 laps around Nashville Superspeedway’s 1.33-mile tri-oval.
Mountainhead
HBO, 8pm
Original Film!
Jesse Armstrong (Succession) wrote and directed this movie about a group of billionaire friends who get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis. Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef star.
The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
This two-part movie (Part 2 airs tomorrow) is based on the true story of Rena Chynoweth, a brave survivor and former wife of a manipulative polygamist group leader who escaped a life of oppression and dedicated herself to freeing others. The film stars Felicity Huffman as the older Rena, and Olga Petsa as the younger. When Rena and her family arrive in a secluded polygamist Mormon settlement in Mexico, they are commanded to relinquish all their earthly possessions and devote themselves to the doctrines of the LeBaron brothers, one of them being Ervil (Eric Johnson), whom Rena marries at age 16. His teachings turn toward violence, and Rena looks for ways to escape the oppressive settlement.
Netflix Tudum 2025
Netflix, 8pm Live
This event celebrates the global fandom of Netflix’s series and movies. Streamed live from Los Angeles, the show will feature Netflix stars, exclusive reveals and dynamic performances, including Lady Gaga.
Two for One: Kathy Bates
TCM, 8pm
Catch a Classic!
Tonight, TCM primetime host Ben Mankiewicz is joined by actress Kathy Bates, who introduces two films of her choosing. Bates 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 Howard Hawks’ classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938), starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, and Best Director Oscar nominee Gregory La Cava’s Best Picture-nominated tragicomedy Stage Door (1937), also led by Hepburn alongside Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou and Best Supporting Actress nominee Andrea Leeds.