What To Watch This Week: 50+ Premieres, Finales And More
To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.
This week, you'll find 10 new shows (including Miss Austen, The Motherhood and Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld), a dozen returning favorites (including Criminal Minds, Poker Face and The Walking Dead: Dead City), 15 finales (including the very last episodes of The Equalizer and The Righteous Gemstones) and more.
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SUNDAY, MAY 4
๐บ Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (Netflix special)
๐บ The Last Anniversary limited series finale (AMC+)
๐บ Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (Disney+, six-episode binge)
Former assassin and bounty hunter Asajj Ventress is given a new chance at life and must go on the run with an unexpected new ally, while outlaw Cad Bane faces his past when he confronts an old friend, now a Marshal on the opposite side of the law.
๐บ 9 pm Miss Austen (PBS)
The four-part series takes a literary mystery โ Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane's (Patsy Ferran) letters โ and reimagines it as a story of sisterly love.
๐บ 9 pm The Food That Built America Season 6 finale (History)
๐บ 9 pm The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 (AMC)
๐บ 10 pm The Equalizer series finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
๐บ 10 pm The Righteous Gemstones series finale (HBO)
๐บ 10 pm Time100: The World's Most Influential People (ABC special)
MONDAY, MAY 5
๐บ Harry Wild Season 4 (Acorn TV, two-episode premiere)
๐บ 8 pm All American Season 7 finale (The CW)
๐บ 8 pm Basketball Wives Season 12 (VH1)
๐บ 8 pm The Motherhood (Hallmark Channel, two-episode premiere)
Creator and host Connie Britton works with experts in parenting, style and home to help other single mothers create more balanced and fulfilling lives for themselves and their families.
๐บ 8 pm The Neighborhood Season 7 finale (CBS, two episodes, next day on Paramount+)
๐บ 9 pm NCIS Season 22 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
๐บ 9 pm The Playboy Murders Season 3 (Investigation Discovery)
๐บ 10 pm Toxic (Investigation Discovery)
The six-part docuseries follows Elizabeth Chambers as she draws from her experience and background as an investigative journalist to delve into the dark and twisted side of relationships.
TUESDAY, MAY 6
๐บ Murder Has Two Faces (Hulu, three-episode binge)
Robin Roberts shines a social justice light on harrowing, lesser-known cases that were eclipsed in the media by more notorious murders.
๐บ 8 pm Night Court Season 3 finale (NBC, two episodes, next day on Peacock)
๐บ 9 pm House of Knives Season 1 finale (Food Network)
๐บ 9 pm Tyler Perry's House of Payne Season 12 (BET)
๐บ 9 pm Neighborhood Wars Season 8 (A&E)
๐บ 9:30 pm Tyler Perry's Assisted Living Season 6 (BET)
๐บ 10 pm Ms. Pat Settles It Season 2B (BET)
๐บ 10 pm Parent Wars (A&E)
From sideline meltdowns to schoolyard standoffs, and clashes with cops, coaches and even fellow parents, these viral moments reveal just how far moms and dads will go to defend their kids.
๐คฃ David Spade: Dandelion (Prime Video comedy special)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
๐บ NASCAR: Full Speed Season 2 (Netflix, five-episode binge)
๐บ 8 pm The Masked Singer Season 13 finale (Fox, two hours, next day on Hulu)
๐บ 8 pm Wild Cards Season 2 finale (The CW)
THURSDAY, MAY 8
๐บ Blood of Zeus final season (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
๐บ Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 2 (Max)
๐บ Criminal Minds Season 18 (Paramount+)
๐บ Forever (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
The Judy Blume adaptation tells the story of two Black teens (played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr.) exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other's firsts.
๐บ Octopus! (Prime Video, two-episode binge)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge narrates this doc about one of the most intelligent and mysterious life forms on the planet.
๐บ Poker Face Season 2 (Peacock, three-episode premiere)
๐บ Usher: Rendezvous in Paris (BET+ concert special)
๐บ Vanderpump Villa Season 2 (Hulu, 10-episode binge)
๐บ 8 pm Academy of Country Music Awards (Prime Video)
๐บ 8:30 pm Ghosts Season 4 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
๐บ 9 pm Elsbeth Season 2 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
๐ฅ Karol G: Tomorrow Was Beautiful (Netflix documentary)
Karol G pulls back the curtain on her rise to stardomย while navigating a sold-out stadium tour, creating new music and releasing a new album.
FRIDAY, MAY 9
๐บ Long Way Home (Apple TV+, 10-episode binge)
In this follow-up to 2020's Long Way Up, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride refurbished vintage motorbikes from Ewan's home in Scotland to Charley's in England.
๐บ RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 (Paramount+)
๐บ 8 pm Hollywood Squares Season 1 finale (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
๐บ 9 pm Gold Rush: Mine Rescue With Freddy & Juan Season 5 (Discovery Channel)
๐ฅ A Deadly American Marriage (Netflix documentary)
A chilling 911 call. A gruesome scene. What is the real story behind Jason Corbett's brutal death? In this documentary, Jason's wife and children reflect on the elusive truths behind their seemingly fairytale life.ย
๐ฅ Nonnas (Netflix movie)
After the loss of his mother, a man (Vince Vaughn) risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with a group of local grandmothers as the chefs.
๐ฅ Summer of '69 (Hulu movie)
An awkward high school senior (Sam Morelos) hires an exotic dancer (Chloe Fineman) to help seduce her longtime crush before graduation.
๐ฅ Love Hurts (Peacock)
SATURDAY, MAY 10
๐บ 8 pm The Judd Family: Truth Be Told (Lifetime, two-night event)
The doc examines Naomi Judd's complicated bond with her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, that both tied them together and drove them apart.
๐บ 8 pm Say Yes to the Dress Season 23 finale (TLC)
What are you watching this week? Take stock of everything above, then drop a comment with your lists below.