What To Watch: Dead To Me Debuts, Dark Clones, Tuca & Bertie And More
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On TV this Friday: Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini team up for the grief-com Dead to Me, Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong voice Tuca & Bertie and Blue Bloods is twin piqued. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern.
Showtimes for May 3, 2019
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Dead to Me
Netflix
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): A widowed Orange County realtor (Samantha Who's Christina Applegate) strikes up a friendship with an impulsive free spirit (Bloodline's Linda Cardellini). (Read our "B" review.)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Netflix
Original movie premiere: Zac Efron (High School Musical) plays notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in this biopic told from the perspective of his girlfriend Liz (Les Misérables' Lily Collins); Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) and John Malkovich (Billions) co-star.
Into the Dark
Hulu
In the eighth installment, "All That We Destroy," a geneticist creates a group of clones in an effort to cure his son, a potential serial killer, of psychopathic tendencies; Frank Whaley (Luke Cage) and Samantha Mathis (Billions) star.
The Last Summer
Netflix
Original movie premiere: A group of high school graduates navigate — you guessed it! — their last summer before college; K.J. Apa (Riverdale), Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble), Halston Sage (The Orville) and Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) star.
Tuca & Bertie
Netflix
Series premiere (all 10 episodes): From BoJack Horseman producer Lisa Hanawalt comes this animated comedy about two 30-year-old birds (voiced by Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong) who live in the same apartment complex; Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) co-voices. (Watch trailer.)
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At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
HBO
Documentary premiere: From filmmaker Erin Lee Carr comes this exposé about the 2016 USA Gymnastics scandal involving Dr. Larry Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of female athletes over the course of two decades.
The Blacklist
NBC
The Task Force rushes to find a kidnapper after multiple children are abducted under similar circumstances; Liz contemplates a major change. (When is Blindspot returning?)
Dynasty
The CW
Liam's mother returns to town with a shocking announcement; Blake and Cristal team up to pursue a perverse new scheme.
Last Man Standing
Fox
Mike and Chuck compete after Ed installs a pinball machine at the office; Vanessa writes a poem for Jen. (Get scoop!)
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Blue Bloods
CBS
DNA evidence in a murder case leads Danny and Baez to identical twins with identical alibis; Jamie visits Eddie’s father (William Sadler) in prison. (Watch a Five-0 sneak peek.)
