What To Watch: Mr. Selfridge, Fear TWD And 8 Other Finales, Preacher Begins, Billboard Awards And More
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On TV this Sunday: Mr. Selfridge closes up shop, NBC's schedule gets a bit less Crowded, Preacher brings a new religion to AMC and the Billboard Music Awards take a nostalgia trip. Here are 15 programs to keep on your radar.
Showtimes for May 22, 2016
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America's Funniest Home Videos
ABC
Season finale: Trust us — they’ve saved the best baseball-bat-to-groin videos for last. (Renewed.)
Bordertown
Fox
Series finale: When the Dept. of Homeland Security moves El Coyote to the No. 1 spot on its Most Wanted list, Bud and Barracuda set out to catch him.
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Billboard Music Awards
ABC
Ludacris and Ciara host this year’s ceremony, in which Britney Spears performs a medley of her greatest hits and Madonna honors the late Prince.
Call the Midwife
PBS
Season finale: Dr. Turner is horrified to realize he may be partly to blame for the recent rise in birth deformities. (Renewed.)
The Simpsons
Fox
Season finale: When Marge gets arrested for letting Bart go to the park unsupervised, she serves time… only to realize that prison is a welcome break from the demands of her life as a mom and wife. (Renewed.)
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Bob's Burgers
Fox
First up, Tina’s ideas of romance are tested when she volunteers at a nursing home. Then, in the 9:30 season finale (aka Episode 100), the kids’ goop war lands Bob in a sticky (heh) situation. (View photos.) (Renewed for two seasons.)
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Family Guy
Fox
Season finale: Brian falls in love with a tech support worker in India, so he and Stewie travel there to find her. (Renewed.)
Fear the Walking Dead
AMC
Spring finale: Nick, Madison, Travis and others try to stay close to each other as they face their biggest challenge. (A marathon of Seasons 1 and 2 begins at 8 am.)
Food Network Star
Food Network
Season 12 premiere: The finalists shoot 30-second screen tests to explain what they are all about, which are then screened in front of a Hollywood crowd.
Game of Thrones
HBO
Tyrion seeks a strange ally, Bran learns a great deal, Brienne goes on a mission and Arya is given a chance to prove herself. (View photos.)
Undercover Boss
CBS
In Episode 100, the Wienerschnitzel CEO struggles to pull her weight as just another link — pun intended! — in the chain. (A second episode airs at 10 pm.)
Wallander
PBS
Series finale: Wallander copes with his memory issues while striving to find Linda's missing father-in-law.
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Crowded
NBC
Series finale: The whole family heads to Bob's cabin in the woods where they discover Mike’s mother, Linda, has been hiding from the law. (Cancelled.)
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Preacher
AMC
Series premiere, 90 minutes: This comic book adaptation stars Dominic Cooper (Marvel’s Agent Carter) as Jesse Custer, a conflicted Texas minister who, along with his gun-toting girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire, begins a violent journey across the country in search of answers from a disenfranchised God. (Read Charlie Mason's review.)
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Mr. Selfridge
PBS
Series finale: As the store's 20th anniversary sale approaches, the press links Harry to Jimmy's demise.
