What To Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch Hosts SNL, Melissa Leo Caper And More
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On TV this Saturday: SNL gets Strange, Melissa Leo plays a crime boss and Rita Moreno is honored in this year's Inspiring America special. Here are nine programs to keep on your radar; all times are Eastern. (Also check out our weekly TVLine-Up of premieres and finales, plus our monthly streaming guide.)
Showtimes for May 7, 2022
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Kentucky Derby
NBC
Five hours: The 148th annual race — aka "The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports" — takes place live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
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Murdoch Mysteries
Ovation
Christmas at an idyllic country estate turns potentially deadly for Murdoch and his crew.
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Bound by Blackmail
Lifetime
TV-movie premiere: A woman (Passions' Jade Harlow) tries to take down a dangerous self-improvement program that keeps its all-female members trapped; Steve Richard Harris (Another World) co-stars.
Warming Up to You
Hallmark Channel
TV-movie premiere: A fitness expert (V.C. Andrews' Heaven's Cindy Busby) must get a movie star (Love in the Forecast's Christopher Russell) into shape before he shoots his next film.
Would I Lie to You?
The CW
Guests include Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere), Dylan Baker (Hunters), Ali Wentworth (In Living Color) and Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer).
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Ida Red
Showtime
Premium cable premiere: Wyatt Walker (Penny Dreadful's Josh Hartnett) tries to pull off one last heist in an attempt to free his crime boss mother Ida "Red" (I'm Dying Up Here's Melissa Leo) from prison; Frank Grillo (Kingdom) and Deborah Ann Woll (Daredevil) co-star.
Inspiring America: The 2022 Inspiration List
NBC
The one-hour special honors Broadway legend Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Olympians Nathan Chen, Erin Jackson and Mikaela Shiffrin, and fashion icon Christy Turlington Burns; Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Lester Holt co-host.
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SNL Vintage
NBC
Former cast member Molly Shannon hosts this Season 32 throwback from May 12, 2007; Linkin Park performs.
