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Hey, punk! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, May 16!
Tonight's Top Pick is HBO's Victorian-era steampunk fantasy The Nevers. The show is ambitious with the story of "touched" women — no relation — who have supernatural abilities and therefore live on the fringe of society. They have plenty of enemies, too, especially the ruling class. The general stories are in the same realm as other Joss Whedon shows as well as the tone which can fluently shift from drama to comedy. It doesn't break new ground. Though the costumes and music are fantastic. Really.
Elsewhere, Nolan finishes his third Rookie year, women in Harlem are set to Run the World, a wedding is underway in The Great North, CNN tries to understand the GOP, Miss Universe is crowned, MTV awards the best in TV and movies, Family Guy does flashbacks, Zoey says a goodbye, The Good Witch has a date, it's sunrise for more Shahs, the Therapy session ends, and Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly, and Jamie Dornan are in an 1880s love triangle.
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
60 Minutes (CBS, 7 p.m.): Facial recognition used to identify criminal suspects... Unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs, are being formally addressed by the U.S. government... Professional tennis player Rafael Nadal.
Bless the Harts (Fox, 7:30 p.m.): When a massive heat wave hits Greenpoint, it stretches Jenny and Brenda's friendship to the breaking point. Wayne gets a new truck and has issues letting go of his old one.
🎥 Cooking Up Love (UPtv, 7 p.m.): Zoey rents a food truck to enter a reality TV competition. Sparks fly between her and the founder of a restaurant, who is also a judge in the contest.
5 MORE FOR THE RECORD: 9 Months with Courteney Cox (Facebook, 5 p.m.); America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.); Axios (HBO, 6 p.m.); Evil Lives Here (Discovery+, 3 a.m.); Mastermind of Murder (Oxygen, 7 p.m.); Snapped (Oxygen, 6 p.m.)
🕗 EASTERN / 🕖 CENTRAL
Dwight in Shining Armor (BYUtv, 8:30 p.m.): Dwight in left reeling in the absence of the Rogemorians, but when he sees an emergency signal while on a field trip, he realizes his time with his friends may not be over. Meanwhile, Ragana is still determined to raise an army of stone soldiers and must be stopped.
The Equalizer (CBS, 8 p.m.): McCall races to help a concerned wife locate her husband before he helps an extremist group carry out a bombing in the city. McCall worries that her anonymity will be compromised when Delilah asks her to participate in a social media video.
The Girlfriend Experience (Starz, 8 p.m.): Iris' client relationships seem increasingly uncanny, and advice from Tawny isn't what Iris was hoping for. Her father's illness catches up with Iris in undeniable ways.
The Great North (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. While the family prepares for Wolf and Honeybee's wedding, an unexpected guest RSVPs. Gene Belcher? Teddy (Francisco)?
Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, 8 p.m.): The Legends find themselves in 2045 trying to defeat an alien warrior, which leaves Zari no choice but to enter a popular singing competition. Ava has finally had enough of Rory's behavior and gives him some tough love.
Martha's Vineyard Mysteries (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 8 p.m.): A local waitress is found dead on the beach and a mysterious deposit is added to a bank account.
A Radical Rebellion: The Transformation of the GOP (CNN Special Report) (CNN, 8 p.m.): The radicalization of the Republican Party - that led to the Capitol Insurrection and the belief in the "big lie" - none of this is new. The Republican Party has been slowly radicalizing for decades.
Run the World (Starz, 8:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Best friends Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux, Corbin Reid, and Bresha Webb "work, live, and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving – but thriving together." It is a bit like Living Single fused with other Black female comedies of today like Insecure.✔️
The Simpsons (Fox, 8 p.m.): A British secret agent comes to Springfield in search of a Russian spy.
🎥 Sorority Sister Killer (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): Yesterday, sororities had secrets, now it's a murderer!
Breaking the Band (Reelz): The Who
Biography (A&E): Shawn Michaels
Uncensored (TV One): DMX
A Year in Music (AXS TV, 8:30 p.m.): 2012
5 MORE FOR THE RECORD: American Idol (ABC); 💲 Ellen's Game of Games (NBC); Highway Thru Hell (Weather Channel, season finale); Miss Universe 2021 (FYI, special); Shahs of Sunset (Bravo, season premiere)
🕘 9:00 EASTERN / 🕗 8:00 CENTRAL
2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards (ViacomCBS cable networks, 9 p.m.): SPECIAL. Leslie Jones hosts the celebration that honors some of the biggest moments in film and television. The best movie contenders are: Borat 2, Judas and the Black Messiah, Promising Young Woman, Soul, and To All the Boys: Always and Forever. The best TV show contenders are: The Boys, Bridgerton, Cobra Kai, Emily in Paris, and WandaVision. You've been warned.
Atlantic Crossing (PBS, 9 p.m.): A Nazi agent slips through the cracks, and Martha travels to England and gets a shock.
Batwoman (The CW, 9 p.m.): Batwoman is faced with a new challenge when Gotham's addicts become ravenous for more than the next fix.
Bob's Burgers (Fox, 9 p.m.): Linda needs the kids' help in fighting for a fun, dumb, local tradition. Bob is captivated by an online cucumber.
City on a Hill (Showtime, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Decourcy pursues justice in and out of the courtroom. Despite his maneuvering, Jackie discovers that he can't escape his past, but Jenny finally confronts hers. Cathy says goodbye to the root of her struggles. Siobhan sets her sights on a new dream.
Family Guy (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. The guys regale each other with stories of youthful athletic accomplishments... Cleveland was a teenage baseball player from Cuba, Quagmire was a bad boy tennis superstar from New York, and Peter was an underdog boxer from Philadelphia.
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC, 9 p.m.): June splits off from the group in an effort to gather any information to help stop an oncoming threat.
Godfather of Harlem (Epix, 9 p.m.): An incident at the Geechee Club threatens to break up Bumpy and Chi's partnership. Adam Clayton Powell looks to end the filibuster on the Civil Rights Bill, even if it means playing dirty.
The Good Witch (Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Season seven?! Cassie and Sam's much overdue date doesn't go as planned, and they end up stranded on an island. Meanwhile, Joy dreams about her parents.
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS, 9 p.m.): When a naval intelligence officer is tortured and murdered, NCIS discovers that CIA operatives are being killed in the same way. Kensi receives a threatening postcard from David Kessler, the sociopath who is obsessed with her.
⭐ The Nevers (HBO, 9 p.m.): After Amalia's origin story is revealed, the leader of the group of gifted women, a long-awaited reunion crystallizes the Orphans' mission. The orphanage is the safehaven for the gifted. I selected this as Top Pick tonight because this episode is the second one written by Jane Espenson, one of my favorite TV writers, who also did some fantastic origin stories on Once Upon a Time. It is also the first helmed by Zetna Fuentes, a director I've been watching since she did one my favorite episodes of Jane the Virgin.
Saints & Sinners (Bounce TV, 9 p.m.): A villain is unmasked as the UpSurge gala raises the stakes for everyone.
The Story of Late Night (CNN, 9 p.m.): As the 1980s dawn, David Letterman reinvents late night comedy for a new generation, rescuing comedian Jay Leno's nearly flamed-out career in the process. But Johnny Carson's enduring comic appeal spawns speculation over his eventual successor. There was also Garry Shandling, but he took a different route.✔️
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC, 9 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. "Zoey must face a difficult goodbye." I miss you already, Zoey! I hope to see you again next season!
5 MORE FOR THE RECORD: Confronting a Serial Killer (Starz); Heavy Rescue 401 (Weather Channel, season finale); Freddie Mercury: Inside His Mind (Reelz, special); Urban One Honors: Women Leading the Change (TV One, special); Worst Cooks in America (Food Network)
🕙 EASTERN / 🕘 CENTRAL
Couples Therapy (Showtime, 10 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Michael begins to shoulder the anxiety in his marriage. Matthew has one breakthrough at an AA meeting and another in bed. Dru's gift to Tashira produces an overwhelming reaction. All the meanwhile, Orna wrestles with letting go.
Death and Nightingales (Starz, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. This 2018 import is "an epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885" with Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly, and Jamie Dornan.✔️
Fall River (Epix, 10 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. Re-investigation of the murder of three young women in 1979 in Fall River, MA.✔️
Good Girls (NBC, 10 p.m.): The Secret Service makes a sudden decision, and tensions begin to rise between Beth and Stan. Annie tackles Ben's school financial aid problem.
Mare of Easttown (HBO, 10 p.m.): In her mandated therapy, Mare opens up about her family's history with mental health. She also meets with a semi-retired source to help find a possible connection to her three cases. Lori tries to get to the bottom of her son's outburst at school.
NCIS: New Orleans (CBS, 10 p.m.): Pride and Rita plan their wedding for next week's series finale. Meanwhile, the FBI arrests Connor in connection to the bar's firebombing.
Pose (FX, 10 p.m.): After a health update, Pray Tell returns home to reconnect with his birth family.
The Rookie (ABC, 10 p.m.): SEASON FINALE. Officer Nolan mildly injures himself while chasing down a shoplifter and the local district attorney wants to charge the suspect with assault, despite Nolan's wishes. Lucy goes under cover, and Lopez' wedding venue is seized by the FBI.
United Shades of America (CNN, 10 p.m.): Kamau returns to Portland to explore ANARCHY IN ACTION! Oh, nope. It's "the emerging dynamics of the current protests, talking with the founders of BLM as well as athletes, entertainers, and regular folks who have become active in the social and economic justice movement."
QUICK HITS:
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo): Kim Fields, Reza Farahan
5 MORE FOR THE RECORD: Deep Water Salvage (Weather Channel); Extreme Sisters (TLC); If We Built It Today (Science, season finale); On the Case with Paula Zahn (Investigation Discovery); WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (A&E)
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📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Dr. Erich Rojak and his wife Anna are being held in an underground laboratory/bunker by a totalitarian enemy government. Another unfriendly government has sent an assassin, Ventlos, to kill Rojak.
Ziwe (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Ziwe ponders societal beauty standards with guest Eboni K. Williams and makes a visit to a plastic surgeon.
FOR THE RECORD: 90 Day Pillow Talk: Happily Ever After (TLC, 11 p.m.); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11 p.m.)
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