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Happy May Day! Here's what's on television for tonight, Sunday, May 1!
Our Top Pick tonight is the new drama 61st Street (AMC+, 3 a.m.). Promising high school athlete Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole) gets swept up into the corrupt Chicago criminal justice system and struggles to escape. Courtney B. Vance plays his lawyer, who is married to Aunjanue Ellis. Episodes air a week later on AMC. I watched a couple episodes. Ambitious but subpar. Sorry, Ryan Sinclair.
Elsewhere, Ziwe returns, Riverdale plans a coup, the First Lady holds a press conference, fascists set their eyes on Ridley Road, Homer Simpsons brews beer, Winning Time is in the playoffs, Nikki Glaser goes Home, Carlton McCoy is a Nomad, Duncanville still exists, S.W.A.T. takes a case personally, and Stanley Tucci still can't find Italy.
(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Zap2it.)
Thoughts On (The Films of 1998) (9 a.m.): The Big Hit
STREAMING & EARLY PRIMETIME
⭐ 61st Street (AMC+, 3 a.m.): Franklin gets sobering news while Moses reunites with an old acquaintance. Officer Logan gets a new position. Norma holds a barbecue to raise money for Moses' bail.
🎥 Aloha with Love (UPtv, 7 p.m.): Is this hello or goodbye?
Duncanville (Fox, 7:30 p.m.): SEASON PREMIERE. Hey! This show is still a thing. Duncan and his friends visit a Twitch star's private island, only to end up hunted in a viral event for charity. Jack and Annie look through a photo album and realize Jack spent a night in jail that Annie didn't know about.✔️
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC+, 3 a.m.): When baby Mo goes missing inside the Tower, Dorie Sr. finds himself in a unique position to prove his worth to an increasingly paranoid Strand.
Malory Towers (BYUtv, 7:30 p.m.): Gwen hides her stolen bounty while Darrell and Sally make a big discovery.
📺 MacGyver (Paramount+, now): If you want to try out original recipe of guy who can escape from anywhere with the most basic of household tools, Paramount+ gives you every season with Richard Dean Anderson in the title role. The CBS remake can also be found there. But ick.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, 7 p.m.)
Collector's Call (MeTV, 6:30 p.m.): The Andy Griffith Show
🎥 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (NBC, 7 p.m.)
Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America (Fox Nation, 3 a.m.): Series premiere
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| Duncanville (via Giphy) |
🕗 8 P.M. EASTERN / 🕖 7 P.M. CENTRAL
Call the Midwife (PBS): An unforeseen event in Poplar means that Nonnatus House faces its biggest threat yet. Timothy returns home.
Gaslit (Starz): Martha and John rekindle their love and their power-couple working relationship at a campaign event in California, overshadowed by G. Gordon Liddy and his team bungling the break-in at the Watergate.
The Great North (Fox, 8:30 p.m.): Wolf chaperones Ham and Judy on a school field trip to the abandoned Death Cliff Prison. Beef accidentally agrees to compose a poem. He is no Cyrano de Bergerac.
I Love That for You (Showtime, 8:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. A woman (Vanessa Bayer) overcomes childhood leukemia to achieve her dream of becoming an on-air host at a home shopping network. This is inspired by Bayer's childhood and her childhood dreams.✔️
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): NCIS investigates the murder of a woman employed in the Navy's missile defense program and its connection to stolen Navy missile technology.
Riverdale (The CW): Archie, Betty, Jughead, and Tabitha come up with a plan to oust the town council and instate their own, but when Percival finds out about their meeting, he and Alice scare people into staying in their homes so they can carry out Percival's plan. What the fuck happened to this show.
Saints & Sinners (Bounce TV): A return and a reawakening shakes Cypress to its core.
The Simpsons (Fox): When Lisa joins the high school marching band, she finds an unlikely mentor in Shauna Chalmers. Homer becomes a craft beer brewer.
When Calls the Heart (Hallmark Channel): Walden arrives back in town, putting more pressure than ever on Lucas and the residents of Hope Valley. Bill comes up with a plan to stop Walden.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
American Idol (ABC)
The Color of Care (Smithsonian Channel): Special
Happily Ever After (Reelz): The Love Boat
Naked & Afraid XL (Discovery Channel): Season premiere
Final Moments (Oxygen): Season finale
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo): Season premiere
Relative Race (BYUtv): Season finale
📺 Return to Mayberry (MeTV)
Vice (Showtime): Season premiere
🕘 9 P.M. EASTERN / 🕗 8 P.M. CENTRAL
Billy the Kid (Epix): Kathleen and her sons Billy and Joe travel on to Santa Fe. Life is hard, but she meets and marries a man who might change everything for the better - only to find that he makes it a lot worse.
Bob's Burgers (Fox): When Gene becomes obsessed with an old handheld game, Bob offers to help with a school project in hopes of steering his son toward more interesting pursuits. Louise and Tina take over the fire station! grocery store kiddie ride.
Family Guy (Fox, 9:30 p.m.): When Lois' piano student comes to work for the Griffins, Lois is initially glad for the help, until she realizes Alana's intentions are more sinister.
The First Lady (Showtime): Eleanor holds the White House's first all-female press conference. Betty's public announcement of her breast cancer diagnosis makes her a popular figure among American women. Michelle launches a new healthy school lunch program.
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): The NCIS team works with DEA agent Talia Del Campo to find a missing whistleblower set to testify against gun manufacturers marketing to drug cartels.
Outlander (Starz): SEASON FINALE. Richard Brown and his Committee of Safety arrive to arrest Claire for murder. However, due to the rising political tensions in the colonies, Brown's plan to find a judge for a trial does not go as expected.
Ridley Road (PBS): SERIES PREMIERE. When Vivien Epstein (Agnes O'Casey) follows her lover (Tom Varey ) into danger and he is caught between life and death, Vivien finds herself going undercover with the fascists (like Rory Kinnear), not only for him but for the sake of her country.✔️
🎥 Stalker (TV One): An actress stalked by a mysterious figure hides out in her hometown, where she becomes involved with two men.
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO): As the Lakers prepare to enter the play-offs, Buss struggles with the team's tenuous coaching situation and his mother's failing health. Later, Haywood receives an ultimatum from Kareem.
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC): "Ofelia" linear premiere
The Food That Built America (History): Casual dining
Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa (National Geographic Wild)
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (CNN): Venice; season premiere
Worst Cooks in America (Food Network)
🕙 10 P.M. EASTERN / 🕘 9 P.M. CENTRAL
The Baby (HBO, 10:30 p.m.): Inexplicably reunited with the baby, Natasha scrambles to locate his mother and uncovers an alarming pattern of events on a thumb drive. After her friends confuse the situation further, Natasha reaches out to her estranged sister.
Barry (HBO): Barry learns the extent of Gene's storied Hollywood history. Cristobal and Hank face a major setback when Cristobal's father-in-law, Fernando, unexpectedly arrives in Los Angeles looking to take out the Chechens and bring Cristobal home.
The Fast History Of (History, 10 & 10:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. History's latest and easy-digestible series about various histories. This series is a quick history of various American brands. First up: Nabisco and Heinz.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime): "After discovering his mission is more complex and dangerous than he believed and being abandoned by the only human who can guide him, Faraday must go it alone, unaware that he's suddenly on the radar of a CIA agent."
Nomad with Carlton McCoy (CNN): SERIES PREMIERE. "Sommelier, entrepreneur and CEO Carlton McCoy showcases how music, food, fashion and culture make people unique."
The Rookie (ABC): The team, alongside the LA division of the FBI (but not FBI), is in a race to stop bombs that have been scattered throughout the city by a suspected terrorist. The CIA is also involved. Sounds more like a job for Batman or the Arrowverse heroes.
S.W.A.T. (CBS): When a plane carrying Street and the dangerous prisoner he's transporting is hijacked, the team races to save the innocent passengers onboard -- and one of their own. They take this case personally!
Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? (E!, 10 & 10:30 p.m.): SERIES PREMIERE. "Follows Nikki Glaser as she embarks on an uncomfortable journey of self-discovery and struggles to find love."✔️
WHAT ELSE IS ON
61st Street (AMC): "Chess Moves and Poker Chips" linear premiere
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (Reelz): Ricardo Montalbán
Inside Eats with Rhett & Link (Food Network, 10:30 p.m.)
Ten Percent (BBC America): Linear series premiere
Unexpected (TLC)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo, 10:15 p.m.): Marlo Hampton, Gabrielle Dennis
💲 Weakest Link (NBC)
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📺 Mission: Impossible (MeTV, 3 a.m.): Gregory Tolan leads an underground cell specializing in bank robberies with the money going to finance an American revolution. His mysterious sponsor runs other such cells throughout the U.S.
Three Busy Debras (Adult Swim, midnight & 12:15 a.m.): When Debra goes missing, Debra and Debra must step in to save her before it's too late. Later, a "story in three brunches."
WHAT ELSE IS ON
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, 11 p.m.)
Ziwe (Showtime, 11 p.m.): Charlamagne Tha God; season premiere
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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; IMDb; TV Passport; Zap2it
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