What's On Tonight (Saturday): This is their fight Song

Song of the Samurai

Holiday weekend! Here's what's on television for tonight, Saturday, May 23!

Our Top Pick tonight is Song of the Samurai (HBO Max, 3 a.m.). This Japanese series reimagines the late-Edo period Kyoto where a Shinsengumi samurai corps learns their way. It includes a former street fighter.

Elsewhere, balls are hit, balls are kicked, pucks are pucked, FS1 remembers the Summer of '94, Hallmark finds True Justice, One Piece has a Carrot, and Dublin has a Narcos.

(All times are Eastern. All listings are new unless otherwise stated. For more listings, visit The Futon Critic or Gracenote.)

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EARLY STREAMING & EVENING

⭐ Song of the Samurai (HBO Max, 3 a.m.): The episode title is "Blood Between Brothers" and that's all HBO Max tells me.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🏒 2026 NHL Playoffs (TNT & Tru TV, 7 p.m.): Conference Finals, Game 2: Montreal at Carolina
⚾ Baseball Night in America (Fox, 7 p.m.): Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers; or St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds✔️
⚽ NWSL on Ion (Ion, 6:30 & 8:45 p.m.): Denver Summit FC at Utah Royals FC / Angel City FC at Houston Dash

St. Louis Cardinals (via Giphy)

🕗 PRIMETIME 🕚

48 Hours (CBS, 8 p.m. / Paramount+, Sunday): SEASON FINALE. Jurors who heard the evidence in the Kouri Richins case speak out about what led them to convict her, including what they believe motivated the crime and why they reached their verdict.

🎥 Summer of '94 (FS1, 8 p.m. / Hulu, Sunday): SPECIAL. "Chronicling the rise of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team's ahead of the 1994 FIFA World Cup."

True Justice (Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m. / Hallmark+, Sunday): The "Justice Warriors" work to exonerate a mother wrongly accused of murdering another mother in the Parent School Coalition.

🎥 When I Said I Do (Lifetime, 8 p.m.): A widowed K-9 handler remains reluctant to open her heart again, until she meets a rescue specialist with a past of his own.

WHAT ELSE IS ON
🏀 2026 NBA Playoffs (ABC, 8 p.m.): Conference Finals, Game 3: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
📡🎥 The Bride! (HBO, 8 p.m. / HBO Max, now)✔️
Dublin Narcos (National Geographic, 10 p.m.): Series premiere
House Hunters (HGTV, 10 p.m.)
Primal Combat (National Geographic Wild, 10 p.m.): Season finale
🎥 Svengoolie (MeTV, 8 p.m.): Dr. Cyclops
🏀 WNBA on CBS (CBS, 8 p.m.): Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas

The Bride! (via Giphy)

💤😴 LATE NIGHT 😴💤

One Piece (Adult Swim, 2 a.m.): Carrot settles in with the Straw Hats as they make their way to rescue Sanji. In the Sakura Kingdom, Dalton and Kureha prepare for the Reverie, and their former enemy readies himself in his newly built kingdom.

Rooster Fighter (Adult Swim, midnight): "Keisuke's new power awakens when he witnesses Keiji's struggle against Hikari."

WHAT ELSE IS ON
📡 Blue Lock (Adult Swim, 1 a.m. / CrunchyRoll now)
📡 Dan da Dan (Adult Swim, 12:30 a.m. / CrunchyRoll & Netflix, now)
📡 Tokyo Revengers (Adult Swim, 1:30 a.m. / CrunchyRoll & Hulu, now)

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Key Sources: The Futon Critic; Gracenote; IMDb; TV Passport
⭐: Top Pick
💲: Game show
📡: Linear broadcast
🎥: Movie
📺: Throwback
✔️: Video/gif/photo included
🏈🏀⚾⚽🏐🎾🏌️🏒🏎️🐂: Sports

Happy watching, everyone!