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Source: Nielsen Media Research, week of April 15–21, 2024, in millions. The missing persons procedural starring Justin Hartley may be new, but it’s the broadcast season’s most popular series, averaging more than 20 million viewers per episode with 35

Viewers preparing to say goodbye to Sgt. Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson (Shemar Moore, left) can rejoice. CBS announced a surprise eighth season renewal for S.W.A.T. ahead of what was supposed to be its series finale, marking the second time the crime dram

On the set of Starz’s The Serpent Queen, transforming Minnie Driver (above, right) into England’s Queen Elizabeth I was no easy feat—the actress spent upward of three and a half hours a day in hair and makeup. That attention to detail will be worth i

There are literally thousands of series, movies and specials on Netflix to choose from. On average, Americans subscribe to three streaming services, so considering you’re also watching (and paying for!) streamers like Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Paramoun

@TVGMMattRoush Thursdays (through May 30), Max A GREAT BUDDY comedy that bridges its generation gap with smart show-business satire, Hacks’ third season (delayed a year by the Hollywood strikes) finds new purpose in the undying ambition of its leadin

Kristian Alfonso (above) will reprise the role of Hope Brady on Days of Our Lives in episodes set to begin airing at the end of November. She’ll be part of the soap’s tribute to the late Bill Hayes, who played her onscreen father, Doug Williams. “My

Thursday, May 16, 8/7c and 8:30/7:30c, CBS Fans of The Big Bang Theory have something to look forward to as its prequel wraps up a seven-season run: Stars Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik will reprise their roles onscreen as Sheldon and Amy for the first

“You’re probably going to need a drink for what’s coming next.” Those words—to NCIS Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) from her mentor turned fugitive Maggie Shaw (Julie White)—closed the third and unexpectedly final season of NCIS

HIS NEARLY 60-YEAR acting career started inauspiciously—with an Air Force training film—but Tom Selleck has soared since then. In a new memoir, You Never Know, the beloved Blue Bloods star looks back at his onscreen legacy. We selected a few excerpts

PICK OF THE WEEK! SEASON PREMIERE Monday, May 13, 9/8c and 10/9c, BBC America FANS OF JANE Seymour have a new opportunity to see her hit sleuth series: Episodes stream on Acorn TV, as always, but now they premiere on BBC America too. Set in Dublin, t

1/noon c, FS2; 7/6c, FS1 More than 2,500 pooches are on parade at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, for the most prestigious of dog shows. One new breed is eligible for 2024: the Lancashire heeler, a small but stea

Movie Pick 8/7c, TCM At a remote, lawless Wild West outpost called the Chuck-a-Luck, gunslingers and bandits know that—for a 10 percent cut of their loot—former barroom belle Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich, above, with Arthur Kennedy) will keep them h

8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Shafa the cat was stranded for two months on the exposed seventh floor of a Borodyanka, Ukraine, apartment building that had been destroyed by a Russian missile air strike. Given a 40 percent chance of surv

SERIES FINALE 9/8c, Starz Schemes and stratagems! In the finale of the historical drama, ambitious George Villiers (Nicholas Galitzine) and Prince Charles (Samuel Blenkin) embark on an important trip to Spain, and George’s mother, Mary (Julianne Moor

MOVIE PREMIERE 8/7c, Hallmark Channel Entrepreneur Scarlett (Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, below, with Jason Weinberg) has a puppy treat recipe that the dogs on her block love—she just needs a distributor to bring her product to the masses. Enter impressed

SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c, Food Network Whether you say “mangia” or “nom nom nom,” there’s no doubt this second serving of the competition is going to be delicious. Hosts Gabe Bertaccini and Alex Guarnaschelli (above) exit Tuscany and welcome 12 up-and-co

PICK OF THE WEEK! SEASON PREMIERE Wednesday, May 22, 9/8, Fox PITCH, PLEASE! A new batch of entrepreneurs try to gain multitasking chef Gordon Ramsay’s favor—and financial backing—in this Shark Tank for the food-and-beverage crowd. In Season 2, set i

SEASON FINALE 8/7c, CBS Special Agent Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Kane, right) is feeling pretty good that her hunch about Somalian terrorist Hakim Siran (Antwayn Hopper) being back in the U.S. proved true. It’s been tough for the exceptional Fe

SEASON PREMIERE 11/10c, USA Late-Night Pick Ultramarathoners, white-water river guides, elite airborne firefighters and oil rig workers, —you know, just everyday folks — are among the nine teams of two dropped into New Zealand for an arduous 150-mile

SEASON FINALE 9:30/8:30c, ABC What’s going down in Lanford, Illinois? Plenty, as the Conners undergo financial and personal changes. Patriarch Dan (John Goodman, near left), who just celebrated a monetary milestone, is convinced that the “Conners Cur

8/7c, TCM Movie Picks Starting tonight and continuing into the early morning of Tuesday, May 28, TCM celebrates the holiday weekend with a nonstop lineup of war films. First up: The Caine Mutiny, the 1954 drama that earned Humphrey Bogart a Best Acto

8/7c, MGM+ Movie Pick Somehow, the phrase “Cruise control” comes to mind for this utterly startling exercise in action and tension from 2023. Yes, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, above) and his IMF team must stop a set of baddies from using an A.I. weapon ca

8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) Here’s something Americans will be tuning in from sea to shining sea: This national night of remembrance returns live to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for a special 35th anniversary show. With moving pe

PICK OF THE WEEK! SEASON PREMIERE Tuesday, May 28, 8/7c, Fox MUSIC TO OUR ears! Jamie Foxx (right) and his daughter Corinne (inset) are together again for Beat Shazam’s seventh season. He hosts and she deejays on the game show where three teams of tw

SERIES PREMIERE 8/7c, History This year marks the 110th anniversary of the start of World War I. Lasting more than four years, “the war to end all wars” resulted in roughly nine million soldiers killed and 20 million wounded. This cinematic four-hour

SERIES PREMIERE 9/8c, Fox Think of it as Family Feud meets Wipeout by way of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah (above) hosts this new game show in which two families answer multiple-choice trivia questions. Correct a

9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org) MATT’S PICK Oh, what a beautiful evening you’ll have, basking in the lush melodies and timeless lyrics of musical theater legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. And the glorious singing in this c

Daytime Pick Noon/11am c, BBC America Revisit all 10 episodes of the 2001 Emmy winner created by Saving Private Ryan’s Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s book, Band of Brothers dramatizes the gut-wrenching and exp

SEASON PREMIERE 8/7c and 8:30/7:30c, Magnolia Network and HGTV Home renovation power couple Chip and Joanna Gaines (above) celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their beloved Fixer Upper franchise with a new challenge: a 1960s house near Texas’ Lake W

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Available now NETFLIX Taking nothing seriously, this quite fictionalized satire about the 1963 race by breakfast giant Kellogg’s to create Pop-Tarts before rival Post launched its own pastry plays like a Cold War thriller by way of Mel Brooks. Call i

THURSDAY, MAY 16 What’s Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) to do? As the anonymous scandal-sheet writer Lady Whistledown, she’s titillated Regency-era London society for two seasons with gossip of the marriage mart, where young aristocrats woo

Best Picture was one of eight Oscars this biopic took home, and 40 years later, its power remains intact. Based on the acclaimed play, it tells the tale of Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), whose bitter rivalry with the genius composer Mozart (Tom

THURSDAY, MAY 16 This lauded Yellowstone meets Twin Peaks series returns for Season 2 with Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) and his kin beset by a metaphysical mystery. Last season revealed that a seemingly bottomless ditch in the Abbotts’

THURSDAY, MAY 23 How do you prevent a world-killing apocalypse? If anyone can, it’s the Catholic Church’s investigative team of journalist turned priest Father David (Mike Colter), atheist Ben (Aasif Mandvi) and skeptical psychologist Kristen (Katja

AVAILABLE NOW “At 20, when I got a record deal, I didn’t have a lot else to write about other than high school. But as I grew in public, the evolution happened, and…you’re only going to get better at what you do. Or, at the very worst, you’re going t

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 What happens when scientist Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) starts a family instead of pursuing professional goals? In this adrenaline-pumping nine-episode thriller based on Blake Crouch’s 2016 bestseller, we glimpse the fascinating fal

AVAILABLE NOW Having swung with Spider-Man and dodged Jurassic World’s Indominus rex (in heels!), Bryce Dallas Howard (above) was all-in on this briskly paced comedic thriller that has as many twists as it does big-name stars. “I am very physical,” s

@damianholbrook Cheers to FBI: International for recruiting Colin Donnell. The Chicago Med alum appeared in the last two episodes of CBS’s thrilling third season. Hopefully, he’s signing a top-secret deal to stick around full-time. Cheers to American