Best Bets Best Bets Best Bets May 1 May 2 May 3 ALL DAY AND A NIGHT ORIGINAL COLD JUSTICE SEASON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW Netflix FILM! Oxygen 127, 6pm FINALE! MeTV 247, 5pm Jahkor (Ashton Sanders, Moonlight) never Dogged former prosecutor Kelly Siegler May marks “the Month of Mayberry” on MeTV wanted to be like his father (Jeffrey Wright, and investigator Abbey Abbondandolo wrap — a monthlong celebration of all of the iconic Westworld), and his father never wanted to up Season 5 of the true crime series in the television series featuring Mayberry: The see his son in prison. Yet somehow finding Sunshine State, reexamining the unsolved 1997 Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; themselves together as inmates seemed murder of Keith Jones, an aspiring police officer Mayberry R.F.D.; and the reunion movie Return inevitable. In an unlikely journey of self- robbed and fatally shot in his motel room. to Mayberry. Things kick off tonight with the discovery, Jahkor explores the dangerous world very first episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, that unites them, hoping to help his newborn ’80S SATURDAY Mayberry R.F.D. and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. son escape a cycle that feels inescapable. IFC 133, beginning at 8pm Each Saturday night in May, IFC will show THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF HOLLYWOOD POTOMAC NEW SERIES! memorable films from the 1980s. Tonight’s SEASON Netflix lineup of comedy movies kicks off with back-to- Bravo 129, 8pm PREMIERE! Ryan Murphy’s latest production for Netflix, back airings of the highly quotable 1980 classic Season 5 of this entry in Bravo’s Housewives which he co-created with Ian Brennan and Caddyshack, led by Chevy Chase, Rodney franchise finds new housewife Dr. Wendy cowrote with Brennan and Janet Mock, is Dangerfield, Bill Murray and Ted Knight, followed Osefo — a professor, political analyst and a limited series set in post-World War II by John Candy in 1985’s Summer Rental. entrepreneur — bringing her “brains and sass” Hollywood, where it follows a group of aspiring to the series. actors and filmmakers trying to make it no STARRING DONALD O’CONNOR matter what the cost. TCM 132, beginning at 8pm THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST NEW SERIES! CATCH A CLASSIC! WEATHER THE BLACKLIST: “BROTHERS” Beloved actor, dancer and singer Donald The Weather Channel 214, 8pm NBC, 8pm O’Connor is the focus of TCM’s primetime As if 2019’s devastating flash floods weren’t Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff) is forced to confront lineup of two films that showcase both his enough, Queensland, Australia, locals found past trauma and family secrets when his musical talent and his comedic acting ability. their route to safety overrun by crocodiles! brother takes him back home for a risky job. First up is the iconic musical Singin’ in the Rain These and other stories about surviving Mother (1952), for which O’Connor won the Golden Nature are part of this new series. SOMEWHERE SOUTH: “HOW DO Globe for Best Actor — Motion Picture Musical YOU ’CUE?” MARRIED TO MEDICINE LOS or Comedy portraying Cosmo Brown alongside PBS, 9pm ANGELES SEASON Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. Following that Bravo 129, 9pm PREMIERE! Follow chef Vivian Howard on a journey to learn is the 1950 comedy Francis, which launched Returning are Dr. Britten Cole, Dr. Imani Walker, how other Southerners cook and eat barbecue. the seven-film Francis the Talking Mule franchise, Shanique Drummond and Jazmin Johnson. She travels to Florida for smoked mullet and most of which featured O’Connor as Peter Dr. Kendra Segura and Lia Dias join the vibrant Texas for barbecue with Japanese and Mexican Stirling. twists. group of doctors and wives this season. DEADLY MILE HIGH CLUB GOOD WITCH SEASON BLUE BLOODS SEASON Lifetime 108, 8pm ORIGINAL FILM! CBS, 10pm FINALE! Hallmark Channel 185, 9pm PREMIERE! Nightmare at 20,000 feet! Aspiring pilot Jake The quirky and charming show returns for Good news! This episode was always intended (Marc Herrmann) flies into the face of danger its sixth season on Hallmark, without Grace to be the final hour of the drama’s 10th season, when he begins working with attractive instructor Russell (Bailee Madison) as a series regular. even though production on the New York Tanya (Allison McAtee), who becomes obsessed City-based show shut down prematurely over with him. ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY the coronavirus pandemic. “It turned out to PLAYLIST: “ZOEY’S SEASON be a perfect season finale,” star Tom Selleck EXTRAORDINARY DAD” FINALE! promises, “since the requirement of a season NBC, 9pm finale is a big surprise. There’s a good one.” After hearing an ominous song, Zoey (Jane His Frank Reagan, police commissioner and All Times Eastern Levy) does everything in her power to stop patriarch, has a dilemma that “goes to the heart something bad from happening. of who he is,” Selleck teases. “It’s a deeply Watch Now! personal and emotional story for him, but it has BILLIONS SEASON an impact on all the Reagans. I don’t expect a Showtime 318, 9pm PREMIERE! dry eye in the house!” THE CALL OF THE WILD Bobby (Damian Lewis) and Chuck (Paul FRIDAY NIGHT IN WITH THE Harrison Ford, Karen Gillan Giamatti) are ready to reignite their cold war MORGANS Adventure when Season 5 begins. Taylor (Asia Kate AMC 131, 10pm CH. 521, 527 Dillon) encounters some obstacles in their own plan. Also introduced this season are new In tonight’s episode of Jeffrey Dean Morgan faces — Corey Stoll as Mike Prince, a business (Negan from The Walking Dead) and his wife titan with plans to get in the middle of Axe and Hilarie Burton Morgan’s (One Tree Hill) half- Chuck’s conflict, and Julianna Margulies as hour video-chat show, the couple check in with Catherine Brant, a sociology professor who their friends Mark Duplass and Katie Aselton. makes Chuck question his values. The Call of the Wild: © 2019 Twentieth Century Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Fox Twentieth Call of the Wild: © 2019 The All Times Eastern All Times Eastern Best Bets Best Bets Best Bets May 4 May 5 May 6 STARRING NATALIE WOOD JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH DAN TCM 132, beginning at 8pm TO KILL RATHER: “THE BAND’S ROBBIE CATCH A CLASSIC! Netflix ROBERTSON” Although legendary actress Natalie Wood died Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s new hourlong AXS TV 167, 8pm far too young, at age 43, she still left behind an standup special was filmed at the Beacon Famed newsman Dan Rather sits down to chat indelible body of classic performances, some Theatre in New York City and showcases his with legendary musician Robbie Robertson of of which are featured in tonight’s TCM lineup. sharp angles on everyday life, uncovering the Band. comedy in the commonplace. The evening begins with Splendor in the Grass SURVIVOR: WINNERS AT WAR (1961), which earned Wood a Best Actress MATLOCK CBS, 8pm Oscar nomination. Following that is the classic MeTV 247, 10am CBS presents a special two-hour edition of Western The Searchers (1956), the musical In honor of the Survivor ahead of next week’s dramatic season comedy/drama Gypsy (1962) and the iconic Month of Mayberry, finale. drama Rebel Without a Cause (1955), with episodes in this time Wood earning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar slot feature Andy H2O: THE MOLECULE THAT MADE nomination starring alongside James Dean. Griffith paired up US: “CRISIS” PBS, 9pm CREEPSHOW NEW SERIES! with old pal Don AMC 131, 9pm Knotts and other Earth’s changing water cycle — and a globalized movement toward water for profit — is forcing Ready for something truly macabre? The Mayberry favorites. changes in humans’ reliance on water. Can a rebooted Creepshow, which debuted last year SPECIAL THEME: WONDER geopolitical crisis be averted? on the horror streamer Shudder, claws its way WOMEN: “RULING WOMEN” onto AMC, starting with tonight’s four stories. TCM 132, beginning at 8pm JAY LENO’S GARAGE: OFF ROAD (Two back-to-back hours, a quartet of short CATCH A CLASSIC! ADVENTURES SEASON tales, air weekly.) “The concept really does stand CNBC 208, 10pm FINALE! Each Tuesday night in May, TCM airs a themed the test of time,” says executive producer Greg block devoted to films about real-life strong Soapbox derbies live again … again! Gearhead Nicotero (The Walking Dead) of these 12 “bite- women. Tonight’s focus is “Ruling Women,” with Jay Leno wraps his look back at off-the-beaten- size morsels” inspired by the 1982 cult film. movies dramatizing the lives of famous female path episodes with a nutty motorless contest from 2018 against off-road racer Bryce Menzies. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: leaders from history. The lineup includes Marlene “GEORGE W. BUSH, PART 1” Dietrich as Catherine the Great in The Scarlet Plus: tanks! PBS, 9pm Empress (1934); Elizabeth Taylor as the famed EATING HISTORY: “FLAVOR Egyptian queen in the title of the Oscar-winning In Part 1 of this documentary, explore the life EXPLOSION” SEASON and tumultuous presidency of George W. Bush, Cleopatra (1963); Katharine Hepburn as Mary, History 120, 10pm FINALE! Queen of Scots in Mary of Scotland (1936); from his unorthodox road to the White House Old Smokey and Josh try one of the most Oscar nominee Norma Shearer as French queen to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the myriad notorious military rations ever made. Then, will Marie Antoinette (1938); and more. of challenges he faced over his two terms, things fizzle when they taste an out-of-this-world including the war in Iraq and the 2008 financial AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: powdered candy from the ’70s? And, the guys crisis.