FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/15/26)
CBS SPORTS NETWORK: Creator Poker Championship (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: The Last Woodsman (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: Rivals (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Wonderfools (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Couples Therapy; Dutton Ranch (Premiere)
(SATURDAY 5/16/26)
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Will Ferrell, Musical Guest: Paul McCartney (Finale) at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 5/17/26)
DISCOVERY: Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers (Premiere) at 10pm
GAF: County Rescue at 8 p.m.
OXYGEN: The Killer Among Us at 7 p.m.
SHOWTIME: Couples Therapy at 10 p.m.
BET is making its move into the microseries space. In partnership with aTwist, the two companies will co-produce original content built to travel across platforms — long-form episodic programming for cable and vertically formatted microseries for the aTwist app. Episodes will debut exclusively on BET before migrating to aTwist’s vertical platform, where they’ll be reformatted for mobile audiences. The deal is built around quality, cost-efficient production that serves both linear TV and mobile-first audiences, while signaling BET’s formal push into microseries and establishing aTwist as the first microseries platform to operate on a windowing model.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Versant Media Group topped Wall Street expectations in its latest quarterly earnings report. While total revenue slipped 1 percent amid weakness in linear distribution and advertising, bright spots offset the decline: content licensing surged 113.5 percent to $121 million, driven largely by “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” and the company’s platforms segment grew 9.5 percent to $192 million. Versant also highlighted growing audiences for MS NOW and CNBC, along with continued traction in golf programming and live sports.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Tyler Perry’s The Oval” will return for its seventh and final season on Tuesday, May 20, available on Paramount+ beginning at 12 a.m. and on BET at 9 p.m. The 22-episode season will air weekly, concluding September 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Relationship series “Little Singles,” following a group of little people on a getaway, debuts Monday, June 15 at 9 p.m. on TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC+ will be the new, exclusive streaming home to 13 seasons of “Doctor Who” (2005 – 2022) in beginning Thursday, June 11. The British science fiction series follows the stories of a regenerating Time Lord who travels on adventures through time and space. The series’ debut on AMC+ coincides with the streamer’s limited-time offer of a one-year subscription for $29.99.
(Source: Cynopsis)
It’s back to work at Magnolia Network. A new season of “Maine Cabin Masters” premieres Monday, May 15 at 9 p.m., following renovations of dilapidated cabins in the woods
(Source: Cynopsis).
“Paw Patrol,” the No. 1 preschool series, has been renewed for seasons 14 and 15, with spinoff “Rubble & Crew” handed orders for fifth and sixth seasons. New episodes of “Paw Patrol” launch Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m. on Nickelodeon, while season five of “Rubble & Crew” kicks off Friday, July 10 at 10:30 a.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wonder Project original series “I Gotta Ask,” hosted by bestselling author and podcast host Annie F. Downs, will premiere with its first two episodes on Wonder Project’s subscription service on Prime Video on Friday, May 28.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round action on ESPN, the Colorado Avalanche–Minnesota Wild Game 4 averaged 2.4 million viewers (up 104 percent vs. ESPN’s Second Round Game 4 average last year), earning ESPN’s best-performing Game 4 on cable. Through seven games, the Second Round on ESPN is averaging 2.1 million viewers, up 84 percent year over year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Rooster” averaged 6.5 million viewers for its first season, making it the most-watched comedy debut on HBO since “Hung” in 2009.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Max’s The Pitt wrapped season two with a new weekly high of 1.39 billion minutes, and a third consecutive week at No. 1 overall o Nielsen’s streaming chart for the week of April 13. A look at the medical drama’s weekly viewership in Season 1 vs. Season 2 illustrates the success of the show’s sophomore run: While the first season experienced a slower build, the second was strong out of the gate after establishing a following.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Obsession – Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Haley Fitzgerald, Darin Toonder, Anthony Pavone, Justice, Anthony Casablanca, Chloe Breen, Malcolm Kelner
Is God Is – Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Vivica A. Fox, Sterling K. Brown, Janelle Monae, Mykelti Williamson, Erika Alexander, Xavier Mills, Justen Ross, Josiah Cross, Nuri Barnes, Navali Barnes
In the Grey – Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza Gonzalez, Carlos Bardem, Michael Vu, Fisher Stevens, Rosamund Pike, Mohammed A. Turki, Kojo Attah, Jason Wong, Emmett J. Scanlan, Christian Ochoa Lavernia
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MEGA MILLIONS
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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $89 million.
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