THE WEEK IN TV FOR 5/22/16: AMC Rules the week
By: Alyssa and DRWHO42
The finale momentum continues into this week. AMC takes the cake with the highly anticipated premiere of Preacher along with the mid-season finale of Fear the Walking Dead. The aftermath of the cancellation ax will be felt for some shows this week as well.
Shows of interest are highlighted in Orange. Of particular note are The Price is Right Primetime Specials – these are always fun to watch.
What we’ll be watching live this week:
Alyssa: Fear the Walking & Talking Dead, Mr. Selfridge, Preacher, Night Manager, & Arrow
DRWHO42: Preacher, GOT, Fear the Walking Dead, The Flash, & Arrow
Sunday – May 22, 2016
7:00 PM
- ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos: Episode 2622 (#2622) [26th Season Finale]
- FOX Bordertown: Viva Coyote (BOR-104) [1st Season Finale]
8:00 PM
- ABC ABC Special: 2016 Billboard Music Awards [3-hour special presentation]
- PBS Call the Midwife: Episode 8 (#508) [5th Season Finale]
- FOX The Simpsons: Orange is the New Yellow (SI-2715) [27th Season Finale]
9:00 PM
- FOX Family Guy: Road to India (FG-1318) [14th Season Finale]
- AMC Fear the Walking Dead: Shiva (#207) [2nd Season Spring Finale]
- CBS Undercover Boss: Wienerschnitzel (#UB712) [100th episode]
- PBS Wallander: The Troubled Man (#4628) [Series Finale]
9:30 PM
- FOX Bob’s Burgers: Glued, Where’s my Bob? (BOB-521) [6th Season Finale – Special Time]
- NBC Crowded: Come Back [1st Season Finale]
10:00 PM
- CBS Undercover Boss: Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill (#UB710) [New Episode – Special Time]
- AMC Preacher (#101 [90-minute Series Premiere – Special Time]
“Preacher,” which is based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s popular ’90’s comic book franchise of the same name, is a Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production. The ten-episode season was developed for television by executive producers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, Superbad, Neighbors) and executive producer and showrunner Sam Catlin (“Breaking Bad”). “Preacher” is a supernatural, twisted and darkly comedic drama that follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that causes him to develop a highly unusual power. Jesse, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip and an Irish vagabond named Cassidy come together and when they do, they are thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.
10:30 PM
- PBS Mr. Selfridge: Episode 9 (#4619) [Series Finale]
11:30 PM
- AMC Talking dead (#523) [5th Season Finale – Special Time]
Monday -May 23, 2016
8:00 PM
- CBS The Price Is Right Primetime Special: Survivor Edition [1-hour special presentation]
- FOX Gotham: Wrath of the Villains – Transference (GTH-222) [2nd Season Finale]
9:00 PM
- CBS The Odd Couple: All the Residents’ Men (#OC212) [New Episode – Special Time]
- CW Whose Line is it Anyway?: Alfonso Ribeiro [12th Season Premiere]
9:30 PM
- CBS The Odd Couple: The Ex-factor (#OC213) [2nd Season Finale]
10:00 PM
- PBS POV: The Return (#2901) [29th Season Premiere]
10:01 PM
- NBC Blindspot: Why await life’s end (#123) [1st Season Finale]
Tuesday – May 24, 2016
8:00 PM
- CBS The Price is Right Primetime Special: Big Brother Edition [1-hour Special Presentation]
- CW The Flash: The Race of his Life (#223) [2nd Season Finale]
8:30 PM
- ABC The Real O’Neals: The Real Prom (#113) [1st Season Finale]
9:00 PM
- CBS Person of Interest (#POI506) [New Episode – Special Time]
- NBC The Voice: Live Finale, Part 2 (#1026-120) [2-hour Season Finale]
10:00 PM
- AMC The Night Manager (#106) [Mini-series finale]
Wednesday – May 25, 2016
3:01 AM
- HULU The Path (#110) [1st Season Finale]
8:00 PM
- CW Arrow: Schism (#423) [4th Season Finale]
- CBS The Price is Right Primetime Special: Amazing Race Edition [1-hour special presentation]
- NBC Heartbeat: What Happens in Vegas…Happens (#110) [1st Season Finale – Series Finale]
- FOX Rosewood: Badges & Bombshells (ROS-122) [1st Season Finale]
9:00 PM
- CBS Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders – El Toro Bravo (#BB112) [New Episode – special time]
- NBC Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Heartfelt Passages (#1723) [17th Season Finale]
- CW Supernatural: Alpha and Omega (#1123) [11th Season Finale]
- FOX Wayward Pines: Enemy Lines (PIN-201) [2nd Season Premiere]
10:00 PM
- NBC Chicago PD: Start Digging (#323) [3rd Season Finale]
- CBS Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders – Paper Orphans (#BB113) [1st Season Finale]
- ABC Nashville: Maybe you’ll appreciate me someday (#421) [4th Season Finale – Series Finale]
Friday – May 27, 2016
3:01 AM
- NETFLIX Bloodline: Complete Second Season (#201-210) [2nd Season Premiere]
- NETFLIX Chef’s Table: Complete Second Season (#201-206) [2nd Season Premiere]
- NETFLIX Netflix Special: The Do-over [Special Presentation]