What2Watch May 2018

What2Watch May 2018

Despite Their Feud

AMERICAN CHOPPER Returns!

A Fiery Reboot For FAHRENHEIT

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PBS Brings Us

LITTLE WOMEN,

FREE

Based On The Classic Novel

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Your Guide To

THE ROYAL WEDDING

MOVIE COUPON INSIDE!

SIX

Returns!

Credit: History/Leo Williams.

Olivia Munn Joins The Cast Of The History Channel Series

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TV NEWS

Like many shows on FX, Cold War spy thriller The Americans wasn’t a huge ratings hit, but it made up for that shortcoming with almost universal critical praise. Showrunners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields knew long ago how they wanted the saga of Russian spies Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth (Keri Russell) to end, and viewers who’ve followed them through every cloak-and-dagger moment will no doubt be rewarded (and surprised) when the series signs off on May 30.

Storybrooke’s story comes to a close in a two-hour finale on May 18.

There’s been a lot of turnover in the principal cast, and Season 7 ratings suffered. But longtime favorites Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) and Belle French (Emilie de Ravin) will return for the finale. Creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz said in a statement, “We couldn’t think of a more fitting way to say farewell than by reuniting so many of the characters that our fiercely loyal fans spent years with on their adventures.”

The Middle ABC (2009) The Middle is probably the best show that you forgot was still on TV. After nine seasons on ABC, the bluecollar comic adventures of the middle-class Heck family conclude May 22. In true Midwestern form, the series was a consistently solid performer, and it will go out on its own terms.

As creators Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline said, “We wanted to go out before too many people knew we were on the air.”

New Girl FOX (2011) New Girl arrived on FOX as a wide-eyed, funny comedy centered on charmingly quirky Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and her male roommates. It thrived on Friends-style romantic tension, which it broke much too early in the series’ run, and everyone involved seemed to have outgrown the show by Season 3. New Girl got an extended lease on life last year when FOX granted it a shortened final season, which featured a time jump ahead to the characters doing their best at adulting. New Girl will go out with a one-hour finale on May 15.

Will & Grace: © 2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Credit: Andrew Eccles

Once Upon a Time ABC (2011)

The Fosters Freeform (2013) Since it bowed on ABC Family in 2013, The Fosters has been a champion of inclusiveness and an inspiration to people in nontraditional families. Writerproducers Joanna Johnson, Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige said in a statement, “It’s been the privilege of our lives to get to shepherd this beautiful family through five seasons of love, laughter, heartbreak, tribulation and triumph — and message to the world that DNA doesn’t make a family, love does.” The Fosters will wrap up with a three-night event June 4-6 on Freeform, though consider it not “goodbye” but “see you later.”

Freeform announced Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) will be the center of a spinoff series.

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Sweetbitter: © Starz Hard To Kill: Courtesy of Discovery Red Nose Day: © 2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Credit: Maarten de Boer/NBC.

The Americans FX (2013)

Shameless: © 2017 Showtime Networks Inc. Credit: Brian Bowen Smith/SHOWTIME. Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Erica Parise

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Nothing lasts forever, and that’s especially true of TV shows. These five series have had their seasons in the sun, and they’ll sign off for good this spring. By Ryan A. Berenz

The Middle: © 2017 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Credit: ABC/Mitch Haaseth.

FINAEWALS

ALL THINGS MUST PASS

The Americans: © 2018, FX Networks. All rights reserved. Credit: Pari Dukovic/FX.

IAL SPEC ON SEAS LES &

If You

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IF YOU LIKE TRY

Something About Amelia, The Color Purple

Remember when word of mouth and water-cooler talk were how you discovered new TV shows, good restaurants and your next great read?

Here we keep it simple.

Shameless, The Chi

The Tale (HBO) Vida (Starz) Sweetbitter (Starz)

Girls, Party Down

The Red Nose Day Special

Shameless: © 2017 Showtime Networks Inc. Credit: Brian Bowen Smith/SHOWTIME. Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Erica Parise

Sweetbitter: © Starz Hard To Kill: Courtesy of Discovery Red Nose Day: © 2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Credit: Maarten de Boer/NBC.

Will & Grace: © 2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Credit: Andrew Eccles

Airs live on NBC May 24

Chris Hardwick hosts this night of fun and goodwill as celebrities come together to raise money and awareness to help end childhood poverty. “When you can actually use comedy for some good and to help people … so many people jump onboard and want to play around,” Hardwick tells of the event.

They’re Back, Baby!: Recently Renewed Shows

ABC has picked up several of its hit alternative series for new seasons: America’s Funniest Home Videos (returning for Season 29), The Bachelor (Season 23), Dancing With the Stars (Season 27) and Child Will & Grace Support (Season 2). … On the scripted front, ABC is bringing back the No. 1 new drama The Good Doctor for a second season. … NBC’s Will & Grace revival has been given an 18-episode third season order, even as its upcoming second season has been upped from 13 to 18 episodes. … Also at NBC, Season 6 of Hollywood Game Night has been greenlit. … Drunk History will return for another swig with a sixth season on Comedy Central. … More plastic surgeries gone wrong will be covered in Season 5 of the E! series Botched. … Pop has upped Schitt’s Creek — its acclaimed, Eugene Levy-led comedy — for a fifth season to debut in 2019. … Jessica Biel’s USA Network drama The Sinner will return with Season 2 in summer 2018.

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The Royal Wedding What’s New Understanding TVE Returning Favorites ON Demand New Releases New on HBO New on Showtime New on Starz New on Cinemax On Netflix TiVo Help 3

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HOW TO WATCH H The royal wedding takes place on Saturday, May 19, at noon London time, 6am Central time. Most broadcast and news channels will cover the event live.

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Prince Harry: © 2007 Getty Images Credit: Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images

Twelve hundred of the lucky folks will be members of the public who “have shown strong leadership, and those who have served their communities,” says a Kensington Palace spokesperson. The invitees also include 530 staff from the Royal Household and Crown Estate, 610 people from the local community, 200 people from charities supported by Harry and Meghan, and 100 local schoolchildren.

In addition, thousands of adoring wellwishers are expected to line the parade route between the chapel and the castle.

Harry and Meghan’s wedding event is expected to be a star-studded affair, as both bride and groom have lots of celebrity pals. The wedding will be followed by two receptions, the first of which will be held in St. George’s Hall shortly after the ceremony for the couple and the wedding congregation.

The second event will be a very intimate evening affair with only the couple’s families and closest friends in attendance.

For their wedding cake, the nontraditional couple has eschewed the usual British fruitcake in favor of a lemon elderflower cake created by pastry chef Claire Ptak, owner of the posh London organic bakery Violet.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: © 2017 Getty Images Credit: Chris Jackson

On Saturday, May 19, the eyes of the world will be on Windsor Castle for the wedding between Britain’s Prince Harry, 33, and American actress Meghan Markle, 36. The castle’s St. George’s Chapel has been home to numerous royal events, including Harry’s 1984 baptism. “It is a very special place for Prince Harry,” says a statement released by Harry’s communications secretary, explaining why the couple has decided to marry in the more intimate 800-seat chapel over larger venues like St. Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey. The statement also shares that the wedding “will be a moment of fun and joy to reflect the characters and values of the bride and groom.”

Harry and Meghan have invited 2,640 members of the public onto the castle grounds to share in their wedding day and get a close look at the couple as they enter and exit St. George’s.

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance: © 2018 Lifetime

All Eyes Are Watching As Harry And Meghan Say, “I Do.” By Kellie Freeze

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Prince Harry: © 2007 Getty Images Credit: Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance: © 2018 Lifetime

British royal names are notoriously tricky, and Harry’s is no exception.

His official name is “Henry Charles Albert David” and his current title is “His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales.” Markle has long gone by her middle name instead of her given name, Rachel, and after marriage, she will simply sign her name as “Meghan.” The queen is expected to bestow a royal title on the newlywed couple, with speculation they will postnuptially be known as “the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.”

BLING ABOUT THE RING When he proposed, Prince Harry designed a custom ring filled with meaning. The bauble uses a center stone from Botswana — where the couple vacationed in August 2017 — and two very special side stones from his mother’s collection. Harry reveals he wanted “to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together.”

HARRY & MEGHAN:

A ROYAL ROMANCE

ays before the royal wedding, Lifetime presents a new film chronicling the courtship and love story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, starring Parisa Fitz-Henley and Murray Fraser as the betrothed lovebirds. We chatted with FitzHenley about stepping into the shoes of the actress turned future royal in Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.

“We meet Meghan and Harry just before they’ve found each other,” tells Fitz-Henley, “but the movie takes us throughout their lives. We get to see some of each of their childhoods, and really see how the experiences that they had when they were younger connected to their adult lives and helped them to connect to each other.”

To prepare to play Markle, Fitz-Henley watched interviews and videos of Markle, took a few classes at a Pilates studio that Meghan frequented and learned a few royal rules. “There are so many protocols to be followed by royals,” says FitzHenley, who learned the proper way to curtsy and how to address the queen. “You call her ‘Your Majesty’ once, and then after that you call her ‘Ma’am.’ It’s Ma’am that rhymes with ham,” she explains. And after getting a taste of Harry and Meghan’s royal life, she says, “Being a royal is a job in and of itself, and it takes work.”

Playing one of the world’s most fashionable women has been a lot of fun, too. Fitz-Henley tells that her wardrobe for the film includes some of Markle’s most iconic outfits.

“Meghan’s got some great taste,” she marvels. And FitzHenley admits that once she had donned Meghan-esque hair and makeup, even she found their resemblance uncanny.

“There were certain times when I’d see pictures of myself or her, and for a moment didn’t know who was who!”

Premieres on Lifetime May 13

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WHAT’S NEW

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GREAT AMERICAN READ PBS Asks Viewers To Help Determine America’s Best-Loved Book.

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Fahrenheit 451: © HBO Credit: Michael Gibson/HBO

American Read will journey across the country to uncover details about some of the titles on this Top 100 list.

Then, over the course of the next 15 weeks, viewers can read and vote on favorite works of fiction to help whittle down this list. The series will return in the fall with additional episodes exploring the nominated books through themes.

The campaign concludes with a countdown to America’s Best-Loved Book, revealed in the finale on Oct. 23.

After this month’s premiere episode, audiences can take a deeper dive online, including being able to vote for books at pbs.org/greatamericanread, and through hashtag voting via Facebook and Instagram using #GreatReadPBS. So, America, let them know — whatcha reading?

Premieres on PBS May 22

Sweetbitter: © Starz

Whatcha reading?

As we approach summertime, many people might be looking ahead to the book(s) they will be reading while on vacation, at the beach or just chilling at home. And many others have never stopped reading all throughout the rest of the year.

Americans can now combine their love of books and television with PBS’ national campaign and eight-part TV series (hosted by Meredith Vieira) called The Great American Read. The multiplatform event kicks off with a two-hour special this month, then returns this fall with seven new episodes and the results of the first ever national vote to choose “America’s Best-Loved Book.”

The voting is based off an initial list of America’s 100 best-loved novels (at presstime, this list had not been announced).

In this month’s launch special, The Great

Little Women: © PBS

By Jeff Pfeiffer

May

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Sweetbitter

Based on longtime restaurant-industry worker Stephanie Danler’s acclaimed novel, Starz’s new halfhour coming-of-age story is set in 2006 New York City, where young Midwestern transplant Tess (Churchill’s Ella Purnell) charms her way into a job at a high-end restaurant and finds herself in the midst of an eclectic group of colleagues who expand her palate and her world.

Premieres on Starz May 6

Little Women

Spend Mother’s Day with Marmee, one of classic literature’s most beloved matriarchs and mom to spirited teen sisters Amy, Beth, Meg and Jo March, the “little women” of Louisa May Alcott’s masterwork.

As part of its Masterpiece anthology, PBS tapped the folks who brought you Wolf Hall, Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs to create this delicious, faithful rendition of the classic tale that stars Emily Watson as Marmee, Angela Lansbury as Aunt March and splendid newcomer Maya Hawke (Uma Thurman’s daughter) as feisty, faithful Jo. Part 2 premieres May 20.

Premieres on PBS May 13

Fahrenheit 451 Purists may have a bone to pick with filmmaker Ramin Bahrani’s modernization of the Ray Bradbury book-burning classic, but if you’re addicted to your phone, your Snapchat or your smart speaker, it still makes a creepy, timely point. Black Panther’s Michael B. Jordan plays go-getter fireman Montag, eagerly torching books and stripping bibliophiles of their very identity until he steals a novel, reads it and realizes how much he has contributed to and sacrificed for an insidious cause. “Bradbury’s biggest concern about the erosion of culture is now,” Bahrani says.

“And with the speed at which this is advancing, will we actually be able to get ahead of the dam, or … will [it] be up to some other generation to bring back Bradbury’s heroes?”

Premieres on HBO May 19

Sweetbitter: © Starz

Fahrenheit 451: © HBO Credit: Michael Gibson/HBO

Little Women: © PBS

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Vida Series creator Tanya Saracho (Looking, How to Get Away With Murder) culled from her own life to create this deeply human dramedy about two vastly different Mexican-American sisters who reunite in their Los Angeles neighborhood and discover they have much to learn about themselves and their relationship with their mom, their heritage and each other.

Premieres on Starz May 6

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Patrick Melrose Showtime’s new limited series is based on the wildly popular British book series written by Edward St. Aubyn, and based loosely on his fascinating life. In a tour de force, Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular character, who struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by a horribly abusive father and a mother who passively condoned it. Each episode is devoted to one of the five novels in the book series and hilariously skewers the upper class. From childhood trauma, to wild substance abuse as an adult, and ultimately toward recovery, the humorous and jaw-dropping saga encompasses the South of France in the 1960s, New York in the ’80s and Britain in the early 2000s.

Premieres on Showtime May 12

Patrick Melrose: Copyright: 2018 Showtime

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Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: John Tsiavis

Filmmaker Jennifer Fox shares her personal experience of childhood sexual abuse and recovery in this difficult but important film, a Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee. Laura Dern and a preteen Isabelle Nélisse (Mama) play Fox at different times in her life, as the adult Jennifer (Dern) realizes, via a chance revisiting of a story she wrote as a prepubescent student, that the decades-older track coach she considered her first “boyfriend” actually groomed and raped her. Jason Ritter is eerily genial as Fox’s abuser while Ellen Burstyn is fiery as Fox’s mother Nettie, whose own guilt, shame and confusion helped her daughter assemble the real story.

Premieres on HBO May 26

The Tale: © HBO

The Tale

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RETURNING Understanding FAVORITES TV Everywhere February

Watch Your Favorites

Wherever You Are With TV Everywhere

Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: John Tsiavis

Patrick Melrose: Copyright: 2018 Showtime

The Tale: © HBO

Midco’s TV Everywhere is an online feature that enables multiscreen viewing from a select group of networks and programs — whenever and wherever you want. Best of all, it’s free with your Midco cable TV subscription!

To learn how to use TV Everywhere, log on to Midco.com/Support/Cable-TV/ TV-Everywhere. Here you will find instructions for streaming your favorite shows and movies, a link to instructional Tech Tips tutorials and more. In addition, Midco cable TV customers can watch Tech Tips on TV by accessing the ON Demand main menu, and then going to the Tech Tips folder.

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RETURNING FAVORITES

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on’t expect a sophomore slump for History’s SIX when it returns on Memorial Day. The action drama following an elite team of Navy SEALs is back with a vengeance for Season 2.

The first eight episodes followed the SEALs on a mission to rescue their friend and former team leader Rip Taggart (Walton Goggins) and a group of schoolgirls taken hostage by a terrorist cell in West Africa. While the mission was a success, the homecoming was bittersweet for SEAL Team leader Joe “Bear” Graves (Barry Sloane), who returned to an empty house. It was much worse for Rip, who had a shocking seaside encounter with a terrorist recruit in the season’s closing scene.

“The story picks up right where it left off,” Sloane assures us. “There’s no time gap. There’s no shift. We pick it up right from the pier.”

While Rip’s fate hangs in the balance, the

SEALs have to face the frightening reality that the war has come home with them. They’re left to wonder how many homegrown terrorists are operating in this sleeper cell, who’s coordinating them and which of the SEALs — or their family members — will be targeted next. “[SEALs] do work very hard to keep their family away from the battlefield,” Sloane says. “When it’s on your own doorstep, it’s hard to dissociate that part of your life.”

The mission to counter this new threat sends the SEALs to Eastern Europe and hostile areas like Chechnya to strike at the heart of the terrorist network. This brings them dangerously close to Russian territory, where their actions could have serious geopolitical consequences and spark a much bigger conflict.

Enter CIA officer Gina Cline, played by series newcomer Olivia Munn (The Newsroom). Cline is calling the SEALs’ shots for this new mission,

SIX: Credit: History/Leo Williams.

SIX

A New Threat At Home Sends The SEALs To The Brink Of A Bigger War. By Ryan A. Berenz

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May

Olivia Munn (center) joins Season 2 of SIX

The season premiere, if you

thought the firefight in Episode 8 was ambitious, this blows it out of the water.

— “SIX” star Barry Sloane

and some operators are better at taking orders than others.

“You get to see during this season the SEALs’ position in the pecking order of the United States, and it’s not as high as you would initially think,” Sloane says. “These guys don’t get the ultimate say in pretty much

anything.”

Sloane likens Munn’s role to Jessica Chastain’s character in the film Zero Dark Thirty. “They are incredibly smart, incredibly driven professionals, who in order to achieve what they would like to achieve, they’re not shy about reaching out to

people with a different skill set from their own to get the job done,” he says.

For Sloane and his castmates, getting this job done required skills beyond the brutal but basic SEAL training they received for Season 1. “This season we were treated more like operators, which was great,” Sloane says. “We were given a huge rucksack to fill with various torture implements, and taken off into the mountains of British Columbia with two Navy SEALs. We arrived and started walking, and didn’t stop walking for four days.

We learned how to survive in subzero conditions in the snow, how to plot our course without conventional GPS location.”

It’s all worth it to give the 10-episode second season a bigger scale, heightened emotion, greater danger and more intense action.

“The season premiere, if you thought the firefight in Episode 8 was ambitious, this blows it out of the water,” Sloane says. “I think we have five Black Hawk helicopters, three Little Bird helicopters, about five or six cars. It’s incredible.”

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The Bachelorette: © 2017 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Credit: Craig Sjodin American Choppers: Credit Discovery Channel

Interior designer Hilary Farr and real estate agent David Visentin return for a new season of Love It or List It as they continue to help struggling homeowners determine whether to stay in their newly remodeled home or list it and take the profit.

“You see chaos turning into living space, chaos turning into choices the designers made, dysfunction into function and mess into beauty,” Farr says.

Returns to HGTV Mondays beginning May 7

Running Wild With Bear Grylls: © 2016 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Credit: Ben Simms/NBC.

Love It or List It

Love It or List It: © 2017, HGTV/Scripps Networks, LLC. Credit: Catherine Nguyen

Season 3 begins six months after the Bowmans’ escape from the Los Angeles bloc as Will (Josh Holloway) and Katie (Sarah Wayne Callies) struggle to rebuild their family in the world beyond the walls.

When their peaceful existence is shattered, they are sent on an odyssey that will finally reveal the horrifying truth behind Earth’s mysterious occupiers, and the Bowmans will once again be forced to choose sides.

Returns to USA Network Wednesdays beginning May 2

Code Black: © 2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Colony

Things get a little psychedelic in this second episode of the new season as a patient at Angels Memorial sees the staff in a full-out musical number. All 13 cast members are involved in the choreographed episode. Dr. Campbell (Boris Kodjoe), who’s typically all about the job, even gets his own solo. “They know better than not to give me my solo,” Kodjoe laughs. “It was a great time, and everybody was laughing all the time. We’re a family. We all love each other, and the fact that we were able to do that together was just a blessing.”

CBS May 2

Colony: 2018 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

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The Bachelorette

Running Wild With Bear Grylls

The Bachelorette: © 2017 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Credit: Craig Sjodin American Choppers: Credit Discovery Channel Running Wild With Bear Grylls: © 2016 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Credit: Ben Simms/NBC.

Code Black: © 2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.

Love It or List It: © 2017, HGTV/Scripps Networks, LLC. Credit: Catherine Nguyen

Colony: 2018 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Survival expert Bear Grylls embarks on a fourth season of guiding celebrities through the wilderness. Joining Bear this season will be tennis champ Roger Federer; actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Game of Thrones star Lena Headey; Emmy-winning star of Orange Is the New Black Uzo Aduba; The Americans star Keri Russell; Oscar nominee Don Cheadle; actor Scott Eastwood; and World of Dance judge Derek Hough.

Returns to NBC Mondays beginning May 7

For the 14th installment of ABC’s The Bachelorette, Rebecca “Becca” Kufrin sets out to find love. After winning the heart (and the final rose) of Season 22’s bachelor, Arie Luyendyk Jr., she had her heart broken when Luyendyk decided he’d rather be with a runner-up and broke off their engagement.

But Kufrin is ready to move on, sharing during The Bachelor’s postseason special, After the Final Rose, “I’m ready for the next chapter of my life, to be happy, to find someone better suited for me. I don’t want to keep looking in the past. I want to move forward.”

Returns to ABC Mondays beginning May 28

American Chopper Paul Teutul Sr. and Jr. are back as Discovery’s iconic reality hit returns after nearly a decade. As the two men continue to build custom bikes, often for A-list clientele, in their respective shops — Sr.’s famed Orange County Choppers and Jr.’s Paul Jr. Designs — the father and son also work to slowly rebuild their frayed relationship.

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ON DEMAND

(Action) Returning to his home in Wakanda after his father’s death, T’Challa must take his rightful place as king of this technologically advanced African nation. With challenges coming from factions in the country, can he persevere and prosper? Chadwick Boseman, Premieres May 15 Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o (PG-13, 2:14) (HD)

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Peter Rabbit (Comedy) A mixture of live action and animation brings the classic Beatrix Potter tale to life as a rebellious rabbit tries to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. Voices of James Corden, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley (PG, 1:35) (HD) Premieres May 1

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© 2017 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

© 2017 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All Images Are Property Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

May NEW RELEASES

Fifty Shades Freed (Drama) The final chapter of the story of Anastasia and Christian. The two have seen their relationship advance to the next level as they become husband and wife. But challenges still follow them around. Can their relationship survive? Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Arielle Kebbel (R, 1:45) Premieres May 8 (HD)

Game Night (Comedy) Couples’ game night goes to a whole new level when a murder mystery party gets hilariously blurred as to what’s real and what’s fake. It’s a bumbling night of chaos, crime and stiff competition. Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler (R, 1:40) (HD) Premieres May 22

WHAT’S NEW THIS MONTH

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The Insult. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Jerico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Mary And The Witch’s Flower. . . . . 5/1 Maya The Bee 2: The Honey Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Most Likely To Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Nostalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Peter Rabbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Tremors 6: A Cold Day In Hell . . . . . 5/1 12 Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Winchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 Harry & Meghan: A Modern Royal Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/2 Alex & The List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/4 The Con Is On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/4 Batman Ninja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/8 Fifty Shades Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/8

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Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/8 Born Guilty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/11 Higher Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/11 The Honor List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/11 Black Panther. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 Bucky And The Squirrels . . . . . . . .5/15 Island Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 Landing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 The Last Horsemen Of New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 The Manor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 The Nanny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 Samson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/15 Steven Tyler: Out On A Limb. . . . .5/15 Carter & June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/18 Dark Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/18 The Hollow Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/18 Accused. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22

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Beauty Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Daphne & Velma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Early Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 A Fantastic Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 The 15:17 To Paris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Game Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Gray Matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 The Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Red Sparrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Seven Hundred Miles . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Victor Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/22 Future World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/25 In Darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/25 Annihilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/29 The Brice Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/29 Director’s Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/29 It Came From The Desert. . . . . . . 5/29 The Last Witness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/29 15

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© 2018 20th Century Fox.

©2018 Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures

May NEW RELEASES

ON DEMAND

12 Strong

Red Sparrow

The 15:17 to Paris

(Action) The first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 must come together under the leadership of a new captain in an attempt to take down the Taliban. Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, William Fichtner (R, 2:10) (HD) Premieres May 1

(Thriller) Dominika Egorova is a Russian ballerina who is recruited by the Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains young people to use their bodies and minds as weapons. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Mary-Louise Parker (R, 2:20) Premieres May 22 (HD)

(Thriller) When a terrorist attempts to take over a train, three Americans stand up to the threat, and these ordinary individuals perform the extraordinary. This true story features the actual heroes who lived it portraying themselves.

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler (PG-13, 1:34) Premieres May 22 (HD)

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Early Man

(Horror) Winchester is a name that has graced firearms for years. This story deals with the eccentric firearms heiress who believes she is being haunted by those who have lost their lives at the expense of the weapon that bears her name.

Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke (PG-13, 1:39) (HD) Premieres May 1

(Action) After her husband returns from a secret government experiment near dead, a biologist goes in search of answers in this trippy thriller based on the bestselling novel

by Jeff VanderMeer. Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez (R, 1:55) (HD) Premieres May 29

(Family) A new day is dawning for caveman Dug as he winds up in the Bronze Age. Dug must assemble a modern tribe to stake his claim, but can he?

Voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams (PG, 1:29) (HD) Premieres May 22

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ORIGINAL FILM

Fahrenheit 451

Fist Fight

Based on Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of the same name, this film depicts a terrifying future where books are banned and firemen are in charge of destroying them. Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella (TV-14) Premieres on HBO May 19

When Mr. Strickland gets fired, he challenges the diminutive Mr. Campbell to a fight, leading the two to square off for an after-school brawl everyone is looking forward to. Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Tracy Morgan (R) Premieres on HBO May 27

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The Fourth Estate: © 2018 UJP Production. Credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME. Patrick Melrose: © 2018 SKY/SHOWTIME Credit: Ollie Upton

When Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada and France are surrounded by the German army, those at home must help bring their loved ones back. Fionn Whitehead, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy (PG-13) Premieres on HBO May 12

I’m Dying Up Here: © 2016 Showtime Credit: Patrick Ecclesine

Led by Master Wu, Lloyd and a group of teens are called to defend Ninjago from the warlord Garmadon — who happens to be Lloyd’s dad.

Voices of Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen (PG) Premieres on HBO May 5

The Promise: Open Road Films Credit: Jose Haro

Dunkirk

The Lego Ninjago Movie: © 2017 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Dunkirk: © 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC and Ratpac Entertainment, LLC Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon Farenheit 451: Credit: Michael Gibson/HBO Fist Fight: © 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

PREMIUMS

May

I’m Dying Up Here

As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war-torn chaos, three members of a love triangle find their conflicting passions must be deferred while they try to get their people to safety. Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon (PG-13) Premieres on Showtime May 5

Brad Garrett guest-stars in the second season of this series about the members of a fictional group of comedians and the brassy comedy club owner who looks after them. Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor, Michael Angarano (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime May 6

The Fourth Estate: © 2018 UJP Production. Credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick/SHOWTIME.

The Promise

NEW SERIES

Patrick Melrose: © 2018 SKY/SHOWTIME Credit: Ollie Upton I’m Dying Up Here: © 2016 Showtime Credit: Patrick Ecclesine The Promise: Open Road Films Credit: Jose Haro

The Lego Ninjago Movie: © 2017 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Dunkirk: © 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC and Ratpac Entertainment, LLC Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon Farenheit 451: Credit: Michael Gibson/HBO Fist Fight: © 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Ratpac-Dune Entertainment LLC. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

SEASON PREMIERE

NEW MINISERIES

The Fourth Estate

Patrick Melrose Each episode of this five-part miniseries follows one of the novels in Edward St. Aubyn’s series of books following the life of the troubled titular character, from a traumatic childhood through addiction and recovery. Benedict Cumberbatch, Dainton Anderson, Holliday Grainger (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime May 12

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This new docuseries introduces men and women who are fighting for freedom of the press.

Follow the journalists and investigative reporters of The New York Times during the Trump administration’s first history-making year. (TV-14) Premieres on Showtime May 27

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PREMIUMS

NEW SERIES

Vida

What Haunts Us

Sisters Lyn and Emma couldn’t be more different from each other. Circumstances bring them to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by a shocking truth about their mother’s identity. Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui (TV-MA) Premieres on Starz May 6

Of 49 male students who graduated in the class of 1979 from the Porter-Gaud high school in Charleston, S.C., six have committed suicide.

When documentarian Paige Goldberg Tolmach hears of yet another student’s death, she looks into allegations of abuse. (TV-MA) Premieres on Starz May 14

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Assassin’s Creed: © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Credit: Kerry Brown Fifty Shades Darker: © 2016 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Credit: Doane Gregory Hidden Figures: TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Credit: Hopper Stone.

NEW SERIES

La La Land: © 2016 Lionsgate Films. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Dale Robinette.

Sweetbitter: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Jason Bell

life. When she finds work at one of the best restaurants in town, she ends up with more than just a job. Ella Purnell, Tom Sturridge, Caitlin FitzGerald (TV-MA) Premieres on Starz May 6

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House: Butler Pictures (Felt) Inc. Credit: Bob Mahoney

Mark Felt, a.k.a. “Deep Throat,” leaked information to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, uncovering the Watergate scandal of 1972. Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas (PG-13) Premieres on Starz May 5

Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Erica Parise What Haunts Us: © Courtesy of Kennedy/Marshall Company& Matt Tolmach Productions

Mark Felt: The Man Who Sweetbitter Brought Down the White House Tess comes to New York City to start a new

Assassin’s Creed: © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Credit: Kerry Brown Fifty Shades Darker: © 2016 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Credit: Doane Gregory Hidden Figures: TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Credit: Hopper Stone.

La La Land: © 2016 Lionsgate Films. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Dale Robinette.

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House: Butler Pictures (Felt) Inc. Credit: Bob Mahoney

Sweetbitter: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Jason Bell

Vida: © 2017 Starz Entertainment, LLC Credit: Erica Parise What Haunts Us: © Courtesy of Kennedy/Marshall Company& Matt Tolmach Productions

May

La La Land

Hidden Figures

An aspiring actress meets a struggling musician who seems attached to his roots. Can the two find common ground as a couple in the fastpaced world of show business? Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax May 1

As NASA races to space against the Russians, a team of African-American women is at the core of the most important mathematical data. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe (PG) Premieres on Cinemax May 2

Assassin’s Creed

Fifty Shades Darker

Callum Lynch accesses the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and acquires the skills of a master assassin, allowing him to take on the Templar organization in the present day. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax May 11

In the second film of the trilogy, Christian wrestles with his inner demons, and Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson (R) Premieres on Cinemax May 18

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RETURNING Access FAVORITES Netflix Through February TiVo

I ORIGINAL SERIES, COMEDIES & FILMS

John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

Dear White The Rain People: Volume 2 Season 1

Manhunt

The Kissing Booth

The Break With Michelle Wolf

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

May 4

May 4

May 4

Season 4 May 30

End Game

May 1

May 4

I HIGHLIGHTS

Shrek May 1

The Bourne Ultimatum

Mamma Mia! May 16

May 1

Coco

May 29

Shrek: ™&© 2001 DreamWorks LLC. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Courtesy DreamWorks Pictures

Jewel’s Catch One

The Bourne Ultimatum: © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Jasin Boland

I ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARIES & DOCUSERIES

Credit: Netflix.

May 11

Season 1 May 27

Mamma Mia!: © 2008 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Peter Mountain Coco: © Disney-Pixar Studios. All Rights Reserved.

May 1

Note: Customers must subscribe separately to Midco TiVo DVR service and Netflix.

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RETURNINGYour FAVORITES TiVo Central February Road Map

QUICK TOUR – THE TIVO APP With the TiVo app, you can stream live TV and recorded shows to your mobile device. You can even download recorded shows to your device to take with you when you’re on the go. Just make sure your TiVo DVR and your mobile device are connected to your home network, download the free TiVo app to your mobile device, and you’re ready to get started!

(Bonus: The TiVo app also lets you schedule recordings, control live TV, search for shows, and more!)

Note: Streaming or downloading requires a compatible DVR and a supported mobile device running current software. Some shows cannot be streamed or downloaded due to the copy protection assigned them by the program provider.

To stream or download shows to your mobile device: 1. Sign in to the TiVo app on your mobile device.

3. Do one of the following: • To stream a show: Tap “Watch Now” at the top of the screen.

• To download a show: Tap “Download” at the top of the screen.

To set up a recording through the app: 1. Open the TiVo app on your mobile device and tap Guide.

2. Select the search icon on your screen and search for the show you want to record.

3. Tap the show, and then select either Record this episode or Create a OnePass. Choose the options you want for your recording and then hit either Record with these options or Create OnePass.

TiVo Tip!

Get how-to information online! You’ll always find the latest information about what you can do with your DVR or Mini online at tivo.com/howto or Midco.com/TechTips.

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Shrek: ™&© 2001 DreamWorks LLC. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Courtesy DreamWorks Pictures

The Bourne Ultimatum: © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Jasin Boland

Mamma Mia!: © 2008 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Credit: Peter Mountain Coco: © Disney-Pixar Studios. All Rights Reserved.

2. Tap “My Shows.” Make sure that the “On DVR” tab is selected.

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