5 DANCING QUEENS

Tuesdays beginning May 9 on BRAVO NEW SERIES!

Everyone has a hobby, but not everyone is paying up to six figures a year to support it. Bravo puts the spotlight on five diverse women who share a passion for dance, who pay professional dancers (that’s the “pro” in pro-am) to compete with them (they’re the “am,” or amateur) across the nation. We caught up with Sabrina Strasser, a former champion from Toronto, who became interested in the sport at age 29 after watching Dancing With the Stars.

“I took it up as a hobby after work once a week, and one thing led to another,” said Strasser, who had no previous dance experience. “I started really taking it more seriously. It wasn’t just once a week after work, it was three times a week, private lessons, and then [my teacher] spoke to me about competing because he felt that he saw talent, and it became a pro-am partnership.”

The series follows the women on and off the dance floor, as each of them has a very busy family life, and it reminds a bit of the network’s popular Real Housewives franchise.

“My passion is healthy, it’s dancing, it’s not drugs or alcohol, it’s not going out with girlfriends. I think it’s made me a better mom because I understand my girls and I try to teach them discipline as well,” Strasser concludes.

“My husband sees how dance has gotten the family together and a more passionate life. This show is our first opportunity to show how incredible it can be for amateur dancers and for women to follow their passion, to see what joy it can bring you.”

— Barb Oates

6NAKED AND AFRAID: LAST ONE STANDING

Sundays beginning May 7 on DISCOVERY CHANNEL NEW SERIES!

Naked and Afraid’s toughest compete for $100,000 and the title of Last One Standing. Twelve survivalists are tested in South Africa’s punishing Oribi Gorge through head-to-head challenges and the hunt for food, water, fire and shelter. It’s clothes off, and game on!

My Strange Arrest

Wednesdays beginning May 31 on A&E NEW SERIES!

We are suckers for anything to do with “strange,” from My Strange Addiction to Stranger Things. TV’s newest entry is sure to bring to the forefront some pretty unusual crimes and people — just look at headlines from the past like “Woman Tries to Buy Another Woman’s Baby in a Walmart Checkout Line” and you know this is going to be unbelievable. As always, truth is stranger than fiction.

Stone Cold Takes On America

Sundays beginning April 30 on A&E NEW SERIES!

Wrestling great “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has spent over two decades devoted to his sport, sacrificing many other life experiences along the way. Now Austin hits the road in his RV, accepting challenges from fans that push him out of his comfort zone. Through archival footage from classic WWE moments and his own stories, the series weaves together Austin’s old and new lives — both filled with incredible feats and his unique point of view — as he celebrates and learns from new experiences as only “Stone Cold” can.

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Friday, May 26 on HBO

She could turn the world on with her smile, and boy did she. Emmy-winning filmmaker James Adolphus (Soul of a Nation) directs this fascinating exploration into the iconic life of Mary Tyler Moore. With unprecedented access to Moore’s vast archive, the documentary chronicles her storied career that spanned 60 years. Weaving Moore’s personal narrative — she was a role model for women but also struggled privately with immeasurable tragedy — the film celebrates her boundarybreaking career as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as the indelible impact she had on generations of women who came after her. Family members, colleagues and stars like Rob Reiner, Ed Asner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phylicia Rashad, Norman Lear and more share their own stories of Moore’s influence.

MAYANS M.C.

Wednesdays beginning May 24 on FX SEASON PREMIERE!

The Sons of Anarchy spinoff created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James begins its last ride with a 10-episode fifth and final season. With El Padrino (Emilio Rivera) ousted and peace no longer on the table, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes (JD Pardo) leads his brother, Angel (Clayton Cardenas), and the Santo Padre M.C. in a bloody war against their rival Sons of Anarchy. The Reyes family has seen tragic deaths and emotional reunions, but they’ve seen nothing like what’s coming at them in the full-throttle final chapter. Edward James Olmos, JR Bourne, Danny Pino, Carla Baratta and Sarah Bolger also star. The season premieres with two back-to-back episodes.

10 Sisters

Wednesdays beginning May 17 on IFC NEW SERIES!

Barry’s Sarah Goldberg is moving on to another dark comedy, one she created and wrote along with her best friend Susan Stanley (Fair City). They also star as half siblings (one born in Ireland, the other Canada), who discover their shared family history and set out to find their alcoholic father. It’s a touching, messy — with some pretty dark humor at times — story of the power of family.

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FEEL-GOOD ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERES!

HALLMARK CHANNEL and HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES

From a classic love story and a singalong celebration to two new mystery movies, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries bring excitement to their May lineup with four new original movies. On Hallmark, Tamera Mowry-Housley stars in Dream Moms (Saturday, May 13) as a onetime off-

Broadway performer who meets a former dancer (Chelsea Hobbs), and together they are inspired to change their lives. The title explains it all for Hallmark’s next film, starring Cindy Busby — Love in Zion National: A National Park Romance (Saturday, May 20). On Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Jodie Sweetin and Stephen Huszar star in The Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost (Friday, May 12). And Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison and Barbara Niven should whet your appetite in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Friday, May 19).