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Sunday’s What to Watch highlights Rick and Morty’s Season 9 premiere on Adult Swim, along with CBS finales for Tracker and Marshals, PBS’s National Memorial Day Concert, and a mix of reality, docuseries, and dramas across Netflix, HBO, CNN, Hallmark Channel and more.
Elon Musk called The Boys finale 'pathetic' on X after Homelander loses his powers, a critique that showrunner Eric Kripke celebrated as a badge of honor; Kripke said the Disruptor cameo was a pre-planned, satirical target, and the full season is streaming on Prime Video.
Jon Stewart surprised Stephen Colbert on The Late Show’s final episodes by unveiling two motorized recliners that lift the hosts into view, then Andra Day walked out to perform Rise Up in a poignant moment between longtime friends as Colbert prepares to end the show on May 21.
Tubi has ordered Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, Warner Bros. Animation’s first-ever Scooby-Doo anime series, which follows Scooby and Shaggy to Japan where they encounter mythical monsters. Produced with Japan’s OLM Studios and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki (co-producer Francisco Paredes), the show will stream on Tubi in the U.S. and air internationally on Cartoon Network. Sam Register calls it a new chapter for the franchise, blending classic mystery hijinks with anime-style visuals, as Netflix develops a separate live-action Scooby-Doo: Origins project.
Euphoria's Season 3 Episode 6 will stream on HBO Max on Sunday, May 17 at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT) and will also air on HBO at the same time; episodes 7 and 8 follow on May 24 and May 31, as the weekly rollout continues. The season, set five years after season 2, features Zendaya and new guest stars such as Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Danielle Deadwyler, Natasha Lyonne, and Trisha Paytas.
Nia DaCosta will direct the first two episodes and serve as an executive producer on Prime Video’s Sex Criminals, an adaptation of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Image Comics series, starring Imogen Poots and John Reynolds; the project is produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Nanjiani and Gordon as creators.
Dowd and Li unpack The Testaments’ Aunt Lydia flashback: Lydia offers herself to a future Gilead commander to prove loyalty, shoots a colleague in a test that reveals the brutality of the regime, and reveals Lydia’s abortion secret from Atwood’s sequel; her journals hint at a long-running plan to become Aunt No. 1 and to ally with June/Mayday against Gilead, reshaping our understanding of Lydia’s survival strategy and the show’s evolving power dynamics.
Deadline reports that Nicole Kidman joins the TV adaptation as Lace, a lawyer-wrestler, with showrunner David E. Kelley and EP Eva Anderson praising her believability in both the ring and courtroom. Lace’s appearance, connected to Leather & Lace, unfolds in Episode 4 “Buddies” as she and Jinx reconnect at a wrestling Fan Expo, expanding the story beyond the novel. New episodes air weekly on Wednesdays.
Apple TV+ released a teaser for its ten-episode limited series Cape Fear, a Scorsese- and Spielberg-produced remake of the 1991 thriller, starring Amy Adams (Anna Bowden), Patrick Wilson (Tom Bowden) and Javier Bardem (Max Cady). Showrunner Nick Antosca and director Morten Tyldum lead the project, with the first two episodes premiering on June 5.
Deadline reports The White Lotus will return for a France-set Season 4 with an eclectic ensemble including Heather Graham, Rosie Perez, Ben Schnetzer, Tobias Santelmann, Frida Gustavsson and Laura Smet; production is kicking off in France, with Saint-Tropez-area locations rumored, and the season will follow hotel guests and staff over a week, written and directed by Mike White, with roles not yet disclosed.
CBS canceled sophomore drama Watson and freshman comedy DMV, setting their finales for May 3 and May 11 as the network finalizes its 2026-27 schedule. Watson had previously earned a Season 2 renewal but saw ratings fall, while DMV launched solidly but faced a drop in delayed viewing. CBS also renewed Marshals and CIA and is moving forward with pilots Eternally Yours and Tillbrooks as part of a broader reshuffle ahead of the new season.
Rachel Lindsay criticizes ABC and The Bachelor franchise on her Higher Learning podcast, arguing the series has treated people of color as “risks” and highlighting ongoing DEI debates around Taylor Frankie Paul’s canceled Bachelorette season. She says she watched an unaired first episode where contestants were aware of Paul’s past arrest, and notes newer allegations that emerged after filming. Lindsay also points to perceived double standards in fan reactions to Black leads versus controversial white leads, suggesting the season’s turmoil and Paul’s probation could cast a long shadow over the franchise’s future and its diversity initiatives.
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has resumed filming for its seventh season after a pause prompted by the death of Mary Cosby’s son, Robert Cosby Jr.; Mary Cosby is not filming for now as Bravo follows her lead, and there are no announced casting details. Police indicated an overdose investigation related to the incident.
Taylor Sheridan’s Tulsa King spinoff, originally set in New Orleans as NOLA King, has relocated to Texas and been renamed Frisco King, with Samuel L. Jackson cast to star. Sheridan will write all eight episodes of the first season, production set to begin in late March in Fort Worth, and the project is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios.
Deadline reports that Netflix’s Wednesday will return for Season 3 with Joanna Lumley promoted to series regular as Granmama Hester Frump, while Bruno Yuson departs; Eva Green will play Ophelia, and Winona Ryder will recur, as production heads to Ireland with the core cast returning.