Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is vast. Here are some of the shows, specials, and movies that will air on TV this week, May 1-7. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
yes! LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET: MET GALA 2023 6 pm on E! Officially known as the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit (unofficially Party of the Year) and attended by prominent figures from the media and art world, the Met Gala is a formal wear event that raises money for fashion . museum wing.This year’s theme exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld: The Line of Beauty” A tribute to the longstanding luxury designers who helped shape the fashion world today. (Mr. Lagerfield passed away in 2019). Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin-Manuel Miranda are co-chairs of this year’s event.
little light LIFETIME, NGC, NAT GEO WILD at 9pm. This limited series tells the story of Miep Geese (Belle Powley), a Dutch woman who was secretary to Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber), father of Anne Frank (Billy Boulett), during World War II. . The series, which airs her second in a row to mark the 114th anniversary of her Guise birth, marks the end of her life for agreeing to hide the Frank family and four other people from her for two years. I am looking for a strange Geese and her husband.
Life Below Zero: The First Alaskans 8 p.m. NGC. This unscripted series, a spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning series Life Below Zero, follows Alaska Natives as they survive and thrive in one of the most remote landscapes on earth. In the show’s second season, the cast adapts to his 21st-century technology and advancements while staying true to traditions handed down from generations of Alaska Natives.
couples retreat 9 p.m. on MTV. A celebrity couple heads to Las Vegas for the third season of this MTV reality series. Challenge their relationship with unconventional professional help. Couples ranging from R&B legends to ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ alums step out of their comfort zones with a series of adrenaline-pumping activities including ziplining, cattle herding and wilderness training.
1000% I: mixed growth 9 p.m. on HBO. Emmy Award-winning producer and comedian W. Kamau Bell explores the joys and challenges of growing up in a mixed race in this hour-long compilation of interviews with multiracial children in the Bay Area. . Topics like casual racism, microaggressions, and the pressure to choose one or the other are all fair game, as is the interviewee’s favorite animal and tipper rundown of weekend hobbies.
Wednesday
No Country for Old Men (2007) 10:17 p.m. MAX. Joel and Ethan Coen, the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel of the same name, “combines shrewd dexterity with mischievous savagery,” writes AO Scott in a New York Times review. This Oscar-winning Best Picture neo-Western thriller follows her three men involved in a failed drug deal in 1980 West Texas. Javier Bardem plays Anton Sigurd, a deadpan sociopath with a funny haircut. Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) is a weary sheriff tracking down the wreckage left behind by Cigar. Both follow Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), “the human heart of cinema, the man you root for.” Scott promises that you will be “jerky and dumbfounded” and “completely and ecstatically engrossed.”
Ganga Ding (1939) 3:30pm at TCM. “Every movie should be like the first 25 minutes and the last 30 minutes of Ganga Din,” wrote Benjamin Crisler in his review for The Times. Drawing elements from Rudyard Kipling’s 1890 poem of the same name, this classic adventure film follows three British sergeants (Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) in colonial India. It follows the fight against a murderous cult alongside the famous Gunga Ding (Sam). Jaffe) as a guide. The film was deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress in 1999 and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Friday
articulate hour 9:00 p.m. PBSIn this three-part mini-series, journalist Jim Cotter interviews poets, musicians, neuroscientists and historians on a variety of topics. The first episode delves into the concept of human memory, while the second explores the contrasting needs for community and solitude.
Saturday
free cheol su lee 8 p.m. on PBS. During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, PBS’s Emmy Award-winning anthology series “Independent Lens” presents a documentary about Chol Soo Lee, a South Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1973. to introduce. Ben Kenigsberg wrote in his review for The Times: “Just because Lee was innocent doesn’t mean he was perfect,” wrote Kenigsberg.
Sunday
MTV Movie & TV Awards 8 p.m. on MTV. Actress Drew Barrymore will host this year’s awards ceremony, and many film and television stars will be recognized for their work. Among them is Jennifer Coolidge (“White Lotus”), winner of the 2023 Comedy Her Genius Award. Given at the event.
2010s 9 p.m. CNN. From Emmy-winning executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog, this seven-part series explores the impact of Instagram, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, marriage equality, Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. Validate the last 10 years received. , before culminating in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
