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What’s on TV, May 17-23: Colbert signs off, Brooke Shields solves mysteries and more

New and noteworthy series, movies, sports and specials on broadcast, cable and/or streaming this coming week

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May 15, 2026
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“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS)

Sunday — May 17

It’s always the person you least suspect in the new true-crime docuseries “The Killer Among Us” hosted by “The Good Wife’s” Alan Cumming. (7 p.m. Oxygen)

She’s still the one: Shania Twain is your hostess with the mostest for the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, where singer Megan Moroney leads the field with nine nominations. (8 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. PT on Prime Video)

“Family Guy” tackles a trio of tales from history for its 24th season finale, after which, “Bob’s Burgers” ends its 16th season with two non-consecutive episodes. (8, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Fox)

Past contestants return to compete — but they still haven’t got a thing to wear! — in “Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown,” the latest entry in the outdoor survival franchise. (8 p.m. Discovery Channel)

Things take a dark turn for the ladies who brunch after one of their number winds up dead in the mystery thriller “Friends Until the End.” With Christa Rose and Sarah Malfara. (8 p.m. Lifetime)

“Cow!” Ride along with teams tracking twisters across the large swath of the Midwest known as “Tornado Alley” in the docuseries “In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers.” (10 p.m. Discovery Channel)

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Monday — May 18

“Suddenly Susan’s” Brooke Shields plays a novelist who joins forces with a spunky podcaster (Amalia Williamson) to solve a murder in a quaint New England town in the new mystery comedy “You’re Killing Me.” (Anytime, Acorn TV)

The procedural drama “FBI” and its spinoff “CIA” end their eighth and first seasons, respectively. (9 and 10 p.m. CBS)

Oh, baby! Former cast members of “16 and Pregnant” recall their time on the hit reality series in the season finale of “Hollywood Demons.” (9 p.m. Investigation Discovery)

Taiwanese American filmmaker Vicky Du turns the camera on her own family to explore the immigrant experience, intergenerational trauma and more in the 2024 documentary “Light of the Setting Sun” on “Independent Lens.” (10 p.m. PBS)

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