/A\ begins the month of May with season finales of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, THE NEW ADVENTURE’S OF OLD CHRISTINE, and PRIVATE PRACTICE. New episodes of GOSSIP GIRL, DANCING WITH THE STARS, FLASHFORWARD, FRINGE and MIAMI MEDICAL also continue throughout the month.
Programming highlights on /A\ include:
• Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl) guest stars on THE MIDDLE (May 4)
• Special guest judge and Lord of the Rings actress Sarah McLeod welcome the girls to the Hobbiton in New Zealand on AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (May 5)
• Long-held secrets surface on HAPPY TOWN (May 5)
• Mark (Joseph Fiennes) helps Simon (Dominic Monaghan) track down his missing sister on FLASHFORWARD (May 6)
• The final 5 couples take the stage on a new two-hour performance episode on DANCING WITH THE STARS (May 10)
• Eric McCormack (WILL AND GRACE) guest stars on the season finale of THE NEW ADVENTURE’S OF OLD CHRISTINE (May 11)
• The winner is revealed on the two-hour season finale of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (May 12)
• The team ventures into the alternate world in part one of the two-part FRINGE season finale (May 13)
• The staff’s world gets rocked by an unexpected death on the season finale of PRIVATE PRACTICE (May 13)
• Both universes may never be the same again on the season finale of FRINGE (May 20)
• Canadian Kari Matchett (Invasion) guest stars as cardiac surgeon Dr. Helena Sable on the season finale of MIAMI MEDICAL (May 21)
Below is a chronological listing of programming highlights for May 3 – 23. All programming is subject to change. All times ET/PT (unless otherwise stated).
Monday, May 3
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW PERFORMANCE EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Six couples continue their fancy footwork on a 90-minute performance episode.
10 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER– “Crashers” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
A young model is found dead shortly after crashing an exclusive political event.
Tuesday, May 4
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW RESULTS EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Another couple’s fate is determined as the duo with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes is sent home.
9 p.m. – THE MIDDLE – “Mother’s Day” – NEW EPSIODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. on ACCESS
Mother’s Day for Frankie is anything but serene when she finds herself doing more for Mike and the kids and less for herself. But she learns that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree when she escapes the family for a few hours to go to her mom’s (Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl) and ends up acting like a child by making her mom wait on her hand-and-foot.
9:30 p.m. – THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE – “Scream” – NEW EPSIODE
Also airs at 10:30 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10:30 p.m. on ACCESS
After a good-looking cop, who Old Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) assumes is a stripper, alerts her that there is a prowler in the neighborhood, she convinces Matthew (Hamish Linklater) to stay over. Meanwhile, New Christine (Emily Rutherfurd) goes into labor – on Old Christine’s birthday.
10 p.m. – V – “Hearts and Minds” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
Ryan (Morris Chestnut), Father Jack (Joel Gretsch) and Hobbes (Charles Mesure, CROSSING JORDAN) try to avoid being nabbed by a team of V trackers, Anna (Morena Baccarin) invites Tyler (Logan Huffman) to live on the Mothership, and Chad (Scott Wolf) confronts Jack about the fifth column. This episode will air on SPACE Thursday May 6 at 9 p.m. ET.
Wednesday, May 5
8 p.m. – AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – “Hobbits Vs. Models” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Special guest judge and Lord of the Rings actress Sarah McLeod welcomes the girls to the Hobbiton in New Zealand, where the girls do a quick five-frame photo shoot. During this week’s photo shoot, Tyra goes behind the camera with the final five models.
10 p.m. – HAPPY TOWN – “I Came To Haplin for the Waters”– NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Long-held secrets surface as newly appointed sheriff Tommy Conroy (Geoff Stults) investigates the Friddle murder. Meanwhile, Henley (Lauren German) appears to know a lot more about Haplin’s dark side than she’s letting on.
Thursday, May 6
8 p.m. – FLASHFORWARD – “Course Correction” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Demetri (John Cho) and Agent Banks (Alex Kingston, ER) go after a murderer whose targets are those who thought they’d escaped their flashforward fates, and Mark (Joseph Fiennes) helps Simon (Dominic Monaghan) track down his missing sister.
9 p.m. – FRINGE – “Northwest Passage” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Peter (Joshua Jackson) teams with local authorities on a mysterious murder case and someone from the “other side” pays a visit.
10 p.m. – PRIVATE PRACTICE – “In The Name Of Love” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Naomi (Audra McDonald) puts Fife (Michael Patrick Thornton) in a conflicted position. Meanwhile Violet (Amy Brennaman) and Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) treat a woman with a brain tumor who has to choose between life or quality of life, and Sheldon (Brian Benben) decides to officially throw his hat into the ring for Charlotte’s (KaDee Strickland) affections.
Friday, May 7
8 p.m. – WIFE SWAP – “Beauvais/Clayton” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A family who believes the power of manifesting positive thinking will help anyone achieve their dreams swap with an unemployed family hit hard by the economy.
10 p.m. – MIAMI MEDICAL – “Calle Cubana” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
A thug on the loose during Miami’s Calle Cubana celebration causes havoc for the alpha team.
Saturday, May 8
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – My Life Without Me
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
In the film My Life Without Me, 23 year old Ann (Sarah Polley, Dawn of the Dead) lives a modest life with her two kids and her husband in a trailer in her mother’s garden. Her life takes a dramatic turn, when her doctor tells her she has uterine cancer and only two months to live. She compiles a list of things to do before she dies.
10 p.m. – STARGATE ATLANTIS – “Submersion” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
The Atlantis team finds an Ancient underwater research facility and puts a team together to check it out.
Sunday, May 9
8 p.m. – GOSSIP GIRL – “Ex-Husbands and Wives” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
When things get tense between Rufus (Matthew Settle) and Will (guest star Billy Baldwin, DIRTY SEXY MONEY), Serena (Blake Lively) chooses to stand behind her father. Meanwhile, Jenny (Taylor Momsen) deliberately shares information with Will that may ultimately destroy Lily (Kelly Rutherford) and Rufus’ marriage. After many failed attempts, Chuck (Ed Westwick) makes one last grand gesture to reconcile with Blair (Leighton Meester).
9 p.m. – MONK – “Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A new HMO restriction on individual therapy forces Monk (Tony Shalhoub) to join one of Dr. Bell’s (Hector Elizondo) groups just as its members are being murdered.
10 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – “Snatched” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A young girl is kidnapped and detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) must work with ex-convict, Geno Parnell (guest star Ron Eldard, BLIND JUSTICE), to get her back.
Monday, May 10
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW TWO-HOUR PERFORMANCE EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESSThe competition gets closer to the coveted mirror ball trophy as the remaining five couples take the stage on a new two-hour performance episode.
10 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER– “The Taxman Cometh” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Detectives Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson) are called in to investigate the death of a young heiress who died of an apparent drug overdose. The detectives begin to suspect her cousin, whose inheritance was increased due to the death.
Tuesday, May 11
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW RESULTS EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Another couple is sent home on the one-hour results show.
9 p.m. – THE MIDDLE – “Signals” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. on ACCESS
Mike (Neil Flynn) decides that he and Brick (Atticus Shaffer) need to try to become more social when Frankie (Patricia Heaton) points out that Mike’s social ineptness was passed on to Brick.
9:30 p.m. – THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE – “Get Smarter” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 10:30 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10:30 p.m. on ACCESS
When Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has Matthew (Hamish Linklater) and Barb (Wanda Sykes) throw her a “surprise” engagement party so she can get to know Max’s (Eric McCormack, WILL AND GRACE) friends, she begins to feel intellectually inferior to one particular guest, driving her to make a “surprising” decision, on the fifth season finale.
10 p.m. – V – “Fruition” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESSAfter a violent attack on someone close to Anna (Morena Baccarin), she decides it’s best to leave, while she also enlists the help of Chad (Scott Wolf) in finding fifth column members. This episode will air on SPACE on Thursday, May 13 at 9 p.m. ET.
Wednesday, May 12
8 p.m. – AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Miss J drops in on the final two to reveal the set-up for their CoverGirl commercial. Tyra reveals that the finalists will join her in a family portrait with some very special guests. The ladies must put their best happy foot forward during a rock-and-roll circus-inspired final runway for designer Anna Sui. One girl will be crowned America’s Next Top Model.
10 p.m. – HAPPY TOWN – “Polly Wants a Crack at Her” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
An omen of mysterious evil hovers as Haplin prepares to celebrate the annual thaw fest.
Thursday, May 13
8 p.m. – FLASHFORWARD – “The Negotiation” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
On the day before the prophesized flashforward date, Mark (Joseph Fiennes) must continue to protect Gabriel (James Callis, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), and Aaron’s (Brian F. O’Byrne) life is on the line when he locates his daughter’s captors.
9 p.m. – FRINGE – “Over There” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The team ventures into the alternate world in part one of the two-part FRINGE season finale.
10 p.m. – PRIVATE PRACTICE – “The End of a Beautiful Friendship” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Dell (Chris Lowell) and Maya’s (Geffri Maya) car crash has everyone shaken with impossible life and death decisions, on the season finale.
Friday, May 14
8 p.m. – WIFE SWAP – “Haller-Wren/Spencer” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A traditional all-American football loving family from Texas swaps lives
with a family of free spirited hippies.
10 p.m. – MIAMI MEDICAL – “Man on the Road” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
As the Alpha Team awaits news of their friend’s condition, they must tend to the victims of a motorcycle accident and a small plane crash.
Saturday, May 15
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Demons from her Past
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
In the film Demons from her Past, a woman (Alexandra Paul, A Sister’s Secret) returns to her hometown searching for answers after she’s released from prison, having served a 25-year sentence for a crime she didn’t commit.
10 p.m. – STARGATE ATLANTIS – “Vengeance” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
After losing contact with the new Taranin settlement, Sheppard’s (Joe Flanigan) team leaves to investigate. Finding the town deserted, they move to investigate an extensive subterranean tunnel system. What they find there holds dark tidings for the entire Pegasus Galaxy.
Sunday, May 16
8 p.m. – GOSSIP GIRL – “Last Tango, Then Paris” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Synopsis currently not available.
9 p.m. – MONK – “Happy Birthday Mr. Monk” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Natalie (Traylor Howard) is determined to throw a surprise party for Mr. Monk (Tony Shalhoub), even though he’s certain that she can’t do it. Meanwhile, a janitor is killed shortly before a businessman is poisoned. Mr. Monk is distracted during the case, because he’s always on the look out for a surprise party being sprung on him.
10 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – “Hell” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A young female refugee is found brutally injured, claiming the devil has attacked her.
Monday, May 17
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW PERFORMANCE EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
The final four couples continue their quest for the coveted mirror ball trophy on a new 90-minute performance episode.
Tuesday, May 18
8 p.m. – DANCING WITH THE STARS – NEW RESULTS EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
The couple with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes is sent home on the one-hour results show.
9 p.m. – THE MIDDLE – “Average Rules” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. on ACCESS
Frankie (Patricia Heaton) and Mike (Neil Flynn) are shocked to discover that Brick (Atticus Shaffer) may be held back from going to the third grade because the school librarian, Mrs. Nethercott (Guest star Betty White, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL), has it out for him due to his 31 unreturned books. Meanwhile, as Axl’s (Charlie McDermott) aptitude test results reveal that he’s academically gifted, Frankie makes it her mission to get an overlooked Sue (Eden Sher) the recognition she deserves when her teachers don’t even realize she’s in their classes.
10 p.m. – V – “Red Sky” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
The V soldier is still on the hunt for Val (Lourdes Benedicto), whose water breaks and whose baby will soon be born. Meanwhile Erica (Elizabeth Mitchell), tired of being on the defensive, decides to go on the offensive: She gets herself and Tyler (Logan Huffman) invited up to the Mothership for a get-to-know-everyone-better dinner, but she’s really there to find Anna’s (Morena Baccarin) soldiers and destroy them. And Chad (Scott Wolf), after Father Jack (Joel Gretsch) asks him to help get a message on the ship to Joshua (Mark Hildreth), discovers the awful truth that Anna’s been using him.
Wednesday, May 19
8 p.m. – AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – NEW RECAP EPSIODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. on ACCESS
Synopsis currently not available.
9 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIM’S UNIT – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. on ACCESS
Synopsis currently not available.
10 p.m. – HAPPY TOWN – “Slight of Hand” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. on ACCESS
When Rachel Conroy (Amy Acker) mysteriously vanishes, an eerie cloud settles over Haplin, as clues point to the return of the elusive Magic Man. Surprisingly, Tommy (Geoff Stults) finds an unlikely ally while desperately searching for his wife.
Thursday, May 20
8 p.m. – FLASHFORWARD – “Countdown” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Synopsis currently not available.
9 p.m. – FRINGE – “Over There: Part 2” – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 10 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 10 p.m. MT on ACCESS
In the second part of the two-part season finale, sacrifices will be made and both universes may never be the same again after Walter (John Noble) and Olivia (Anna Torv) visit the “other side.”
Friday, May 21
8 p.m. – WIFE SWAP – “Herrington/Trevino” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 9 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A clean-cut family who perform a wholesome variety show swap with a rules-free family of low-riders who let their girls wear and say anything they want.
10 p.m. – MIAMI MEDICAL – “AN ARM AND A LEG” – NEW EPISODE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
The career of a young golf prodigy and the lives of three college friends are in the hands of the Alpha Team following a horrific alligator attack. Kari Matchett (Invasion) guest stars as cardiac surgeon Dr. Helena Sable.
Saturday, May 22
8 p.m. – THE BIG PICTURE – Like Mother, Like Daughter
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
In the film Like Mother, Like Daughter, Dawna (Michelle Stafford, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) finds out her college-aged daughter has gone missing. Dawna elicits help from her friend and daughter’s college professor, unaware that she is seeking assistance from the very man who has harmed her.
10 p.m. – STARGATE ATLANTIS – “First Strike” – NEW TO /A\ – SEASON FINALE
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic
Colonel Abe Ellis (Michael Beachto) arrives at Atlantis with a new Earth ship, The Apollo and a new mission. Dr. Weir (Torri Higginson) has misgivings about that mission, one that could start a war with a very powerful enemy. When his mission goes wrong, Weir must take radical action to save Atlantis.
Sunday, May 23
8 p.m. – ACM PRESENTS: BROOKS & DUNN-THE LAST RODEO – NEW TWO-HOUR SPECIAL
Also airs at 9 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
Held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, ACM PRESENTS: BROOKS & DUNN-THE LAST RODEO is a tribute concert honouring Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn who will receive the Academy’s Milestone Award in recognition of their 20-year, record-breaking career. The all-star concert features some of country music’s most distinguished artists including Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood.
10 p.m. – LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – “Selfish” – NEW TO /A\
Also airs at 11 p.m. AT on /A\ Atlantic and 8 p.m. MT on ACCESS
A young child goes missing, and her young mother is the prime suspect. Hilary Duff (GOSSIP GIRL) and Gail O’Grady (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) guest star.
