For those who still haven’t cut the cord, here is a selection of cable and network TV shows, movies and specials that broadcast this week, May 6-12. Details and times are subject to change.
Monday
MET GALA: LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET 6 p.m. on E! Some people celebrate the Super Bowl, some celebrate Derby Day. And others celebrate the Met Gala, the benefit ball for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute on the first Monday in May. This year, the exhibition is “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” and the dress code is “The Garden of Time.” Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth and Bad Bunny are hosts of the event, alongside, of course, Anna Wintour. Live coverage from E! will feature the host Ross Mathews interviewing attendees on the red carpet and at the Mark Hotel and the Pierre Hotel beforehand.
OMG FASHUN 9 p.m. on E! Julia Fox is following up her memoir “Down the Drain,” from last year, with this sustainable fashion competition show. Teaming up with Law Roach, the mastermind stylist behind Zendaya’s incredible press looks for “Challengers,” each episode features three designers creating outfits with Fox as their muse.
Tuesday
WEDDING CRASHERS (2005) 10:30 p.m. on Paramount. Rom-coms are making a come back this year (see: “Anyone But You”), and I hope buddy comedies are next. Take this classic starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as divorce mediators who crash weddings to drink for free and meet women. “A wink-wink, nudge-nudge Trojan horse of a story, the film pivots on two cut-rate Lotharios persuasively inhabited by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, who love the ladies, but really and truly, cross their cheating hearts, just want a nice girl to call wife,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The New York Times.
BRANDY HELLVILLE & THE CULT OF FAST FASHION 8 p.m. on HBO. If you were a girl growing up in the 2000s and 2010s, you probably had a piece of Brandy Melville clothing in your closet. The brand was marketed as “one size fits all,” but that one size was … tiny. This documentary dives deeper into the company’s work environment and discriminatory practices as well as sustainability concerns over cheaply made clothing.
Thursday
THERESA CAPUTO: RAISING SPIRITS 9 p.m. on Lifetime. Whether or not you believe someone can be a psychic medium, as Theresa Caputo asserts she is, there is something appealing about watching her help people feel connected to family or friends who have died.
Friday
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 8 p.m. on TCM. Another film genre we need more of: moody teen comes to well-to-do town and shakes things up. And that is what we have with this movie: James Dean plays Jim Stark, who moves to a nice neighborhood in Los Angeles, hangs out with the offbeat kid (Sal Mineo) and falls for Judy (Natalie Wood), who is of course dating Buzz (Corey Allen), the toughest guy at school. “Convincing or not in motivations, this tale of tempestuous kids and their weird ways of conducting their social relations is tense with explosive incidents,” Bosley Crowther wrote in his review for The Times.
Saturday
BELOW DECK MARATHON starting at 7 p.m. on Bravo. We are currently in the “Below Deck” era of Captain Kerry Titheradge, with Fraser Olender as the chief steward, but before them, Kate Chastain was the mainstay. This marathon begins with Season 2 when Chastain, as chief stew, and Captain Lee Rosbach were one of Bravo’s most dynamic duos. Come for the crew drama and annoying guests, stay for the daydreams of sailing on a charter yacht.
ABBA: AGAINST THE ODDS 8 p.m. on the CW. Mamma Mia, am I excited for this documentary about the Swedish pop group ABBA. Released for the 50th anniversary of their album “Waterloo,” the film starts with their win at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and includes archival footage and new interviews with the band as they discuss some of their biggest hits.
Sunday
TIME 100: THE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 10 p.m. on ABC. What do Dua Lipa, Dev Patel, Mark Cuban, Patrick Mahomes and Tory Burch have in common? They are all on Time magazine’s most influential people list of 2024. This broadcast of the gala honoring the recipients, which took place last month in New York City, features performances by Lipa and Fantasia Barrino, as well as appearances by Maya Rudolph, Kelley Robinson and 21 Savage. Taraji P. Henson is the host, and Michael J. Fox receives the annual Time Impact Award.
