{"id":418531,"date":"2026-04-26T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:27:07","slug":"what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-april-26-may-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418531\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch on TV this week (April 26-May 2, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what\u2019s happening on TV from Sunday, April 26 to Saturday, May 2. All times are Eastern.<\/p>\n<p>In Apple TV\u2019s genre-mashingy series, Matthew Rhys stars Tom Loftis, the mayor of a quaint but supposedly cursed island town in New England. The locals (played by Kate O\u2019Flynn, Stephen Root, and Dale Dickey) fully buy into those superstitions, but Loftis is skeptical and instead focuses on driving up tourism. However, his plans get upended when those scary stories start coming true. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/widows-bay-review-apple-tv?preview_id=1859213120&amp;preview_nonce=64a08f35f6&amp;_thumbnail_id=1859213121&amp;preview=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read The A.V. Club\u2019s review<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The House Of The Spirits (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m., limited series premiere)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from Isabel Allend\u2019s debut novel, Prime Video\u2019s limited-series take on her saga details the life of the Trueba family across a century of social change, violent revolution, personal upheavals, and magical realism in conservative Chile. The eight-episode series is told through the perspective of granddaughter Alba (Rochi Hernandez), and Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace also star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than two decades after Denzel Washington took on the role of Special Forces mercenary John Creasy on the big screen, Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen ll steps into those vigilante shoes for this seven-episode series. The action-thriller finds our guy fighting to rescue the teenage daughter (Billie Boullet) of a dead colleague in Rio de Janeiro, all while battling his dark past and PTSD. Alice Braga, Scoot McNairy, Paul Ben-Victor, and Bobby Cannavale round out the cast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Twenty Twenty Six (BritBox, Friday, 12 a.m., limited series premiere)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Bonneville is back as Ian Fletcher in this satirical six-part follow-up to the London Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve and its BBC-focused sequel W1A. This time around, he\u2019s been named the new Director Of Integrity for the team behind the World Cup. Per usual, Hugh Skinner plays Fletcher\u2019s trusty assistant, and David Tennant narrates.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t miss recaps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-audacity-recap-season-1-episode-2-shine-brightly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Audacity<\/a> (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/euphoria-recap-season-3-episode-2-america-my-dream\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Euphoria<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/rooster-recap-season-1-episode-7-all-the-dogs-names\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rooster<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10:05 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-comeback-recap-season-3-episode-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Comeback<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10:36 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/daredevil-born-again-recap-season-2-episode-6-requiem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daredevil: Born Again<\/a> (Disney+, Tuesday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-boys-recap-season-5-episode-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Boys<\/a> (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/hacks-recap-season-5-episode-2-number-one-fan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hacks<\/a> (HBO Max, Thursday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/half-man-premiere-recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Half Man<\/a> (HBO, Thursday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/saturday-night-live-recap-season-51-episode-17\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> (NBC, 11:30 p.m.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also arriving<\/p>\n<p>The 152nd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/subject\/kentucky-derby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Derby<\/a> (NBC, Saturday, 2:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Ending soon<\/p>\n<p>The Forsytes (PBS, Sunday, 9p.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p>R.J. Decker (ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/imperfect-women-review-apple-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Imperfect Women<\/a> (Apple TV, Wednesday, 12 a.m., limited series finale)<\/p>\n<p>Million Dollar Secret (Netflix, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season two finale)<\/p>\n<p>American Gladiators (Prime Video, Friday, 3 a.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p>Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters (Apple TV, Friday, 3 a.m., season two finale)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. 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