May 6-12: Crave Weekly Streaming Overview

Highlights This Week May 6 – HBO Max’s THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE *Series Premiere*

• The six-part comedy sketch series THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE drops on Thursday, May 6. The series uses sketches and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience various everyday situations including racial profiling, unemployment, falling in love and more, from Che’s perspective. In addition to Che, the series features SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE cast members Cecily Strong, Heidi Gardner, Colin Quinn, Ellen Cleghorne, and Che’s “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost, along with guest stars Omari Hardwick, Geoffrey Owens, Godfrey, Billy Porter, and Method Man.

MAY 6 – HBO Max’s LEGENDARY *Season 2 Premiere*

• Hailed by Indiewire as “a mind-boggling fantasia of ingenuity”, the HBO Max ballroom competition series LEGENDARY returns with three new episodes on Thursday, May 6. MC Dashaun Wesley, along with judges Leiomy Maldonado, Jameela Jamil, Law Roach, and Grammy^® winner Megan Thee Stallion, are set to crown the last house standing. Upcoming episodes also feature guest-judges Tiffany Haddish, Taraji P. Henson, Amiyah Scott, Nicco Annan, Adam Lambert, and Demi Lovato. In this series highlighting modern day ball culture, the teams compete in an arcing competition that documents a themed ball each episode from start to finish giving full access to the behind the scenes action. Season 2 features 10 houses, each compromised of five performers and a leader, battling in fashion and dance challenges including vogueing for the chance to snatch the legendary trophy and win the $100,000 cash prize. Every episode is a themed extravaganza to see who will be named the superior house, and move one step closer to becoming “Legendary”. LEGENDARY follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes dropping Thursdays.

MAY 6 – DARK SIDE OF THE RING (Crave Original) *Season 3A Premiere*

• The critically-acclaimed Crave Original series DARK SIDE OF THE RING returns for its third season, beginning Thursday, May 6 at 9 p.m. ET. Produced in partnership with VICE Studios, the series continues to lift the veil on the most controversial stories in the world of wrestling, giving viewers unprecedented access to wrestling insiders, and revealing the brutal truths and often tragic consequences of lives in the squared circle. Season 3 offers an inside look into the stories of Brian Pillman, Nick Gage, The Ultimate Warrior, Grizzly Smith, The Dynamite Kid, and more. DARK SIDE OF THE RING follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes available to stream Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.

MAY 7 – TENET *Movie Premiere*

• The mind-bending thriller TENET begins streaming on Crave on Friday, May 7. John David Washington is the new Protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle. Armed with only one word – Tenet – and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage, on a mission that unfolds into something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion. The cast of TENET also includes Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Martin Donovan, Fiona Dourif, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.

MAY 7 – Hulu’s SHRILL *Third and Final Season*

• Starring and created by Aidy Bryant, and from executive producers Lorne Michaels and Elizabeth Banks, all eight episodes of the third and final season of Hulu’s SHRILL drop on Friday, May 7. The new season finds Annie (Bryant) energized by her breakup with dud boyfriend Ryan (Luka Jones) and her newfound momentum at work. Annie feels like everything is finally falling into place for her, but does she actually know how to get what she wants?

MAY 7 – WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI) (Crave Original) *Series Premiere*

• All six episodes of the new Crave Original series from Québec, WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI), debut on Friday, May 7. Marking a first for Crave, the French series is available for English-language audiences in two versions: subtitled or dubbed audio. The psychological thriller takes viewers inside the world of mental health care, with Dr. Justine Mathieu (Pascale Bussières) following patients brought to her by emergency care front-line responders, Clara St-Amand (Sophie Lorain) and Gabriel Beauregard (Bruno Marcil). Despite her misgivings, Dr. Mathieu is attracted to a new patient, David Ducharme (Vincent Leclerc), who is struggling with a bipolar episode. Their secret relationship grows more and more compromising. The series is based on an original idea by Sophie Lorain and Alexis Durand-Brault. Durand-Brault also directs the series.

MAY 9 – SHOWTIME’s ZIWE *Series Premiere*

• From DESUS & MERO writer, comedian, performer, and internet sensation, Ziwe, whose comedy is described as “iconic” by Vulture, and who has “perfected the art of putting people on the spot” according to Vanity Fair, SHOWTIME’s new variety series ZIWE premieres Sunday, May 9. The riotously funny, new variety series is a no-holds-barred mix of musical numbers, interviews, guest stars, and sketches that challenge America’s discomfort with race, politics, and other cultural issues. ZIWE follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes available Sundays at 11 p.m. ET.

MAY 10 – HBO’s THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY *Documentary Premiere*

• The two-part HBO documentary THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY debuts Monday, May 10 at 9 p.m. ET. Directed by Emmy^® and Academy Award^® winner Alex Gibney and presented in association with The Washington Post, THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY is a searing indictment of Big Pharma, and the political operatives and government regulations that enabled over-production, reckless distribution, and abuse of synthetic opiates. The documentary explores the origins, extent, and fallout of one of the most devastating public health tragedies of our time, with half a million deaths from overdoses this century alone, revealing that America’s opioid epidemic is not a public health crisis that came out of nowhere.

May – Crave celebrates Asian Heritage Month

• Crave celebrates Asian creators, stories, and voices with its Asian Heritage Month Collection, which is available for streaming now. Titles in the collection include: WARRIOR, PARASITE, AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS, KILLING EVE, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, LIFE OF PI, and more.

**Media Note: Assets for Crave programming are available at the Bell Media press site, The Lede, here Complete listings for the week of May 6-12 *All Programming Subject to Change HBO and HBO Max Programming HBO Max Series THAT DAMN MICHAEL CHE, Season 1 *Series Premiere* (May 6) HBO Max Series THE BIG SHOT WITH BETHENNY, Season 1, Episodes 3-4 (May 6) HBO Max Series ELLEN’S NEXT GREAT DESIGNER, Season 1, Episode 4 (May 6) HBO Max Series LEGENDARY, Season 2, Episodes 1-3 (May 6) HBO Series A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, Season 2, Episode 3 (May 7 at 11 p.m. ET) HBO Series REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 19, Episode 15 (May 8, live at 10 p.m. ET, on-demand the following morning) HBO Original Series THE NEVERS, Season 1, Episode 5 (May 9 at 9 p.m. ET) HBO Original Series MARE OF EASTTOWN, Season 1, Episode 4 (May 9 at 10 p.m. ET) HBO Series LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 8, Episode 11 (May 10, live at 11 p.m. ET, on-demand the following morning) HBO Documentary THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY, Part One and Part Two *Documentary Premiere* (May 10 at 9 p.m. ET) Movies INCEPTION (May 7) ODD MAN RUSH (May 7) TENET (May 7) CATS & DOGS 2: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE (May 7) FIELD OF DREAMS (May 7) GARFIELD GETS REAL (May 7) GARFIELD’S FUN FEST (May 7) GARFIELD’S PET FORCE (May 7) HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (May 7) MY DOG SKIP (May 7) OLIVER! (May 7) STUART LITTLE (May 7) STUART LITTLE 2 (May 7) SHOWTIME Programming DESUS & MERO, Season 3, Episode 25 *Mid-season Finale* (May 6 at 11 p.m. ET) CITY ON A HILL, Season 2, Episode 7 (May 9 at 9 p.m. ET) ZIWE, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (May 9) STARZ Programming FROM PRADA TO NADA (May 7) I HEART HUCKABEES (May 7) KAMA SUTRA: A TALE OF LOVE (May 7) THE PURGE (May 7) RAMBO (May 7) STEP UP: HIGH WATER, Season 1, Episode 10 *Season Finale* (May 7) SUPER TROOPERS (May 7) SUPER TROOPERS 2 (May 7) WAR (May 7) WOW! WOW! WUBBZY, Season 1 (May 7) CONFRONTING A SERIAL KILLER, Season 1, Episode 4 (May 9) THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, Season 3, Episode 3 (May 9) THE GLOAMING, Season 1, Episode 8 *Season Finale* (May 9) INCENDIES (May 12) More Riveting TV to Watch DARK SIDE OF THE RING, Season 3A, Episode 1 (May 6 at 9 p.m. ET) MTV’s THE CHALLENGE, Season 36, Reunion Part 1 & 2 (May 7) SHRILL, Season 3 (May 7) WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI) *Crave Original* (May 7) RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE DOWN UNDER, Season 1, Episode 2 (May 8) THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 34, Episodes 148-152 (May 11) THE VOICE, Season 20, Episodes 12-13 (May 12) THE HANDMAID’S TALE, Season 4, Episode 5 (May 12 at 9 p.m. ET)