Pee-Wee as Himself (HBO/Max): Get to know the man behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens, in this eye-opening two-part documentary directed by Matt Wolf (HBO’s The Stroll). Woven together from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ premature death in 2023, 1,000 hours of archival footage, and tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collections. Reubens chose to never be photographed or interviewed publicly as himself —an artistic choice to present Pee-wee Herman as a real person not to be confused with his creator. Occasionally sparring with the documentary’s director over creative control, Reubens speaks candidly, and sometimes warily, about his personal and professional challenges before and after his arrests. Interviews include sister Abby Rubenfeld, artists Gary Panter and Wayne White, actors Lynne Stewart, John Moody, Alison Mork, Natasha Lyonne, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurence Fishburne, Debi Mazar, David Arquette, Laraine Newman, and Cassandra Peterson, and filmmakers Tim Burton and Judd Apatow. 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT and streaming on Max
Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning (Paramount): Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt alongside Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, and more. In theaters
Sunday, May 25
The Librarians: The Next Chapter (TNT): The spinoff of the original television and film franchise follows the adventures of the custodians of a magical repository of the world’s most powerful and dangerous supernatural artifacts. Throughout the season, the team will embark on fantastical adventures, including a surprise reroute to a manor where Agatha Christie-styled murders take place, a time-travel back to the days of King Arthur at Camelot and even an encounter with the first-ever vampire. Two-night premiere event following NBA Playoffs coverage. The next episode premieres on Monday, May 26 following NHL Playoffs coverage and subsequent episodes will continue to air on Monday nights.
Monday, May 26/Memorial Day
2025 American Music Awards (CBS/Paramount+): The largest fan-voted music awards show airs live from Las Vegas and will honor the most popular songs and artists of the year while paying tribute to our country’s troops. Jennifer Lopez will host and perform. 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and streaming on Paramount+
Wednesday, May 28
FX’s Adults (FX/Hulu): The ensemble comedy series is about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither “good” nor “people” yet. “Samir” (Malik Elassal), “Billie” (Lucy Freyer), “Paul Baker” (Jack Innanen), “Issa” (Amita Rao) and “Anton” (Owen Thiele) are five friends crashing together in Samir’s childhood home, where they share their meals, anxieties and, occasionally, toothbrushes. 9 p.m. ET/PT on FX with its first two episodes. The entire eight-episode first season will become available the next day on Hulu and FX On Demand via television providers. FX will continue to air two episodes each Wednesday for the following three weeks
Thursday, May 29
And Just Like That… (Max): Will season three give us an answer as to that awkward Carrie/Aiden half-breakup we saw in season two? Our bet is on yes. Returning alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarita Choudhury, and Nicole Ari Parker are Cathy Ang, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake, Mario Cantone, Niall Cunningham, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Christopher Jackson, Logan Marshall-Green, Sebastiano Pigazzi, Alexa Swinton, Dolly Wells, and John Corbett. 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT/6 p.m. PT; The 12-episode season will debut new episodes weekly on Thursdays, concluding with the season finale on August 14