Grab the remote, set your DVR, or queue up your streaming service of choice! GLAAD is bringing you the LGBTQ highlights on TV this week. Check back every Sunday for up-to-date coverage in LGBTQ-inclusive programming on TV.
ABC’s brand-new spinoff Jeopardy! Masters premieres tonight at 8pm. Each hour-long episode showcases the six highest-ranked current Jeopardy! contestants, with two action-packed and high-stakes games. Transgender GLAAD Media Award-honoree Amy Schneider, whose 40-game streak in season 38 landed her at No. 2 on the show’s all-time consecutive win list, returns in hopes of winning a grand prize and the coveted title of ‘Jeopardy! Masters Champion’. Schneider is also competing alongside lesbian contestant Mattea Roach, who was the most successful Canadian to play Jeopardy! Jeopardy! Masters, tonight at 8pm on ABC.
On Tuesday, out Emmy Award-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby is back for their third comedy special Something Special on Netflix. Filmed at the Sydney Opera House as part of Gadsby’s most recent Body of Work tour, the feel-good set discusses their relationship with producer Jenny Shamash, a panicky proposal, a novelty wedding cake, a fateful bunny encounter, and much more! Hannah Gadsby: Something Special, Tuesday on Netflix.
On Friday, RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty sashay back onto the runway for a chance at snatching the ‘All Stars’ crown and nabbing a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame. The latest season eight roundup of returning Queens have the chance to become the coveted winner in two different ways – with one being crowned by RuPaul, and one determined solely by the audience. Season eight features a number of early out queens from previous seasons, like Jaymes Mansfield, Monica Beverly Hillz, Mrs. Kasha Davis, Naysha Lopez, LaLa Ri, Kahanna Montrese, and some who made it pretty far, like Alexis Michelle, Darienne Lake, Jessica Wilde, Heidi N Closet, Kandy Muse, and the first international queen on a regular All Stars season, Jimbo. Stay tuned after the show for RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked! RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked, Fridays on Paramount+.
The critically acclaimed more-than-a-makeover series Queer Eye returns to Netflix on Friday! After thoroughly yeehaw-ing their way through Texas, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Tan France have their sights set on New Orleans. In the seventh season, the Fab Five bring sparkle and sass to the city, transforming the lives of residents who are ready to show up for themselves and for each other. Queer Eye: Friday on Netflix.
Sunday, May 7: Jeopardy! Masters (8pm, ABC); Somebody Somewhere (10:30pm, HBO)
Monday: All American (8pm, The CW); All American: Homecoming (9pm, The CW); Rain Dogs (HBO)
Tuesday: Something Special (Netflix); How I Met Your Father (Hulu); I Am Jazz (10pm, TLC); 9-1-1 (8pm, Fox)
Wednesday: Awkwafina is Nora From Queens (10:30pm, Comedy Central); Ted Lasso (Apple TV+); Riverdale (8pm, The CW); Survivor 44 (8pm, CBS); The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+); Chicago Fire (9pm, NBC)
Thursday: Firefly Lane (Netflix); Good Trouble (10pm, Freeform); The Upshaws (Netflix); Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Paramount+); Sort Of (HBO Max); The Other Two (HBO Max); Station 19 (8pm, ABC); Ghosts (8:30pm, CBS); Grey’s Anatomy (9pm, ABC); Grown-ish (10pm, Freeform or Hulu); Doom Patrol (HBO Max); Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Friday: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+); Queer Eye (Netflix); Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (Disney+); Fire Country (9pm; CBS); Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu)