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.
The 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards will air this Sunday and Monday for scripted and unscripted categories, respectively. Among the LGBTQ inclusive nominees are The Boys in Best Show and Best Fight, Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Best Kiss for their kiss in Killing Eve. In unscripted categories RuPaul’s Drag Race has the most nominations at four, and other inclusive nominees include Legendary, Queer Eye, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards: Sunday and Monday, 9pm on MTV.
Season two of groundbreaking comedy Special will be released on Netflix on Thursday. From out creator and star Ryan O’Connell, the show explores the life of a gay man living with cerebral palsy. Now semi-estranged from his mother, Ryan continues exploring the world on his own, with all the complex ups and downs life and love have to offer. Special: Thursday, on Netflix.
Sunday, May 16: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (8pm, The CW); The Great North (8:30pm, Fox); Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (9pm, NBC); Batwoman (9pm, The CW); 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards (9pm, MTV); Fear the Walking Dead (9pm, AMC); The Nevers (9pm, HBO); NCIS: New Orleans (10pm, CBS); Good Girls (10pm, NBC); Pose (10pm, FX)
Monday: 9-1-1 (8pm, Fox); The Voice (8pm, NBC); All American (8pm, The CW); 9-1-1: Lone Star (9pm, Fox); Black Lightning (9pm, The CW); All Rise (9pm, CBS)
Tuesday: This Is Us (9pm, NBC); New Amsterdam (10pm, NBC)
Wednesday: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu); Home Economics (8:30pm, ABC); The Conners (9pm, ABC); Chicago Fire (9pm, NBC); Nancy Drew (9pm, The CW); Call Your Mother (9:30pm, ABC); A Million Little Things (10pm, ABC) SWAT (10pm, CBS)
Thursday: Special (Netflix); Legendary (HBO Max); Younger (Paramount+); Station 19 (8pm, ABC); Manifest (8pm, NBC); Walker (8pm, The CW); Top Chef (8pm, Bravo); Grey’s Anatomy (9pm, ABC); Legacies (9pm, The CW); Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (10pm, Freeform)
Friday: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Disney+); Charmed (8pm, The CW); Pride (8pm, FX); Dynasty (9pm, The CW); Van Helsing (10pm, Syfy); A Black Lady Sketch Show (11pm, HBO)