What to Watch What to Watch Podcast Episodes What to Watch podcast: The Conversations With Friends premiere has everyone talking Plus, Bling Empire sparkles in new season, The Essex Serpent slithers to screens and more weekend picks. By EW Staff Published on May 13, 2022 06:00AM EDT Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane, and more star in the series adaptation of Sally Rooney's Conversations With Friends, about two younger women who become involved with an older couple. Bling Empire is back for a second season on Netflix, where Kevin and Kim's relationship blossoms, Christine butts heads with Anna, and more. Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes star in the period drama The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. Theo James (and his derrière) and Rose Leslie star in the TV adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife. And Rebel Wilson stars in the movie Senior Year, as a woman who wakes from a 20-year coma to discover she never graduated high school or won prom queen — so she goes back to do all of that. OWN's Love & Marriage: DC star Monique Samuels and executive producer Carlos King, who's also hosting the new OWN series The Nightcap, tell us what they're watching. Plus, entertainment headlines — including Alton Brown leaving Food Network for Netflix's Iron Chef, a slew of cancellations at The CW, CBS, and NBC, prequel series greenlit for Supernatural and Walker, and Norm Macdonald's posthumous comedy special — our Sound Bite of the Week from The Wonder Years, and trivia. Related content: Steven Moffat teases his approach to The Time Traveler's Wife Move over, hot priest! Tom Hiddleston is serving 'lusty vicar' on The Essex Serpent Chèrie Chan and Jessey Lee exit Netflix's Bling Empire season 2 Hear more on all of today's must-see picks on EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall. What to Watch on Friday, May 13 FRIDAY Streaming The Essex Serpent (series debut) — Apple TV+ Greatness Code (season premiere) — Apple TV+ The Kids in the Hall (revival debut) — Amazon Prime Video Candy (series finale) — Hulu The Lincoln Lawyer (series debut) — Netflix Bling Empire (season premiere) — Netflix Children Ruin Everything (series debut) — The Roku Channel 8 p.m. Shark Tank — ABC Come Dance With Me — CBS Charmed — The CW The Blacklist — NBC Couples Therapy (season premiere) — Showtime 9 p.m. 20/20 — ABC Dynasty — The CW Dateline ("The Day the Music Died") — NBC Mama June: Road to Redemption (new episodes begin) — WEtv 11 p.m. A Black Lady Sketch Show (season finale) — HBO (and streaming on HBO Max) Movies Sneakerella — Disney+ Senior Year — Netflix Firestarter — Peacock (and in theaters) Monstrous — rent/buy VOD Banksy Most Wanted (documentary) — Digital/VOD Castro's Spies (documentary) — Digital SATURDAY 3 p.m. Eurovision Song Contest (Grand Final) streaming — Peacock 9 p.m. Love & Marriage: D.C. (series debut) — OWN 10 p.m. The Nightcap with Carlos King (late-night series debut) — OWN 11:30 p.m. Saturday Night Live (host Selena Gomez and musical guest Post Malone) — NBC SUNDAY Streaming The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration — BritBox Time Traveler's Wife (series debut) — HBO Conversations With Friends (series debut) — Hulu PJ Masks (season premiere) — Netflix Check Local Listings Lucy Worsley Investigates (series debut) — PBS 6 p.m. Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration — CMT 8 p.m. American Idol — ABC The Real Housewives of Atlanta — Bravo The Equalizer (season finale) — CBS Riverdale — The CW The Simpsons — FOX 2022 Billboard Music Awards (5 p.m. PT) — NBC Vice — Showtime Gaslit — Starz 8:30 p.m. The Great North — FOX I Love That For You — Showtime 9 p.m. Fear the Walking Dead — AMC NCIS: Los Angeles — CBS Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy — CNN Billy the Kid — Epix Bob's Burgers — FOX Secrets of the Zoo (season premiere) — National Geographic The First Lady — Showtime 9:30 p.m. Family Guy — FOX 10 p.m. The Rookie (season finale) — ABC 61st Street — AMC S.W.A.T. — CBS Welcome Home With Nikki Glaser — E! Barry — HBO 10:15 p.m. Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under (season premiere) — National Geographic 10:30 p.m. The Baby — HBO 11 p.m. Ziwe — Showtime *times are ET and subject to change We know TV has a lot to offer, be it network, cable, premium channels, or streaming platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and others. So EW is here to help, guiding you every single day to the things that should be on your radar. Be sure to listen/subscribe to our What to Watch podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Player FM, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts, or via your own voice-controlled smart-speaker (Alexa, Google Home).