Day: May 7, 2026

Best-bets for May 10: goodbye to “Midwife” & “Count”

1) “Call the Midwife” finale, 8 p.m., PBS. For 15 years, this has given us good people in awful situations. Now that’s sort of ending; plans call for a feature film, a prequel series and (possibly in a couple years) some of these characters in a new setting. For now, there are deeply moving stories about the Rosalind/Cyril romance (shown here in a previous episode and Sister Monica Joan’s health. Read more…

Week’s top-10 for May 11: lots of endings and a few beginnings

1) “The Neighborhood” and “DMV” series finales, 8 and 8:30 p.m. today, CBS. This fall, CBS will trim from four comedies to two. “Neighborhood” has always known that this season (its eighth) would be its last, so it planned to go out with the weddings of the brothers, Malcolm and Marty. Then the clever “DMV” (shown here in its first episode) wraps its only season with some power shifts. Read more…

Best-bets for May 9: pop stars, old and new

1) “The ’90s Boy Band Boom,” 8-10 p.m., CW. In the early ’90s, AJ McLean says here, record sales were all “grunge or rap.” He was in the Backstreet Boys (shown here), which sputtered at home, then spent two years abroad. It had wild stunts, loud clothes and sales of 130 million records. This fun film traces many of the groups that offered odd touches and bouncy music. Read more…