E-Promo Viewer Guide
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May 2026
Primetime Calendar + ePromo
This May, celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday on May 8 by checking out “Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure.” Take a trip to Broadway with “Great Performances” to see “Suffs” (May 8), which explores the women’s suffrage movement, and the classic Irving Berlin’s “Top Hat” (May 15), inspired by the 1935 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Sunday nights welcome back “Downton Abbey.” Relive this incredible series starting May 17. The month culminates with the live “National Memorial Day Concert” (May 24), honoring fallen service members. Finally, in recognition of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), check out two new documentaries from “Independent Lens:” “Light of the Setting Sun” (May 18) and “Third Act” (May 25), which explore family history, memory, and the lasting impact of wartime incarceration.