Shania Twain Hosts the ACM Awards, ‘SNL’ Star Power, ‘Naked’ Goes Global, Indy 500 History

Academy of Country Music Awards

SUNDAY: Shania Twain hosts the country-music awards extravaganza, which returns to Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Let’s hope she performs her signature hit “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” because women lead the pack of nominees, with Megan Moroney (nine), Miranda Lambert (eight), Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson (seven each) leading the field. Moroney and Wilson are also nominated for the prestigious Entertainer of the Year prize, alongside Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, and Morgan Wallen. Lambert, Langley, Wilson and Johnson are confirmed to perform, on a roster including Kacey Musgraves making her ACM Awards performance debut, Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Riley Green, Little Big Town, The Red Clay Strays (last year’s New Group of the Year), Tucker Wetmore, and Zach Top (this year’s and last year’s New Male Artist of the Year) and more. Alternative screening platforms include the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and the Amazon Music app.

Saturday Night Live

SATURDAY: Living legends take the Studio 8H stage as the iconic late-night comedy show bids farewell to Season 51. Former cast member Will Ferrell, who earned his “Five-Timers Club” jacket when he last appeared in Season 45, returns for his sixth round as guest host. He’ll be introducing Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle still going strong at 83, who’s making his fifth appearance as musical guest in advance of his new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” being released later this month.

Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown

SUNDAY: The survivalist series that lets it all hang out takes on an international Survivor feel in a spinoff competition, pitting 14 contestants in seven teams representing four countries. Four teams are from the U.S., one representing Texas and the others covering the East, South, and West. In the unforgiving terrain of South Africa’s Zululand, they’ll take on teams from Australia, Brazil, and Mexico, all vying for a $200,000 grand prize and national bragging rights. (Somehow, we expect this version of a World Cup will look a little different.) In another twist, the teams earn points in a new scoring system by tackling survival tasks and competing in challenges, with the winners safe from elimination and reaping rewards including food, water, and shelter. The bottom two teams go head-to-head in an elimination challenge, at which point they can return to civilization.

The 500: Immortality at Indy

SATURDAY: In its second year of broadcasting the Indianapolis 500, Fox Sports honors the iconic race’s history in a documentary hosted by nine-time Indy 500 racer and Fox analyst James Hinchcliffe. Airing at the conclusion of the first day of qualifying, the special goes inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum to spotlight artifacts representing some of the defining moments and legends over the race’s more than century-long history. (The 110th running is scheduled for May 24.) Among the racers participating: Helio Castroneves, Janet Guthrie, Arie Luyendyk, reigning champ Álex Palou, Danica Patrick, Scott Dixon, and Lyn St. James. Apparently, it’s never too early to start your engines.

Tracker

SUNDAY: The very busy Jensen Ackles (The Boys) returns in the first half of a Season 3-concluding two-parter as Colter Shaw’s (Justin Hartley) brother Russell, once again hoping to unravel family mysteries concerning their late father. The episode’s title, “Chrono Stasis,” refers to the mysterious institute in Alaska where their dad was involved in government experiments involving the testing of children. (How Stephen King of him.)

INSIDE WEEKEND TV:

• PGA Championship (Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm/ET, CBS): The final rounds play out at Pennsylvania’s Aronimink Golf Club, with early coverage starting at 10 am/ET on ESPN.
• 2026 Preakness Stakes (Saturday, 4 pm/ET, NBC): Coverage starts early at 1 pm/ET on Peacock, with an approximate post time of 7:10 pm/ET for the second race in the Triple Crown. (There’s no chance for a Triple Crown winner this year, because Kentucky Derby champ Golden Tempo is sitting this one out, though he is expected to return for the Belmont Stakes on June 6.)
• Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story (Saturday, 8/7c, Lifetime): Haley Ramm and Luke Benward star in a movie based on the tumultuous relationship of Duck Dynasty stars Lisa and Al Robertson.
• Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Saturday, 8/7c, Hallmark Channel): The baker and amateur sleuth (Alison Sweeney) teams up again with detective Chad (Victor Webster) to solve two cases, involving the murder of a suspect in a forgery case and the disappearance of the prosecutor.
• Rousey vs. Carano (Saturday 9 pm/ET, streaming on Netflix): The streamer’s first live MMA broadcast pits former UFC champ and Olympic medalist Ronda Rousey against MMA pioneer Gina Carano in a bout from L.A.’s Intuit Dome.
• 48 Hours (Saturday 10/9c, CBS): Second time is no charm when Erin Moriarty reports on a repeat criminal she covered back in 2002 who, after serving 24 years for an arson murder, changed his name and is now accused of putting out a hit on his wife.
• 60 Minutes (Sunday, 7/6c, CBS): Segments include Scott Pelley‘s report on the making of Christopher Nolan‘s (Oppenheimer) next summer epic, The Odyssey.
• The Killer Among Us (Sunday, 7/6c, Oxygen): Alan Cumming (The Traitors) hosts a docuseries exploring crimes committed within communities and workplaces where the perpetrator is someone everyone thought they knew.
• Marshals (Sunday, 8/7c, CBS): U.S. Marshal Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means) goes rogue after the team discovers a drug cartel is targeting the Broken Rock Reservation.
• Family Guy (Sunday, 8/7c, Fox): The irreverent animated comedy closes its 24th season with hysterical — make that historical — parodies of the French Revolution, the American Civil War, and WWII. Followed by Bob’s Burgers (8:30/7:30 and 9:30/8:30c), which wraps its 16th season with two episodes, separated by a new episode of American Dad (9/8c).
• County Rescue (Sunday, 8/7c, Great American Family): Season 3 brings two new team members onto the rescue crew, with Dani (Julia Reilly) stepping up as a mentor.
• The Way Home (Sunday, 9/8c, Hallmark Channel): It’s a journey back to the 1920s for Kat (Chyler Leigh) and Nick (Kerry James) as they seek information about Elliot’s (Evan Williams) mother.
• Euphoria (Sunday, 9/8c, HBO): A random thought: Will poor Nate (Jacob Elordi) have any digits left by the time this season is over?
• In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers (Sunday, 10/9c, Discovery Channel): In a real-life version of Twisters, a reality-series spinoff follows 12 teams of professional storm chasers, filming their own exploits as they get perilously close to the destructive action.
• Downton Abbey (Sunday, 10/9c, PBS): Masterpiece revisits one of its greatest hits by replaying the first three seasons of the beloved period drama on Sundays through Sept. 13. (The final three seasons will air next year.)