TV picks for May 21: 'American Housewife,' 'Blood & Treasure,' 'Supreme Revenge'

May 20, 2019 at 5:39PM
"Code of the Hawaladar" -- Danny poses as arms dealer Aiden Shaw in order to extract information on the location of terrorist Karim Farouk from a middleman who owes Shaw money. Also, Farouk obtains a clue to the location of the sarcophagus of Cleopatra, and Lexi bonds with Father Chuck when she seeks his help to decipher encoded information, on BLOOD & TREASURE, Tuesday, May 28 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Sofia Pernas as Lexi Vaziri and Matt Barr as Dann
Sofia Pernas and Matt Barr in “Blood & Treasure.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

House party

The season finale of "American Housewife" gives its actors a chance to show off their musical chops, with mixed results. Star Katy Mixon is a delight in her two original numbers, written by Broadway vets Justin Paul and Glenn Slater. But Ali Wong's attempts at rapping are a stark reminder that the red-hot star can't master everything.

7 p.m. KSTP, Ch. 5

Cheap thrills

"Blood & Treasure" is glaring evidence that network TV should give up on adventure serials until they're willing to sink big bucks into visually stunning action sequences and not lean so heavily on dialogue that borrows from dime-store novels. Stars Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas manage to retain their sexy appeal even as they scramble across the globe to find Cleopatra's tomb.

8 p.m. WCCO, Ch. 4

A long memory

"Supreme Revenge" could have just as easily been titled "Mitch McConnell's Revenge" as the "Frontline" team shows how the rough treatment of 1987 Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork set the groundwork for the senator's future strategy. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is among the documentary's talking heads.

9 p.m. TPT, Ch. 2

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AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE - "Field Trippin'" - Fearing she's spending too much time at the office and away from the family, Katie volunteers to chaperone Anna-Kat's school field trip to make up for lost time. Meanwhile, Greg takes a creative approach to parenting when he catches Taylor and Oliver in a lie on an all-new episode of "American Housewife," TUESDAY, APRIL 30 (8:00-8:30 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Michael Ansell)
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