By Rick Gables
HBO will debut its five-part miniseries Chernobyl on Monday, May 6, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Episodes two through five will air on subsequent Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, and of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster, all the while battling a culture of disinformation. Emily Watson, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Rawlins and Con O’Neill star.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will return to ABC for its sixth season with a special episode on Friday, May 10, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Last season, the team leaped forward in time to a dystopian future they soon realized must be prevented. While facing multiple timelines and new enemies from faraway planets, they found family, friends, teammates and the courage to pull off their biggest challenge yet. Their next challenge? Coming to grips with the knowledge that bending the laws of space and time may have saved the planet, but it couldn’t save Fitz or Coulson. The series stars Clark Gregg as Sarge, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Henry Simmons as Director Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez and Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw.
The new Discovery Channel series Masters of Disaster follows a team of craftsmen who restore vintage objects for survival. The six-episode series premieres on Friday, May 3, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Come doomsday, what’s old could save your life! Whether threatened by hurricane, power outage or nuclear fallout, most of today’s devices that we rely on won’t work in a catastrophe. If the internet crashes and power fails, modern technology could be rendered useless. Knowing this, survivalists and preppers are on the hunt for bygone technology that will work in any worst-case scenario. Mechanic Beau Boruff, owner of Survival Research Inc., leads a talented crew of craftsmen who source, restore, and sell vintage objects that may be useful in any calamity. If there’s a run on gas, an old-fashioned whiskey still can be used to create ethanol and power most modern gasoline engines. Among the items restored are a 1950s OC-6 Crawler Tractor capable of climbing any terrain, and a well drilling rig from the 1920s so you’ll never run out of fresh water.
