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HBO Max’s ‘Legendary’ Season 2 to Premiere in May (TV News Roundup)

HBO Max announced that the second season of ballroom competition series “Legendary” will premiere on May 6.

Season 2 features 10 new houses of performers storming the catwalk and vying for the “legendary” trophy and $100,000 cash prize.

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As Dashaun Wesley emcees, judges Leiomy Maldonado, Jameela Jamil, Law Roach and Megan Thee Stallion will crown the last house standing, and Tiffany Haddish, Taraji P. Henson, Amiyah Scott, Nicco Annan, Normani, Adam Lambert and Demi Lovato will appear as guest judges.

Watch the teaser below:

Also in today’s TV news roundup:

FIRST LOOKS

Dr. Orna Guralnik resumes in-person sessions in the second season of Showtime’s “Couples Therapy,” and Variety has obtained an exclusive sneak peek at the April 18 premiere. Titled “It Goes Both Ways,” the clip, which you can watch below, sees Tashira and Dru sit down with Dr. Orna Guralnik to discuss how to bring their relationship closer. The rest of the season tracks eight months of therapy sessions as Dr. Guralnik guides Tashira and Dru and other couples through honest confrontations, real-life struggles and extraordinary breakthroughs. Featuring three new couples, it includes a single mother’s unplanned pregnancy; a woman confronting her husband’s failure to deliver the life she wants and a young gay couple working through the raw trauma of near-fatal alcoholism. “Couples Therapy” is directed by producer Josh Kriegman and Kim Roberts and produced by Edgeline Films. Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg and Eli Despres serve as executive producers. The show premieres April 18 at 10 p.m. with two back-to-back episodes on Showtime.

PROGRAMMING

Pat McAfee will make his first appearance as the new analyst for WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” tonight at 8 p.m. on Fox. Every week, “The Pat McAfee Show” host will be joined at ringside by Michael Cole, who serves as the vice president of WWE’s on-air talent and voice of “Friday Night SmackDown.” In addition to being a former punter for the Indianapolis Colts, philanthropist, social media influencer and stand-up comedian, McAfee has wrestled inside the ring and behind the microphone on “WWE’s NXT.”

LATE NIGHT

Russell Wilson, Ciara, Eiza González and Jon Pardi will appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” while Amanda Seyfried and Ashley McBryde will be on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”

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