By Rick Gables
Conan O’Brien’s long-running late-night show, CONAN on TBS will end with the series finale airing Thursday, June 24, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The final week of shows will include a lineup of special guests as well as an extended hour-long finale with a look back on the past 11 years of this iteration of O’Brien’s lengthy late-night career. Post June, O’Brien will turn his focus to his deal with WarnerMedia and to development on his new show for HBO Max, which will be a departure from his current traditional talk-show format. O’Brien is the longest serving current late-night talk show host in the U.S., who began his late-night career in 1993 when NBC tapped him to take over as host of Late Night. His late-night career has since spanned three shows over 28 years as well as four Emmy Awards and six Writers Guild Awards. His Emmy award-winning CONAN: Without Borders has visited 13 countries.
NBC will premiere the third season of Making It on Thursday, June 24, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This series celebrates the creativity and craftiness in all of us and is hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman. The new season’s eight episodes highlight how making things brings together communities, friends, neighbors and families, serving as a reminder of the importance of positivity and imagination, which is needed now more than ever. Every episode revolves around a central theme that draws inspiration from hugely popular, nationwide trends in crafting and DIY. Included will be a first-ever Mega Craft challenge.
Nathalie Kelley, Colin Donnell and Patti Murin star in To Catch a Spy, a new original movie premiering Sunday, June 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. When the newly renovated Hotel Optima in Malta has a grand reopening, Chloe (Kelley) and her team from Destination Traveler magazine, which includes Sara, (Murin), head over to cover the travel scene in Malta. On her first night, Chloe overhears an altercation happening through the air vent of her hotel room and then sees someone fall to their death—right past her hotel window! Chloe assists the FBI agent, Aaron (Donnell), working on the case, but will they catch the killer before the killer finds them?
OWN’s Peabody Award-winning drama David Makes Man will kick off season two on Tuesday, June 22, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. We now find David (Kwame Patterson) in his 30s, a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him and his community forever.