MUST SEE TV, 8 May 1986
(Week 33; ratings ranking out of 65 programs)

What's Also On Tonight
—As usual: Blood Drive, Younger, I'm Sorry, The Sinner
—MTV premieres Undressed, but has _nothing_ to do with its classic anthology from 18 years ago; this one is MTV's answer to Dating Naked.

The episodes on MeTV are the handful of 90 minutes episodes that aired during Love Boat's original run.

FALL UPFRONTS 1986: NBC
Announced May 14, 1986

I have more thoughts on the Family Ties finale than I thought, so the next Must See TV week will wait another day. Only two more remain — May 8 and May 15. After that is the season ratings and summer summaries.

Late Night Roll Call
Jimmy Fallon: friend Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Jones*, and A$AP Mob
Stephen Colbert: lucky Daniel Craig, Tiffany Haddish, and Blackberry Smoke
Jimmy Kimmel: domestic abuser Floyd Mayweather, Chrissy Metz, and Charles Gould
Seth Meyers: sith Adam Driver, Marlon Wayans, and Anthony Atamanuik (8G Band…

No Must See TV because things were happening in Westeros. Instead, here's the first upfront announcement for fall 1986:

It's just like On the Beach. Australians know they're going to die from nuclear fallout but don't know when it will occur.

Studio audience: "AWWWWWWW"

Late Night Roll Call
Jimmy Fallon: feuding Susan Sarandon, Riz Ahmed, and Chord Overstreet
Stephen Colbert: Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci, Bob Odenkirk, and Liam Gallagher
Jimmy Kimmel: shorty Ray Romano, Paula Patton, and Bryson Tiller
Seth Meyers: Kenan Thompson*, Leah Remini, and Bryan Fogel (8G Band guest: Roy…

A few days later…

MUST SEE TV, 1 May 1986
(Week 32; ratings ranking out of 71 programs)

What Else Is On
—Morning cartoon Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Nickelodeon
—ABC Fall Preview at 4:30!
—Claws season finale on TNT!

For the curious…

MUST SEE TV, 10 April 1986
(Week 29; ratings ranking out of 71 programs)

To me it's like AfterMASH or Mrs. Columbo.

And it makes me so excited!

Currently, I believe Mariska leaving is the only way NBC would consider ending it. The cost could be questioned since viewership would surely drop without her. I then hope that NBC considers reviving the mothership.

NBC!

Late Night Roll Call
Jimmy Fallon: glass Naomi Watts, Andy Cohen*, and Jo Koy
Stephen Colbert: New monologue, then best-of
Chelsea: episode from India
Bill Maher: Richard Dawkins, CNNer Fareed Zakaria, Jon Meacham, and Jim Parsons
Dick Cavett: Groucho Marx, zoologist Jim Fowler, and Truman Capote
Johnny Carson Friday: Carol…