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Top Gun: Maverick is the biggest debut of Tom Cruise's career — find out how much it made. Is Stranger Things character Will gay? Executive producer Shawn Levy weighs in on the theories and lines that have fans wondering.

Two stars leave The Blacklist, season 6 will be the last for The Good Fight, Matthew Morrison is out as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, and Alexis Bledel is departing The Handmaid's Tale.

The Nancy Drew spin-off series Tom Swift debuts, with the playboy billionaire trying to find his missing father. Oscar-winner Danny Boyle directs the news series Pistol, about the famed punk rock band the Sex Pistols. And Superman & Lois returns from hiatus with the titular duo dealing with a suspicious Jordan and Jonathan.

Plus, This Week in Entertainment History and trivia.

Hear more on all of today's must-see picks on EW's What to Watch podcast, hosted by Gerrad Hall.

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What to Watch on Tuesday, May 31

Streaming

Pistol (series debut) - Hulu

Check Local Listings

Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March (doc) - PBS

Movies

Father Stu - Digital

8 p.m.

Biography: Bobby Brown - A&E

Theodore Roosevelt (two-night special) - History Channel

America's Got Talent (season premiere) - NBC

Lego Masters (season premiere) - Fox

9 p.m.

Fantasy Island (season premiere) - Fox

Chopped: Desperately Seeking Sous Chef (tournament premiere) - Food Network

Tom Swift (series debut) - The CW

Bobby Brown: Every Little Step (docuseries debut) - A&E

10 p.m.

Dancing With Myself (series debut) - NBC

10:30 p.m.

Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers (doc) - History Channel

*times are ET and subject to change

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