5USA TV Guide — Sunday, 17 May 2026

Browse the full 5USA TV guide for Sunday, 17 May 2026. 19 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:50 55m

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

S7 · E18 · Venom

Fin's son is suspected of murder

Fin's son Ken is caught trying to dig up a body at night, and arrested on suspicion of murder. At the police station he is found to have been covering for his cousin. However, the guilty party later uses a technicality to have his confession ruled inadmissible. Guest starring Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges and Ernest Waddell

01:45 1h

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

S9 · E9 · Traffic

An abrasive magazine editor is murdered

The team is faced with a lengthy list of potential suspects while investigating the murder of a magazine editor whose abrasive personality won him many enemies as well as friends. The case takes a turn for the worse when one of the victim's colleagues is also killed, but the detectives are able to link his death to the Russian mafia. Crime drama, starring Jeff Goldblum and Leslie Hendrix

02:45 50m

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

S9 · E10 · Disciple

Stevens thinks an innocent man may have been sent to the electric chair

Stevens investigates the murder of a prostitute that bears all the hallmarks of convicted serial killer Elvis Howell - who had protested his innocence before being sent to the electric chair six months previously. She realises there is either a copycat killer on the loose, or the wrong man was executed. Crime drama, starring Saffron Burrows

03:35 25m

Cops

S33 · E12 · Running on Empty

Fleeing suspects risk their safety by hiding in a dangerous swamp

Fleeing suspects risk their safety by hiding in a dangerous swamp. For one driver, a broken truck turns out to be the start of a very long list of problems

04:00 2h

Teleshopping

Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 3h

Ideal World Shopping

Home shopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

09:00 20m

Cops

S33 · E8 · Avoiding the Truth

Police question the legitimacy of the name a driver gives them

Police question the legitimacy of the name a driver gives them. Both husband and wife protect each other in a case of domestic violence

09:20 20m

Cops

S33 · E9 · Can't Tell You How to Live

A woman asks police to get involved after her ex threatened to destroy her home

A woman asks police to get involved after her ex threatened to destroy her home. Prior medical procedures drive a woman to find a dangerous way to ease her pain

09:40 1h

Blue Bloods

S9 · E19 · Common Enemies

Danny and his archenemy Luis Delgado become unlikely allies

Danny and his archenemy Luis Delgado become unlikely allies when a cold-blooded murderer strikes a little too close to home. Lou Diamond Phillips guest stars

10:40 55m

Blue Bloods

S9 · E20 · Strange Bedfellows

Erin tries to persuade Frank to back a new state bill

Erin tries to persuade Frank to back a new state bill after making a bargain with Governor Mendez, but Frank faces a challenge of his own. Starring Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg

11:35 1h

Blue Bloods

S9 · E21 · Identity

Identical twins suspected of murder have identical alibis

DNA evidence in a murder case leads Danny and Baez to identical twins with identical alibis. Frank learns Nicky is interviewing for a job at the Justice Coalition, which he rarely sees eye-to-eye with. Jamie visits Eddie's father in prison

Daytime

12:35 55m

Blue Bloods

S9 · E22 · Something Blue

Erin interviews a witness who leads her to doubt Eddie's honesty

As Jamie and Eddie's wedding day approaches, Erin interviews a witness whose story leads her to doubt Eddie's honesty. Danny and Baez unravel the complicated love life of a young man who was murdered, while Frank squabbles with the top brass

13:30 2h

Columbo

S3 · E8 · A Friend in Deed

Crime drama, starring Peter Falk

A Californian police commissioner helps a rich, influential friend to conceal his complicity in murdering his own wife - but reckons without detective Columbo's timely intervention and his dogged determination to bring the truth to light. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Richard Kiley and Rosemary Murphy

15:30 2h

Columbo

S3 · E3 · Candidate for Crime

Detective drama, starring Peter Falk

An ambitious senatorial candidate murders his campaign manager for threatening to expose his secret affair. To avoid suspicion, the politician makes the killing look as if he was the intended target of an assassination attempt that went wrong - but ends up having to pit his wits against the slovenly sleuth. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Jackie Cooper, Ken Swofford and Tisha Sterling

17:30 1h 30m

Columbo

S6 · E1 · Fade in to Murder

Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and William Shatner

An actor who plays a detective on a soap opera is being blackmailed by his ex-lover, who is also his producer. Convinced that playing a sleuth makes him clever enough to get away with murder, he kills her and frames her husband - but has reckoned without the intervention of the crumpled cop. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and William Shatner

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19:00 1h 30m

Columbo

S5 · E4 · A Matter of Honour

Crime drama, starring Peter Falk

The sleuth's holiday in Mexico is disrupted by a bizarre death involving a suave retired bullfighter, who has killed his best friend using one of the animals as a murder weapon - but is determined his spotless image and reputation will remain untarnished. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Ricardo Montalban, A Martinez and Pedro Armendariz Jr

20:30 1h 30m

Columbo

S2 · E8 · Double Shock

Detective drama, with Peter Falk and Martin Landau

A wealthy man due to marry a younger woman is electrocuted in the bath. Columbo suspects the victim's identical twin nephews - a flamboyant TV chef and a conservative banker - who stand to inherit his fortune if he died unmarried, but the detective is unsure which of them is the guilty party. Drama, starring Peter Falk, and Martin Landau in a dual role. With Paul Stewart, Julie Newmar and Jeanette Nolan

22:00 1h

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

S8 · E9 · Choreographed

A woman's death baffles the detectives

Benson and Stabler struggle to identify the cause of a woman's death in Central Park, and follow a trail of clues that leads to a mute homeless man, who turns out to be a better witness than anticipated. After they discover a rare toxic agent was the murder weapon, and that the victim was a millionaire, they suspect her husband could be the culprit because his dance troupe had been in financial difficulty. Guest starring Chris Sarandon (ER), with Mariska Harqitay and Christopher Meloni

23:00 1h

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

S8 · E10 · Scheherezade

A terminally ill man confesses to his involvement in unsolved bank robberies

A priest asks Stabler to meet a terminally ill man who has a secret he wants to share with his estranged daughter, leading the detective to discover the patient's involvement in a series of unsolved bank robberies during the 1970s. As the investigation progresses, they find a bomb shelter containing millions of dollars and the skeleton of his former partner-in-crime. Guest starring Brian Dennehy and Paget Brewster, with Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay

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