Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters concludes its 10-episode second season on Friday, May 1, 2026, with a colossal Titan clash between Kong and Titan X that threatens Skull Island—capping the storyline that premiered February 27 (see premiere coverage). Highlights also include American Gladiators' season 1 finale crowning champions and Bridget Moynahan's return in Boston Blue.
The season 2 finale of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV+) airs May 1, 2026, marking the end of weekly Friday episodes that began February 27, 2026, building on the MonsterVerse with Godzilla, Kong, and new Titans like a 'living cataclysm.' In this episode, Kong battles Titan X in a massive showdown.
Other Friday highlights: American Gladiators season 1 finale crowns winning male and female champions; the 152nd Kentucky Oaks thoroughbred race live from Churchill Downs with top three-year-old fillies; Fire Country, as station 42 handles a storm rescue with a telephone pole through a home; Sheriff Country, investigating a fatal shooting on a Fraley family boar hunt; Boston Blue, with Danny partnering Bridget Moynahan's Erin on a serial killer case revealing a missing child's location.
Additional programming: For All Mankind (Mars colonists face danger); Zillow Gone Wild season 3 premiere (quirky homes, including a 727 airplane conversion); Doin' It (virgin software engineer leads sex ed); Swapped (animated body-swap comedy voiced by Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple); Your Friends & Neighbors; and Wuthering Heights on HBO Max.