HIGHLIGHTS FOR ‘ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS,’ MAY 18-22

Check out the “ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis” highlights below for the week of May 18-22.

The Emmy® Award-nominated newscast streams weeknights starting at 7 p.m. ET on ABC News Live, America’s No. 1 streaming news channel. ABC News Live is available on Disney+, Hulu, The Roku Channel, YouTube, YouTube TV, Samsung TV Plus, Amazon, Pluto TV, TikTok, ABCNews.com, the ABC News and ABC News Live apps, and more.

Highlights of the week include the following (subject to change):

Monday, May 18 — Rappers French Montana and Max B (“Wave Gods 2: Cosmos Brothers”); Prime Focus, featuring Juju Chang, takes a closer look at the reality television stars running for public office this year, and the history of celebrities, from Ronald Reagan and the “Terminator” to the host of “The Apprentice,” making the leap to public service; All Access with Linsey Davis sits down with astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss his new book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter”

Tuesday, May 19 — Guests TBA

Following Prime, ABC News Live will have special coverage of primary elections beginning at 11:00 p.m. EDT.

Wednesday, May 20 — Actor Paul Rudd and musician Nick Jonas (“Power Ballad”); actress Ariel Winter (“Sofia the First: Royal Magic”); Prime Focus, featuring Devin Dwyer, speaks with two mothers who fear hundreds of thousands of children, including their own, could be rendered “stateless” if President Trump’s executive order to redefine who can be granted birthright citizenship is upheld by the Supreme Court later this spring

Thursday, May 21 — TikTalk with creator Marc Sebastian; Prime Focus, featuring Jonathan Karl, sits down with Carol Quillen, the president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, about why her organization moved to block construction of the proposed White House ballroom, joined a separate lawsuit to prevent alterations to the Kennedy Center, and why stopping President Trump’s unilateral efforts to reshape Washington’s most treasured landmarks should matter to all Americans

Friday, May 22 — Actress and author Hayden Panettiere (“This Is Me: A Reckoning”)

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