TV Shows Pull Out All the Stops for May Sweeps 2010

May sweeps is that time of year that all television shows pull out their best episodes, featuring well-known guest stars and create cliffhangers that leave you wanting more. This four-week television frenzy runs from April 29 until May 26, 2010. May sweeps 2010 will feature some great episodes. Listed here are five you'll want to watch. Or better yet set your DVR for a commercial-free watching experience.

May Sweeps 2010 - Glee
Glee should garner huge ratings during May sweeps when it features Neil Patrick Harris. Harris will play the role of Bryan Rage, a high school adversary of Will's. Bryan and Will were members of the Glee Club back in their high school days. Harris' character is now a board member at William McKinley High. Look for the two former rivals to battle it out when Bryan Rage makes it known he has an agenda - cutting the arts program.

Glee airs on Fox, Tuesday nights at 9 p.m./ET

May Sweeps 2010 - Grey's Anatomy
With all the hype about Katherine Heigl leaving the Grey's family, don't expect any let down from her departure. Grey's Anatomy has plans to end the season strong during May sweeps and draw in more viewers in the Fall. Demi Lovato, star of Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, is scheduled to appear on the ABC show during May Sweeps. Lovato will be playing a schizophrenic patient that has been admitted to Seattle Grace Hospital. Early talk has Lovato giving an impressive, possibly Emmy-award winning, performance.

Grey's Anatomy airs on ABC, Thursday nights 9 p.m./ET

May Sweeps 2010 - Law and Order
Olympic Gold Medal winner Lindsey Vonn is set to guest star on the season finale of Law and Order which airs during May sweeps on May 24. Law and Order will be finishing up its 20th season on NBC. Vonn will appear as an administrative assistant who provides important information regarding a threat against students from a terrorist. Vonn is excited to be appearing on her favorite television show.

Law and Order airs on NBC, Monday nights at 10 p.m./ET

May Sweeps 2010 - Vampire Diaries
The season finale for Vampire Diaries airs on May 13 with a culmination event - the Founders' Day Celebration. The show will take viewers back to 1864 when Mystic Falls was founded. Expect elaborate costumes as well as clues and revelations of what transpired in the early days of the town. Rampant rumors have been swirling around about the season finale of Vampire Diaries, which was picked up for a second season. Many have speculated about the return of Vicky Donavan (played by Kayla Ewell) but according to TV Guide, Julie Plec (the co-executive producer of Vampire Diaries) has stated, "We are not averse to bringing people back from the dead, but we would not do it with the first tragic death out of the gate. In the future, we absolutely will use those mystic tricks, but not with Vicki - as much as we loved Kayla [Ewell]. It would ruin the impact." Stay tuned, a major cliffhanger is in the works.

Vampire Diaries airs on the CW, Thursday nights at 8/7 p.m./c

May Sweeps 2010 - 30 Rock
Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly posted on his March 30th blog that Tina Fey's long hoped-for wish to have Matt Damon guest star on her show, 30 Rock, may have finally come true. According to Ausiello, "Sources confirm to me exclusively that Matt Damon is going to guest star on 30 Rock! Although the specifics of his appearance are being kept hush-hush, I hear the Oscar winner's episode will be one of the season's last." Damon had been at the top of Tina Fey's guest star wish list for some time.

30 Rock appears on NBC, Thursday nights at 9:30/8:30 p.m./c

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