1. "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story"
Another installment of the Bridger-verse is here with this
one telling the backstory of young Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio) and her marriage to a dashing
King George (Corey Mylchreest). The older queen (Golda Rosheuvel) will also appear,
though, as the story hopscotches between the past and the way past.
May 4, Netflix
2. "Class of ‘09"
A class of FBI agents, including Brian Tyree Henry and Kate Mara, grapple with artificial
intelligence and its effect on criminal justice. The story is told over three
time periods – past, present, and future.
May 10, Hulu
3. "The Muppets Mayhem"
Did you know The Electric
Mayhem Band has never released a studio album? That is, until now. This series
follows Dr. Teeth and his Muppet rock band as they try to cut a record with a little help
from famous friends like Weird Al" Yankovic, Steve Aoki, Billy Corgan,
Kevin Smith, Danny Trejo, Lil Nas X and Kesha. Original songs come from music
producer Linda Perry, so we’ll finally get that album in the real world, too.
May 10, Disney+
4. "Angel City"
This three-part documentary goes behind the scenes of a brand-new
professional women’s soccer team in L.A., owned by Natalie Portman as well as
other actors, athletes and entrepreneurs, also mostly women. The team must
build themselves from the ground up and succeed if they hope to survive.
May 16, HBO
5. "High Dessert"
Patricia Arquette heads up this comedy series as a, brassy recovering addict turned private eye. Ben Stiller produces and
Jay Roach directs.
May 17, Apple TV+
6. "Platonic"
Former co-stars Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen (“Neighbors”) play
former childhood best friends who try to reconnect as adults in this new comedy
series.
May 24, Apple TV+
7. " A Small Light"
We all know the Anne Frank story from school but this drama
series takes a slightly different angle and tells the historical tale from the
perspective of Miep Gies (Bel Powley), a
co-worker of Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) who agreed to hide the Frank family
and four others from the Nazis during World War II.
May 1, Disney+
8. "White House Plumbers"
This long percolating miniseries about the Watergate scandal
finally premieres on HBO from the team behind “Veep.” Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux star as E. Howard Hunt as
G. Gordon Liddy, respectively, with an all-star supporting cast including
Judy Greer, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, Ike Barinholtz, Kathleen Turner, David
Krumholtz, Rich Sommer, F. Murray Abraham, Kiernan Shipka, Corbin Bernsen, Gary
Cole and John Carroll Lynch.
May 1, HBO
9. "Bupkis"
Pete Davidson goes one step further than the semi-autobiographical
“The King of Staten Island” and plays a fictional version of himself. Edie
Falco plays his mother, Joe Pesci is his grandfather and there’s lots of guest
stars including John Mulaney, Steve Buscemi, Kenan Thompson and many, many
more.
May 4, Peacock
10. "The Other Two"
It’s been a while since we had a new season of this wild
comedy series about the older siblings of a teen pop star. As critical acclaim
has grown, so has the caliber of guest stars, with this season’s slate scheduled to include Ann Dowd, Edie Falco, Simu Liu, Ben Platt,
Lukas Gage, Kiernan Shipka, Dana Delaney and Dylan O'Brien.
May 4, HBO Max
11. "Silo"
On an apocalyptic future Earth, few have survived and those
that have are locked in a silo a mile below the surface. It’s been a long time
since anyone has ventured out and the residents begin to wonder if it’s really
as dangerous as they’ve been told and why those who ask questions are suddenly
disappearing. The sci-fi mystery series stars Rebecca
Ferguson, Tim Robbins, Common, Harriet Walter, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo and Chinaza Uche.
May 5, Apple TV+
12. "City on Fire"
Will Josh
Schwartz and Stephanie Savage bring the drama back to New York like they did with "Gossip Girl?" This series is more serious in tone as it starts
with the shooting of an NYU student in Central Park and connects to a
secretive, wealthy family, the local music scene and a series of fires around
the city.
May 12, Apple TV+
13. "Crater"
A group of kids living in a lunar mining colony hijack a
rover for one epic moon-road trip. Think of it as "Goonies in Space."
May 12, Disney+
14. "The Mother"
In this new action film, Jennifer Lopez plays an assassin who
comes out of hiding to rescue the daughter she gave up as a baby. She needs to
keep her safe from the same criminals who forced her underground to begin with.
Gael Garcia Bernal, Joseph Fiennes and Omari Hardwick co-star.
May 12, Netflix
15. "Queer Eye"
Your serotonin boost is back with the seventh season of the
makeover show. This season, the Fab Five spread good cheer and new beginnings
in New Orleans.
May 12, Netflix
16. "Still"
This above-average celebrity documentary recounts both the
career of actor Michael J. Fox as well as his subsequent Parkinson's disease
diagnosis. Critics who screened it at Sundance called it "uplifting."
May 12, Apple TV+
17. "XO, Kitty"
Kitty, the little sister in the “To All the Boys” films,
gets her own spinoff series. She travels to Korea for high school and to reunite
with her long-distance boyfriend only to find out he’s been dating her new
rival.
May 18, Netflix
18. "American Born Chinese"
Fresh off their Oscar-winning roles in “Everything, Everywhere
All at Once,” Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan reunite (plus co-star Stephanie
Hsu) for this action series about a high schooler who finds himself interacting
with mythical Chinese gods, thanks to a new exchange student.
May 24, Disney+
19. "FUBAR"
In what feels like a spiritual sequel to “True Lies,” Arnold
Schwarzenegger stars in his first
series as a CIA agent who discovers his daughter is one, too. Former co-star Tom
Arnold lends even more continuity to the action comedy.
May 25, Netflix
20. "The Kardashians"
A lot is happening in season three of the top-viewed reality
show. Kim is newly single, she and Kourtney are feuding, Khloe has a medical
issue and Kylie has major regrets about past choices she made.
May 25, Hulu