What to Watch in May: 23 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – April 28, 2022

The month ahead will bring the returns of Stranger Things and Hacks, the latest Star Wars and Star Trek series, Danny Boyle's dramatization of the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols, an adaptation of another Sally Rooney novel from the team behind Normal People, a fictionalized remake of one of TV's best true-crime docuseries, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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66 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Movie debuts May 20 on Disney+

Placing self-aware cartoon characters in a mostly live-action world a la Who Framed Roger Rabbit—and Roger Rabbit himself even comes out of retirement for a cameo—this streaming exclusive finds John Mulaney and Andy Samberg voicing the titular duo, who now (three decades after their Disney Channel series last aired) live in present-day Los Angeles, no longer actively working in show business. But they must reunite when one of their fellow cast members from their old series suddenly disappears. J.K. Simmons, Tim Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric Bana, Will Arnett, and Seth Rogen also star for director Akiva Schaffer.

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