What to Watch in May: 23 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies
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.
Debuts May 5 on Peacock
One of Peacock's few standouts from its first two years of operation, Girls5Eva hits the same fast-paced, flashback-heavy sweet spot of past Tina Fey productions 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (the latter being one of the former stops of writer-producer Meredith Scardino, the creator of Girls5Eva). The series revolves around the four surviving members (played by Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, and Renée Elise Goldsberry) of the titular one-hit-wonder girl-group as they attempt to mount a reunion in the present day, two decades after their brief moment of fame.
New cast members in season 2 include Amy Sedaris and Neil Flynn, while guests include (among others) Amber Ruffin, John Lutz, Judy Gold, Tim Meadows, Chad L. Coleman, Hoda Kotb, Mario Cantone, and the Property Brothers. Three episodes stream on day one, but the remaining episodes will arrive one per week.
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