What to Watch in May: 18 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – April 28, 2023

The month ahead will bring a reunion of recent Oscar winners in a new Disney+ series, a new Pete Davidson comedy, a promising sci-fi series from Apple, the latest animated series from Genndy Tartakovsky, a new Bridgerton spinoff, 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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70 The Muppets Mayhem: Season 1

Family comedy series debuts May 10 on Disney+

The third live-action Muppets series since Disney acquired the beloved puppet franchise follows a pair of one-and-done shows: 2015's mockumentary-style The Muppets and the more recent streaming improv comedy Muppets Now. What's different about The Muppets Mayhem? Mainly its narrower focus—which falls not on the usual suspects like Kermit and Miss Piggy but instead on Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Band, who attempt to record their first studio album with the help of a music executive played by Lilly Singh. (And they better make it a good one if they want a high score from Pitchfork.) Guest stars include Morgan Freeman, Paula Abdul, Nicole Byer, Rachel Bloom, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ryan Seacrest, Steve Aoki, Billy Corgan, Kevin Smith, Danny Trejo, Lil Nas X, Ben Schwartz, Kesha, Kristen Schaal, Ziggy Marley, and more. The Goldbergs creator Adam F. Goldberg and Bill Barretta (returning from the 2015 series) created Mayhem, while the original songs come from Linda Perry. The entire season will be available to stream at once.

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