NBC
Destination X
In the bold travel competition series, Europe is turned into a real-life gameboard as complete strangers are invited to participate in the trip of a lifetime and the ultimate geo-guessing contest. These adventurous players will traverse each country on a blacked-out “Destination X” bus with the goal of figuring out where the “X” they are each week. In each episode, the players disembark the bus to visit unique and unfamiliar tourist attractions that have been gamified into experiential challenges. They will need to rely on their knowledge of pop culture, history, geography and observational skills to win clues to their current location and earn an all-important advantage. Contestants must tap into their own personal expertise, identify hidden clues that are disguised as artifacts and discern intentional misdirects from competitors to ultimately determine their whereabouts.
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Premieres May 27th
Fox
Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service
The apron will not be pulled over Gordon Ramsay’s eyes! Restaurateurs who are looking for a quick fix or social media glow-up are in for the surprise of their lives when famed culinary titan Gordon Ramsay trades his signature chef knives for a state-of-the-art surveillance vehicle and cutting-edge spyware. In a Gordon Ramsay series first, Chef Ramsay will venture into struggling restaurants under the cover of night. With the help of a secret source on the inside, he’ll gather raw, unfiltered evidence and get a 360-degree view of the major issues facing each restaurant. This insider will not only remain a secret to the staff, but will also help Ramsay infiltrate the restaurant after-hours for a dramatic nighttime black light kitchen investigation that reveals more filth and grossness than ever before. By the time Ramsay reveals his identity, it will be too late for staff to cover up their culinary crimes. Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service will be his toughest assignment yet as he takes drastic measures to transform not only the restaurant but also the staff, because Gordon knows he can upgrade the menu and renovate the restaurant, but the most important change has to come from the people. Are the restaurant and staff willing to accept Gordon’s mission, or are they too far gone to be saved?
Premieres May 21st
PBS
Miss Austen
Miss Austen takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine. The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane has died. Cassandra races to see her young friend Isabella who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help her friend, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane’s reputation. On discovering them, Cassandra is overwhelmed as she is transported back to her youth. In flashback, we meet Young Cassy and Jane as they navigate the infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes which shaped their lives and laid the foundations for Jane’s unforgettable stories. Cassandra’s re-evaluation of her past eventually leads her to realise how blind she has been to the real cause of Isabella’s heartache and distress. Finding a way to guide Isabella towards true happiness, Cassandra is finally able to understand and celebrate the sacrifices she chose to make for her brilliant sister, Jane.
Starring: Keeley Hawes, Rose Leslie, Patsy Ferran, Jessica Hynes, Mirren Mack, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch, Liv Hill
Premieres May 4th
Freeform
Not Her First Rodeo
Champion bull rider Jorden Halvorsen – joined by rookies and returning pros – begins a new season of her women’s bull-riding league, with each cowgirl hoping this will be their year to win the championship buckle.
Premieres May 22nd
FX
Adults
Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither “good” nor “people” yet. Samir, Billie, Paul Baker, Issa and Anton are five friends crashing together in Samir’s childhood home, where they share their meals, anxieties and, occasionally, toothbrushes.
Starring: Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, Owen Thiele
Premieres May 28th
TNT
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
The Librarians: The Next Chapter centers on Vikram Chamberlain, a “Librarian” from the past who time traveled from 1847 and now finds himself stuck in the present. When Vikram returns to his castle in Belgrade, Serbia and discovers that it is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. With the help of a new team of eclectic heroes, including a savant in world history, a scientific genius, and a highly skilled Guardian, Vikram has only six months to clean up the mess he made. Throughout the season, the team will embark on fantastical adventures, including a surprise reroute to a manor where Agatha Christie-styled murders take place, a time-travel back to the days of King Arthur at Camelot and even an encounter with the first-ever vampire.
Starring: Callum McGowan, Jessica Green, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, Caroline Loncq, Christian Kane
Premieres May 28
Lifetime
The Judd Family: Truth Be Told
Profiling one of the greatest country music families of our time, the doc examines Naomi Judd’s complicated bond with her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, that both tied them together and drove them apart. Directed by Alexandra Dean (Secrets of Playboy, This is Paris, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story), the documentary explores the complex mother-daughter dynamics and intergenerational trauma as seen through the eyes of The Judd Family. In addition to exclusive interviews with Ashley, Wynonna, close family members and those who knew Naomi best, the documentary features never-before-seen photos, home videos, unreleased songs, and audio.
Premieres May 10th
The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
This miniseries is based on the extraordinary true story of Rena Chynoweth, a brave survivor and former wife of a manipulative polygamist group leader, who escaped a life of oppression and dedicated herself to freeing others.
Starring: Olga Petsa, Felicity Huffman, Eric Johnson
Premieres May 31st
Hallmark
The Motherhood
Each of the six one-hour episodes follows Britton, a single mother herself, as she connects with another single mother who is juggling the demands of work, parenting, and self-care. Over the course of a week, Britton and three coaches — DIY and home design specialist Angela Rose, parenting coach Destini Davis, and stylist Taryn Hicks— will help the mom create a better living space, while helping to refresh her wardrobe and give her parenting advice.
Premieres May 5th
Nat Geo
Tucci in Italy
The five-part series follows Stanley Tucci on a visually stunning and deeply personal exploration of the country’s breathtaking landscapes, rich history, and the complex connections with its food that have shaped each region’s distinct culture and, of course, their iconic pasta.
Premieres May 18th
Missing Presumed Dead
Missing Presumed Dead tells the fascinating and shocking stories of real disappearances—how the victims survived their experiences and were found or rescued. Each episode focuses on one unbelievable true crime story told through a combination of stylized, cinematically shot interviews with the missing person, their family and friends, and experts in abduction, surviving hostile environments and hostage negotiation, along with archive footage of news reports documenting the disappearance, home videos and photos, and stock footage recreating key moments. Each episode’s story plays out chronologically, as we hear two versions of events being described from the POV of the missing person as well as family, friends and experts.
Premieres May 23rd
History
Kevin Costner’s The West
The eight-episode documentary series will provide a fresh look at the sweeping and complex history of the American West through a wide range of conflicts – all driven by the desperate struggle to control the land itself. Transcending the clichés of the ‘Wild West,’ each one hour episode will capture multiple perspectives on the stories that not only defined an era but continue to shape our country today. The documentary series is hosted and executive produced by Academy Award(R)-winner Kevin Costner and executive produced by Pulitzer Prize(R)-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
Premieres May 26th
Sitting Bull
Narrated by Mo Brings Plenty and starring Kul Wičaša Lakota actor Michael Spears, the four-hour documentary series charts the heroic life and legacy of the renowned leader of the Lakota people from his origins as a tribal warrior, to his involvement in defending native lands, to his leadership in guiding the Lakota people through a tumultuous time in American history.
Premieres May 27th
HBO
Pee-wee as Himself
Driven by a soul-baring interview with Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, Pee-wee as Himself is the definitive portrait of the comedic performer, and a window into his never before discussed personal life. Determined to correct the record and tell the factual story of his life, Reubens excavates his kaleidoscopic influences, origins in the circus and avant-garde performance theater, and career choices, while reflecting on the reasoning behind, and the consequences of, severing his beloved alter ego from his authentic self.
Woven together from over 40 hours of interview footage filmed before Reubens’ premature death in 2023, 1,000 hours of archival footage, and tens of thousands of never-before-seen photographs from his personal collections, the film chronicles Reubens’ influences, from growing up in the circus town of Sarasota, Florida to his avant-garde theater training at the California Institute of the Arts. Combining his love of performance art and comedy, Reubens joined the legendary Groundlings improv group, where he created Pee-wee Herman, the impish character that would come to define his career. Becoming a cultural touchstone of the 1980s with his hit film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, and his sweetly subversive Emmy®-winning children’s television series Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Reubens chose to never be photographed or interviewed publicly as himself — an artistic choice to present Pee-wee Herman as a real person not to be confused with his creator. From the “Dating Game” to regular appearances on “The David Letterman Show,” Reubens never broke character, living his dream of doing performance art in mainstream pop culture. When Reubens was arrested at an adult movie theater in 1991, his anonymity was destroyed and he fell prey to the media’s growing appetite for salacious and spurious takedowns.
Occasionally sparring with the documentary’s director over creative control, Reubens speaks candidly, and sometimes warily, about his personal and professional challenges before and after his arrests. Alongside interviews with artists and actors from Pee-wee’s Playhouse and prominent figures in his life, Reubens openly discusses further legal battles, his exoneration, his ultimate resurrection as a public figure, and the apotheosis of Pee-wee as an adored and enduring cultural icon. The result is a revealing, hilarious, and complex portrait of Reubens, and a celebration of the enormous and indelible legacy he leaves behind.
Premieres May 23rd
Apple TV+
Murderbot
Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Played by Skarsgård, Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, Tamara Podemski, Anna Konkle
Premieres May 16th
Max
Malditos
In the south of France, the leader of a Romani community and her two sons struggle to save their clan threatened with eviction by rising waters. To survive, they will have to cross the boundaries of legality and fight their way through a dark and dangerous world… all the while concealing the unspoken secret that has haunted their family for seven years.
Starring: Céline Sallette, Pablo Cobo, Darren Muselet, Raïka Hazanavicius, Damien Bonnard, Jérôme Niel, Valérie Karsenti
Premieres May 2nd
Duster
Set in the 1970s Southwest, Duster explores the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate that goes from dangerous to wildly, stupidly dangerous when a tenacious young agent comes into town hellbent on taking his crime family down.
Starring: Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Camille Guaty, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez, Benjamin Charles Watson
Premieres May 15th
The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood
In the spring of 2018 over the course of just 34 days, a young woman and man went missing, and another young man was murdered in Bakersfield, California. While initially thought to be tragic but unconnected events, a string of coincidences unearthed by the victims’ mothers led to the realization that these three cases were entangled with one another. Desperate for answers, they banded together in their unyielding quest for the truth, dubbing their children’s death and disappearances as “The Bakersfield 3.”
Premieres May 11th
Hulu
Kun By Agüero
A biographical series that dives into the world of Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero — one of Argentina’s most iconic and successful soccer players. As he looks back, he re-examines his life with fresh eyes, gaining a new understanding of his journey and the experiences that have shaped him.
Premieres May 7th
Nine Puzzles
A suspect and detective must cooperate to stop a series of murders linked by strange puzzle pieces.
Premieres May 21st
Prime Video
Octopus!
The documentary, narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, transports viewers into the otherworldly depths of one of the most intelligent and mysterious life forms on Earth as it follows the Giant Pacific Octopus from birth to death. The documentary features an eclectic mix of characters who have their own unique connections to these creatures, from the scientist trying to save them, the explorer trying to understand them, to the Emmy-nominated actor and comedian, Tracy Morgan, who is obsessed with them. Their adventures will make us laugh, cry, and question our own place on this planet along the way.
Premieres May 8th
Overcompensating
Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny, a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny’s older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs. Deeply funny and personal, the show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.
Starring: Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone ), Adam DiMarco, Rish Shah, Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Kaia Gerber, Julia Shiplett, Tommy Do, Alexandra Beaton, Claire Qute, Elias Azimi, Maddie Phillips
Premieres May 15th
Motorheads
Motorheads is about first love, first heartbreak, and turning the key in your first car. Set in a once-thriving rust-belt town that’s now searching for a glimmer of hope, the series is an adrenaline-filled story of a group of outsiders who form an unlikely friendship over a mutual love of street racing, while navigating the hierarchy and rules of high school.
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Uriah Shelton, Nicolas Cantu, Drake Rodger, Josh Macqueen, Mia Healey, Matt Lanter, Audrey Gerthoffer, Johnna Dias-Watson
Premieres May 20th
The Better Sister
The Better Sister, based on the book by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe, a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan () by her side while her estranged sister Nicky struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
Starring: Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kim Dickens, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, Matthew Modine, Lorraine Toussaint
Premieres May 29th
Good Boy
Blending comedy, action, crime investigation, with romance, the series tells the story of former medal-winning athletes who become police officers and fight in a world full of criminals. Yun Dong-ju, Ji Han-na, Kim Jong-hyeon, Ko Man-sik and Shin Jae-hong form a rag-tag team who seek to take down the forces behind a large crime group.
Starring: Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun, Lee Sang-yi, Heo Sung-tae, Tae Won-seok
Premieres May 31st
Netflix
The Four Seasons
Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate and Jack, Nick and Anne, and Danny and Claude, are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic – sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface.
Starring: Tina Fey, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, Erika Henningsen, with Colman Domingo, Steve Carell
Premieres May 1st
Forever
Judy Blume’s groundbreaking 1975 novel, Forever, is being reimagined by Mara Brock Akil for a new generation. It’s an epic love story of two Black teens exploring romance and their identities through the awkward journey of being each other’s firsts.
Starring: Lovie Simone, Michael Cooper Jr., Karen Pittman, Wood Harris, Xosha Roquemore, Marvin Winans III, Niles Fitch, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ali Gallo, Adriyan Rae, Paigion Walker, Xavier Mills, E’myri Crutchfield, Yusef Thomas
Premieres May 8th
The Royals
When charming Prince Aviraaj meets Sophia, a self-made girl boss, the worlds of royalty and startups collide in a whirlwind of romance and ambition.
Starring: Zeenat Aman, Sakshi Tanwar, Nora Fatehi, Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Chunky Panday, Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Sumukhi Suresh, Udit Arora, Lisa Mishra, Luke Kenny
Premieres May 9th
Tastefully Yours
In an attempt to inherit a food corporation, Han Beom-woo, a chaebol heir turned “recipe hunter,” meets Mo Yeon-joo, a stubborn chef who runs a one-table restaurant in the small city of Jeonju, South Korea. Their fierce kitchen encounters unfold into a shimmering romance.
Starring: Kang Ha-neul, Kim Shin-rock, Ko Min-si, Yu Su-bin
Premieres May 12th
Bad Thoughts
In this six-episode series of dark and twisted comedy, Tom Segura brings his unfiltered musings to life within a cinematic world where nothing is as it seems.
Premieres May 13th
Fred and Rose West: British Horror Story
Recently discovered police recordings and first-person accounts tell the story of Fred and Rose West, two of the UK’s most prolific murderers.
Premieres May 14th
Bet
Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy. When Yumeko, a mysterious transfer student arrives, her gambling prowess puts her in the crosshairs of the powerful Student Council, while her secret quest for revenge threatens to upend the school’s status quo entirely.
Starring: Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Anwen O’Driscoll, Aviva Mongillo, Laura Afelskie, Dorian Giordano, Emma Elle Paterson, Ryan Sutherland, Peter Outerbridge
Premieres May 15th
Secrets We Keep
When her neighbor’s au pair goes missing, Cecilie is compelled to personally investigate — but as she uncovers the truth, her perfect world falls apart.
Starring: Marie Bach Hansen, Danica Curcic, Simon Sears, Lars Ranthe, Sara Fanta Traore, Excel Busano, Donna Levkovski, Lukas Zuperka and Frode Bilde Rønsholt
Premieres May 15th
Dear Hongrang
When a long-missing heir returns with lost memories, love and suspicion entwine. Is he truly Hongrang, or a stranger disturbing hearts and family ties?
Starring: Jung Ga-ram, Uhm Ji-won, Park Byung-eun, Kim Jae-uck, Lee Jae-wook, Cho Bo-ah
Premieres May 16th
Football Parents
In this comedy series, a group of overenthusiastic football parents can’t help but interfere with the performances of the young players on the field.
Starring: Ilse Warringa, Eva van Gessel, Mariana Aparicio, Michiel Nooter, Edwin Jonker, Bas Hoeflaak, Guido Pollemans, Leonoor Koster, Arnoud Bos, Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Gurkan Küçüksentürk, Evrim Akyigit, Rian Gerritsen, Steef Cuijpers, René van ‘t Hof
Premieres May 16th
Rotten Legacy
In Legado, Federico Seligman retires from his communication companies to recover from an illness that has kept him on the sidelines for two years. Upon his return, he discovers that his sons have become strangers and are taking the business in a direction he detests. Federico will do everything unimaginable to prevent his children from destroying his legacy.
Starring: Jose Coronado, Belén Cuesta, Diego Martín, Natalia Huarte, María Morera, Susi Sánchez
Premieres May 16th
Real Men
Mattia, Massimo, Riccardo, and Luigi, four friends in their forties, confront their prejudices in a world evolving towards gender equality. They must rediscover their place in society and relationships amid hilarious situations and unexpected challenges.
Starring: Maurizio Lastrico, Matteo Martari, Francesco Montanari, Pietro Sermonti.
Premieres May 21st
Sneaky Links: Dating After Dark
Six singles check into a motel looking for love, but there’s a twist: Their situationships are invited too. Can these hookups turn into real romance?
Starring: Chloe Veitch, Spicy Mari
Premieres May 21st
Tyler Perry’s She The People
Lieutenant Governor candidate Antoinette Dunkerson runs a successful campaign and now must figure out how to thrive under a sexist and condescending governor while attempting to keep her family in line now that they’re all in the public eye.
Premieres May 22nd
Sirens
Devon thinks her sister Simone has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell. Michaela’s cult-ish life of luxury is like a drug to Simone, and Devon has decided it’s time for an intervention, but she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be. Told over the course of one explosive weekend at The Kells’ lavish beach estate, Sirens is an incisive, sexy, and darkly funny exploration of women, power, and class.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Bill Camp, Felix Solis
Premieres May 22nd
Forget You Not
After multiple crises turn her life upside down, a convenience store clerk discovers a surprising creative outlet to restore her hope: stand-up comedy.
Starring: Hsieh Ying-xuan, Chin Han, Tracy Chou, Esther Liu
Premieres May 23rd
F1: The Academy
This adrenaline-fueled docuseries follows fifteen female drivers across all five F1 Academy teams. Through exclusive, behind-the-scenes access, F1 Academy highlights the drama of the races, as well as the personal stories and high stakes for these incredible drivers and the teams around them, as they break barriers in one of the most demanding sports in the world. For F1 Academy’s leader and managing director, Susie Wolff, the pressure has never felt more real. The future of women in motorsport is at stake. As Susie spearheads this new operation as the face of F1 Academy, her extensive experience behind the wheel of F1 cars allows her to connect with the drivers on a deep and personal level, whilst understanding the pressure that each one of the drivers face to succeed.
Premieres May 28th
Dept. Q
DCI Carl Morck is a brilliant cop but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has made him no friends in Edinburgh police. After a shooting that leaves a young pc dead, and his partner paralysed, he finds himself exiled to the basement and the sole member of Department Q; a newly formed cold case unit. The department is a PR stunt, there to distract the public from the failures of an under-resourced, failing police force that is glad to see the back of him. But more by accident than design, Carl starts to build a gang of waifs and strays who have everything to prove. So, when the stone-cold trail of a prominent civil servant who disappeared several years ago starts to heat up, Carl is back doing what he does best – rattling cages and refusing to take no for an answer.
Starring: Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Kelly Macdonald, Leah Byrne
Premieres May 29th