- Primary Subject: May 2026 Streaming & TV Premieres
- Key Update: May 2026 features a blockbuster lineup including the return of Prime Video’s Citadel, a live-action Spider-Noir starring Nicolas Cage, and the debut of the Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: April 30, 2026
- Quick Answer: May 2026 brings highly anticipated premieres like Lord of the Flies, Spider-Noir, and Dutton Ranch, alongside returning hits like Citadel and The Four Seasons on major streamers.
The month of May will see the premiere of highly anticipated TV shows and new seasons of beloved returning shows that fans have been waiting for. They vary across different streamers, networks, and genres, including the long-awaited TV series adaptation of a classic novel and a new spinoff from the Yellowstone universe.
Here is our list of the most anticipated new and returning TV shows to help guide your next binge-watch plans in May 2026.
Lord of the Flies (Netflix) - May 4
Based on the classic novel by William Golding, the four-part limited series Lord of the Flies is the story of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island with no adults, following a deadly plane crash.
In an attempt to remain civil, they organise themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But when Jack becomes more interested in hunting and vying for leadership, he soon begins to draw other boys away from the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.
Citadel Season 2 (Prime Video) - May 6
Citadel returns for a second season. It is a heart-racing spy thriller following Mason Kane, Nadia Sinh, and Bernard Orlick, elite operatives of a legendary agency destroyed by Manticore, a ruthless network backed by the world’s most powerful families. When a terrifying new threat emerges, the three are pulled back into action.
Now they must recruit an unlikely team of skilled new operatives and launch a globe-spanning mission to stop a conspiracy that could reshape humanity. With blockbuster action, shocking betrayals, and an expanded ensemble of mysterious agents, the stakes have never been higher – and anyone could be friend or foe.
The Punisher: One Last Kill (Disney+) - May 12
The Marvel Television special presentation The Punisher: One Last Kill follows Frank Castle, who searches for meaning beyond revenge, when an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
Jon Bernthal is reprising his iconic MCU role ahead of his big-screen debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. It is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green from a script co-written by Bernthal and Green.
Dutton Ranch (Paramount+) - May 15
In Dutton Ranch, as Beth and Rip Dutton fight to build a future together, they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire. In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul.
Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser are back to reprise their roles from Yellowstone. It also stars Finn Little, Juan Pablo Raba, Jai Courtney, J.R. Villarreal, Marc Menchaca, Natalie Alyn Lind, Ed Harris, and Annette Bening.
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Apple TV) - May 20
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed follows newly divorced mom Paula (played by Tatiana Maslany) as she falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder, and youth soccer.
Convinced she witnessed a crime, while simultaneously struggling through a custody battle and an identity crisis, Paula begins her own investigation, one that could unravel a greater conspiracy while also holding the keys to rebuilding her family and sense of self.
The Boroughs (Netflix) - May 21
The Boroughs is set in a picturesque retirement community promising its residents the time of their lives. But for the new arrival, Sam Cooper, paradise feels more like a prison. Everything changes when a terrifying nighttime encounter reveals that something monstrous is stalking the manicured cul-de-sacs.
Dismissed by the powers that be as just another confused old man, Sam finds unlikely allies in a band of neighborhood misfits: a sharp-witted former journalist, a spiritual seeker, a cynical music manager, and a brilliant doctor running out of options. Overlooked and underestimated, these unlikely heroes must band together to unravel the dark truth at the heart of The Boroughs before their time runs out.
Spider-Noir (MGM+/Prime Video) - May 25
Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. It tells the story of Ben Reilly, a seasoned, down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.
It stars Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, Jack Huston, and Brendan Gleeson. Audiences can watch the series in either black-and-white or color.
The Four Seasons Season 2 (Netflix) - May 28
The Four Seasons is back for the second season for another hilarious and chaotic adventure among the main characters. It will address the aftermath of Nick's shocking death at the end of the first season.
The series follows six old friends who head for a relaxing weekend away, only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. 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 ones bubbling to the surface.
Star City (Apple TV) - May 29
A bold new chapter inspired by For All Mankind, Star City is a propulsive paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race: when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon.
But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humankind forward.
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