This month in streaming: childhood and 80s favorites are coming back! Between adaptations of Harriet the Spy, a new look at The Muppets, and a documentary about Michael J. Fox with never-before-seen footage, there’s soemthing fo reveryone who’s still young at heart (or has young ones at home)!
So without further ado, let’s get into it! We’ve got some ground to cover this month!
What’s Streaming on Apple TV+?
- Harriet the Spy S2 (May 5): Your favorite spy is back in the second season of the Apple TV series based on the best-selling children's novel by Louise Fitzhugh! Harriet is outspoken, perpetually curious, and determined to know everything about everyone…which means she needs to spy.
- Silo S1 (May 5): Starring David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Common, and more - this series is set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant underground silo. Members of this community live in a society full of regulations that they believe are meant to protect them...but are they?
- City on Fire S1 (May 12): After an NYU student is found dead in Central Park with no witnesses and no evidence, police discover that she's a crucial connection between a series of mysterious citywide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown family full of secrets.
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (May 12): This film about Michael J. Fox's life will feel more like you're watching a beloved movie rather than a documentary. Mixing elements of his professional life, his personal life, various scripted elements, and documentary footage - this never before seen look into the life of a true Hollywood star is one you don't want to miss!
- High Desert (May 17): After the death of her mother, former addict Peggy (Patricia Arquette) decides to change her life and become a private investigator in their small town of Yucca Valley, California.
- Prehistoric Planet S2 (May 22): Produced by Jon Favreau and utilizing groundbreaking cinematography effects, this documentary series takes you back 66 million years to a time when dinosaurs and other extraordinary creatures roamed the Earth.
- Platonic S1 (May 24): In this buddy comedy series starring Rose Byrne and Seth Rogan, former childhood best friends reconnect as adults and try to move past the rift that led to their falling out.
What’s Streaming on Disney+?
- Ed Sheeran: The Sum of it All S1 (May 3): For the first time, Ed Sheeran opens the doors to his private life! Exploring themes and inspiration for his music and revealing hardships and triumphs during the most challenge period of his life. If you're a fan of this musician, this is a can't miss series!
- The Muppets Mayhem S1 (May 10): Follow The Muppets Electric Mayhem Band as they go on an epic musical journey to record their first studio album! With the help of their human friend, Nora, the band comes face-to-face with the current-day music scene as they try to finally go platinum.
- Crater (May 12): Caleb Channing, a young man who was raised on a lunar mining colony, is about to be relocated to an idyllic faraway planet following his father’s death. However, first, to fulfill his dad’s last wish, he and his three best friends hijack a rover to explore a mysterious crater.
- American Born Chinese S1 (May 24): Jin Wang, an average teenager, juggles his high school social life with his home life; when he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
What’s Streaming on Netflix?
- Jewish Matchmaking S1 (May 3): Ever been curious to see a Jewish matchmaker at work? Then this is the show for you! Jewish singles in the United States and Israel pin their romantic hopes on the traditional practice of shidduchim dating.
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story S1 (May 4): Dear reader, the powerful and iconic Bridgerton queen's backstory finally arrives in this spinoff prequel series! Find out how the love story between the king and queen effects the creation of the Ton as you know it!
- The Mother (May 12): Starring Jennifer Lopez, this action-packed thriller follows a deadly assassin who, after making enemies with the wrong people, goes into hiding with the FBI. But when her eneimes find her daughter and kidnap her for revenge, she's forced to return to the life she gave up to save the daughter she never knew.
- Black Knight S1 (May 12): In this Korean thriller set in a dystopian future where the Earth is devastated by air pollution, humanity must rely on the "Black Knights" for survival. But these knights aren't your average deliverymen…they have to be ruthless in order to survive.
- XO, Kitty S1 (May 18): Were you one of the thousands of people who fell in love with Lara Jean in To All the Boys I Loved Before? Then this new trilogy following her younger sister Kitty is for you! Follow Kitty's own coming of age story and explorations (and trials) of young love.
- Mute S1 (May 19): In this Spanish psychological thriller, a man who hasn't spoken since the day he murdered his parents meets a teen girl who might be the key to revealing the whole truth behind his story.
- Victim/Suspect (May 23): In this new crime documentary, investigative journalist Rae de Leon uncovers and examines the pattern of young women who report being sexually assualted to the police, but instead of finding justice, they're accused of making a false report and arrested.
- Fubar S1 (May 25): Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first scripted TV series leading role, this series is everything that you love about spy action films! Schwarzenegger plays a CIA operative whose daughter is also in the CIA, but neither of them know the truth about the other! Hilarity (and new missions) ensue!
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson S3 (May 30): Considered one of the best Netflix comedy series of all time, in this sketch show, Tim Robinson and his guests spend each segment driving someone to the point of needing (or desperately wanting) to leave.
What’s Streaming on Hulu?
- Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi: Holiday Edition (May 5): Award winning cookbook author, host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.
- Class of ‘09 S1 (May 10): A group of FBI agents who graduated from Quantico in 2009 are reunited after the death of a mutual friend. This series is told over the course of three decades, told across three interweaving timelines, and examines life and the choices we make that ultimately define our lives and our legacy.
- The Great S3 (May 15): In the third installment of this genre-bending, anti-historical ride, we follow a young Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) as she arrives in Russian to marry Peter III of Russia (Nicholas Hoult) but finds herself embroiled in a world of beliefs and customs she doesn't agree with…and tries to change.
- The Secrets of Hillsong S1 (May 19): An investigative docuseries produced by Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and based on Vanity Fair's expose of the controversial megachurch. This four-part series features the first interviews with former pastors of the church and with some of the congregants.
- The Kardashians S3 (May 25): The family that you know and love is back in this Hulu series that gives you an all-access pass into their lives! See the truth behind the headlines, the pressure behind running billion-dollar businesses, and the everyday life of being a Kardashian-Jenner.
What did you add to your watchlist?
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