12 New Series to Watch in May 2025
As we approach another new month this spring, there is so much new content coming our way. From new comedies, dramas, to thrillers and more, there is something for everyone to put on their to-watch list.
Here are 12 new series to watch that will premiere throughout May 2025.
The Four Seasons – May 1 (Netflix)
Cast: Tina Fey, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Marco Calvani, Erika Henningsen, Colman Domingo, Steve Carrell
Synopsis: “The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways.”
Miss Austen – May 4 (PBS Masterpiece)
Cast: Keeley Hawes, Rose Leslie, Synnøve Karlsen, Patsy Ferran, Max Irons, Alfred Enoch, Calam Lynch Phyllis Logan
Synopsis: “In Miss Austen, the drama begins in 1830, many years after Jane has died. Cassandra rushes to visit Isabella, the niece of her long-dead fiancé, who is about to lose her home following her father’s death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help Isabella, but her real motive is to find a hidden bundle of private letters which, in the wrong hands, she fears could destroy Jane’s reputation.”
Bet – May 15 (Netflix)
Cast: Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Eve Edwards, Aviva Mongillo, Anwen O’Driscoll, Emma Elle Paterson, Ryan Sutherland
Synopsis: “At a private school where gambling determines social status, a skillful new student with a mysterious past is shaking things up — and betting on revenge.”
Duster – May 15 (Max)
Cast: Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David
Synopsis: “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.”
Overcompensating – May 15 (Prime Video)
Cast: 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, Holmes, Corteon Moore, Owen Thiele, Nell Verlaque
Synopsis: “Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen (Wally Baram), a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny’s older sister (Mary Beth Barone) and her campus-legend boyfriend (Adam DiMarco), Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs.”
Secrets We Keep – May 15 (Netflix, Danish Limited Series)
Cast: Marie Bach Hansen, Excel Busano, Danica Curcic, Sara Fanta Traore, Simon Sears, Lars Ranthe, Lukas Zuperka, Frode Emil Bilde Rønsholt, Donna Levkovski, Henrik Prip
Synopsis: “Cecilie grows suspicious when her neighbor’s young Filipino au pair, Ruby, disappears from an affluent Copenhagen neighborhood. Driven to uncover the truth, Cecilie launches her own investigation, only to find more than she bargained for.”
Murderbot – May 16 (Apple TV+)
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, Tamara Podemski
Synopsis: “Based on Martha Wells’ best-selling, Hugo and Nebula Award winning book series, “Murderbot” is sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. 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.”
Motorheads – May 20 (Prime Video)
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Uriah Shelton, Nicolas Cantu, Drake Rodger, Johnna Dias-Watson, Mia Healey, Matt Lanter, Josh Macqueen
Synopsis: “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.”
Tyler Perry’s She the People Part 1- May 22 (Netflix, Part 2 releases on August 14)
Cast: Terri J. Vaughn, Jade Novah, Jo Marie Payton, Drew Olivia Tillman, Tré Boyd, Dyon Brooks
Synopsis: “As she tries to shine in politics, Mississippi’s first Black lieutenant governor must manage her zany family and overcome a boss who’s stuck in the past.”
Sirens – May 22 (Netflix, Limited Series)
Cast: Julianne Moore, Milly Alcock, Meghann Fahy, Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Felix Solis, Bill Camp, Josh Segarra, Trevor Salter, Britne Oldford
Synopsis: “Devon (played by Meghann Fahy) thinks her sister Simone (Milly Alcock) has a really creepy relationship with her new boss, the enigmatic socialite Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore). 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.”
The Better Sister – May 29 (Prime Video, Limited Series)
Cast: Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Kim Dickens, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, Matthew Modine, Lorraine Toussaint
Synopsis: “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 (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) 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.”
Dept Q. – May 29 (Netflix)
Cast: Matthew Goode, Chloe Pirrie, Jamie Sives, Mark Bonnar, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, Kate Dickie, Shirley Henderson, Kelly Macdonald, Tom Bulpett
Synopsis: “A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits in solving Edinburgh’s cold cases.”
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