The most effective upcoming TV reveals for Might 2026 and past

Tatiana Maslany (finest often called She-Hulk and for her shape-shifting brilliance in Orphan Black) performs Paula, a freshly divorced mum who turns into satisfied she’s witnessed against the law and, within the grand custom of catastrophic private choices, decides to research it herself.

What begins as an id disaster shortly spirals into blackmail, homicide and conspiracy. Directed by David Gordon Inexperienced (whose work on the likes of The Righteous Gemstonesand Eastbound and Down suggests he can deal with chaos very properly), this darkish comedy additionally stars Jake Johnson, Murray Bartlett and Dolly De Leon. Count on twists, horrible decisions and hopefully one thing fascinating sufficient to justify that eyebrow-raising title.

Launch date: 20 Might 2026

Nicolas Cage takes his first ever lead TV position in a live-action spin-off from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, through which New York non-public dick Ben Reilly finds himself drawn again into his outdated life as a crime-fighting superhero referred to as “The Spider”. Set in an alternate-universe Nineteen Thirties, the eight-part collection additionally stars Li Jun Li, Lamorne Morris, Jack Huston and Brendan Gleeson. If the concept of a outdated, bitter and burnt-out Spider-Man intrigues you as a lot because it does us – and let’s face it, Cage is the person to promote such a personality – you’ll be firing up the Prime Video app faster than it takes Spider to swing throughout the Brooklyn Bridge.

In a neat (and on-brand for the subject material) twist, Spider-Noir will likely be accessible to stream in two distinct retro seems to be: “True-Hue Full Colour” (primarily based on Technicolor) and “Genuine Black & White”.

Launch date: 27 Might 2026

What the 1991 Martin Scorsese movie did in two hours, this ten-episode Apple TV+ collection has the room to do slowly, and the early phrase on Javier Bardem’s Max Cady is that he’s taking part in the position at a far decrease temperature than both Robert Mitchum or Robert De Niro: much less theatrical menace – extra quiet, immovable certainty.

Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson play the focused couple, who’re married attorneys this time somewhat than the unique’s lawyer and his spouse, with Scorsese again as govt producer, presumably making certain the factor doesn’t stray too removed from the supply materials’s Southern Gothic nastiness. Whether or not a status streaming growth of a stone-cold basic was strictly vital is debatable, however we’ll be watching to search out out if it was price bringing again.

Launch date: 5 June 2026

In terms of Home of the Dragon, there appears to be a basic feeling amongst viewers that, whereas the primary season was fairly nice, the second was an actual clunker, weighed down by lengthy, drawn-out episodes and poor characterisation. Individuals needed gripping motion and plotting – duelling dragons and nasty skullduggery – however as an alternative they obtained lengthy, boring chats in castles. It was an actual slog to get by means of, fairly frankly – and that’s some feat in a present with this massive a finances and, nicely, dragons in it.

The near-universal reward for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, with its 30-minute episodes, tight plotting and sharply drawn characters, all delivered on a considerably decrease finances, hasn’t helped HOTD’s fame in any respect – so this third season has loads to show. With George R.R. Martin pushed out of the image, that is now Ryan Condal’s present, for higher or worse – and we’re hoping it will get again on monitor proper from the off.

Launch date: 21 June 2026

Submit-Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David appears to have discovered a completely new area through which to be publicly humiliated: 250 years of American historical past. This sketch comedy collection – produced with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Greater Floor – drops David into key moments from the US’s previous with predictably disastrous outcomes. From what I’ve seen up to now, it seems to be to be very a lot a continuation of the model of comedy he’s established in his earlier reveals.

As with Curb, you may anticipate loads of acquainted faces to pop up: Invoice Hader and Kathryn Hahn as Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Jon Hamm and Sean Hayes because the Wright Brothers, Jerry Seinfeld and David as Lewis and Clark, and even an look from the previous POTUS himself. The Obamas needed to make one thing to respectfully mark the America’s 250th birthday, however Larry David fortunately had different concepts.

Launch date: 26 June 2026

Anya Taylor-Pleasure returns to TV after a six-year hiatus for this slick crime caper that’s principally “what if The Queen’s Gambit knew methods to crack a secure?” Based mostly on Marissa Stapley’s novel, the seven-parter sees Taylor-Pleasure’s eponymous grifter caught between a rock and several other onerous locations when a serious rating implodes spectacularly; cue the FBI on one facet and a significantly ticked-off crime boss on the opposite. Timothy Olyphant performs the daddy who schooled her in the dead of night arts of the lengthy con, which ought to add some satisfying household texture to all of the high-stakes operating and scheming.

Launch date: 15 July 2026