Top 10 TV Shows to Air This Month (May 2026)


While they may flow be future televisionthe broker itself – very similar Big screen counterpart– Often relies on familiar properties, prequels, and reboots to keep things moving. (This explains why Yellowstone It’s turned into a full-fledged franchise, with four current spinoffs and more on the way.)

Why does this matter to you? Because the best shows streaming for May are full of familiar titles, from Battlestar Galactica On to The Duffer Brothers’ newest project…which sounds a bit like their most famous project.

Here are our picks for the 10 best series you can watch this month.

Battlestar Galactica

More than a year before the Russell T. Davies reboot Doctor Who For a whole new generation, Ronald D. Moore has breathed new life into it Battlestar Galactica—Glen A. Larson, the highly anticipated, but ultimately short-lived, sci-fi show from 1978. The revived series, in which what remains of humanity attempts to avoid extinction at the hands of a race of sentient artificial intelligence beings known as Cylons, has since become one of the most popular and influential sci-fi franchises of all time.

Now, a year after its MIA launch, Paramount+ is bringing the entire series — which was well ahead of its time with its exploration of artificial intelligence, politics, identity, and what it means to be human — to its streaming platform. In addition to the three-hour miniseries that served as the actual pilot, all four official seasons of the series are now streaming, starring Academy Award nominees Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, as well as Katee Sackhoff in her breakout role. As with Olmos’s feature film, the planand the 2010 prequel series, fancy. It’s all here for binge drinking.

Worst ex ever

Do you think your ex was the worst person who ever lived? Watch Netflix’s true crime docuseries, and then maybe reevaluate them. Using a mix of standard interviews with authorities and survivors, as well as animated recreations of the violence and crimes described, the show — which launched its second season on May 6 — explores the many ways romantic relationships can become toxic, sometimes with deadly results.

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