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The best new shows to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Max (HBO), and more

Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers.
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It’s going to be a long holiday weekend, but the good news is that there are some new shows to stream during Memorial Day.

Hulu’s answer to The White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangers, is back for a new season about people desperate enough to seek help from Nicole Kidman’s amoral Masha Dmitrichenko. We don’t expect this show to descend into the murder-fest that The White Lotus season 3 did, but there will almost certainly be consequences for Masha’s unorthodox methods at her new wellness facility.

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Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video has dropped he entire first season of its new racing-themed teen drama, Motorheads, and it’s already No. 1 on Prime Video’s charts. Ryan Phillippe is the most recognizable name among the cast, but if this show really takes off, then Phillippe’s young co-stars, Melissa Collazo and Michael Cimino, might become draws in their own right.

You can find these series and the rest of the best new shows to stream below. We update this list every Friday to keep you up to date on the most binge-worthy new additions.

When you’re done here, check out the best new movies to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best new shows on Max, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and the best shows on Disney+.

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+ all have one thing in common: They’re more expensive than they used to be. We can live with higher rates as long as new shows keep coming, but it’s always a good idea to consider signing up for the ad-supported tiers, which are worth it if you can sit through a few commercials. 

New TV shows to watch at a glance

Hulu

Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)

Nine Perfect Strangers
50%
7.0/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Drama, Mystery
Stars
Nicole Kidman, Henry Golding, Lena Olin
Created by
David E. Kelley, John-Henry Butterworth
Watch on Hulu

The first season of Nine Perfect Strangers was originally intended as a stand-alone miniseries. But it’s back with Nicole Kidman reprising her role as Masha Dmitrichenko, a woman whose ideas about helping and healing people skirt what the law would allow. By season two, Masha is ducking lawsuits and working out of a different wellness facility called Zauberwald. Some of Masha’s latest clients include grown adults like Peter (Henry Golding) and Imogen (Annie Murphy), who want to patch things up with their respective parents, David (Mark Strong) and Victoria (Christine Baranski). Meanwhile, Wolfie (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) wants Masha’s help getting her girlfriend and musical partner, Tina (King Princess), to embrace music again. These people have come from disparate backgrounds because they believe the hype around Masha and what she can do for them. But this could all turn very ugly if Masha pulls some of her old tricks on the assembled guests.

The Handmaid's Tale (2017)

The Handmaid's Tale
77%
8.3/10
tv-ma
6 Seasons
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stars
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd
Created by
Bruce Miller
Watch on Amazon

June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) used to be just another handmaiden in Gilead. But through the five previous seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale, June has transformed into a revolutionary. And she won’t stop until Gilead’s reign has been brought down.

This is the final season for Hulu’s signature drama series, and this is the end of the road for June, one way or another. But even if she can’t free every woman in Gilead, June won’t stop fighting while there’s still breathe in her body.

Amazon Prime Video

Motorheads (2025)

Motorheads
58%
7.3/10
1 Season
Genre
Drama
Stars
Ryan Phillippe, Nathalie Kelley, Michael Cimino
Created by
John A. Norris
Watch on Amazon

Ryan Phillippe gets top billing in Motorheads, but this teenage  drama largely focuses on his family. Logan Maddox (Phillippe) is an ex-NASCAR driver who now runs his own auto body shop in his hometown, Ironwood, Pennsylvania. Logan has also been good enough to welcome his niece, Caitlyn (Melissa Collazo), and his nephew, Zac (Michael Cimino), into his life after their mother, Samantha (Nathalie Kelley), moves the family back home. When both Zac and Caitlyn make an enemy out of Harris (Josh Macqueen) and his fellow rich kids, they decide that the only way to take down this spoiled street racer is by restoring a vintage Charger that belonged to their father, Christian Maddox (Deacon Phillippe). To do that, they need Logan’s help, and he’s not wild about the idea to send the kids down the same road as their father.

Étoile (2025)

Étoile
69%
7.3/10
tv-14
1 Season
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Stars
Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou de Laâge
Created by
Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino
Watch on Amazon

The audience for Étoile may be limited given the subject matter, but that’s part of the premise that Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino came up with for the show.

Jack McMillan (Luke Kirby) the director of New York’s Metropolitan Ballet Theater and his counterpart at the Le Ballet National in Paris, Genevieve Lavigne (Charlotte Gainsbourg), are facing a similar dilemma. Audience erosion means that their prestigious ballet programs are in danger of dying. To save their respective programs, Jack and Genevive agree to swap their top stars in a yearlong experiment to turn their fortunes around. The show’s narrative is split between New York and France as both institutions explore some culture shock.

The Bondsman (2025)

The Bondsman
54%
7.3/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
Stars
Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant
Created by
Grainger David
Watch on Amazon

If you’re old enough to remember the old Fox series Brimstone, then you may recognize the premise of The Bondsman, which has added Kevin Bacon in the title role. In life, Hub Halloran (Bacon) tracked down criminals as a bounty hunter. Now that Hub’s dead, he’s doing the same thing on behalf of the devil. Except Hub’s new targets are demons who managed to escape from Hell.

Hub doesn’t remember everything about his old life, but reuniting with his family will jog some unpleasant memories about how he was condemned to Hell in the first place. This job is Hub’s second chance to redeem himself, and he’s going to take it.

Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)

Duster (2025)

Duster
72%
0.1/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Crime, Drama
Stars
Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David
Created by
J.J. Abrams, LaToya Morgan
Watch on max

There aren’t many shows like Duster, which drops viewers into the early ’70s and puts the spotlight on Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson), the first Black woman ever to become an FBI agent. Getting in the door wasn’t enugh for Nina, as she hounds her superiors to let her go after Ezra Saxton (Keith David) and his crime family in the Southwest. Nina’s way into the investigation is through Saxton’s favorite getaway driver, Jim Ellis (Josh Holloway). Jim’s had a comfortable time working for Saxton, but Nina is able to convince him that his employer’s dark side merits risking his life to help bring him down. Nina and Jim also have to deal with other underworld and law enforcement officials who have their own reasons to derail her investigation. And things are only going to get wilder as Nina looks into Saxton’s latest business venture.

Conan O'Brien Must Go (2024)

Conan O'Brien Must Go
77%
8.2/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Documentary, Comedy
Stars
Conan O'Brien
Created by
Conan O'Brien
Watch on HBO Max

Since Conan O’Brien is no longer a late night TV talk show host, his awkward brand of humor can no longer be confined to a single country. Conan O’Brien Must Go is a comedic travel show in which O’Brien visits fans that he’s connected to through his audio podcast.

There aren’t a lot of episodes each season, but this year, O’Brien is heading to Spain to meet up with Javier Bardem, and then he’s off to New Zealand to reunite with Taika Waititi. The third episode will send O’Brien to Austria, and who knows where he’ll go from there.

Apple TV+

Murderbot (2025)

Murderbot
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Stars
Alexander Skarsgård, Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian
Created by
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Watch on Apple TV+

The Northman‘s Alexander Skarsgård headlines Murderbot as an advanced security android who is perhaps a bit too human. Unlike other androids, Muderbot has developed sentience as well as a taste for binge-watching the latest TV programs at faster speeds than humans can comprehend. Regardless, Murderbot correctly feels the need to hide any evidence of free will from the boring humans that need protection and assistance. Thus, people are the bane of Murderbot’s existence and also the source of potential insights into what makes a being truly human.

Your Friends & Neighbors (2025)

Your Friends & Neighbors
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Drama
Stars
Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn
Created by
Jonathan Tropper
Watch on Apple TV+

Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm stars in Your Friends & Neighbors as Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a man who used to be extremely wealthy thanks to his high-powered job as a hedge fund manager. But once Coop loses that job, he can’t seem to find anything comparable. Rather than let his family slip into economic discomfort, Coop discovers he has a talent for stealing from their affluent neighbors.

One of those neighbors is Samantha “Sam” Levitt (Olivia Munn), the best friend of Coop’s ex-wife, Mel (Amanda Peet). Sam and Coop have casual sexual flings on the side even though she wants more out of the relationship. And if she discovers how he’s been stealing for a living, then it’s probably going to complicate things even further.

Netflix

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

Love, Death & Robots
35%
8.4/10
tv-ma
4 Seasons
Genre
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Created by
Tim Miller
Watch on Netflix

What began as a remake of the Heavy Metal animated movie has become one of the most daring adult-oriented animated series in the streaming-verse. Tim Miller and David Fincher’s Love, Death & Robots is an anthology that always takes at least one of the themes from the title — if not more — and constructs a short story around them. The fourth season has just debuted with ten new episodes of varying lengths. It’s the perfect show for anyone who just wants a story they can jump in and out of quickly. Fair warning though, this show is about as NSFW as it gets.

The Four Seasons (2025)

The Four Seasons
60%
7.2/10
tv-ma
1 Season
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo
Created by
Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield, Lang Fisher
Watch on Netflix

There’s nothing that upsets the dynamic between couples than the sudden breakup of one of the romantic pairings. The Four Seasons starts with three couples on vacation, but Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) are heading towards a divorce whether she wants one or not.

That doesn’t sit will with their longtime pals Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte). Meanwhile, Claude (Marco Calvani) and Danny (Colman Domingo) are having some issues in their own marriage. Without Anne, the connections between the three couples become strained, especially when Nick wants his new girlfriend, Ginny (Erika Henningsen), to take Anne’s place in the group.

Paramount+

The Chi (2018)

The Chi
73%
7.5/10
tv-ma
7 Seasons
Genre
Drama
Created by
Lena Waithe
Watch on Paramount+

Showtime’s long-running original series The Chi is back with a vengeance, or at least Alicia (Lynn Whitfield) is. Her son, Rob (Iman Shumpert), has been murdered, and Alicia is already out looking for his killer and ready to take revenge. Alicia has to be the one to tell Rob’s lover, Tiffany (Hannaha Hall), that he’s dead, The fallout from Rob’s murder also affects Victor “Trig” Taylor (Luke James) and Fatima (L’lerrét Jazelle), but it may be a while before Alicia realizes who really killed her son and what it’s going to take to get the retribution she so desperately wants.

Criminal Minds: Evolution (2005)

Criminal Minds: Evolution
42%
8.1/10
tv-ma
18 Seasons
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars
Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Adam Rodriguez
Created by
Jeff Davis
Watch on Paramount+

The revival of Criminal Minds continues for a third season in Criminal Minds: Evolution. Each episode presents a new case for David Ross (Joe Mantegna), Jennifer Jareau (A.J. Cook), and the rest of their forensic scientists as they race to catch another killer.

This season, Matthew Gray Gubler will rejoin his former castmates as Dr. Spencer Reid for at least one episode before he stars in Einstein for CBS. Elias Voit (Zach Gilford) is also sticking around this season, despite the team’s efforts to put him away for good.

Peacock

Poker Face (2023)

Poker Face
78%
7.8/10
tv-ma
2 Seasons
Genre
Mystery, Crime
Stars
Natasha Lyonne
Created by
Rian Johnson
Watch on Peacock
The more things change for Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne), the more they stay the same in Poker Face season 2. Since Charlie is still on the run from a crime boss, she prefers to keep her head down as much as possible.

But her innate ability to tell when people are lying makes her a great detective, especially when some folks wind up as murder victims. This year’s second season premiere features Wicked‘s Cynthia Erivo as quintuplets, each with their own personality. And one of those sisters is a killer.

Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)

Law & Order: Organized Crime
61%
7.7/10
tv-ma
5 Seasons
Genre
Crime, Drama
Stars
Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger
Created by
Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead, Ilene Chaiken
Watch on Peacock

Someone is out for revenge on Senior Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5. Considering how long Meloni has been with the franchise, the line of suspects starts outside and goes around the block. Season 5 picks up with Stabler once again undercover on behalf of the Organized Crime Control Bureau.

While Stabler tries to complete that case, his son, Eli (Nicky Torchia), is following in his footsteps as both a police officer and a young father. Eli and his girlfriend are also living with Stabler, which only makes things even more fraught. Longtime Law & Order fans will also get to see another reunion between Stabler and his former partner, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).

Disney+

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (2025)

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
tv-pg
1 Season
Genre
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime
Created by
Dave Filoni
Watch on Disney+
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld is a short animated anthology series that splits its focus between two of The Clone Wars‘ most memorable villains: Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane. For Ventress, it’s a chance for redemption as she doesn’t have to be tied down to the Sith or let herself be dominated by evil. She may even have the best intentions when she takes a young boy under her protection.

As for Cad Bane, this is a look back at his formative years long before he was one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy. But there will be at least one story of Bane in his prime as he confronts an old friend who is now standing between him and his bounty.

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Doctor Who (2024)

Doctor Who
tv-pg
2 Seasons
Genre
Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stars
Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu
Watch on Disney+

The Doctor will see you now! Disney+ and BBC may pretend that this is season 2 of Doctor Who, it’s actually the 15th season of the revival series that began in 2005.

This season, The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) faces an interesting dilemma with his new companion, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). Something powerful is keeping the Doctor from returning Belinda to her life on Earth. That begs the question of who has enough power to prevent the Doctor’s TARDIS from going to Earth and why don’t they want Belinda to return?

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The best shows on Hulu right now (May 2025)
Michelle Williams sitting at a table in a restaurant on her phone in Dying For Sex.

There are some great shows returning with new seasons this month, including Welcome to Wrexham and Nine Perfect Strangers. You'll also want to check out highly rated new shows like Dying for Sex, which stars Michelle Williams in her return to the small screen. But these aren't your only options if you're looking for something exciting to watch. The best shows on Hulu right now include a mix of new titles along with legacy series. Plus, there's a mix of Hulu originals and co-productions with others like Disney+ and FX.
If you're unsure where to start, we have devised this comprehensive list with all the top titles and a summary to give you an idea of what each show is about and what makes it so great. Have a read. We're sure you'll find something to add to your watchlist at home or on the go. If you have a Hulu plan without ads, you can even download it to watch offline on the plane or in the backseat of the car (with headphones!) for that spring road trip.

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The best shows on Disney+ right now (March 2025)
Charlie Cox in Daredevil: Born Again.

We've waited a long time for Daredevil: Born Again to arrive on Disney+, and now it's here. The follow-up to Marvel's Daredevil is already one of the biggest Marvel shows to hit the streamer. And the good news is that season 2 is currently in production for a premiere in 2026. That should make the wait between seasons a lot more bearable.
Unfortunately, Disney+'s lineup of shows is still really thin and there aren't a lot of other options to choose from in March. The only thing that stands out besides Born Again is the new documentary series, David Blaine Do Not Attempt, which really feels like it should have a colon in the title. That show will arrive on Disney+ on March 24. In the meantime, you can check out the rest of the best shows on Disney+ below.
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The best Hulu original series right now
A man and woman look up to the sky wearing winter gear in Nine Perfect Strangers.

With a diverse library of content, you'll find something for every taste, interest, and mood on Hulu. The best Hulu original series includes everything from Deli Boys and Paradise to Nine Perfect Strangers and Mid-Century Modern. We have put together this list to help you choose what to watch next.
Note that technically, some of the best Hulu originals are joint projects with other networks and streamers like FX and Disney+. But these are all accessible with your Hulu subscription and won't disappoint. Read through the descriptions, bookmark the shows you want, and press play once you're ready to enjoy.
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