Here’s a list of 2023’s May TV shows, which includes those premiering and returning on cable channels and through streaming services. I also included the time when applicable.
May 1
Casa Grande (Amazon Freevee)
A Small Light: Season 1 (9 p.m. National Geographic)
Independent Lens: Matter of Mind: My ALS (9 p.m. PBS)
White House Plumbers: Season 1 (9 p.m. HBO)
May 2
Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed: Season 1 (Paramount+)
King Charles: The Boy Who Walked Alone (Paramount+)
Thalia’s Mixtape: El Soundtrack De Mi Vida (Paramount+)
Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (Prime Video)
Love Village: Season 1 (Netflix)
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta – Run It Back (7 p.m. MTV)
MTV Couples Retreat (9 p.m. MTV)
Undercover Underage: Season 2 (9 p.m. ID)
Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (Prime Video)
May 3
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All: Season 1 (Disney+)
Jewish Matchmaking: Season 1 (Netflix)
NOVA: Saving the Right Whale (9 p.m. PBS)
Tooning Out The News: Season 3 (11:30 p.m. Comedy Central)
May 4
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story: Season 1 (Netflix)
Star Wars: Visions: Season 2 (Disney+)
The Other Two: Season 3 (HBO Max)
Bupkis: Season 1 (Peacock)
Sanctuary: Season 1 (Netflix)
Larva Family: Season 1 (Netflix)
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal: Season 1 (12 a.m. Adult Swim)
Fix My Flip: Season 2 (9 p.m. HGTV)
May 5
Harriet the Spy: Season 2 (Apple TV+)
Silo: Season 1 (Apple TV+)
Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi: Holiday Edition (Hulu)
Tommy Little: Pretty Fly for a Dickhead (Prime Video)
The Articulate Hour: Season 1 (9 p.m. PBS)
Entrelazados Live! (Disney+)
¡Hasta la Madre! del día de las madres (Prime Video)
Mama June: Family Crisis: Season 6 (9 p.m., WEtv)
May 7
2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards (8 p.m. MTV)
Rich & Shameless: Season 2 (11 p.m. TNT)
VICE: Season 4 (8 p.m. Showtime)
The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Season 15 (8 p.m. Bravo)
Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard: Season 1 (9 p.m. Bravo)
Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing (8 p.m. Discovery Channel)
The 2010s (9 p.m. CNN)
Autopsy: The Last Hours of Sammy Davis Jr. (9 p.m. Reelz)
May 8
Jeopardy! Masters (8 p.m. ABC)
Spirit Rangers: Season 2 (Netflix)
May 9
Judge Steve Harvey: Season 2 (9 p.m. ABC)
Dancing Queens: Season 1 (9 p.m. Bravo)
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (Netflix)
May 10
Class of ’09: Season 1 (Hulu)
The Muppets Mayhem: Season 1 (Disney+)
Sam Now (2022) Independent Lens (10 p.m. PBS)
Queen Cleopatra: Season 1 (Netflix)
Holden Bros. Restos: Season 1 (9 p.m. Motortrend)
We Need To Talk About America (10 p.m. Fuse)
May 11
Ultraman: Season 3 (Netflix)
58th Academy of Country Music Awards (Prime Video)
Intelligence: A Special Agent Special (Peacock)
May 12
City on Fire: Season 1 (Apple TV+)
The Great: Season 3 (Hulu)
Black Knight: Season 1 (Netflix)
Great Performances at 50: Celebrating Broadway’s Best (9 p.m. PBS)
Queer Eye: Season 7 (Netflix)
Mulligan: Season 1 (Netflix)
100 Day Dream Home: Beachfront Hotel (9 p.m. HGTV)
May 14
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 8 (9 p.m. AMC/AMC+)
The Cube: Season 2 (9 p.m. TBS)
Autopsy: The Last Hours of Sean Connery (9 p.m. Reelz)
Match Me Abroad: Season 1 (10 p.m. TLC)
May 15
Independent Lens: Silent Beauty (10 p.m. PBS)
Celebrity IOU (8 p.m. HGTV)
Summer Baking Championship: Season 1 (9 p.m. Food Network)
May 16
Zarna Garg: One in a Billion (Prime Video)
American Masters: Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV (9 p.m. PBS)
May 17
High Desert (Apple TV+)
NOVA: Your Brain (9 p.m. PBS)
The Family Stallone: Season 1 (Paramount+)
Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl (Hulu)
May 18
XO, Kitty: Season 1 (Netflix)
The Ferragnez – The Series Season 2 (Prime Video)
Rainn Wilson and The Geography of Bliss: Season 1 (Peacock)
May 19
Stillwater: Season 3 (Apple TV+)
The Secrets of Hillsong: Season 1 (Hulu)
Mute: Season 1 (Netflix)
Primo: Season 1 (Amazon Freevee)
Ghosts of Beirut (Showtime’s digital channels)
Great Performances: Richard III (9 p.m. PBS)
Young, Famous & African: Season 2 (Netflix)
Spy/Master (Max)
Selling Sunset: Season 6 (Netflix)
I Survived Bear Grylls: Season 1 (8 p.m. TBS)
May 21
A Salute to NCIS: Los Angeles (10 p.m. CBS)
Ghosts of Beirut (10 p.m. Showtime)
Autopsy: The Last Hours of Doris Day (9 p.m. Reelz)
May 22
Prehistoric Planet: Season 2 (Apple TV+)
Happy Valley: Season 3 (AMC+/Acorn TV/BBC America)
Crime Scene Kitchen: Season 2 (8 p.m. Fox)
May 23
How I Met Your Father: Season 2 (Hulu)
Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer (Netflix)
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (Max)
Smartless: On The Road (Max)
Beat Shazam: Season 6 (8 p.m. Fox)
Don’t Forget the Lyrics!: Season 2 (9 p.m. Fox)
May 24
Platonic: Season 1 (Apple TV+)
American Born Chinese: Season 1 (Disney+)
MasterChef: Season 13 (8 p.m. Fox)
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars: Season 1 (9 p.m. Fox)
Mayans M.C.: Season 5 (10 p.m. FX)
The Ultimatum: Queer Love: Season 1 (Netflix)
The Clearing (Hulu)
May 25
Fubar: Season 1 (Netflix)
The Kardashians: Season 3 (Hulu)
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life: Season 2 (Disney+)
May 26
Run the World: Season 2 (9 p.m. Starz)
Hohlbeins’ – The Gryphon (Prime Video)
May 27
World Electronic Music Awards (8 p.m. The CW)
May 28
National Memorial Day Concert (8 p.m. PBS)
May 30
I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson: Season 3 (Netflix)
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge: Season 1 (10 p.m. NBC)
Doubling Down With the Derricos: Season 4 (10 p.m. TLC)
Dark Side of the Ring: Season 4 (10 p.m. Vice)
America’s Got Talent: Season 18 (8 p.m. NBC)
May 31
Nancy Drew: Season 4 (8 p.m. The CW)
May (No Specific Date)
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates (Acorn TV)
Judge Me Not (ALLBLK)
Angel City (HBO)
Sarah Silverman Comedy Special (HBO)
Being Mary Tyler Moore (Max)
SisterS (IFC/Sundance Now)
Check out May’s movies and anime as well.
Are you excited about any of these May TV shows? Let me know by leaving a comment?