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8 TV and streaming shows that you should see in May Binge-Watch

From post -apocalyptic New York City to a resort in the Swiss Alps and from the south side of Chicago to multiverse, a variety of settings can be visited or visited again in May. Make a mysterious road trip with a human lie detector, register for a West Chest Middle School and travel back to the 1980s to visit a fatal prom for high school. And don't forget to combine with your besties from the 1990s. These are the eight streaming series and film franchise companies that you should make up for before you continue this month.


The Walking Dead: Dead City (AMC)

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What it is: One of the many spinoffs in the Walk dead In Franchise, this continuation of the original series follows two of its main characters many years later. Maggie and Negan are now looking for their kidnapped son in the ruins of Manhattan and continue to survive the zombie apocalypse. The first episode of The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 2 premieres on AMC on Sunday, May 4th.

Why should you look at it: If you are already invested in The changing deadYou can no longer say no about Jeffrey Dean Morgans Negan and Lauren Cohan's Maggie Greene, especially with a big landscape change in the form of an isolated wasteland in New York City. Like the other shows in the franchise, this is full of horror and drama, since the duo not only faces the living dead, but also other survivors with various ideologies. If you are new to the franchise, this is Escape from New York-Tinfluenzed show is something you can look forward to in your entire binge.

Where to watch: Netflix, Shudder and AMC+ (subscription, season 1); Buy at Fandango at home
Engagement: Approx. 4 hours (for Season 1) or about 138 hours with the original Walk dead Series included


Poker face (peacock)

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What it is: Rian Johnson, the writer and director of the Knife out Films created Columbo-In -inspired show in a detective style about a woman on the run that happens again and again after mysterious murders. With the support of her gift for the Liebelkinnung, she solves every week before it continues on her way. The first three episodes of Poker face: Season 2 premiere on Peacock on Thursday, May 8th.

Why should you look at it: Natasha Lyonne was born to play the main conductor character with rough edges that surround a big heart, and she is an addictive protagonist for eternity. Add a rotating line-up of guest stars, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nick Nolte, Ellen Barkin, Judith Light and Hong Chau, and you have one of the most dynamic shows of the decade. The second season also increases on famous faces.

Where to watch: Peacock (subscription, season 1); Buy at Fandango at home, Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV
Engagement: Approx. 9 hours (for season 1)


The Chi (Paramount+)

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What it is: Created by Lena Waithe, The chi is a coming-of-age drama series that covers a large extent in his life in life in the south side of Chicago. The long -term show affects various characters, including a young man who is played by MoonlightAlex R. Hibbert, when they are connected by a fateful coincidence. The first episode of the seventh season will be premiered on Sunday, May 18, with showtime on Paramount+.

Why should you look at it: Only a few shows deepen us to a certain location and a certain place The chi Power over his six seasons. Critics have compared this series The wireOnly in Chicago instead of in Baltimore, and focused more on his younger characters. The longer it takes place, the further it extends into an enormous window into its world.

Where to watch: Paramount+ with showtime (subscription, seasons 1-6); Buy at Fandango at home, Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV
Engagement: Approx. 57.5 hours (for seasons 1-6)


Nine perfect strangers (Hulu)

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What it is: Adapted from the bestseller novel of the same name, Nine perfect strangers Follow a group of people who take part in a withdrawal in a fictional wellness resort in California. Nicole Kidman plays her unconventional guideline, Masha, who undergoes small doses of the psychedelic PQawsilocybin. The first two episodes of the second season, in which a new place and new characters of Kidmans Odd Guru, premiere on Hulu, are presented on Wednesday, May 21.

Why should you look at it: Nine perfect strangers is another series of David E. Kelley with stars, whose numerous hit shows contain his earlier cooperation with Nicole Kidman. Big little lies And The undo. The ensemble of the first season also showed the talents of Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Regina Hall and Bobby Cannavale for a fascinating mix of personalities. In the footsteps of episodes The white lotusIn the second season, a new harvest of heavy hits like Christine Baranski and Henry Golding will appear.

Where to watch: Hulu (subscription, season 1); Buy from Prime Video and Apple TV
Engagement: Approx. 6.5 hours (for season 1)


Big mouth (Netflix)

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What it is: An animation series for adults about young adult characters, Big mouth is loosely based on the youngsters of the fellow artists and the best friends of childhood, Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg. The show's premise focuses on middle school students in the suburbs of New York, some of which are lived in their life of “hormone monsters” consumed by the puberty. Large Munds eighth and last season of the mouth will be completely on Netflix on Friday, May 23rd.

Why should you look at it: Only a fantastically exaggerated animated show could do such a great job to record the rough realities of puberty. Existing icons with contemporary comedy icons under his voice, including Kroll, John Mulaney, Ayo Edebiri, Jason Mantzoukas and Maya Rudolph. Big mouth It's funny and often rough, but it also retains a sweetness that takes care of its nostalgically relating characters.

Where to watch: Netflix (subscription, seasons 1-7)
Engagement: Approx. 36.5 hours (for seasons 1-7)


Fear Street (Netflix)

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What it is: Based on the Fear Street Book series by RL Stine (known for writing the Goose flesh Romanes), this is more of a film franchise than a TV show that is still ripe for binge watching. The first three films form a connected trilogy of horror stories that played in 1994, 1978 and 1666. The fourth rate, Fear Street: Prom Queen is a slasher set in 1988. The film premiere on Friday, May 23.

Why should you look at it: Despite its roots in a young adult fiction, the Fear Street Franchise leans in Gore with R-rated and makes it anything but a soft setting of the supernatural slasher genre. They commemorate yesterday's horror films and fit in the times when they are defined, and some of the kills are as bad and unforgettable as everything they have seen before. The young cast gathered, including some Foreign things Overlaps are also a highlight of these films.

Where to watch: Netflix (subscription, films 1-3)
Engagement: Approx. 5.5 hours (for Films 1-3)


Rick and Morty (adults swim)

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What it is: Rick and Morty Is a pop culture phenomenon just as it is a TV series. The animated science fiction show follows a wild-eyed scientist and his grandson, while they travel intergalactically and with each other for all sorts of crazy and crazy adventures. The first episode of Rick and Morty Season 8 will swim on the adult on Sunday, May 25th.

Why should you look at it: There is nothing comparable Rick and MortyAnd with every season there is another much conversation surprising or entry into the pop culture canon, regardless of whether it is a cucumber version of Rick or the Interactive Wurmageddon campaign stunt. For years it has been one of the funniest, strangest and best known series on TV and shows no signs of slowing down.

Where to watch: Hulu and Max (subscription, seasons 1-7); Buy at Fandango at home, Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV
Engagement: Approx. 27 hours (for seasons 1-7)


And just like that … (Max)

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What it is: A continuation of the extremely popular show Sex and the city and his film spinoffs, And just like that … Continues to follow the friendship of three of the four main characters who are now in the 1950s: Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis). In this resuscitation series, Carrie is a podcaster instead of a columnist. The first episode of the third season will be premiered on Thursday, May 29, on Max.

Why should you look at it: The world of Carrie Bradshaw and her friends grows again and again and fans of the original Sex and the city The series as well as the newspaper column and the book on which it is based, the Prequel show and the two feature films are obviously attracted by this sequel, which feels just like at home. For those who were not there from the start, it is worth meeting the classic HBO series and joining the obsession.

Where to watch: Max (subscription, seasons 1-2; plus Sex and the city Seasons 1-6 and two films); Buy at Fandango at home, Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV
Engagement: Approx. 14.5 hours (for Seasons 1-2) or about 64.5 hours with the original series and two Sex and the city Films.


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