May's 19 New TV Premieres Show How Reality Is Sometimes Stranger Than Fiction

Before “The Truman Show,” there was the story of Tomoaki Hamatsu, a Japanese man, naked and alone in a room, the star of a reality show he knew nothing about. This documentary movie tells his bizarre story, which seems like a cautionary tale of consent for the TikTok generation.

Season three finds Deborah at the top of her comedy career and Ava doing her best to avoid a run-in with her old boss. Can the two find their way back to each other?

An older woman (Anne Hathaway) and a young pop star fall for each other at Coachella, but dating in the real world proves to be more difficult in this film. The movie is based on Robinne Lee’s book of the same name.

Azra is trying to navigate high school, but she’s also battling anxiety and intrusive thoughts. When she reconnects with her childhood crush, Davis, can she find happiness? This movie is based on the book of the same name by YA MVP John Green.

This unique comedy series takes place during the Netflix Is a Joke Festival in L.A. and will feature John Mulaney roaming the city, live, and linking up for famous comedians in town including Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart, Nate Bargatze and Patton Oswalt. The nightly show will also feature musical perfomers like Beck and Weezer.

The popular Instagram account is now a show on HGTV. Jack McBrayer will give us a tour of all those wacky houses and their potato sheds (if you know, you know).

Two estranged sisters come together after they learn their mother was living a double life on the Isle of Man in this critically acclaimed miniseries.

A man falls in love with a wild otter in this oddly touching film (and his wife is OK with it).

Peacock is showing this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, so a VPN is no longer needed to catch the annual singing competition featuring performers from across Europe and beyond vying for the chance to be Eurovision champion. Overseas, viewers are glued to the three-night live event.

Based on an acclaimed sci-fi novel by Blake Crouch, this series follows a physicist (Joel Edgerton) who is abducted to a parallel universe. His family has been replaced by another and he needs to find a way to get home, but he may be risking his life in doing so.

Peter Jackson adds his magic to the out-of-print film “Let It Be,” the documentary about the making of the Beatles’ final album. Utilizing the same technology he did with “The Beatles: Get Back,” this restoration will be the first time the film has been broadcast or publicly screened since its original release.

Will Forte stars as the sole American in this new series with an otherwise Irish cast. In it, a group of podcasters try to solve a 21-year-old disappearance, but as the facts get weirder, they realize it may not be such a cold case after all.

Lady Penelope finally gets her time to shine as she takes center stage for season three. Will she and Colin finally declare their love for one another?

Don Cheadle directs the first two episodes of this miniseries about the manhunt for Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, as he seeks the help of a Hollywood producer to escape to Cuba.

There’s a lot to catch up on with this family of reality royalty. From Kourtney’s pregnancy to Kim’s single life, we’ll be keeping up this summer.

The yin to the Beatles yang, this documentary tells the story of the Wilson family’s humble beginnings to how they revolutionized pop music and created their own California sound.

Oddly based on a true story, this thriller focuses on the dad of a missing boy (Benedict Cumberbatch), a puppeteer and the search for his son in 1980s New York. As his desperation grows, he begins talking to the monster under his son’s bed.

If you were born a part of Generation X or later, your childhood was shaped by the work of Jim Henson in some way. Ron Howard directs this documentary film about the man, the myth and the legend behind Kermit the Frog and so many others.