Danielle Solzman
Paramount+ announced the movies, TV series, and sporting events that will be coming to the streaming platform in May 2026.
May on Paramount+ delivers a packed lineup of premieres, live events, and returning favorites across originals, sports, and iconic IP. Highlights include the debut of Paramount+ original Dutton Ranch (May 15) starring Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Annette Bening, and Ed Harris, alongside the return of hit series including RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars season 11 (May 8), Tyler Perry’s Zatima season 4 (May 12), Couples Therapy* season 5 (May 15), SkyMed season 4 (May 21), the final season of The Chi* (season 8, May 22), Criminal Minds: Evolution season 19 (May 28), and more – including a wave of CBS finales, among them the Survivor 50** season finale (May 20) and the historic series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert** on May 21.
Subscribers can also access marquee live programming and top‑tier sports, including the American Music Awards** hosted by Queen Latifah on May 25, alongside UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland, three UFC Fight Night events, Zuffa Boxing, PGA Championship* and the return of the UEFA Champions League altcast Beckham & Friends Live for the UCL Semifinals (May 5-6) and Final (May 30). Paramount+ also expands its sci‑fi library with the most comprehensive Battlestar Galactica offering, available to stream May 1.
In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the refreshed Watch Us Rise Collection spotlights stories that celebrate resilience, creativity, and cultural impact across film, television, and documentary programming.
Paramount+ May Highlights
May 1 – Doin’ It – Paramount+ Exclusive* / Streaming Debut
May 2 – UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
May 5-6 – UEFA Champions League Semifinals – Beckham & Friends Live Alt-cast (CBS Sports)
May 8 – RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 11 – NEW season Paramount+ Original Series
May 8 – RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked Season 8 – NEW season, Paramount+ Original Series
May 9 – UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland
May 10 – Zuffa Boxing 06: Mosley Jr. vs. Bohachuk
May 12 – Tyler Perry’s Zatima Season 4 – NEW episodes, Paramount+ Original Series
May 15 – Dutton Ranch – NEW Paramount+ Original Series
May 15 – Couples Therapy* Season 5 – NEW season, Showtime Original Docuseries
May 16 – UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
May 16-17 – PGA Championship*
May 21 – SkyMed Season 4 – NEW season, Paramount+ Original Series
May 22 – The Chi* Season 8 – FINAL season, Showtime Original Series
May 25 – American Music Awards** Live Special (CBS)
May 28 – Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 19 – NEW season, Paramount+ Original Series
May 30 – UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo
May 30 – UEFA Champions League Final – Beckham & Friends Live Alt-cast (CBS Sports)
NEW EPISODES WEEKLY
Wednesdays: Tyler Perry’s Divorced Sistas: Season 1 (season finale May 27)
Paramount+ May Programming
May 1
Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries (Season 1)
Battlestar Galactica (Season 1-4)
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Caprica (Season 1)
Friday Night Lights (Season 1-5)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Ali
American Son
Before We Vanish
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Blue Chips
Bride & Prejudice
Bruce Lee, The Legend
Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee II
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Dinner For Schmucks
Distant Thunder
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Elf
Enemy at the Gates
Face/Off
Flags of Our Fathers
Flight Of The Intruder
Gasoline Alley
Good Mourning*
Grudge Match
Hamburger Hill
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Harriet The Spy
Holes
In & Out
Instant Family
Kate & Leopold
Killerman
Losing Isaiah
Memories of Murder
Most Wanted
Mother’s Day
Nacho Libre
Open Season
Pootie Tang
Quantum of Solace*
Rules of Engagement
Run & Gun
Sahara
Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie V
School of Rock
Searching
Seven Psychopaths
Shaolin Soccer
Snag
Snake Eyes
Stepping Out
Stop-Loss
Super*
Swingers
Texas Rangers
The Adventures Of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The Boss Baby 2: Family Business
The Corrupted
The Dictator
The Fan
The General’s Daughter
The Guilt Trip
The Hunt for Red October
The Hurricane
The Mechanic
The Presidio
The Shootist
The Tin Star
The Tuxedo
Uncommon Valor
Unhook the Stars
Venom
Waking Up In Reno
We Were Soldiers
Wishful Thinking
World Trade Center
May 3
Watson** (series finale)
May 5
NCIS: Origins** (season 2 finale)
May 6
PAW Patrol: Air Rescue (new special)
May 8
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Season 11) | Paramount+ Original Series
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (Season 8) | Paramount+ Original Series
May 11
DMV** (series finale)
The Neighborhood** (series finale)
May 12
NCIS** (season 23 finale)
NCIS: Sydney** (season 3 finale)
Tyler Perry’s Zatima (Season 4 – New Episodes) | Paramount+ Original Series
May 13
America’s Culinary Cup** (season 1 finale)
Boomerang (Season 1-2)
Comic View (Season 2)
Gabrielle Union: My Journey to 50 (Season 1)
Gen Zone (Season 1)
I Got a Story to Tell (Season 1)
The Impact Atlanta (Season 1-3)
In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy (Season 1)
Kingdom Business (Season 1-2)
Love You To Death (Season 1)
Perimeter (Season 1)
The Porter (Season 1)
Queen Boss (Season 1)
Real Husbands of Hollywood: More Kevin More Problems (Season 1)
Tales (Season 1-3)
May 15
Couples Therapy* (Season 5) | Showtime Original DocuSeries
Dutton Ranch | Paramount+ Original Series
May 16
48 Hours** (season 39 finale)
May 17
60 Minutes* (season 58 finale)
May 18
CIA** (season 1 finale)
FBI** (season 8 finale)
May 20
Blaze Video Game Land: A Monster Machine Super Special (new special)
Survivor 50** (season finale)
May 21
Elsbeth** (season 3 finale)
Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage** (season 2 finale)
Ghosts** (season 5 finale)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert** (series finale)
SkyMed Season 4 | Paramount+ Original Series
May 22
Boston Blue** (season 1 finale)
The Chi* Season 8 | Showtime Original Series
Fire Country** (season 4 finale)
Sheriff Country** (season 1 finale)
May 24
Marshals** (season 1 finale)
Tracker** (season 3 finale)
May 25
American Music Awards** (live special)
The Ultimate Fighter (Season 1-5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 31-33)
May 27
Hollywood Squares** (season 2 finale)
Tyler Perry’s Divorced Sistas | Season 1 Finale | Paramount+ Original Series
May 28
Criminal Minds: Evolution (Season 19) | Paramount+ Original Series
Only on Paramount+
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars | Season 11 | Unscripted Series
Premieres: May 8
Logline: As Zac and Fatima navigate major personal milestones, mounting pressures from those around them begin to test their relationship and resilience. Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
Executive Producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul Charles. Daniel Blau Rogge serves as Executive Producer for MTV and Julie Ha serves as Supervising Producer.
Studio: World of Wonder
Format: Unscripted Series | 2x Then Weekly
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked | Season 8 | Unscripted Series
Premieres: May 8
Logline: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked returns! Step inside the Untucked Lounge as 18 legendary Queens take a break from the Tournament of All Stars. Secrets are spilled, alliances are tested and drama runs high, as the Queens battle for the crown.
Executive Producers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul Charles. Daniel Blau Rogge serves as Executive Producer for MTV and Julie Ha serves as Supervising Producer.
Studio: World of Wonder
Format: Unscripted Series | 2x Then Weekly
Tyler Perry’s Zatima (Season 4 – New Episodes)
Premieres: May 12, 2026
Logline: As Zac and Fatima navigate major personal milestones, mounting pressures from those around them begin to test their relationship and resilience. Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
Executive Producers: Tyler Perry
Studio: Tyler Perry Studios
Format: Scripted Series | 2x Then Weekly
Premieres: May 15, 2026
Logline: As Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler fight to build a future together – far from the ghosts of Yellowstone – they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire. In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul.
Executive Producers: Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, John Linson, Art Linson, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Michael Friedman, Chad Feehan, Christina Voros, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser and Keith Cox
Studio: Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios
Format: Scripted Series | 2x Then Weekly
Premieres: May 15, 2026
Logline: Acclaimed psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik counsels four new couples in crisis, navigating stark political differences fueling daily fights in a volatile marriage; a discovery of secret, paid cuddling sessions that blindside a couple; two people on the brink of moving in together who get derailed by an autism diagnosis; and teenage sweethearts who, twenty years later, wonder if they’ve outgrown the relationship.
Executive Producers: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, Eli Despres.
Studio: Edgeline Films
Format: Docuseries | Full Series Release
Premieres: May 21, 2026
Logline: SkyMed Season 4 comes in hot with new stories, new drama, and new characters flying air ambulances in the remote Canadian North. When Chief Pilot Wheezer and Chief Nurse Hayley welcome a new wave of rookie pilots and nurses to the team, it creates all-new conflicts, chemistry, and chaos, as the returning crew must navigate a whole new vibe on the plane and in the crew house. Exciting rescues and dangerous calls will put them all to the test as they race to save their patients – and each other.
Executive Producers: Julie Puckrin, Gillian Hormel and Vanessa Piazza
Studio: Piazza Entertainment in association with Paramount+ in Canada and CBS Studios
Format: Scripted Series | Full Series Release
The Chi* (Season 8 – Series Finale)
Premieres: May 22, 2026
Logline: As The Chi enters its eighth and final season and its coldest winter ever, life or death choices must be made. The question becomes, who is willing to make them? Legacy, conflict, joy, and pain. It all collides in the biggest, most emotionally riveting way ever seen this season on The Chi.
Executive Producers: Lena Waithe, Justin Hillian, Jewel Coronel, Common, Aaron Kaplan, Rick Famuyiwa, Resheida Brady-Anderson, Derek Dudley, Shelby Stone, Naomi Funabashi, Rishi Rajani, James Rogers III
Studio: 20th Television
Format: Scripted Series | New Episodes Weekly
Criminal Minds: Evolution (Season 19)
Premieres: May 28, 2026
Logline: As new, terrifying predators across the U.S. challenge the BAU, the newly convicted “Sicarius Killer” Elias Voit wrestles with an unwanted celebrity that arouses the bloodlust of a fledgling serial killer.
Executive Producers: Erica Messer (Showrunner), Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw, Breen Frazier and Mark Gordon
Studio: 20th Television & CBS Studios
Format: Scripted Series | 2x Then Weekly
Sports
May 2 – UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
May 2 – Atlanta Pickleball Championships*
May 2 – EFL Championship – Final Matchday
May 2 – UEFA Women’s Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 – OL Lyonnes vs. Arsenal
May 2 – Serie A – Como vs. Napoli
May 2-3 – PGA Tour – Cadillac Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
May 3 – UEFA Women’s Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 – Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich
May 3 – Hankook Berlin E-Prix*
May 3 – LPGA – Mexico Riviera Maya Open (Final Round Coverage)*
May 5 – UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 – Arsenal vs. Atlético Madrid
May 5 – Beckham and Friends Live
May 6 – UEFA Champions League Semifinal Leg 2 – Bayern Munich vs. PSG
May 6 – Beckham and Friends Live
May 7 – UEFA Europa League Semifinals Leg 2 – Crystal Palace vs. Shakhtar Donetsk; Strasbourg vs. Rayo Vallecano
May 7 – UEFA Conference League Semifinals Leg 2 – Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Forest; Freiburg vs. Braga
May 8-9: EFL Championship Playoff Semifinal Leg 1
May 9 – Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix*
May 9 – UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland
May 9 – EFL League One Playoff Semifinal Leg 1
May 9-10 – PGA Tour – Truist Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
May 10 – EFL League Two Playoff Semifinal Leg 1
May 10 – Zuffa Boxing 06 – Mosley Jr. vs. Bohachuk
May 10 – PBR Road to the Finals*
May 10 – LPGA – Mizuho Americas Open (Final Round Coverage)*
May 11-12 – EFL Championship Playoff Semifinal Leg 2
May 13 – Coppa Italia Final
May 13-14 – EFL League One Playoff Semifinal Leg 2
May 15 – EFL League Two Playoff Semifinal Leg 2
May 16 – We Need to Talk*
May 16 – UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa
May 16-17 – PGA Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
May 17 – PBR Road to the Gold Buckle*
May 20 – UEFA Europa League Final
May 20 – Concacaf W Champions Cup Semifinals
May 23 – Concacaf W Champions Cup Final
May 23 – UEFA Women’s Champions League Final
May 23 – WNBA – Minnesota Lynx @ Chicago Sky*
May 23 – WNBA – Los Angeles Sparks @ Las Vegas Aces*
May 23 – EFL Championship Playoff Final
May 23-24 – PGA Tour – THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
May 24 – NWSL – Kansas City Current vs. Portland Thorns FC*
May 24 – Serie A Final Matchday
May 24 – EFL League One Playoff Final
May 25 – EFL League Two Playoff Final
May 27 – UEFA Conference League Final
May 30 – UEFA Champions League Final
May 30 – Beckham and Friends Live
May 30 – UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo
May 30-31 – PGA Tour – Charles Schwab Challenge (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
May 31 – AVP Beach Volleyball*
Throughout May – Serie A competition
Throughout May – Scottish Professional Football League competition
UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland
Premieres: May 9, 2026; live from Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Details: UFC 328 features a pair of intriguing championship fights. The main event pits undefeated middleweight champ Khamzat Chimaev against contentious foe and former champ Sean Strickland. Also on the card, UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van attempts to defend his title versus Japan’s Tatsuro Taira. Early prelims begin at 5 PM ET with the prelims card starting at 7 PM ET. The five-fight main card begins at 9 PM ET. The entire night of fights will stream live on Paramount+.
* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
**All Paramount+ Premium subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available to stream on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.
Dates for library titles are subject to change.
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