May 2025 TV preview: Murderbot, a Lost reunion, and more Poker Face
Plus, Tina Fey stars in a new show, FX debuts an ensemble comedy, and Prime Video cooks up a thriller.
By Tim Lowery and Saloni Gajjar. Clockwise from left: Sirens (Photo: Macall Polay/Netflix), Duster (Photo: Ursula Coyote/Max), Murderbot (Photo: Apple TV+), Poker Face (Photo: Sarah Shatz/Peacock)
May kicks off with Tina Fey’s much-anticipated return to TV-star mode in The Four Seasons, her take on the ’80s rom-com by Alan Alda. But there is plenty more to look forward to: Next month also boasts the debut of J.J. Abrams’ latest series (which reunites him with Lost‘s Josh Holloway), an adaptation of The Murderbot Diaries starring Alexander Skarsgård, and thrillers led by the likes of Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. Plus, brace yourselves for the returns of Poker Face, Nine Perfect Strangers, and 100 Foot Wave. Here is The A.V. Club’s guide to what to watch in May.
The Four Seasons (Netflix, May 1)
Alan Alda’s 1981 film The Four Seasons gets the contemporary-miniseries treatment thanks to co-creator and star Tina Fey. In the show, Fey plays one of six longtime friends who vacation together every few months. However, their dynamics are tested when it’s announced that one of the couples is splitting up. The stacked cast boasts Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Will Forte, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Marco Calvani. [Saloni Gajjar]
100 Foot Wave season three (HBO, May 1)
“How many wake-up calls before you don’t get a wake-up call anymore?” asks Nicole McNamara, the wife of fiftysomething big-wave surfer Garrett, in the next season of this absorbing and beautifully shot HBO docuseries. Aside from chronicling Garrett’s medically inadvisable quest to take on huge swells, this round of the show also moves beyond Nazaré, Portugal, its home base since it kicked off, and jets to, among other places, “probably the most dangerous surf spot in the world,” per a pro in the trailer. [Tim Lowery]
Poker Face season two (Peacock, May 8)
Nothing escapes human lie detector Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) in Rian Johnson’s Poker Face. The Peacock series returns for 12 new episodes that see Charlie solve more murder mysteries while she’s on the run. Season two promises numerous guest stars, including—but certainly not limited to—John Mulaney, Cynthia Erivo, Giancarlo Esposito, Alia Shawkat, Gaby Hoffman, Carol Kane, Melanie Lynskey, and Margo Martindale. [Saloni Gajjar]