Here’s a look at media of interest coming out in May 2026.
Movies
A full list is available here.
- The Mandalorian and Grogu, May 22
DVDs and Blu-rays
A full list is available here.
- Alice in Wonderland (1951) (4K), May 5
- Looney Tunes Cartoons: The Complete Series (Blu-ray), May 19
Amazon Prime Video
A full list is available here.
- Spider-Noir (Season 1), debuts May 27
Paramount+
A full list is available here.
- RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Season 11), May 8
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (series finale), May 21
Tubi
A full list is available here.
Coming on May 1:
- Static Shock
- Evil Con Carne
- The Addams Family (1973)
- Cow & Chicken
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Other
- 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, May 16 at 3 PM ET/noon PT (Peacock, YouTube)
My thoughts
“Star Wars” spin-off “The Mandalorian and Grogu” is coming to theaters in May. I’m wondering if one needs to have seen every episode of the TV show to enjoy the film, given my viewing of the show fell off.
“Spider-Noir” is based on the “Noir” alternate universe version of Spider-Man, who was one of the Spider-Men to appear in “Into the Spider-Verse.” Technically, the series will debut a few days earlier on MGM+—despite the name, it’s actually the old Epix cable channel confusingly renamed to sound like a streaming service.
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be available to watch on Peacock (as usual), as well as on YouTube for free.
Tubi will debut several more Cartoon Network shows on May 1. Also arriving on Tubi are a Hanna-Barbera series (the 70s “Addams Family”) and, in my opinion the best one on this month’s list, “Static Shock.” Static’s DVDs are expensive; all four season sets cost $100 on Amazon, which is more than what the complete series “Batman:TAS” and “Superman:TAS” Blu-ray sets combined cost. (And going by eBay, buying the DVDs used isn’t cheap, either.) As such, Tubi (or getting the DVDs from the library) is probably the best way for most people to watch “Static Shock.”
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” airs its final episode on May 21, no thanks to CBS’ current owners canceling the show as part of toadying favor with Trump. I’m guessing there won’t be any noticeable change in Paramount+ subscriber count, even if anyone was only holding out until the final episode before canceling.
For those boycotting streaming services due to ties to said Trump bootlicking, I note Paramount+ is owned by the Ellisons, while Tubi is owned by the Murdochs (i.e., Fox News). Warner Bros.’s voters last week also voted to approve the Paramount/WB merger, which assuming no roadblocks in approval means it should be finalized by the end of September. As I noted in last month’s media picks post, there’s also few ad-free options left that aren’t expensive. The few (non-piracy) home video options left that don’t fall under either of the above: PBS Passport; niche services such as Dropout; free public library services (Hoopla, Kanopy, DVDs); buying DVDs and Blu-rays; and self-hosting a media server (Jellyfin, etc.).
“Looney Tunes Cartoons” comes to Blu-ray
This month sees a complete series release of “Looney Tunes Cartoons” on DVD and (via Warner Archive) Blu-ray. These aren’t the original shorts, but a series of retro-style animated shorts made for HBO Max from 2020 to 2024. The 2025 theatrical film “The Day the Earth Blew Up” is related to this series, as it uses the same animation models.
The series is mostly amusing; there’s also some interesting choices. Bugs has the yellow gloves he wore in one Golden Age short; Daffy (like in other “Looney Tunes” projects lately, such as “Bugs Bunny Builders”) is the Clampett-era screwball version, not the Jones-era greedy egomaniac. Some other retro elements include one short using the 60s version of the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies intro.
“The Mandalorian and Grogu.” (Lucasfilm)
