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- The top TV shows returning in May, including Netflix's 'Stranger Things'
The top TV shows returning in May, including Netflix's 'Stranger Things'
- Every month, Insider looks at the most anticipated returning TV shows using data from the app TV Time.
- It's derived from its US users who use the app to track and react to what they're watching.
- Netflix's hit "Stranger Things" returns in May for its fourth season after a three-year hiatus.
5. "Girls5eva" season two — Peacock, May 5
Description: "A one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90s that was churned through the pop music machine reunites to give their dreams another shot. This time they'll try again on their own terms."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 99%
What critics said: "'Girls5eva' season two manages to hit all the same highs, while expanding its range ever so slightly to make room for earnest self-reflection among all those goofy jokes." — Hollywood Reporter (season two)
4. "Love, Death and Robots" season three — Netflix, May 20
Description: "Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 81%
What critics said: "The show remains an anthology, but look hard enough and you'll see at least one hint that these shorts might not be occupying wholly distinct universes after all." — IndieWire (season two)
3. "Hacks" season two — HBO Max, May 12
Description: "A Las Vegas comedian and her young writer travel across the country for a new stand-up act."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 100%
What critics said: "Deeper than the ironic name suggests, 'Hacks' digs into vulnerability, self-image, and gender politics in refreshing ways." — Empire Magazine (season one)
2. "The Wilds" season two — Amazon Prime Video, May 6
Description: "Survival hangs in the balance for a group of teenage girls stranded on a deserted island, after the explosive discovery that what's happening to them is an elaborate social experiment."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 85%
What critics said: "The good news is that the women of 'The Wilds' are still intriguing, dynamic, frustrating, and accessible. The bad news is we get way less time with them." — AV Club (season two)
1. "Stranger Things" season four — Netflix, May 27
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%
What critics said: "Even while some things go a bit too predictably, the last two episodes tie everything and everyone together in spectacular, emotional fashion." — Dallas Morning News (season three)
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