Does it seem like there’s a lot of TV right now? More than normal? The spring of 2022 has seen a deluge of new television series, and this flood is only increasing over the next month. There’s a reason that it’s felt especially hectic now, which is a little something called the “Emmy eligibility window.” Shows that air between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022, are eligible for the Emmys, which will be handed out in early September 2022. So streamers are now premiering their highest profile new series and seasons at a head-spinning clip, before the eligibility window closes.
In the next month, there will be new and final seasons of “Stranger Things” (May 27) on Netflix, and second seasons of HBO Max’s quirky critical darling “Hacks” (May 12). Season 2 of “Girls5Eva” will bow on Peacock on Thursday, and the latest “Star Wars” extension pack series “Obi-Wan Kenobi” premieres on Disney+ on May 27 (reuniting the cast of the “Star Wars” prequel movies).
Not to mention all the new seasons that dropped in the last few weeks, including “Ozark,” “Made for Love,” “Grace & Frankie,” season 2 of “The Flight Attendant” and the highly anticipated new season of “Barry” on HBO Max.
In terms of new series, Hulu will continue the trend of true crime adaptations with “Under the Banner of Heaven,” starring Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones. This series, created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, is an adaptation of the John Krakauer book that investigated a grisly Utah murder alongside Mormon history. That series is streaming on Hulu. Also on Hulu, a “five-night event” miniseries, “Candy,” premieres on May 9, starring Jessica Biel as notorious ax murderer Candy Montgomery, with Melanie Lynskey co-starring as Candy’s victim, Betty Gore.