New on TV this week
This week’s What To Watch picks include the long-awaited premiere of Murderbot, the return of Love, Death + Robots, and lots of other titles that don’t involve bots at all.
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New on Netflix this week
Bad Thoughts | Netflix | Comedy
Series premiere, Tuesday, May 13: Tom Segura wears many hats in this anthology comedy series, straight from his dark and twisted mind. Like the name implies, each tale in Bad Thoughts is a little strange and disturbing, like a more violent Twilight Zone. Jeremy Konner, the co-creator of Drunk History, also writes and directs.
New on Max this week
Duster | Max | Drama
Series premiere, Thursday, May 15: Josh Holloway plays a charismatic, long-haired getaway driver in this new drama from J. J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan. Holloway’s character gets recruited by an FBI agent (Rachel Hilson) and pulled deeper into a conspiracy to topple a crime syndicate.
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New on Netflix this week
Love, Death + Robots | Netflix | Animation, sci-fi, horror
Season 4 premiere, Thursday, May 15: Netflix is chock full of anthology series this week. No, Love, Death + Robots isn’t another entry into the Love, Simon universe. It’s an R-rated sci-fi anthology showcasing the coolest animation techniques and styles that modern technology has to offer.
New on Prime Video this week
Overcompensating | Prime Video | Comedy
Series premiere, Thursday, May 15: Buckle up for some chaotic drama in this A24 show about a closeted former homecoming king navigating college. Charli xcx provides music and makes a guest appearance, so you know it’ll be brat. (Just one summer too late).
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New on Apple TV+ this week
Murderbot | Apple TV+ | Sci-fi, drama
Series premiere, Friday, May 16: Alexander Skarsgård stars as a rogue security android in this heartfelt and funny sci-fi series. Based on The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, Apple TV+’s adaptation follows the inner life of the titular bot as it hacks its own programming to watch soap operas while protecting a crew of humans.
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New on SHOWTIME this week
The Chi | SHOWTIME | Drama
Season 7 premiere, Friday, May 16: SHOWTIME as a brand may be having an identity crisis, but its original content carries on over at Paramount+. Premium subscribers will get to enjoy the seventh season of The Chi, Lena Waithe’s beloved drama about a community on the South Side of Chicago.
New movie releases available to rent/buy on VOD this week
Snow White (2025)
Yep, Disney is still stuck in a hellscape of its own design, churning out live-action remake after live-action remake rather than reviving its shuttered traditional animation studio. The latest victim of the live-action treatment is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Disney’s first feature-length film and the first to introduce a Disney Princess.
This reimagining stars Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) as the titular princess and Gal Godot (Wonder Woman, Death on the Nile) as the Evil Queen.
You can rent Snow White from video-on-demand (VOD) outlets like Prime Video, Google Movies & TV, and VUDU as of Tuesday, May 13.
More VOD releases this week
- Jimmy in Saigon (May 13) Watch Trailer
- The Lost Princess (May 13) Watch Trailer
- Snow White (May 13) Watch Trailer
- Topakk (May 13) Watch Trailer
- Bound (May 16) Watch Trailer
- Desert Dawn (May 16) Watch Trailer
- Off Season (May 16) Watch Trailer
- The Rhythm (May 16) Watch Trailer
- A Breed Apart (May 16) Watch Trailer
- The Severed Sun (May 16) Watch Trailer
