The following is a list of all May 2020 TV premiere dates (new series and seasons, original movies and documentaries, specials, and more). This post will be updated throughout the month as more premiere dates are announced. If you notice I am missing a TV premiere on this list, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I will make sure to add it. For day-to-day TV listings (lists of every new episode airing each day), check out our Daily TV Schedules.
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Last Updated: April 22, 2020
Friday, May 1, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: All Day and a Night (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Almost Happy (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Get In (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ghostwriter (Apple TV+, Season 1.5 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Go! Go! Cory Carson: The Chrissy (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: The Half of It (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Hollywood (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Into the Night (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Medici (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Mrs. Serial Killer (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Prop Culture (Disney+, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Reckoning (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Trying (Apple TV+, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Upload (Amazon, Series Premiere)
- 11/10 PM: Betty (HBO, Series Premiere)
Saturday, May 2, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 8/7 PM: Deadly Mile High Club (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
Sunday, May 3, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 7/6 PM: A Moving Romance (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Psycho Escort (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, Season 5 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Billions (Showtime, Season 5 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: The Good Witch (Hallmark Channel, Season 6 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Married to Medicine Los Angeles (Bravo, Season 2 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Duff Takes the Cake (Food Network, Season 2 Premiere/Special Night)
- 11/10 PM: Ming’s Dynasty (Fuse, Series Premiere)
- 11:30/10:30 PM: Rick & Morty (Adult Swim, Season 4.5 Premiere)
Monday, May 4, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Disney+, Series Premiere/Special Day)
- 3/2 AM: Gold Digger (Acorn TV, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Reno 911 (Quibi, Season 7 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Camp Getaway (Bravo, Series Premiere)
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles (Bravo, 75-Minute Season 12 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Tirdy Works (truTV, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Workin’ Moms (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Married at First Sight: Honeymoon Countdown (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: The Oval (BET, Season 1.5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Expedition with Steve Backshall (PBS, Season 1.5 Premiere)
Thursday, May 7, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Bad Mothers (Sundance Now, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Scissor Seven (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
Friday, May 8, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: 18 Regali (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Dead to Me (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Eddy (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Hollow (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (Amazon, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Restaurants on the Edge (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Rust Valley Restorers (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Solar Opposites (Hulu, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Valeria (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Masters of Illusion: Impossible Escapes (The CW, One-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: Bering Sea Gold (Discovery Channel, Season 14 Premiere)
Saturday, May 9, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 6/5 PM: Accident, Suicide or Murder (Oxygen, Season 2 Premiere)
Sunday, May 10, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 7/6 PM: Change of Heart (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8:30/7:30 PM: Renovate Like a Mother (HGTV, Special)
- 9/8 PM: I Know This Much Is True (HBO, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, Season 19 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Call Your Mother (Comedy Central, Special)
Monday, May 11, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- Midnight/11 PM: The Shivering Truth (Adult Swim, Season 2 Premiere)
- 12:15 AM/11:15 PM: JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales (Adult Swim, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Barkitecture (Quibi, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Bordertown (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass (YouTube, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: A Royal Tour of the 20th Century (Acorn TV, U.S. Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Trial by Media (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Asian Americans (PBS, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Bakeaway Camp with Martha Stewart (Food Network, Series Premiere)
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: True & the Rainbow Kingdom: True – Terrific Tales (Netflix, Special)
- 3/2 AM: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (Netflix, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Best Cake Wins (BYUtv, Season 3 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back: SOS (FOX, Two-Hour Special)
- 8/7 PM: The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
- 8:30/7:30 PM: Step Up to the Plate (BYUtv, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Jeff’s Homemade Game Show (BYUtv, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: The Wrong Missy (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Married at First Sight: All About Family (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
Thursday, May 14, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 10:30/9:30 PM: The Misery Index (TBS, Season 2 Premiere)
Friday, May 15, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: The Great (Hulu, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: I Love You, Stupid (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Inhuman Resources (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: It’s a Dog’s Life with Bill Farmer (Disney+, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Magic for Humans (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix, Season 5 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Unremarkable Juanquini (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: White Lines (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: BattleBots (Discovery Channel, Season 5 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Engaged to a Psycho (LMN, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Masters of Illusion (The CW, Season 10 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Basketball County: In the Water (Showtime, Original Documentary Premiere)
Saturday, May 16, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: The Queen and the Conqueror (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Graduate Together: America Honors the Class of 2020 (ABC/CBS/NBC, One-Hour Special)
- 11/10 PM: Go Back to China (Fuse, Special)
Sunday, May 17, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 7/6 PM: Touched by Romance (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: The Au Pair Nightmare (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Hightown (Starz, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates (Smithsonian Channel, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Behind Closed Doors: Beverly Hills, 90210 (Reelz, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Snowpiercer (TNT, Series Premiere)
Monday, May 18, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: The Big Flower Fight (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Dead Still (Acorn TV, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 AM: DC’s Stargirl (DC Universe, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Private Lives of the Monarchs (Smithsonian Channel, Season 2 Premiere)
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Sweet Magnolias (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: The Genetic Detective (ABC, Series Premiere)
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Ben Platt: Live From Radio City Music Hall (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Rebelion de los Godinez (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: The 100 (The CW, Season 7 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: The Amazing Race (CBS, Two-Hour Season 32 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Married at First Sight: Couples’ Cam (Lifetime, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Ultimate Tag (FOX, Series Premiere)
Thursday, May 21, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Penance (Sundance Now, Special)
- 8/7 PM: Burden of Truth (The CW, Season 3 Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Celebrity Escape Room (NBC, One-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Holey Moley (ABC, Season 2 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Labor of Love (FOX, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Red Nose Day Special (NBC, Two-Hour Special)
- 10/9 PM: To Tell the Truth (ABC, Season 5 Premiere)
Friday, May 22, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- Midnight/11 PM: The Split (Sundance TV, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Big Fib (Disney+, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Control Z (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: History 101 (Netflix, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Homecoming (Amazon, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Lovebirds (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Selling Sunset (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: AKA Jane Roe (FX, Special)
Saturday, May 23, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Spelling the Dream (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
Sunday, May 24, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 10/9 AM: Luke Nguyen (Ovation, Season 2 Premiere)
Monday, May 25, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 8/7 PM: I Was Lorena Bobbit (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Barkskins (National Geographic Channel, Series Premiere)
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special Premiere)
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Craftopia (HBO Max, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: I’m No Longer Here (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Legendary (HBO Max, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Looney Tunes Cartoons (HBO Max, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Love Life (HBO Max, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: The Not Too Late Show with Elmo (HBO Max, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: On the Record (HBO Max, Original Documentary Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC, Season 7 Premiere)
Thursday, May 28, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Dorohedoro (Netflix, Series Premiere)
Friday, May 29, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 3/2 AM: Central Park (Apple TV+, Series Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Ramy (Hulu, Season 2 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Somebody Feed Phil (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
- 3/2 AM: Space Force (Netflix, Series Premiere)
Saturday, May 30, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 10/9 PM: Nate and Jeremiah: Save My House (HGTV, Season 2 Premiere)
Sunday, May 31, 2020 TV Premieres and Specials:
- 7/6 PM: Groomzilla (UP, Original Movie Premiere)
- 8/7 PM: Celebrity Family Feud (ABC, Season 7 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Dr. K’s Exotic Animal ER (Nat Geo Wild, Season 9 Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Friends Speak: Natalee Holloway (Reelz, Two-Hour Special)
- 9/8 PM: Laurel Canyon (Epix, Series Premiere)
- 9/8 PM: Press Your Luck (ABC, Season 2 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Match Game (ABC, Season 5 Premiere)
- 10/9 PM: Quiz (AMC, Series Premiere/Special Time)
