Citadel to The Punisher: The TV Shows Taking Over Your Screen This May

The month of May is shaping up to be one of the most stacked streaming months in recent memory.

Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar, SonyLIV, and Apple TV are all releasing major TV shows within weeks of each other.

The lineup covers Bollywood crime, Hollywood action, romantic drama, and genre-bending sci-fi, offering something for every kind of viewer without asking them to wait.

Here’s everything that should be on your May watchlist

Glory (Netflix)

Premiering on May 1, Glory is a Bollywood boxing drama directed by Karan Anshuman.

Starring Pulkit Samrat as real-life boxer Neeraj Goyat, alongside Divyenndu, Sayani Gupta, and Ashutosh Rana, the series threads a murder mystery between two brothers into a sports drama, giving it a harder edge than the genre typically delivers.

Undekhi (SonyLiv)

Also on May 1, Undekhi: The Final Battle arrives as the fourth and reportedly concluding season of the Manali-set crime saga.

Dibyendu Bhattacharya returns as DSP Barun Ghosh as the Atwal family conflict reaches its climax.

Citadel Season 2 (Prime Video)

The biggest Hollywood TV show of the month drops May 6.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden reprise their roles as Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, with Stanley Tucci also returning to counter a new global threat.

Lukkhe (Prime Video)

Releasing on May 8, Lukkhe is a Bollywood series set in Chandigarh's rap underground.

Starring Raashii Khanna alongside rapper King in his acting debut, the show maps ambition and rivalry in an industry rarely explored on Indian streaming.

The Punisher and Jack Ryan

Two major Hollywood TV shows arrive in quick succession.

Jon Bernthal's The Punisher: One Last Kill drops May 13 on JioHotstar, with Frank Castle pulled back into violence against his will.

On May 20, Prime Video brings Jack Ryan: Ghost War, with John Krasinski's CIA analyst targeting a rogue black-ops unit alongside Sienna Miller as an MI6 officer.

The Boroughs and Spider Noir

Netflix's The Boroughs, reportedly backed by Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers, premieres May 21, starring Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, and Alfred Molina as retirees confronting an otherworldly threat.

On May 27, Spider Noir on Prime Video casts Nicolas Cage as a 1930s private detective doubling as the city's only masked vigilante.

Off Campus (Prime Video)

Arriving May 13 on Amazon Prime Video, Off Campus Season 1 is adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling novel The Deal, following a college student and a hockey player whose staged relationship turns real.

This year’s May signals a content landscape where Bollywood and Hollywood TV shows are competing for the same viewer simultaneously.

With this many well-resourced titles in a single month, the viewers are in for a treat across genres and storylines.

(With inputs from yMedia)