Are you ready for summer yet? May is fast approaching, which means big, dumb summer blockbusters involving car crashes (The Fall Guy), apes (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), and postapocalyptic death battles (Furiosa). It also means more programming on streaming services, and Peacock is ready to beat its competitors with its May 2024 lineup.
What’s in store for the NBC-owned streamer? At the beginning of the month, Peacock will debut The Tattooist of Auschwitz, a new limited drama series based on the bestselling novel by Heather Morris. Later on, the Kentucky Derby will stream, as well as the second season of We Are Lady Parts and the 2024 Eurovision Contest. Keep reading for the full list of films, series, and live sporting events that will be available on the streaming service throughout the month, as well as everything else coming to Peacock in May 2024.
Lopez vs. Lopez, Season 2 – finale (NBC)
The Irresistible Blueberry Farm
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Prediction Murder
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Season 1 – All 6 episodes (Peacock Original)*
Chucky, Season 3 – finale (SYFY)
The American Society of Magical Negroes (Peacock Exclusive / Streaming Debut)*
The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Season 14 – Premiere (Bravo)
Snapped: Killer Couples, Season 17 – finale (Oxygen)
Vanderpump Rules, Season 11 – finale – Extended/Uncensored Version (Bravo)*
Love Undercover, Season 1 – Premiere, 4 episodes, (Peacock Original)*
A Whitewater Romance (Hallmark)+
American Ninja Warrior Women’s Championship, Season 15 (NBC)
OMG Fashun, Season 1 – premiere, 2 episodes (E!)
Perry Mason (1957), Seasons 1-5
Cold Justice, Season 7 – All Episodes (Oxygen)
Deal or No Deal Island, Season 1 – Finale (NBC)
Best of the Tonight Show Special: 10 Years of the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Caillou, Season 1 (New Episodes) – 5 episodes (Peacock Original)*
Love Undercover, Season 1 – 3 new episodes (Peacock Original)*
Law & Order, Season 23 – finale (NBC)
Law & Order: Organized Crime, Season 4 – finale (NBC)
Law & Order SVU, Season 25 – finale (NBC)
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home (Hallmark)+
Dream Big: The Michelle Wie Story – Special (NBC)
The Voice, Season 25 – Finale (NBC)
Love Undercover, Season 1 – Finale – 3 episodes (Peacock Original)*
Chicago Fire, Season 12 – Finale (NBC)
Chicago Med, Season 9 – Finale (NBC)
Chicago PD, Season 11 – Finale (NBC)
Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen, Season 21 – finale (Bravo Digital)
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path (Hallmark)+
Race to Survive: New Zealand, Season 2 – Premiere (USA)
American Ninja Warrior Couple’s Special, Season 15 (NBC)
Below Deck, Season 11 – Finale (Bravo)
America’s Got Talent, Season 19 – Premiere (NBC)
We Are Lady Parts, Season 2 (Peacock Original)*
* = is exclusive to Peacock | bold = Peacock Original
(+) = New Hallmark films available on-demand for 72 hours after release and will be available at additional times when airing on Hallmark Channels
(++) = New episodes of Hallmark and Reelz original series stream live on the Hallmark Channel and Reelz Channel respectively and are available on demand the next day.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.