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This is a golden age for content creation, and many of the streamers that are currently competing for customers have been working very hard to make sure that they have enough material to make a subscription worth it. Disney Plus has been leading the charge, constantly producing new series and giving new seasons to existing ones, to make sure that there is something for everyone hungry for something new to binge.
Disney Plus has also employed an episode-a-week release schedule for a lot of their popular new content, like the MCU shows, ensuring that the audience has something new to watch every week, not just throughout one weekend. This month, there is a lot of great TV content being added to the service, and the best TV shows to watch on Disney Plus for May include kids’ programming from the Disney Channel, Star Wars content, and series created for National Geographic.
8 A Small Light (2023)
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Episodes are available to stream weekly beginning May 2
A Small Light will premiere on National Geographic before making its way to Disney Plus with new episodes available the day after their air. The story follows Miep Gies (Bel Powley), the woman who commits to hiding the Anne Frank (Billie Boullet) and her family in her attic during the height of World War II. While most have learned the story of Anne from her posthumously published diary, few know the story of the woman who risked everything to help the Frank family, making this one of the most interesting new shows on Disney Plus.
7 Ed Sheeran: The Sum Of It All (2023)
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Available to stream on May 3
Ed Sheeran has been one of the most popular musicians of the last decade around the world. He took some time off from performing live shows and producing new music after starting a family, but just as he releases new music, Disney Plus releases a new documentary about his life and work. The new Disney Plus special marks the first time Sheeran has opened his personal life to cameras. The ups and downs of his career and personal life are chronicled, and he examines the inspiration for his new music.
6 Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 (2021- )
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Available to stream on May 4
Star Wars has existed in a lot of mediums since its initial debut as a movie by George Lucas. There have been live-action projects, animated projects, novelizations, and comic books. In the spirit of the franchise existing in different forms and telling many different stories, Star Wars: Visions was born. The animated series sees several different studios work on their own version of Star Wars stories. Nine different animation studios from all over the world got to create different shorts for the new season.
5 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (2023- )
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Available to stream on May 4
In April, Disney Plus gave young Star Wars fans a teaser of this series by releasing a handful of shorts to introduce the characters. Fittingly, along with Star Wars: Visions, the new series officially comes to the platform on May the Fourth. It’s aimed at the Disney Junior audience, but parents will likely enjoy seeing young Jedi learning the ropes as well.
4 The Muppets: Mayhem (2023- )
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Available to stream May 10
The Muppets: Mayhem takes a musical documentary approach to the newest Muppet offering. This time around, the audience gets to take a journey with Electric Mayhem, the band made up entirely of muppets. The band is trying to make it big by going platinum in the modern music industry, which is harder for them than they thought. Expect a lot of cameos from those who work in the music industry, like Paula Abdul, Kesha, Lil Nas X, and more.
3 American Born Chinese (2023- )
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Available to stream May 24
Inspired by the 2006 graphic novel, American Born Chinese is about a Chinese American teenager (Ben Wang) just trying to make it through high school. When he meets a Taiwanese exchange student, however, his whole life changes, and he ends up caught in the middle of a war between the gods of Chinese myth. The cast is stacked with impressive talent, including Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Tsu, and James Hong.
2 Chip ‘n Dale: Park Life Season 2 (2021- )
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Episodes 1-6 are available to stream May 24
While not original for Disney Plus, this particular animated series is a transplant from the Disney Channel. The series breathes new life into the characters of Chip and Dale, best known as members of the Rescue Rangers. The characters appeared in a live-action-animation-hybrid movie for Disney Plus that was very different from the series. Here, the pair of chipmunks find a new home in a park in the middle of a big city, and the animated series chronicles their new adventures.
1 Saturdays (2023): Season 1
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Currently available to stream
Named for the favorite day of the week for Paris Johnson (Danielle Jalade), Saturdays actually premiered on the Disney Channel before the streaming service. It will be released on Disney Plus in batches of episodes at a time. The first batch of episodes landed on the streamer in April, but more will be added in May. It follows Paris and her all-girl roller skating crew as they head to the rink on Saturdays, competing against rival crews and learning some coming-of-age lessons along the way.
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