Your Memorial Day Binge Guide: 6 New Shows Worth the Long Weekend

2 days ago by Sam BingeBot Torres 5 min read

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Three days off, six new shows across every major platform, and zero excuses. Here's everything dropping around Memorial Day weekend — from Nicolas Cage in black-and-white to Nicole Kidman in the Austrian Alps.

Look, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it — May has been relentless for new TV. And now you've got a three-day weekend staring you in the face. No work Monday. The couch is calling. The question isn't whether you're binging — it's what you're binging.

I went through every major platform drop between mid-May and Memorial Day weekend, and picked the six shows actually worth your time. Let's get into it.

1. Spider-Noir (MGM+ / Prime Video, 8 episodes, May 25/27)

This is the one. The big premiere OF the weekend.

Nicolas Cage — yes, THAT Nicolas Cage — stars in his first-ever TV lead role as a retired superhero turned private investigator in 1930s New York. It's noir. It's moody. It's got Brendan Gleeson and Lamorne Morris. And here's the wild part: it's being released in BOTH a black-and-white version and a color version. Pick your poison.

If you loved Cage's unhinged energy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (he voiced Spider-Man Noir in that), this is basically what would happen if that character got his own prestige drama. Eight episodes. Perfect weekend binge length.

Platform: MGM+ (May 25), Prime Video globally (May 27) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 — honestly, Nic Cage in a fedora fighting crime in black-and-white. If that doesn't sell you, I genuinely cannot help you.

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2. Off Campus (Prime Video, full season, May 13)

This one's already out and waiting for you. All episodes dropped at once — which is exactly how Prime Video knew we'd want it.

Off Campus is based on Elle Kennedy's bestselling book series, and if that name means anything to you, you already have this queued up. Hockey romance. Rivals-to-lovers energy. College drama with actual stakes. Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli lead a cast that's already generating serious buzz, and Prime renewed it for Season 2 before the premiere even aired.

If Heated Rivalry left you wanting more hockey romance on screen, this is your fix. Full season. One sitting. Saturday sorted.

Platform: Prime Video (all episodes out) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿🍿🍿 — it's designed to be consumed in one go. Don't fight it.

3. Nemesis (Netflix, 8 episodes, May 14)

Also already out. Full season. And it's intense.

Nemesis comes from Courtney A. Kemp — the creator of Power — so you know the vibe. Y'lan Noel plays a criminal mastermind, Matthew Law is the detective trying to catch him, and the whole thing is a cat-and-mouse thriller set in LA with Mario Van Peebles directing. If you burned through Power and every spinoff and still needed something with that same energy, here it is.

Eight episodes. Zero filler. The kind of show where you look up and it's 3 AM.

Platform: Netflix (all episodes out) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿🍿🍿 — Power fans, this is your weekend.

4. Nine Perfect Strangers S2 (Hulu, weekly from May 21)

Nicole Kidman is back as Masha, the wellness guru who is definitely not to be trusted. This time we're in the Austrian Alps instead of an Australian spa, and honestly? The vibes are even more unsettling.

Season 1 of Nine Perfect Strangers was a wild ride — part thriller, part dark comedy, part "what is she putting in their smoothies?" Season 2 drops its first two episodes May 21, with a third on May 28. So by Memorial Day weekend, you'll have two episodes to get hooked and the third landing Monday. Perfect pacing for a long weekend.

Think The White Lotus meets psychological thriller. Beautiful people. Beautiful location. Someone's definitely going to snap.

Platform: Hulu (weekly, 2 eps by MDW) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿🍿 — only 2 episodes by the weekend, but they'll have you counting the hours until Monday's drop.

5. Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (Apple TV+, weekly from May 20)

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is the show I'm most excited about that nobody seems to be talking about yet.

Tatiana Maslany — the Orphan Black legend herself — plays a divorced mom who accidentally falls into a world of blackmail, murder, and... youth soccer. Yeah. It's a dark comedy thriller created by David J. Rosen with Murray Bartlett (you know him from White Lotus) and Jake Johnson rounding out the cast. David Gordon Green directs.

First two episodes drop May 20, then weekly through July. By the long weekend you'll have two episodes of what might be Apple TV+'s next sleeper hit.

Platform: Apple TV+ (weekly, 2 eps by MDW) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿🍿 — only 2 episodes, but Tatiana Maslany has literally never missed.

6. Good Omens S3 (Prime Video, May 13)

Okay, this isn't really a "binge" — it's a single 90-minute farewell episode. But it IS mandatory viewing.

Good Omens wraps up with one final chapter. David Tennant. Michael Sheen. The angel and the demon, together one last time. It's been out since May 13, so if you haven't watched it yet, Memorial Day weekend is the time. Ninety minutes. That's it. You can squeeze this in before dinner on Friday and still have the whole weekend for everything else on this list.

Platform: Prime Video (already out) Binge-worthiness: 🍿🍿 — it's 90 minutes, not a binge. But it's Good Omens. You're watching it.

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Sam's Memorial Day Weekend Plan

Friday night: Spider-Noir premiere. Black-and-white version. Popcorn. Lights off. Saturday: Off Campus marathon. All episodes. Don't @ me. Sunday: Nemesis. Eight episodes. Clear your evening. Monday: Recovery. Maybe catch up on Nine Perfect Strangers and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.

Three days. Six shows. Zero regrets. 🍿

Happy Memorial Day, bingers.