While Memorial Day weekend is an opportunity for many to travel and enjoy the outdoors, I use the extra time I have to watch some new great shows.
Can you blame me? Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more streamers keep dropping some seriously entertaining new series to watch.
There are only so many hours in the day, though, which is why Watch With Us put together this list of some of the best new shows to stream this long weekend.
If you miss Stranger Things when it was actually good, you’ll like Netflix’s The Boroughs, another sci-fi mystery show that actually has a good ending.
Other series worth checking out include Apple TV’s Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, AMC’s satire The Audacity and the docuseries about Kylie Minogue, Kylie.
‘The Boroughs’ Season 1 — Netflix
If you’re like me, you don’t miss Stranger Things at all. The once-beloved Netflix show devolved into something big, bloated and unpleasant in its final season, which made its entire brand of nostalgic horror somewhat toxic. But dammit, I’m hooked on The Boroughs, a very Stranger Things-esque sci-fi mystery series that blends elements of Ghostbusters and Cocoon to tell a story about senior citizens who have to battle with creatures who want to steal the precious time they have left on this earth.
Alfred Molina leads the cast as Sam, a recent widow who is practically forced by his daughter, Claire (Jena Malone), to move to The Boroughs, a retirement community located in New Mexico. After meeting neighbors like Jack (Bill Pullman) and Judy (Alfred Woodard), Sam warms to the place, but he gradually realizes something isn’t right about his new hometown. People keep disappearing, and a strange, spider-like creature seems to be the culprit.
What the heck is going on in The Boroughs? You’ll ask that question a lot throughout the eight-episode series, and you’ll get some satisfying answers. You’ll also watch some fantastic character actors like Molina and Geena Davis cook, sinking their teeth into fully realized roles that remind you why they became famous in the first place.
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Season 1 — Apple TV
Sex, murder and a desperate housewife — what more can you want from a 2026 murder mystery series? Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed centers around Paula (Tatiana Maslany), a lonely single mom who finds some relief from her stressful life by talking to an attractive camboy, Trevor (Brandon Flynn). A sex worker, Trevor also functions as Paula’s de facto therapist, and the two form a bond that goes beyond paid pleasure. That’s why when Trevor is attacked on camera and later found dead, Paula decides to do something about it. But her amateur investigation into solving Trevor’s death could lead to her own demise.
Apple TV has been killing it with its original shows, and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is the perfect chaser after consuming Widow’s Bay, the excellent Matthew Rhys comedy/horror show that’s currently my favorite streaming series of 2026. Orphan Black fans know Maslany can act the house down, and she finds another role with Paula that makes great use of her expressive range. The supporting cast is pretty good, with the always-welcome Jake Johnson popping up as Paula’s ex-husband.
‘The Audacity’ Season 1 — AMC+
I’ll admit it — I slept on The Audacity when it premiered last month. At the time, I felt like I didn’t need to watch another show about tech bros behaving badly, but good is good, and The Audacity has been building great buzz with each episode it’s dropped. With the season 1 finale about to drop this weekend, now’s a good time to binge the first seven episodes to see what all the fuss is about.
The Audacity focuses on the peculiar relationship between tech CEO Duncan (Billy Magunssen) and his therapist, JoAnne (Sarah Goldberg). JoAnne kinda resents Duncan’s easy wealth and decides to do something about it — she uses what Duncan reveals in his sessions to place bets on some stocks that are about to explode on the market. When Duncan finds out about her betrayal, though, he’s not hurt — he’s intrigued. He blackmails her into helping him advance his career and stroke his already-too-big ego.
Think of The Audacity as the spiritual heir to Silicon Valley, only a bit older and a lot more cynical. The show contains some pretty mean-spirited digs at ambitious parents who want to raise the next Elon Musk and at old-guard tech pioneers who publicly sneer at what their industry has become but privately envy the billions their successors have made. If you’re still missing Succession, The Audacity will satisfy your craving for watching the ultra-rich do and say things that are both funny and revolting.
‘Kylie’ (2026) — Netflix
It will be love at first sight when you watch Netflix’s three-episode docuseries about Australia’s most famous pop star, Kylie Minogue. In Kylie, director Michael Harte traces the rise of Minogue as a teenage sensation in the late 1980s, her American breakthrough in the 2000s with hits like “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” and “Come Into My World,” and her comeback with her surprise global smash, “Padam Padam.” The doc also focuses on Minogue’s private life, in particular her romances with musicians Jason Donovan and INXS singer Michael Hutchence, and her ongoing battle with cancer, which the doc exclusively reveals reoccurred in 2021.
What emerges is a portrait of a famous person who worked to get where she is today and didn’t seem to step on anyone’s toes to do so. Usually, being a “nice” person doesn’t make one a great subject for a rags-to-riches documentary, but Kylie works because Minogue is so damn charming. Azealia Banks was right — “nothing about her is shady, condescending or forced,” which is probably why it’s so much fun to hang out with her for three hours.
