Streaming on TELUS - May 2026

Hey everyone! Hope you're doing well and enjoying your spring! May is right around the corner, and another month means another new batch of great movies and shows to check out on Optik TV!

Remember, you can catch all the hottest new content as part of our awesome Stream+ package to get Netflix Premium, Disney+ and Prime Video all at a discounted rate!

Let's take a look at some of the highly anticipated titles streaming in May as well as what I'm hooked on now!

 

Coming in May

May 20 - Jack Ryan: Ghost War - Prime Video

John Krasinski returns for an intense new mission in an all new feature length film.

May 21 - The Boroughs - Netflix

The new show from the creators of Stranger Things! A group of unlikely heroes in a retirement community must band together against an otherworldly threat.

 

 

Most Anticipated

The Boroughs

I've been waiting for the new Duffer Brothers series ever since it was announced. As a massive fan of Stranger Things, I know that whatever they do will be must-watch stuff. Their latest offering is The Boroughs, and it looks like it has all the elements that made Stranger Things the worldwide phenomenon that it is. Fantasy, humor, good scares, and a fantastic cast. With screen legends such as Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman...you know this is going to be good.

In a seemingly perfect community home, a group of residents must band together against an otherworldly threat from taking away the one thing that they don't have...time itself. This has all the hallmarks of the Duffer Brothers, from the science fiction theme and how it touches the lives of everyday people. These are the types of shows that touch upon our humanity and sense of wonder. I can't wait to see how everything unfolds when the entire 8 episode series drops May 21 on Netflix!

 

 

What I'm Watching Now

Rooster (Season 1) - Crave

I am loving the hilarious comedy Rooster on Crave. When it was first announced that Steve Carell was finally returning to television in a new comedy series from the co-creator of Scrubs and Ted Lasso, everyone knew that it was going to be as good as it gets. Now that the first season is almost done, I can say that it's delivered and then some. And yes, I said first season...it's so good that HBO had no reservations about quickly renewing it for a second season!

Carell stars as Greg Russo, a middle-aged author of a series of popular (if not a bit trashy) novels about a private investigator named Rooster. He arrives at a college where his daughter Katie is teaching, and is thrust into both her life and that of the college itself. His daughter is in the midst of a messy breakup and to help her keep her job after a mistake she makes, he accepts the role as a writer-in-residence for the rest of the semester. Now his daughter has to make peace with the fact that her father will be around much longer than anticipated.

The cast is hilarious, the writing and dialogue are as sharp as ever, and the situations that Greg finds himself getting into will have you doubled over. I can't recommend this hilarious series enough. Check it out now, streaming on Crave!

 

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