Ryan Reynolds’ Fan-Favorite Series Leads This Week’s Must-See Hulu Releases

Hulu is loading up this week (May 11–17, 2026) with a fresh pile of premieres, and, honestly, one of them might take over your living room for a few hours—especially if you love sprawling British dramas, Ryan Reynolds goofing around in Wales, or just some classic cable reality chaos.

'Welcome to Wrexham' Kicks Off Its Fifth Season

Let’s start with the obvious attention-grabber: Welcome to Wrexham is back. Yeah, that’s Ryan Reynolds’ soccer docuseries—the one where he and Rob McElhenney actually bought a struggling football team and turned it into the hottest little club on streaming TV. Season 5 lands on Hulu May 14, dropping its first two episodes right away.

What’s on the field (and off) this time? Wrexham’s not just fighting for more underdog glory—they’re deep in an EFL Championship run, gunning for that fairy-tale leap to the Premier League after literally three seasons of back-to-back promotions. If you haven’t kept up and want a sports-fan fever dream wrapped inside celebrity banter, this is your week.

Lisa Ann Walter Goes Unfiltered: First Stand-Up Special

Also new this week: Lisa Ann Walter, who you probably recognize as Melissa Schemmenti on Abbott Elementary, is dropping her very first stand-up special. 'It Was An Accident' premieres May 15. This is not your soft, network-approved comedy. It’s a raw, hour-long set taped in Philly, and she goes in hard on what it actually means to be, in her words, a 'grown-ass woman' dealing with, well, everything 2026 can throw at you.

Rivals Season 2: British TV Drama Does Sex, Power, and Blackmail—Again

If 'juicy' had a British accent, it’d be Rivals. Based on Jilly Cooper’s rug-pulling 1988 novel (yes, the 'bonkbuster'), this drama stays planted in the sex-and-scandal circus of independent broadcasting during Thatcher’s 1980s. Season 2 premieres May 15 and kicks off with a three-episode drop, so you can binge straight through way too many affairs, feuds and power plays—all among the upper crust of Rutshire, a fictional English county where literally everyone seems to have a secret (and most of them are sleeping together).

Looking for Some BBC Family Dysfunction? The Split Arrives in Full

Starting May 11, Hulu users get all three seasons of The Split. This is one of those sharp British dramas more about high-octane emotions than, say, car chases. The show centers on Hannah Stern (Nicola Walker), sharp-as-nails lawyer by day, messily juggling family feuds, custody cases, and her own rapidly collapsing marriage by night. Her estranged dad suddenly turns up, old secrets get pried open, and her sisters (also lawyers) keep the Defoe family busy both in and out of court. Yes, there’s a special in Barcelona tossed in there as part of the complete package—the show finished its run with plenty of unresolved feelings and just enough legal drama to make you glad your last break-up wasn’t litigated.

'You can’t run away from your past — especially when it decides to walk in your front door.'

What Else Is Hulu Throwing In? Here’s the Full Week’s Drop

For the completists (or just anyone who needs something completely different), here’s the whole May 11–17 release pile:

• May 11: The Split: Complete Series, Central Intelligence (2016)
• May 12: Tucci in Italy (new season), Abraham’s Boys (2025)
• May 14: FX's Welcome to Wrexham (Season 5, two-episode premiere), Ancient Aliens (Season 21), My Crazy Ex (Season 4)
• May 15: Lisa Ann Walter: It Was An Accident (comedy special, premiere), Rivals (Season 2, three-episode premiere)
• May 16: Chopped (Season 56), Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives (Season 43), Guy's Grocery Games (Season 32), Toddlers & Tiaras (Seasons 7 and 8)

The bottom line: whether you want British lawyers baring their souls, feuding media barons, actual soccer (plus Reynolds-level dad jokes), or just an endless Food Network rerun carousel, Hulu’s stacking the deck for every kind of TV mood this week.