Hulu's murder-mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building has become a staple of early fall TV. Since its debut in 2021, the N.Y.C.-set series has followed its true-crime podcasters Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) as they investigate a series of murders in their pre-war apartment The Arconia (and never consider relocating).
Even before the star-studded season 4 ended with its bombshell finale—setting up Charles, Mabel, and Oliver's next investigation—the series was renewed for season 5. So, below, we're keeping track of everything we know about Only Murders in the Building season 5 so far.
Oliver (Martin Short), Charles (Steve Martin), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) walk through a N.Y.C.-style Hollywood set in Only Murders in the Building season 4.
When will 'Only Murders in the Building' season 5 come out?
Get ready for another autumn on the Upper West Side! In late July, Hulu revealed that Only Murders in the Building season 3 will premiere on Tuesday, September 9. Three episodes will stream on the premiere date, with the rest of the 10-episode installment rolling out weekly.
The streamer announced the news by sharing a first-look photo of Mabel, Oliver, and Charles (which you can see above) being cheeky and mirroring a version of the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" proverb. Hulu also posted a video of the cast revealing the release date (while being adorable and laughing at each other while doing it).
Who will be in the cast of 'Only Murders in the Building' season 5?
Spoilers for the Only Murders in the Building season 4 finale ahead. Since we know who made it out of OMITB season 4 alive—as well as next season's murder victim—we can confirm that all of the series's central cast will return. That includes the main trio Steven Martin (Charles Haden-Savage), Martin Short (Oliver Putnam), Selena Gomez (Mabel Mora), Michael Cyril Creighton (Howard Morris), Jackie Hoffman (Uma Heller), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Detective Williams). Meryl Streep will also return as a guest star, reprising her role of Loretta Durkin-Putnam.
Meanwhile, the end of season 4 set up two characters to become some of the main focus in the upcoming murder mystery. After he was found dead in the Arconia's courtyard fountain, Lester the doorman (played since season 1 by Teddy Coluca) is guaranteed to return via extensive flashbacks. Meanwhile, Deadline reports that Téa Leoni has officially joined OMITB season 5 as "Sofia Caccimelio, wife of Nicky 'The Neck' Caccimelio, a missing person with ties to the Caputo crime family mentioned previously in episode 9 this season."
Introducing Sofia Caccimelio (Téa Leoni), the Dry Cleaning Queen of Brooklyn.
OMITB co-creator John Hoffman told the outlet, "I think she’s the great tease at the end of the finale and a little bit of an intriguing bump forward. She’s an extension of the little news report in episode 9 that Mabel makes note of at the hospital. [Sofia] is the wife of the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn, and maybe a couple of dry cleaning outlets in Manhattan, as well, we may come to know. But beyond that, it’s a world opened up potentially that we haven’t talked about too much yet in New York, so she holds a lot of intrigue."
Who are the new cast members in 'Only Murders in the Building' season 5?
Leoni isn't the only new addition to the Arconia extended universe. In early March 2025, Hulu began announcing more names in Only Murders in the Building season 5. According to Deadline, comedic actor Keegan-Michael Key (known for leading Comedy Central's Key & Peele and shows like Reboot) will play a recurring role.
Several weeks later, a few other heavy hitters were announced as new additions. Variety revealed Oscar-winning Austrian-German actor Christoph Waltz (known for his collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, including Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, the Bond movies, and dramas like Big Eyes) has joined the cast. Then, just days later, Deadline shared that another Oscar-winner will be among the ensemble: Bridget Jones herself, Renée Zellweger.
Gomez also spilled some major tea in an early April Instagram post. In a round-up of recent photos, which she captioned, "a few memories...," the star/producer revealed that Logan Lerman is also among the cast. The former teen heartthrob (known for roles in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stuck in Love, the Percy Jackson movies, and more recently, We Were the Lucky Ones) was pictured in a behind-the-scenes shot of the show's core trio posting with showrunner John Hoffman, as well as newbies Zellweger and Waltz. Considering he's one of the internet's boyfriends, we can get excited knowing we'll have a new crush in the building!
A new funny guy may catch our eye, too. Shortly after Lerman's casting was revealed, Variety confirmed Jermaine Fowler (from comedies like Ricky Stanicky, The Blackening, and Sorry to Bother You) is joining the show in a "recurring role."
You can expect season 5 to have us in stitches because one of our favorite comedic actresses, Beanie Feldstein, is also a part of the ensemble. Deadline confirmed her casting while the series was in the midst of production in mid-April. We can't wait to see the Golden Globe-nominated Booksmart, Drive-Away Dolls, and Impeachment: American Crime Story star go toe-to-toe with the odd throuple.
As usual, details about each member of the new cast's characters are kept under wraps, so we'll have to wait to see if they're suspects.
Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) investigate the Arconia's West tower in Only Murders in the Building season 4.
What will 'Only Murders in the Building' season 5 be about?
The final moments of season 4 tease that season 5 will focus on Lester's mysterious death, Nicky "The Neck" Caccimelio's disappearance, the dealings of the Caputo crime family, and how it all ties together and connects to the Arconia. (Seriously, how has no one moved out of that building yet?) Speaking with Deadline, Hoffman teased that the overall conspiracy also possibly has ties to the main trio—specifically Oliver's shadier business dealings in the past.
When asked if the Caccimelios are connected to earlier OMITB seasons, Hoffman told the outlet, "I think there are references to what Oliver said when he dealt with financing for his shows; so, yeah, there may be some crossover that way. Potentially, some danger could be involved in helping. There are some moves that might come in season 5 that change the whole equation."
R.I.P. Lester (Teddy Coluca). We're excited to learn more about you next season.
"We [in the season 5 writers room] were talking earlier today about what’s New York right now," he said of next season's possible themes. "So there is a classic version of that, and then what does it look like today? That’s intriguing to me."
Hoffman also implied going beyond Manhattan in season 5 while speaking to TVLine following the season 4 finale. "There are a lot of areas that we’ve been talking about [in the writers’ room]…looking at the life of someone who was a doorman in a pre-war apartment building in New York City at this moment, and all that it encompasses," he explained. "Who is this person? And what stuff might have been going on in his life? What sort of factions [of N.Y.C.] has he touched? That feels really intriguing to me as far as where we’re going."