The second that Season 5 finale hit screens on October 28, 2025, phones started blowing up. Cinda Canning face-down on the sidewalk outside the Arconia? Hulu didn’t even let the credits finish rolling before they green-lit Season 6. Fans lost their minds, and honestly, same. Five seasons of dead bodies, Broadway flops, and Brazzos reruns, and this show still hits like the first time. So let’s cut the fluff and talk about what actually matters right now.
Only Murders in the Building Season 6 Release Date Speculations
Nobody at Hulu is handing out calendars yet, but the pattern is pretty obvious. Seasons 3, 4, and 5 all premiered in August. Season 1 was late August 2021, Season 2 slid to June because of COVID delays, and everything since has stuck to that late-summer sweet spot. Shooting usually starts four or five months after renewal, and this one got renewed literally the same week the finale aired. Do the math: filming kicks off early 2026, wraps by summer, post-production eats a few months… best guess is August 2026. Maybe early September if the London shoot gets messy with weather or permits. Either way, mark the last Tuesday in August on whatever calendar still exists in 2026.
Only Murders in the Building Season 6 Expected Cast
The big three aren’t going anywhere. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez already signed on before Season 5 even started airing (that’s how confident Disney and Hulu are). Meryl Streep is also locked in; her Loretta-Oliver romance is too juicy to drop now. Tina Fey returns as Cinda Canning, dead or not (this show loves a fake-out corpse). The usual Arconia weirdos are basically guaranteed: Michael Cyril Creighton’s Howard, Jackie Hoffman’s Uma, Da’Vine Joy Randolph if her schedule allows. Season 5 added heavy hitters like Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy, and Zach Galifianakis as the movie-version trio; no word yet on whether they pop up again, but fans are begging.
New faces? London means British actors. Expect at least a couple of legendary UK comedians or drama royalty doing the “confused by Americans” bit. Rumors are already swirling about Richard Grant, Olivia Colman, or someone from the Harry Potter extended universe showing up with a teacup and a motive.
Only Murders in the Building Season 6 Potential Plot
Season 5 ended with the Arconia saved and the trio thinking they finally get a break. Then boom, Cinda Canning drops dead right outside the gate. Except the showrunner, John Hoffman, keeps teasing that the body on the ground might not tell the whole story. Season 6 picks up literally the next day and drags Charles, Oliver, and Mabel to London because Cinda had some shady business across the pond. First time the whole season won’t be set in New York. Think foggy alleys, pubs that close too early, and the trio trying to order coffee while everyone stares like they just murdered the King.
The podcast goes international, the suspects wear better coats, and at least one person will do that thing where they say “flat” instead of “apartment” just to mess with Oliver. Word is the murder ties back to old money, maybe even minor royalty, because this show loves making rich people look ridiculous.
