The fifth season of the American mystery comedy-drama television series Only Murders in the Building, often abbreviated as OMITB, premiered on September 9, 2025, on Hulu. The season stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as a trio of friends producing true crime podcasts that investigate murder cases in their apartment building, often assisted by their neighbor (Michael Cyril Creighton).
In September 2024, Hulu greenlit Only Murders in the Building for a fifth season. Filming took place from March to June 2025. The season consists of ten episodes.
Cast and characters Main Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage Martin Short as Oliver Putnam Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris
Special guest Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin
Recurring Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Detective Donna Williams Téa Leoni as Sofia Caccimelio Bobby Cannavale as Nicky Caccimelio Teddy Coluca as Lester Coluca Dianne Wiest as Lorraine Coluca Renée Zellweger as Camila White Christoph Waltz as Sebastian "Bash" Steed Logan Lerman as Jay Pflug Jackie Hoffman as Uma Heller Beanie Feldstein as Althea ( "Thē") Keegan-Michael Key as Mayor Beau Tillman Richard Kind as Vince Fish Nathan Lane as Teddy Dimas Paul Rudd as the voice of L.E.S.T.R. Jermaine Fowler as Randall Winston Shea Buckner as Tony Caccimelio Dane DiLiegro as Johnny Caccimelio Aaron Dean Eisenberg as Braden Caccimelio Cory Jeacoma as Mikey Caccimelio Evan Mulrooney as Vinny Caccimelio Elizabeth D'Onofrio as Nonna
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Development In September 2024, during the airing of the fourth season, Hulu renewed the series for a fifth season.
Casting In March 2025, Keegan-Michael Key, Christoph Waltz, and Renée Zellweger joined the cast in undisclosed roles for the season. In April 2025, Logan Lerman, Jermaine Fowler and Beanie Feldstein joined the cast. In August 2025, Dianne Wiest and Bobby Cannavale were announced to have been respectively cast as Lester's wife and a mobster.
Filming Filming for the season took place between March and June 2025.
Music The album for the fifth season was released on October 24, 2025.
Season five featured an original song entitled "Wish That You Were Me" written by David Archuleta, Sophie Rose and Michael Blum. The song was performed by the character Althea (a.k.a. "Thē") (Beanie Feldstein).
The score for the show was composed by Siddhartha Khosla.
Release The fifth season premiered on September 9, 2025, with three new episodes, on Hulu. Subsequent episodes released weekly until the season finale on October 28.
Reception Critical response For the fifth season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 90% approval rating, based on 61 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Putting the very fate of the Arconia on the line, Only Murders in the Buildings fifth season goes back to the series' fundamentals — its core trio — and reaffirms that their charm hasn't waned one bit." Metacritic gave the fifth season a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 based on 16 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable".
Accolades
The fifth season received 2 major nominations at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Comedy Series and Martin Short for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
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