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.
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In September 2024, during the airing of the fourth season, Hulu renewed the series for a fifth season.
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 for the season took place between March and June 2025.
The album for the fifth season was released on October 24, 2025.
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.
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 â its core trio â 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".