What to stream on TV this week: “The Last of Us,” G20.”
I’m not really overwhelmed by a new show StreamingBut this week there’s a huge flood of Prestige TV. At Max, both our fan favorite show hacking and the last of us have returned. The Handmade Tale has returned to Hulu and a new season of Black Mirror has arrived on Netflix. And it’s just a bit of a taste of what’s out there, but there’s no other title on our list very Just as dystopian as those.
If you’re looking for serious star power, check out Viola Davis with the new Prime Video film G20 or the new Apple TV Plus series Jon Hamm. Also, if you’re looking for an explosive true life docustry, Netflix is also losing its negative impact. The dark side of KidFluencing promises to be as stressful as the title suggests.
These titles and more will soon arrive on streaming. Here’s all the information you need to tune this week.
The best new TV shows and movies to stream
(April 7th to 13th)
Netflix
Black Mirror, Season 7 (April 10th)
Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s satirical Twilight Zone-esque anthology series, returns to Netflix this week with six brand new episodes. Keep an eye out for the sequel to Season 4 episode USS Callister. Other stars of the season include Rashida Jones, Aukwafina, Issa Ray and Will Poulter.
Bad impact: The dark side of KidFluencing (April 9)
Bad Influence: KidFluencing’s Dark Side is a three-part research docusary about one of YouTube’s most popular channels. Piper Locker, known as the team on her channel, and her friends have built an empire of over 12 million subscribers, but Rocker’s mother, Tiffany Smith, is said to have dominated and abused some of the team members who appeared in her daughter’s video. In the series, filmmakers Jenna Rothers and Keefe Davidson investigated what led to the lawsuit against Smith, which was eventually settled for nearly $2 million.
Max
Our Last Season 2 (April 13)
Max’s post-apocalyptic series The Last of Us Season 2 will pick up five years after the events of Season 1, with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) over the remaining wreckages that have been seeped into the zombies of the United States. The seven-episode season features several new cast members, including Caitlyn Dever as Abbey and Marquedo as Dina, as well as Jeffrey Wright and Catherine O’Hara.
Hacking, Season 4 (April 10)
Hacking is back at Max! In the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series, Jean Smart’s aselvic comedian Deborah Vance begins his late-night show with writer Ava Daniels (Hanna Einbinder), but the love-hate relationship between the two women is fully on display to try to make television history. The 10-episode season will be released on April 10th with two episodes.
Prime Video
Egot-Winner Viola Davis will bend action muscle on April 12th with the new Prime video release G20. Davis stars as President Daniel Sutton, who will become a major target when the G20 Summit is attacked. I’m not happy to have all the fun in the Secret Service. Sutton takes matters into his own hands when he tries to betray the attacker. Co-stars include Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramon Rodriguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel and Sabrina Impatchatore.
Disney Plus
Doctor Who, Season 2 (April 12th)
Season 2 of the latest iteration of Doctors starring Ncuti Gatwa will premiere on Saturday, April 12th on Disney Plus. The eight-episode season focuses on the doctor’s attempt to bring Belinda Chandra (Valadasetu) back to Earth, as the mystical powers try to stop it. Guest stars this season include Alan Cumming, Rose Ayling-Ellis and Christopher Chung.
Apple TV Plus
Your Friends and Neighbors (April 11th)
Jon Hamm is the star of your friends and neighbors in the new Apple TV Plus series, and has begun to start stealing from wealthy neighbors and keeping your lifestyle floating around. This was Ham’s first starring role in the television series since Mad Men, and he was joined by Olivia Mann, Amanda Pete, Lena Hall and Hoon Lee. The series has not yet been released for the first time, but the second season was already green light.
Hulu
The Story of Handmade (April 8)
This week marks the premiere of the sixth and final seasons of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Season 6 arrives more than two years after the season 5 finale, with three episodes dropping this week, and new episodes arrive every week. The core cast, including Elizabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahofsky, Samira Wyley, Ott Farbenle and Bradley Whitford, are all back in the show. Timothy Simons, best known for his work as Jonah in Veep, will be joining the cast.
peacock
WrestleMania IX: A sight to be seen (April 11th)
WrestleMania IX: Becoming Spectacle is a new Peacock original that offers a backstage view of the legendary and controversial 1993 match in Las Vegas, where Hulk Hogan snatched Yozuna’s World Champion title shortly after winning Yozuna’s World Champion title. This behind-the-scenes documentary features many accounts of those involved in the events that would later shape the future of WWE.
Crunch roll
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (April 7)
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a new animated first series that will be available on Crunchyroll from April 7th. It focuses on university student Koichi Haimawari. Himawari is the average man adopted by the hero Nackledoster and works with him as a vigilante.