TMC
03-06-2017, 05:28 PM
http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/6/14763530/april-tv-preview
Blame the Emmys.
April is a beastly month for new television, across almost every network.
Start, simply, with HBO’s returning series, like Veep (April 16), The Leftovers (April 16), and Silicon Valley (April 23). Or with some other major returning crime — or crime-adjacent — dramas, like Better Call Saul (April 10), Fargo (April 19), and Bosch (April 21).
Beyond those, there are plenty more major returning series, including some with more of a “cult favorite” bent, like iZombie (April 4), Archer (April 5), and Doctor Who (April 15). And if you’re a reality fan, it took forever, but perpetual Emmy nominee/winner The Amazing Race is (finally) back April 21. Remarkably, I haven’t listed every critically acclaimed series returning in April, because we could be here all day.
But wait.
There’s still more.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs its first new season of episodes in almost 20 years on April 14. Prison Break returns after nearly 10 years on April 4. The Get Down returns after, uh, a few months to finish out its first season on April 7.
That has to be it, right?
Wrong.
There are so many debuts, too, and they’re all for shows you should be at least vaguely excited about. Like Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which is so good I’m having trouble thinking about anything else (it drops April 26). And lots of people are eagerly anticipating Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods (April 30). Hey, maybe you’re fascinated by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner? Amazon is releasing a 13-part documentary about him, American Playboy, on April 13. And AMC has an adaptation of Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed Western novel The Son coming out on April 8.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of shows that will already be airing at that time, like The Americans (returning March 7 on FX) and Feud (which debuted March 5 on FX). The Walking Dead concludes its seventh season on April 4. Switched at Birth ends its run forever on April 11.
The long and short of it: April television, if you are even a halfway dedicated TV fan, is about to devour your life whole. But why? To answer that question, we have to look ahead to September.
Blame the Emmys.
April is a beastly month for new television, across almost every network.
Start, simply, with HBO’s returning series, like Veep (April 16), The Leftovers (April 16), and Silicon Valley (April 23). Or with some other major returning crime — or crime-adjacent — dramas, like Better Call Saul (April 10), Fargo (April 19), and Bosch (April 21).
Beyond those, there are plenty more major returning series, including some with more of a “cult favorite” bent, like iZombie (April 4), Archer (April 5), and Doctor Who (April 15). And if you’re a reality fan, it took forever, but perpetual Emmy nominee/winner The Amazing Race is (finally) back April 21. Remarkably, I haven’t listed every critically acclaimed series returning in April, because we could be here all day.
But wait.
There’s still more.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs its first new season of episodes in almost 20 years on April 14. Prison Break returns after nearly 10 years on April 4. The Get Down returns after, uh, a few months to finish out its first season on April 7.
That has to be it, right?
Wrong.
There are so many debuts, too, and they’re all for shows you should be at least vaguely excited about. Like Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which is so good I’m having trouble thinking about anything else (it drops April 26). And lots of people are eagerly anticipating Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods (April 30). Hey, maybe you’re fascinated by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner? Amazon is releasing a 13-part documentary about him, American Playboy, on April 13. And AMC has an adaptation of Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed Western novel The Son coming out on April 8.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of shows that will already be airing at that time, like The Americans (returning March 7 on FX) and Feud (which debuted March 5 on FX). The Walking Dead concludes its seventh season on April 4. Switched at Birth ends its run forever on April 11.
The long and short of it: April television, if you are even a halfway dedicated TV fan, is about to devour your life whole. But why? To answer that question, we have to look ahead to September.