Spring TV Preview 2025: Shows We Can't Wait to Watch

Be on the lookout for these gems of the new TV season, from beloved sitcoms to juicy new series

Tim Appelo,

AARP

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Published April 07, 2025

(Left to right) Tina Fey as Kate, Will Forte as Jack, and Steve Carell as Nick in 'The Four Seasons'

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From the networks to streaming giants like Netflix and Prime Video, there’s a whole new crop of comedies, dramas and documentaries in the pipeline. Here’s what to look forward to in the coming months.

Hacks (April 10, Max)

Last season, the young frenemy and protege (Hannah Einbinder) for comedy legend Deborah Vance (Jean Smart, 73) blackmailed the star into giving her the head writer job on her late-night show. As Smart said at Paleyfest March 29, “The more [Deborah] thinks about it, probably the more upset she is and definitely she feels incredibly betrayed. ‘I’ve been working for this for 30 years and you’re gonna screw it up for me?’ So she thinks anything that she might do in retaliation is fair game.” Game on!

G20 (April 10, Prime Video)

When terrorists attack the meeting of the Group of 20 (the globe’s most powerful nations), only one woman is smart enough to save America, world leaders, and her own family: U.S. President Taylor Sutton (four-time Oscar and five-time Emmy nominee Viola Davis, 59).

Your Friends and Neighbors (April 11, Apple TV+)

A hedge fund manager down on his luck (Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, 54) and divorced from his troubled wife (Amanda Peet, 53) resorts to stealing from his neighbors in ritzy Westmont Village — but stumbles onto some secrets he’d be safer not knowing.

Black Mirror, Season 7 (April 10, Netflix)

When it comes to tricky and twisty TV anthologies, Black Mirror may be the one true heir to The Twilight Zone. The satirical, brainteasing British sci-fi series is consistently clever, well-acted, and packed with deliciously thorny ideas. The new batch of episodes includes a sequel to Season 4’s beloved USS Callister episode, the series' best ever, about an evil tech genius who traps his employees on a virtual spaceship to torment them. Stars include Paul Giamatti, 57, Rashida Jones, Peter Capaldi, 66, Awkwafina and Tracee Ellis Ross, 52.

Got to Get Out (April 11, Hulu)

Just when you think there aren’t any more reality competition show ideas out there, this Hulu Original puts 20 TV reality show veterans and savvy game players inside a locked-up house. The goal? Get out, either alone or with allies. The longer they wait, the bigger the prize money – up to a million dollars. It’s like The Traitors, minus the Scottish castle vibes and with a ticking clock. Sparky, popular Golden Bachelor alum Susan Noles, 67, will be there!

Government Cheese (April 16, AppleTV+)

David Oyelowo, 49, stars in this “historical surrealist comedy drama.” When Hampton Chambers comes home from prison, he finds that the life he’s returning to is not exactly the one he left behind. He struggles to connect with his estranged family while hoping to make it big with the “Bit Magician,” a self-sharpening power drill that he’s sure will revolutionize industry.

Ransom Canyon, Season 1 (April 17, Netflix)

Is Netflix taking a page from Yellowstone? Check out this romance-fueled family drama set in Texas’ hill country. Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly star in a contemporary Western drama about love, lust, heartache, deceit, and the rugged land that three local families call home. Ransom Canyon comes from April Blair, whose writing credits include the buzzy series You and Gossip Girl.

Law & Order: Organized Crime, Season 5 (April 17, Peacock)

The crime show so beloved by AARP members jumps from NBC to Peacock for its fifth season, with Detective Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni, 63) joined by a new face, Detective Tim McKenna (Jason Patric, 58).

Andor, Season 2 (April 22, Disney+)

Two and a half years after Season 1, the prequel to the 1977 Star Wars movie returns for its finale. It’s the best Star Wars show, the only one worth a grownup’s time. And while Diego Luna is great as the hero Cassian Andor, Stellan Skarsgård, 73, steals the show as Luthen Rael, the wily elder who guides the Rebel Alliance.

Etoile, Season 1 (April 24, Prime Video)

Amy Sherman-Palladino, 59, best known for co-creating The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, returns to the world of dance that she explored in the much-missed Bunheads. This time, the focus is on famed ballet companies in Paris and New York City who get so strapped financially that they agree to swap their biggest stars in hopes of boosting ticket sales. Luke Kirby, who played Lenny Bruce in Maisel, and French star Charlotte Gainsbourg, 53, lead the cast.

Yes, Chef! (April 28, NBC)

Highly demanding Martha Stewart, 83, and José Andrés, 55, host a new cooking competition. If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of this kitchen.

The Eternaut (April 30, Netflix)

Will this six-episode Argentinian import be the streaming giant’s next international sensation, a la Squid Game? If post-apocalyptic sci-fi is your jam, then bank on it. Ricardo Darin, 68, stars in the story of a mysterious (and deadly) snowfall that throws Buenos Aires into chaos and leads one man to rise up as the leader of a new resistance movement.

The Four Seasons (May 1, Netflix)

In an adaptation that’s even better than Alan Alda’s original 1981 comedy about romance and aging, Tina Fey, 54, Steve Carell, 62, Colman Domingo, 55, and Will Forte, 54, play old friends who get together and get through some rough weather: divorce, death, new love, old flames. Alda, 89, does a touching cameo.

Miss Austen (May 4, PBS Masterpiece)

After the death of Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran), her sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) burns Jane’s letters (which really happened). In this four-part drama, Cassy does it to rescue her sister’s reputation. Two Downton Abbey castmembers reunite for the show: Phyllis Logan, 69, as Jane and Cassy’s mother, and Rose Leslie as Cassy’s friend Isabella, who may possess those scandalous letters.

Poker Face (May 8, Peacock)

The superb, Columbo-like mystery series starring sandpaper-voiced Natasha Lyonne as a detective who can detect lies is back, with 38 terrific guest stars including Margo Martindale, 73, Rhea Perlman, 77, David Allen Grier, 68, Carol Kane, 72, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, 54, Giancarlo Esposito, 67, and Cynthia Erivo, who plays identical sextuplets.

Nonnas (May 9, Netflix)

Stricken by grief after the loss of his mother, Joe (Vince Vaughan, 54) opens an Italian restaurant with local grandmas (nonnas) as the chefs (Susan Sarandon, 78, Lorraine Bracco, 70, Talia Shire, 78, and Brenda Vaccaro, 85.)

America's Got Talent (May 27, NBC)

Mel B (who turns 50 May 29) replaces Heidi Klum, 51, on the talent competition featuring Simon Cowell, 65, Sofia Vergara, 52, Howie Mandel, 69, and a bunch of singers, dancers, comics and more trying to make their name.

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Tim Appelo covers entertainment and is the film and TV critic for AARP. Previously, he was the entertainment editor at Amazon, video critic at Entertainment Weekly, and a critic and writer for The Hollywood Reporter, People, MTV, The Village Voice and LA Weekly.