As spring TV presses on, April promises a lot of grand returns, including acclaimed genre dramas Andor and The Last Of Us, Emmy favorite Hacks, the final run of The Handmaid’s Tale, and Nathan Fielder’s bizarre project The Rehearsal. The month also boasts intriguing new shows like Netflix’s first medical procedural, FX’s Michelle Williams-led dramedy, and a Prime Video series from the minds behind The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Here is The A.V. Club’s guide to what to watch in April.
Pulse (Netflix, April 3)
Netflix is cashing in on the medical-procedural resurgence of 2025 with Pulse, which comes from showrunners Carlton Cuse and Zoe Robyn. The action here takes place at a Miami hospital where docs and nurses brace for a hurricane just as Dr. Danielle Sims (Willa Fitzgerald) is handed an unexpected promotion. The ensemble features Jessie T. Usher, Colin Woodall, Justina Machado, Nestor Carbonell, Jessy Yates, and Daniela Nieves. [Saloni Gajjar]
Dying For Sex (FX, April 4)
Based on Nikki Boyer’s podcast of the same name, Dying For Sex follows a New York woman (played by the great Michelle Williams) who leaves her 15-year marriage after receiving an advanced breast-cancer diagnosis—and decides to embark on a quest to try sleeping with a whole bunch of people. The trailer, soundtracked to Big Thief’s “Vampire Empire,” is pretty damn promising, as is the cast, which includes Jay Duplass, Jenny Slate, Sissy Spacek, and David Rasche. [Tim Lowery]
Hacks season four (HBO, April 10)
The power struggle between ace comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) continues in Hacks’ fourth season. The Max comedy returns with 10 new episodes in which Deborah’s dream to be a late-night host has become a reality, bringing new challenges for her, Ava, and the whole team. This time around, cast members Meg Stalter, Paul W. Downs, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and Kaitlin Olson are joined by new faces Julianne Nicholson, Michaela Watkins, Matt Oberg, Eric Balfour, and Bresha Webb. [Saloni Gajjar]
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+, April 11)
Who would have guessed that it’d take a decade for Jon Hamm to take on another starring TV role? In Your Friends & Neighbors, the Mad Men vet plays a hedge-fund manager who loses his job—and then starts stealing from his (yup) his friends and neighbors to keep up his expensive way of living. Olivia Munn, Amanda Peet, Mark Tallman, and Hoon Lee round out the cast, and the show hails from Banshee co-creator Jonathan Tropper. [Tim Lowery]
The Last Of Us season two (HBO, April 13)
It took two years, but HBO’s adaptation of the dystopian video game The Last Of Us is finally back. Season two is set five years after Joel (Pedro Pascal) rescued Ellie (Bella Ramsey) at the cost of finding a Cordyceps cure. Now, the consequences of his decision haunt him as the two adjust to a new life in Jackson, Wyoming. These seven upcoming installments welcome the likes of Kaitlyn Dever, Young Mazino, Catherine O’Hara, Tati Gabrielle, Danny Ramirez, and Jeffrey Wright to the HBO drama. [Saloni Gajjar]
Government Cheese (Apple TV+, April 16)
Set in 1969, this surreal family comedy centers on an ex-convict (portrayed by David Oyelowo) who returns home from prison to find out his wife and two children (played by Simone Missick, Jahi Winston, and Evan Alexander Ellison, respectively) have moved on. He struggles to find his place in their world and sell a new invention he’s passionate about, all while trying not to resort to a life of crime. Bokeem Woodbine, Adam Beach, and Sunita Mani co-star. [Saloni Gajjar]
#1 Happy Family USA (Prime Video, April 17)
Co-created by Ramy Youssef and South Park’s Pam Brady, the animated sitcom #1 Happy Family USA centers on the Husseins, patriotic, peaceful Muslim Americans who are forced to deal with the aftermath of 9/11. The series is mostly depicted through the lens of 12-year-old Rumi (Youssef), and the stacked voice cast also includes Alia Shawkat, Mandy Moore, Kieran Culkin, Chris Redd, and Aakash Singh. [Saloni Gajjar]
The Rehearsal season two (HBO, April 20)
Nathan Fielder’s inventive, ambitious, and occasionally very funny project, which made The A.V. Club’s best-show-of-2022 list, is back for round two. And judging from the 20-second teaser, in which our life rehearser is wearing his handy laptop harness as the camera pans through a series of identical sets that wouldn’t be out of place in a Charlie Kaufman movie…well, it’s not clear quite what to make of it. But the meta exercise’s return to HBO is indeed exciting. [Tim Lowery]
Andor season two (Disney+, April 22)
Tony Gilroy brings Andor back for a second and final season, with 12 new episodes that follow Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) over four years as he braces for a rebellion and a fight against Ben Mendelsohn’s Orson Krennic. A jump ahead will also put the series’ timeline right before the events of Rogue One, so get ready for a slew of new faces and locations as Cassian’s team becomes instrumental in getting the Death Star’s plans together. [Saloni Gajjar]
Étoile (Prime Video, April 24)
Étoile, the next Prime Video series by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Daniel and Amy Sherman-Palladino, charts the employees of two ballet companies who make a last-ditch effort to save their institutions by swapping dancers. Expect a number of Palladino alums like Luke Kirby, Yanic Truesdale, and Kelly Bishop, as well as Simon Callow, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Maskati, and Gideon Glick. [Saloni Gajjar]
More April premieres
April 2
Love On The Spectrum season three (Netflix)
April 3
Devil May Cry (Prime Video)
The Bondsman (Prime Video)
April 8
The Handmaid’s Tale season six (Hulu)
April 10
Black Mirror season seven (Netflix)
Gremlins: The Wild Batch season two (Max)
April 12
Doctor Who season two (Disney+)
April 13
Godfather Of Harlem season four (MGM+)
April 16
Sherlock & Daughter (The CW)
Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero (BritBox)
The Stolen Girl (Hulu/Freeform)
April 17
Leverage: Redemption season three (Prime Video)
Ransom Canyon (Prime Video)
Law & Order: Organized Crime season five (Peacock)
April 24
You season five (Netflix)
