Disney’s Renegade Nell, AMC’s Parish and more new TV this week
That’s it, guys, we made it: time for March to go out like a lamb, as the old saying goes, and spring has sprung jumped – most notably (“most” here in case you’re not the type who wants to literally touch grass) in the form of our spring preview, which predicts some of the best TV shows, movies, books, anime and more coming this season.
But this post is about celebrating the now, the spring we can enjoy right away, the TV shows coming this week. And there it is a lot of this week alone: a handful of crime thrillers; a new rebellious women’s drama from the maker of Lord Jac; Michonne and Rick finally reach the end of Those who live; and a bit of it Is it cake? to wash everything off.
Here are this week’s biggest new TV premieres and finales.
New shows on Netflix
Is it cake? season 3
Genre: Meme-based competition show
Date of publication: 29 March
Showrunners/creators: Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz
Form: Mikey Day and a cast of talented bakers are ready to guess what pie is
This is a safe place to admit: we’ve all been fooled into believing that an elegant, hyper-lifelike cake was actually the item it claimed to be. Is it cake? has been asking us to (not) believe our eyes for two seasons now, and now there’s a new season to make us doubt ourselves (and get hungry for pie) all over again.
The believers
Genre: Crime thriller
Date of publication: March 27, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Wattanapong Wongwan
Form: Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Pachara Chirathivat, Achiraya Nitibhon and more
Three ambitious entrepreneurs with a string of failed startups have finally stumbled upon a business opportunity that could help them pay off their significant debt. But it won’t be pretty; it will mainly be renaming the Phummaram temple and exploiting people’s religious beliefs.
New shows on Disney Plus
Renegade Nel
Genre: A period piece of a brave woman
Date of publication: March 29, with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Sally Wainwright
Form: Louisa Harland, Nick Mohammed, Adrian Lester and more
Nell (Louisa Harland) is recently widowed and home to visit her family. Soon she’s kicking a pompous rich boy’s ass, endangering her family and discovering she has some sort of magical assistant who grants her special fighting powers as long as she helps other people.
New shows on Hulu
We were the lucky ones
Genre: Period drama
Date of publication: March 25, with three episodes
Showrunner/creator: Thomas Kail
Form: Joey King, Logan Lerman, Hadas Yaron and more
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Kurc family in Poland wants to live a normal life. But it isn’t long before the horrors of war force the family to flee – and soon the siblings are separated. We were the lucky ones follows their (true) story, while the Jewish family endlessly tries to find their way to each other.
Fear Krewe season 2
Genre: Horror show for children
Date of publication: 29 March
Showrunner/creator: Eli Roth and James Frey
Form: Sydney Mikayla, Tim Johnson Jr., Grace Lu and more
In Season 1, the Fright Krewe gathered their supernatural allies to help fight against evil. And they’ll need it, with Belial bringing every demonic entity back to life. Will the comrades and superpowers the teens have gained through the bait be enough to battle for the world?
New shows on Paramount Plus
A gentleman in Moscow
Genre: Rich mature adulthood
Date of publication: 29 March
Showrunner/creator: Joe Murtagh
Form: Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and more
The life of Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) changed after the Russian Revolution. His gilded past saw him narrowly escape execution, but was still banished to an attic room in a Moscow hotel. He is literally threatened with death if he goes outside again. A gentleman in Moscow is about those years in the hotel, during which Russia changed drastically and Alexander found his own growth.
New shows on Apple TV Plus
Constellation season 1 finale
Image: Apple TV Plus
Genre: Twisty science fiction
Date of publication: 27 March
Showrunner/creator: Peter Harnas
Form: Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks and more
Constellation is wrapping up its twisty, otherworldly mysteries – although Jo (Noomi Rapace) hasn’t found nearly as many answers as she’d like. There’s plenty to wonder about this season, but hopefully the finale will bring some loose answers.
New programs on AMC Plus
Parish
Genre: Crime thriller
Date of publication: March 31, with one episode
Showrunners/creators: Danny Brocklehurst and Sunu Gonera
Form: Giancarlo Esposito, Arica Himmel, Paula Malcomson and more
Gracian ‘Gray’ Parish (Giancarlo Esposito) was just an upstanding family man who owned a luxury car service. But then his son is violently murdered, his company falls apart and he falls back into his old habits: being a helmsman for a violent criminal syndicate.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Finale
Genre: Love story about the zombie world
Date of publication: March 31st
Showrunner/creator: Scott M. Gimple, Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln
Form: Danai Gurira, Andrew Lincoln and more
The love story of Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) has experienced a number of hardships – not the least of which is the battle surrounding their current human settlement. But as always, they want to return to their children and escape the militaristic clutches of the Civil Republic army.