April 2021 TV and Streaming Calendar
Check out the new and returning shows (and streaming movie premieres!) on TV and streaming in the US in April 2021.
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- StarsT.J. LavinJonna MannionNehemiah ClarkThe iconic reality TV franchise kicked off in 1998 and featured cast members from The Real World and Road Rules competing against one another and now, some of the most iconic and fiercest stars to ever appear are back in action.Thursday, April 1, on Paramount Plus
- StarsCarey JonesHannah FiermanKara KimmerThe fictional Creepshow comic books come to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales hosted by the silent Creepshow ghoul.Thursday, April 1, on Shudder
- StarsKeith Brymer JonesRichard MillerRose SchmitsTen home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.Thursday, April 1, on HBO Max
- CreatorIlene ChaikenWarren LeightJulie MartinStarsChristopher MeloniDanielle Moné TruittAinsley SeigerElliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss.Thursday, April 1, on NBC
- CreatorDean BakopoulosChristina LeeAlissa NuttingStarsCristin MiliotiBilly MagnussenRay RomanoA young woman, on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move.Thursday, April 1, on HBO Max
- CreatorJeff RakeStarsMelissa RoxburghJosh DallasJ.R. RamirezWhen a commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years, those aboard must reintegrate into society.Thursday, April 1, on NBC
- StarsDenis LearyElizabeth PerkinsFrançois ArnaudDan Moody returns home to spend Christmas with his dysfunctional family.Thursday, April 1, on FOX
- StarsDavid StorrsGaten MatarazzoPeter Gilestakes two complete strangers who each think they're starting their first day at a new job. It's business as usual until their paths collide and these part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares.Thursday, April 1, on Netflix
- StarsTom ColicchioPadma LakshmiGail SimmonsA reality competition show in which chefs compete against one another in culinary challenges and are a judged by a panel of food and wine experts, with one or more contestants eliminated each episode.Thursday, April 1, on Bravo
- CreatorMaria FerrariDavid GoetschStarsParker YoungAdhir KalyanElizabeth AlderferThe friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir, the Afghan interpreter who served with his unit and has just arrived to start a new life in America.Thursday, April 1, on CBS
- CreatorMatt KunitzStarsJohn HensonJohn AndersonJill WagnerContestants make their way through a giant obstacle course to win a cash prize.Thursday, April 1, on TBS
- StarsTimmy CappelloSimon DoonanEmily SpivackIn this funny, heartfelt and moving docuseries, real people unpack the fascinating and quirky stories around their most meaningful pieces of clothing.Thursday, April 1, on Netflix
- CreatorMike MitchellDrew MasseyStarsSpencer GrammerDrew MasseyColleen SmithFollows Evan, a bridge troll in search of adventure and Brendar, a fierce female warrior, on a quest to defeat the evil demon who has imprisoned her brother.Friday, April 2, on Nickelodeon
- DirectorRicky StaubStarsIdris ElbaCaleb McLaughlinLorraine ToussaintSent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys.Friday, April 2, on Netflix
- DirectorAndrea Blaugrund NevinsStarsAmy SchumerAli WongIliza ShlesingerHysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy's most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender.Friday, April 2, on FX
- StarsWalter Maxfield JonesJoi CarterClifton IV PettieDating series that explores the romantic interactions of successful black men and women in their 30s and 40s looking for lasting, authentic relationships.Friday, April 2, on OWN
- StarsTahar RahimBilly HowleJenna ColemanThe twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.Friday, April 2, on Netflix
- DirectorJed RothsteinStarsAshton KutcherGwyneth PaltrowRebekah Paltrow NeumannAn account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company's IPO, a behind-the-scenes look at WeWork's frat-boy culture.Friday, April 2, on Hulu
- CreatorChristina MillerMichael OuweleenErik RichterStarsPaget BrewsterRob DelaneyJohn DomanAfter being named CEO of the world's largest and most non-sensical corporation, Sebben & Sebben, Judy Ken Sebben aka Birdgirl has to find a way to maintain her work/superhero life balance.Sunday, April 4, on Adult Swim
- CreatorGareth EvansMatt FlanneryStarsJoe ColeSope DirisuMichelle FairleyTells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.Sunday, April 4, on AMC
- DirectorKarin SlaterStarsAngela BassettThe exhilarating & harrowing life of Malika, a lioness of a powerful pride in South Africa's Kruger National Park.Sunday, April 4, on Fox
- StarsCaroline CatzCarey MulliganHelena Bonham CarterThe life and death decisions grandparents of famous British people faced during the Second World War.Sunday, April 4, on PBS
- CreatorMeg DeLoatchStarsTalia JacksonTia MowryAnthony AlabiWhen the McKellan family moves from Seattle to Georgia to be closer to extended family, the transition is like being a catfish out of water.Monday, April 5, on Netflix
- StarsPeter CoyoteJeff DanielsEdna O'BrienExplore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters.Monday, April 5, on PBS
- CreatorNasim PedradRob RosellStarsNasim PedradSaba HomayoonPaul ChahidiA 14-year-old Persian boy desperately tries to fit in, cope with his mother's dating life, and figure out his cultural identity.Tuesday, April 6, on TBS
- CreatorNick CannonStarsNick CannonDJ D-WrekChico BeanWatch as Nick Cannon and a new A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians each week as they compete against each other in the new show: Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out.Tuesday, April 6, on VH1
- StarsRaoul PeckJosh HartnettCaisa AnkarsparreThe path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of "Whiteness".Thursday, April 7, on HBO
- CreatorMichael ColtonJohn AboudStarsTopher GraceCaitlin McGeeJimmy TatroThree grown-up siblings find themselves living at vastly different levels of financial security from one another.Thursday, April 7, on ABC
- CreatorM.A. FortinJoshua John MillerStarsAlice BragaHemky MaderaPeter GadiotTeresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.Thursday, April 7, on USA
- StarsJamie LeeFortune FeimsterJon GabrusFormer bride and forever comedian Jamie Lee shares her irreverent yet practical tips and tricks for wedding planning with struggling lovebirds.Thursday, April 7, on Netflix
- StarsShelley MurphyAnne HawleyDick EllisMarch 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.Thursday, April 7, on Netflix
- CreatorJosh ThomasStarsJosh ThomasKayla CromerAdam FaisonAfter their father's untimely death, Nicholas and his two half-sisters are left to cope with not only a devastating loss, but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who must rise to the occasion and hold it all together.Thursday, April 8, on Freeform
- CreatorPatrick BrammallTrent O'DonnellStarsPatrick BrammallSunita ManiTim MeadowsTwo low-level cops who have spent too much time in a car; two criminals who are kept in the dark; two dispatch workers who haven't really clicked; and two Mexican tunnelers who are in a small space considering they've only just met.Thursday, April 8, on Paramount Plus
- CreatorLittle MarvinStarsDeborah AyorindeAshley ThomasShahadi Wright JosephAnthology horror series with varying characters and locations by season, featuring different aspects of the horror genre.Friday, April 9, on Amazon Prime Video
- DirectorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthyOctavia SpencerJason BatemanIn a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.Friday, April 9, on Netflix
- StarsIyanla VanzantDetective DocDinorah NievesIyanla Vanzant is an accomplished author, inspirational speaker, talk show host, and living testament to the value in life's valleys and the power of acting on faith. Iyanla has had a unique life filled with many personal struggles that she has overcome and used to become stronger. Now Iyanla is back, fixing lives and using her past to help others' futures. Secrets will be revealed, truths will be uncovered and emotions will come out as Iyanla teaches us how to pull back the curtain on what is broken in our lives.Saturday, April 10, on OWN
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsLaura DonnellyAnn SkellyOlivia WilliamsAn epic tale following a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.Sunday, April 11, on HBO
- StarsRen HanamiSusana BallesterosDee RieteSix longtime couples in different parts of the world share their decades-long love in these tender portraits filmed over the course of one year.Tuesday, April 13, on Netflix
- DirectorSteven AscherJeanne JordanStarsDeborah FallowsJim FallowsFrom Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan comes Our Towns, a documentary that paints a remarkable picture of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on journalists James and Deborah Fallows' book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America, the film spotlights local initiatives and explores how a sense of community and common language of change can help people and towns find a different path to the future.Tuesday, April 13, on HBO
- StarsMichelle ButeauShubham GoelDeleesa St AgathePlayers start off isolated in an apartment, and with their online interactions as their only means of any communication. The players use a social media platform called "The Circle".Thursday, April 14, on Netflix
- CreatorJamie FoxxJim PattersonStarsJamie FoxxKyla-DrewPorscha ColemanA single dad and cosmetics brand owner figures out fatherhood on the fly when his strong-minded teen daughter moves in with him.Thursday, April 14, on Netflix
- StarsDominic CooperRomane PortailLeonie BeneschAn English spy is sent to Berlin in 1961 to sift out a traitor in the UK Embassy or among the Allies, shortly before the construction of the Berlin Wall.Thursday, April 15, on AMC Plus
- CreatorDarren StarStarsSutton FosterHilary DuffDebi MazarAfter being mistaken for younger than she really is, a single mother decides to take the chance to reboot her career and her love life as a 26-year old.Thursday, April 15, on Paramount Plus
- CreatorBret HaalandTim HedrickStarsTyler PoseyCharlet Takahashi ChungJorge DiazA team of teenage street racers are hired to infiltrate a criminal gang.Friday, April 16, on Netflix
- CreatorBrian GleesonDomhnall GleesonMichael MoloneyStarsPom BoydBrian GleesonDomhnall GleesonA 32-year-old misanthropic musician named Frank lives in Dublin with his mother.Friday, April 16, on Amazon Prime Video
- StarsKelly OvertonJonathan ScarfeAleks PaunovicVanessa Helsing, distant relative of famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, is resurrected only to find that vampires have taken over the world.Friday, April 16, on Syfy
- StarsOrna GuralnikVirginia GoldnerLauren GuilbeauxCOUPLES THERAPY unlocks a hidden world: other people's relationships. Far from reality-show caricatures, this is true documentary filmmaking that brings viewers into authentic and visceral experience of weekly therapy with four couples.Sunday, April 18, on Showtime
- CreatorChris BrancatoPaul EcksteinStarsForest WhitakerIlfenesh HaderaLucy FryA gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.Sunday, April 18, on EPIX
- CreatorBrad IngelsbyStarsKate WinsletJulianne NicholsonJean SmartA detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.Sunday, April 18, on HBO
- StarsBooker HuffmanPaul LevesqueMick FoleyStephanie McMahon and Paul "Triple H" Levesque will lead a team of collectors and WWE celebrities as they travel across the country to find WWE collectibles.Sunday, April 18, on A
- CreatorMike BarkerSeth MacFarlaneMatt WeitzmanStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesThe escapades of Stan Smith, a conservative C.I.A. Agent dealing with family life, and keeping America safe.Monday, April 19, on TBS
- StarsAshley Nicole BermudezCeaser EmanuelDutchess LattimoreBlack Ink Crew: Black Ink documents the tattoo artists at a Harlem tattoo shop and all of the celebrities they cater to.Monday, April 19, on VH1
- CreatorBert V. RoyalStarsChiara AureliaOlivia HoltSadie StanleyIn this anthology series, each season follows a new cast of characters who deal with traumatic events over several timelines, and how those events impact their lives.Tuesday, April 20, on Freeform
- StarsMike RoweSig HansenKeith ColburnA documentary series chronicling the real-life high-sea adventures of the Alaskan crab fishermen. This is the most deadly profession in the world.Tuesday, April 20, on Discovery
- StarsBrandi PassanteJarrod SchulzLaura DotsonThe same folks gather at the sales of storage units that have been abandoned by their renters. Having no clue what's inside, there are just enough instances where the buyers hit pay dirt to keep them, as well as the TV audience, addicted.Tuesday, April 20, on A
- StarsEmily StrattenChris RamsayEric LeclercFollows magicians impressing unsuspected people on the street with their extreme stunts.Thursday, April 22, on truTV
- DirectorGeorge GalloStarsKevin DurandVictoria JusticeJulianne HoughThe inspirational tale of the grandfathers of fitness as we now know it, Joe and Ben Weider. Facing anti-Semitism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire and inspire future generations.Thursday, April 22, on BET Plus
- StarsPaul McGannGreta ThunbergSvante ThunbergThe 17-year-old's environmental campaigning and her journey into adulthood.Thursday, April 22, on PBS
- StarsDavid AttenboroughJoerg WiedenmannExploring the many ways animals use colour throughout their lives.Thursday, April 22, on Netflix
- CreatorEd HelmsSierra Teller OrnelasMichael SchurStarsEd HelmsMichael GreyeyesJana SchmiedingA small town in the Northeast is turned upside down when local legend and town namesake, Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms) fights the moving of a historical statue.Thursday, April 22, on Peacock
- DirectorJoe PennaStarsAnna KendrickDaniel Dae KimShamier AndersonA three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.Thursday, April 22, on Netflix
- CreatorRobin ThedeStarsRobin ThedeGabrielle DennisAshley Nicole BlackA half-hour sketch comedy written by and starring Robin Thede.Friday, April 23, on HBO
- CreatorEric HeissererStarsJessie Mei LiBen BarnesArchie RenauxDark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.Friday, April 23, on Netflix
- StarsElizabeth PotthastAndrei CastravetAngela Deem90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? catches up with some of the most memorable couples from 90 Day Fiancé as they now face the next chapter in their marriages.Sunday, April 25, on TLC
- DirectorGlenn WeissStarsZendayaJoaquin PhoenixBrad PittThe top movies of the past year are honored at the 93rd Academy Awards, with Mank (2020), in the lead with 10 nominations, as well as The Father (2020), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Nomadland (2020) and Sound of Metal (2019).Sunday, April 25, on ABC
- StarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayThe hosts talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.Sunday, April 25, on BBC America
- CreatorBruce MillerStarsElisabeth MossYvonne StrahovskiAnn DowdSet in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.Thursday, April 28, on Hulu
- CreatorLesean ThomasStarsLaKeith StanfieldMaya TanidaWilliam Christopher StephensHe came from Africa and fought alongside a mighty feudal lord in brutal 16th century Japan. They called him the Black Samurai, and he became a legend.Thursday, April 29, on Netflix
- CreatorTom BissellNeil CrossStarsJustin TherouxMelissa GeorgeLogan PolishFollows the dangerous journey of a radical idealist and brilliant inventor, Allie Fox, who uproots his family for Mexico when they suddenly find themselves on the run from the US government.Friday, April 30, on Apple TV Plus