Hoo boy, is there a lot of new TV this week. Basically everywhere you turn you will find exciting new TV premieres and finales (this is technically true all the time, but were talking about more curated stuff for the week).
Its hard to go wrong with any of the options this week. Perhaps the best way to put it is what kind of tension and stress you want to invite into your life — if its sensitive and medical, theres The Pitt. If its sci-fi, theres two episodic flavors: dystopic with Black Mirror, lighthearted romp with Doctor Who. Or you can get your sci-fi fix with a mech suit with Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, pronounced “G-kwaks.” And several shows are making high-profile returns: The Handmaids Tale (for its final season), The Last of Us (for its first season based on The Last of Us Part 2), and Hacks season 4 (which will be its first season about making TV, as opposed to just comedy).
Here are the best new TV premieres and finales of the week.
New shows on Netflix Black Mirror season 7Genre: Episodic sci-fi dystopiaRelease date: April 10Showrunner/creator: Charlie BrookerCast: Issa Rae, Peter Capaldi, Cristin Milioti, and more
You know the drill: Six episodes, six separate science fiction parables that dig into different nightmarish aftereffects of technology. This season, Black Mirror is digging in on things like eulogy bots, sentient digital life forms, weird co-workers, and more. Also important to note: Two high-profile sequels to past Black Mirror episodes.
MoonriseGenre: Sci-fi future warRelease date: April 10Studio: Wit Studio
The logline for this one is pretty simple: What happens when Earths peaceful existence clashes with the moons fight for independence?
As far as we know it (for both the plot and the moons fight for independence), Earth Army Investigator Jack is sent to the moon to uncover a lunar rebellion — and to seek out the rebels who killed his family. But when he gets there and he sees the chaos Earths policies have left the moon with, his mind changes.
New shows on Disney Plus Doctor Who season 2Genre: Timey-wimey science fiction adventureRelease date: April 12 Showrunner/creator: Russell T. DaviesCast: Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu, Millie Gibson, and more
New season, new aliens, new big bad, and new companion. Season 2 of Doctor Who is kicking off with The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) encountering Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), and both of them trying (even struggling) to get her back to Earth. Also at some point Alan Cumming will show up as a malicious cartoon. Big season!
New shows on Hulu The Handmaids Tale season 6Genre: Political dystopiaRelease date: April 8Showrunner/creator: Bruce MillerCast: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, and more
Its the final showdown: June (Elisabeth Moss) has been fighting against the power of Gilead for as long as weve known her. Now, The Handmaids Tale is coming for the final season — and, with any luck, the fall of the fascistic regime that held up the country.
New shows on Max The Last of Us season 2Genre: Post-zombie apocalypse dramaRelease date: April 13 at 9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDTShowrunners/creators: Craig Mazin and Neil DruckmannCast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Catherine OHara, and more
Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are back, with a time jump taking us way past where we left them (when Joel killed a bunch of doctors who wanted to use Ellie to make a cure to zombieism, and then lied to her about it). Now theyre back in Jackson, and things are a bit tense between them. And would that it stayed that simple — and if you arent familiar with the game its based on, youre in for a wild ride.
Hacks season 4Genre: Comedy friendshipRelease date: April 10Showrunners/creators: Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen StatskyCast: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, and more
Well, she did it: Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) finally has her late-night show. And Ava (Hannah Einbinder) has, officially, blackmailed herself into the head writer role. Once again, these two frenemies, trapped (complimentary) in their love-hate-work relationship, are going to have to work with each other to make the best comedy they can.
The Pitt season 1 finale Photo: Warrick Page/MaxGenre: Emergency department doctor proceduralRelease date: April 10Showrunner/creator: R. Scott GemmillCast: Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, and more
What else is there to say? Its the end of a 15-hour ER shift, and everyone is stressed. Who knows where these medical cases will go, let alone where they will leave the doctors themselves.
New shows on Prime Video Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXGenre: Gundam mechaRelease date: April 8Studios: Sunrise and Studio Khara
Its alternate Gundam! As in: What if Char Aznable, the archetypal antagonist for the whole franchise as we know it, led the Principality of Zeon to victory in the One Year War instead of the Earth Federation?
GQuuuuuuX picks up from there, and turns its new timeline around on its head, following the dizzying amount of changes that could unfurl from there. Now that were off Gundams Universal Century timeline, who knows where it could go…
New shows on Paramount Plus Yellowjackets season 3 finale L-R: Simone Kessell as Lottie, Sarah Desjardins as Callie Sadecki and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in Yellowjackets, episode 3, season 3, streaming on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, 2025. Photo Credit: Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.L-R: Simone Kessell as Lottie, Sarah Desjardins as Callie Sadecki and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in Yellowjackets, episode 3, season 3, streaming on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, 2025. Photo Credit: Kailey Schwerman/Paramount+ with SHOWTIME.Genre: Post-living-in-the-woods madnessRelease date: April 11Showrunners/creators: Ashley Lyle and Bart NickersonCast: Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, and more
The Yellowjackets have been through a lot this season, and lost a bit more of their cool than even the past seasons have let them. Will the season 3 finale be the moment they pull it all together? Almost certainly no. But lets see what new lows they can find here, in the wilderness of life and also the literal wilderness they crashed into in the 90s.
New shows on Crunchyroll My Hero Academia: VigilantesGenre: My Hero Academia (superheroics)Release date: April 7Studio: Bones Film
Vigilantes is spinning off from the main My Hero Academia story with a slightly darker tone (at least, if its following the manga). Here were following Koichi Haimawari, whos using his Quirk to help people despite not being a licensed hero. Eventually, this leads to him getting recruited to be a vigilante, working with fellow vigilante Knuckleduster to do good on a broader level.
New shows on Apple TV Plus Your Friends & NeighborsGenre: DramaRelease date: April 11Showrunner/creator: Jonathan TropperCast: Jon Hamm, Olivia Munn, Amanda Peet, and more
Hedge fund manager Andrew Cooper (Jon Hamm) has gotten fired and, to preserve face, takes to stealing from his affluent neighbors homes in the well-off community of Westmont Village; who cant relate? When hes breaking in, though, he starts to find out about the depths of the secrets behind everyone elses facades.
