Shōgun was always going to be a hard act to follow in March because it’s likely to rank among the best shows of 2024 at the end of the year. But the second weekend of March is unmistakably slower than the first. This week’s only notable additions are Netflix’s The Gentlemen and HBO/Max’s The Regime. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until next week to see the premiere of Apple TV+’s Manhunt or the second half of Prime Video’s Invincible season 2.
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+ are supposed to keep us entertained every week with a steady lineup of new shows. That was the justification behind the recent wave of rate increases that occurred late last year. Now, the only way to save some money on your streaming bills short of cancellations is by using the ad-supported tiers. For now, here’s our weekly roundup of the best new shows to stream.
When you’re done here, check out the best new movies to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, best shows on Hulu, best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and best shows on Disney+.
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Netflix
The Gentlemen (2024) new
Guy Ritchie revisits the criminal underworld of his film, The Gentlemen, in a new Netflix original series. But don’t worry; it works just as well, even if you have never seen the movie, and the connections between the show and the film are minimal at best.
The series revolves around Eddie Halstead (Theo James), a man raised with wealth, privilege, and even a title to his name. What Eddie doesn’t know is that a lot of his late father’s money came from an illicit marijuana operation that’s run by Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone), and his daughter, Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario). Now that Eddie’s the Duke of Halstead, he has to face the reality that he can’t get his family out of the Glass’ grasp. However, Eddie may come to enjoy being a criminal.
Supersex (2024) new
The controversial and definitely NSFW Netflix series Supersex chronicles the rise of Rocco Siffredi in the adult movie industry, who became one of porn’s most recognizable figures in the 1990s and 2000s. The series depicts Siffredi’s humble origins in a tiny Italian village to the beginning of his career in Paris’ seedy Pigalle district to finding international fame in America and abroad.
The show is backed by an impressive creative team that includes lead actor Alessandro Borghi, who starred in one of 2023’s best movies, The Eight Mountains, and showrunner Francesca Manieri, who wanted to explore Siffredi’s life and masculinity through a feminist lens.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) new
It would take too long to fully explain the rules of the fantasy world in Avatar: The Last Airbender, especially if you haven’t seen the Nickelodeon animated series that inspired the new live-action show. For now, all you need to know is that the Avatar is Aang (Gordon Cormier), a 12-year old boy who has just awakened from suspended animation only to discover that he is the last surviving member of his Airbending people.
Aang is also unique in that he’s the only person alive who can command the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. As the Avatar, it’s Aang’s job to save the world from the malevolent Fire Nation and restore balance. Aang’s new friends, Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley), are willing to help him achieve that goal. But it’s going to take more than just friendship to reshape the world.
Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
The Regime (2024) new
Mare of Easttown’s Kate Winslet is back on HBO and Max with The Regime. This dark new political satire casts her as Chancellor Elena Vernham, the leader of a small European autocratic country. Elena is sharp enough to realize that the threats to her rule are mounting, but she doesn’t recognize that her grasp on sanity is rapidly decreasing.
To hold on to her power, Elena takes a former soldier, Herbert Zubak (Amsterdam‘s Matthias Schoenaerts), as her top advisor. Unfortunately for Elena, Herbert’s not much more stable than she is, and her choices may ultimately bring down her regime before the end of the year.
Tokyo Vice (2022)
It took nearly two years for the second season of Tokyo Vice to arrive, but the show is now once again taking viewers back to the late 1990s. Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) moved to Tokyo to make his name as a crime reporter. But the more Jake learns about the Yakuza and the criminal underworld, the more he gets in over his head.
Season 1 ended with Jake learning that a woman he knew named Polina (Ella Rumpf) had been murdered by one of the Tozawa clan. Now, Jake, his friend Samantha Porter (Rachel Keller), and Jake’s police connection, Detective Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe), are all looking for answers about Polina’s murder. But there’s never any easy resolution on these mean streets.
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Hulu
Shōgun (2024) new
It took FX almost six years to put together a new adaptation of James Clavell’s Shōgun, and the result is a masterpiece. In this updated take on the story, the narrative doesn’t just follow an English sailor, John Blackthrone (Cosmo Jarvis), who is trapped in Japan during the late 16th century. It also follows John’s closest companion, Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai), as well as their mutual master, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada).
For John, the choice is simple: adapt or die. Things are more complex for Mariko and Lord Toranaga, especially as a civil war is brewing in Japan that will test everyone’s loyalty.
Life & Beth (2022)
Life comes at you fast, but rarely as fast as it comes in the second season of Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth. While still reeling from the death of her mother, Beth (Schumer) has found some form of domestic bliss with a farmer named John (Barbie‘s Michael Cera). And Beth is so eager to hold on to John that she’s going fast forward on their relationship with a quick marriage and even a baby on the way.
Beth may be trying to give herself the happy ending she’s always wanted, but she can’t skip steps and she’s going to have to face the truth about what really makes her happy. As John, certain aspects of his character will also come into sharper focus this season. Can these two really make it work as a family? We’ll find out soon.
FEUD (2017)
After a seven-year hiatus between seasons, FX’s Feud is back with a new season-long storyline: Capote vs. The Swans. The series is based on the real-life breakdown in relations between the famous writer, Truman Capote (Tom Hollander), and his female friends in New York City’s high society. In 1975, an excerpt from Capote’s unfinished novel, Answered Prayers, is published, and the women instantly realize that Capote has betrayed their confidence and used barely disguised versions of them in his book.
The titular Swans — Babe Paley (Naomi Watts), Nancy “Slim” Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart), Ann Woodward (Demi Moore), and Joanne Carson (Molly Ringwald) — resolve to destroy Capote no matter how long it takes. And this battle of wills only encourages Capote’s self-destructive streak, especially when he can’t understand why the Swans are so angry with him.
Paramount+
Elsbeth (2024)
Since 2010, Carrie Preston has played an eccentric and autistic lawyer, Elsbeth Tascioni, on The Good Wife and its spinoff, The Good Fight. Now, Elsbeth is putting that character in the spotlight, moving her from Chicago to New York and placing her at the heart of a police procedural.
It does take some pretty big leaps of faith to accept that a civilian lawyer is now accompanying her police partner, Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson), to crime scenes in order to catch killers who thought they committed the perfect murder. But it’s Elsbeth herself who puts a unique spin on this familiar premise, which seems very old school.
Halo (2022)
The second season of Halo has arrived with a two-episode premiere that may indicate that the show is shifting closer to the narrative of the games. After the first season, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) still has a lot to sort out about himself, but one thing is clear. In order to win the war with the alien Covenant, Master Chief has to find the ringworld known as Halo.
However, time may be running out on the human colony Reach, as the Covenant closes in on the planet’s location. Once that happens, nothing, not even Master Chief himself, can prevent the Fall of Reach.
Apple TV+
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin (2024) new
Talk about a show that lives up to its name! The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin is loosely based on the life of the real highwayman thief Dick Turpin. But the stories are anything but real, unless you believe in ghosts and witches. Noel Fielding stars as Dick Turpin, a guy who’s unsuited for just about every profession in life.
Yet somehow, Dick finds himself leading his own gang of thieves, including Moose (Marc Wootton), Honesty (Duayne Boachie), and Nell (Ellie White). Unfortunately for Dick, his new calling also comes with several new enemies that he has to contend with. And not all of them are human — or alive.
Constellation (2024) new
Following Severance and Silo, Constellation is Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi series, although it starts out as a relatively grounded story for astronaut Jo Ericsson (Noomi Rapace). While conducting an experiment on the International Space Station, Jo is thrust into a life-or-death experience that forces her to abandon the ISS and make her escape to Earth.
Unfortunately for Jo, she finds that her life on Earth is no longer quite the way that she remembered it. Her husband, Magnus (James D’Arcy), and their daughter, Alice (Rosie Coleman), now keep her at an emotional distance. Jo also discovers that she has spontaneously gained some skills without any explanation. These are more than just minor changes, and Jo has to decide if she can trust anyone with what she is experiencing.
Disney+
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)
There’s a tendency for some fans to overlook the various Star Wars animated series as being inconsequential or kid’s stuff. Nothing could be further from the truth, especially in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The premiere of the third and final season strikes a somber chord and actually lets the audience empathize with the plight of the youngest clone, Omega (Michelle Ang), as she is forced to serve the Empire at their secret cloning facility.
Omega’s clone brothers — Hunter, Wrecker, and Echo (all of whom are voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – aren’t willing to abandon her to the Empire. However, the team doesn’t have many allies left, and finding Omega may be one of the last missions that they ever embark on.
Amazon Prime Video
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)
Put aside any preconceived notions you have about Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Prime Video’s show may share a name with the 2005 movie that brought Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie together as a real-life couple, but the similarities begin and end there. Instead of being rival assassins who are ignorant about their double lives, John (Donald Glover) and Jane Smith (Maya Erskine) are complete strangers who are both in the know about their spy work because it’s for the same shadowy agency.
John and Jane are given undercover identities as a married couple to put them in a position to handle sensitive assignments at a moment’s notice. The relationship is fake, but the mutual attraction is real. And in a world where everything they deal with is filled with lies and deception, all the Smiths have is each other.
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