What to Watch in April: 24 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – March 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring the long-awaited returns of critic favorites Better Call Saul, Russian Doll, and Barry, a series adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, new films from Judd Apatow and Richard Linklater, a new Michael Mann-directed crime drama, David Simon's latest HBO miniseries, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home throughout April, listed in order by premiere date.

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50 The First Lady: Season 1

Anthology series debuts April 17 on Showtime

There's actually more than one First Lady in The First Lady, Showtime's new star-powered anthology series focusing on some of the key women who have filled that role in American history. Featured in this debut season are Michelle Obama (played by Viola Davis), Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), and Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer). The cast also includes Kiefer Sutherland (as Franklin D. Roosevelt), Aaron Eckhart (as Gerald Ford), O-T Fagbenle (as Barack Obama), Dakota Fanning, Judy Greer, Lily Rabe, Kathleen Garrett, Isiah Williams, and Rhys Wakefield. The series comes from author Aaron Cooley and is directed in its entirety by Susanne Bier (The Undoing). Potential future seasons would focus on additional residents of the East Wing.

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