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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66 61st Street: Season 1

Drama series debuts April 10 on AMC and AMC+

Already renewed for a second season—and expected to complete its story at that point—AMC's timely crime drama comes from BAFTA-winning writer Peter Moffat (best known for the BBC's Criminal Justice, later remade by HBO as The Night Of) and also counts Michael B. Jordan among its producers. Chicago's criminal justice system is at the center of a story that finds a black high school athlete the target of both police and prosecutors bent on avenging the death of a cop during a drug bust gone wrong. The promising cast is led by Courtney B. Vance, Aunjanue Ellis, and Holt McCallany. The first few episodes debuted at SXSW last month, where the limited critical response seemed encouraging if short of enthusiastic.

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