What to Watch in March: 30 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – February 25, 2022

March is overstuffed with new and returning shows—easily the biggest single-month haul since the start of the pandemic. Among other titles the month ahead will bring the long-awaited sci-fi series based on the Halo game franchise, the return of what might be TV's best comedy series (Atlanta), a new pirate comedy from the creator of What We Do in the Shadows, Adam McKay's dramatized look at the 1980s Lakers, a new Marvel series and Pixar film on Disney+, spinoffs from The Boys and Big Mouth, and new seasons of Bridgerton and Star Trek: Picard. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

Additional content by Keith Kimbell.

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70 Our Flag Means Death: Season 1

Comedy series debuts March 3 on HBO Max

Well, it sounded great on paper. After perfecting the vampire comedy with What We Do in the Shadows, Taika Waititi hoped to duplicate that success with a comedic tale about 18th century pirates. But early reviews (based on the first half of the season) suggest that he missed the mark, resulting in a series that starts off mildly amusing but spotty.

Co-created by David Jenkins (People of Earth) and very loosely based on the true story of aristocrat-turned-pirate Stede Bonnet, Flag stars Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) as Bonnet and Waititi (who also directs the opening episode) as Blackbeard. Rory Kinnear, Ewen Bremmer, and David Fane also star, while Fred Armisen, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones will recur. Episodes arrive in batches of 2 or 3 each Thursday.

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