The deluge of television – and great television – continues in 2024, with many fascinating new and returning shows starting their seasons this week.
The headline: Ncuti Gatwa’s tenure as the Fifteenth Doctor begins in earnest this week, with two new episodes following on from the late 2023 winter specials. But that’s not all – Netflix has a new crime thriller set in Ireland starring Will Forte, Interview with a vampire returns for its long-awaited second season on AMC, and Apple TV has its seemingly contractually mandated new sci-fi series of the month.
Here are the best new TV premieres and finales on TV this week.
New shows on Netflix
awl
Genre: murder journalistic investigation Secret
Release date: May 9th, with all consequences
Showrunner/Creator: Jez Scharf
Pour: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara and more
An American podcaster (Will Forte), hoping to reconnect with his Irish ancestors, heads to a coastal town in Ireland where he teams up with an investigative journalist (Siobhán Cullen) to solve the sudden disappearance of three residents.
New shows on Disney Plus
Doctor Who
Genre: Proven time travel sci-fi
Release date: May 11th, with two episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Russell T Davies
Pour: Little Friends, Millie Gibson and more
Doctor Who is back! After a trio of 60th anniversary specials (and a Christmas special) accompanied showrunner Russell T. Davies’ return to the show and Ncuti Gatwa’s introduction as the Fifteenth Doctor, their time together begins in earnest with two new episodes.
New shows on Hulu
Black Twitter: The Story of a People
Genre: Documentations
Release date: May 9th
This three-part documentary Based on a WIRED article tells the story of how Black users on Twitter helped make the platform the powerhouse it once was.
New shows on Max
Pretty Little Liars: Summer School
Genre: Teenage Mischief (and Murder)
Release date: May 9th with two episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Lindsay Calhoon Bring
Pour: Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco and Mallory Bechtel
The second season of the fourth season of the Pretty Little Liars series is here. After the tragic events of the first season result in understandably poor grades, the girls must attend summer school to advance to the junior class. But another mystery – and possibly another killer – lurks around the corner.
New shows on Prime Video
The goat
Genre: Reality Stars Reality Show Competition
Release date: May 9th
Host: Daniel Tosh
Pour: Reality show stars
14 reality stars compete in various challenges in what looks like Prime Video’s answer The traitors.
New shows on AMC Plus
Interview with a Vampire Season 2
Genre: horror romance(ish)
Release date: May 12th, with an episode
Showrunner/Creator: Rollin Jones
Pour: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass and more
The long wait ends. AMC is excellent Interview with the vampire The adaptation finally returns with a delicious second season.
New shows on Apple TV Plus
Dark matter
Genre: Science fiction
Release date: May 8th with two episodes
Created and based on the book by: Blake Crouch
Pour: Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly and more
Apple TV Plus’ latest sci-fi series has a lot going for it: Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly as the leads; hijinks in alternate dimensions; Jimmy Simpson. But perhaps most fascinating is the fact that Dark matter Author Blake Crouch is also writing the television adaptation and serving as executive producer on the project.
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