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Season two of Survival of the Thickest will premiere on Netflix March 27. The series centers on Mavis Beaumont. Black, plus-size, and looking for love, while loving herself, Mavis works hard to grow her brand and establish herself as a stylist of note. She’s determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family, a body-positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss. The scripted comedy is inspired by Buteau’s acclaimed book of essays.
Happy Face premieres March 20 on Paramount+ with the first two episodes. The series is inspired by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore; the critically acclaimed Happy Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook. At 15, Moore discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face. As an adult, she has changed her name and guarded her secret while her father has been serving life in prison. Jumping off from Moore’s true-life story, the series follows Melissa and her incarcerated father, known as the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, he finally finds a way to force himself back into his daughter’s life. In a race against the clock, Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. Throughout, she discovers the impact her father had on his victims’ families and must face a reckoning of her own identity.
All eight episodes of The Bondsman premieres April 3 on Prime Video. Kevin Bacon stars as Hub Halloran, a murdered bounty hunter, who’s back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell. By chasing down those demons, with the help and hindrance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own sins got his soul condemned – which pushes him to seek a second chance at life, love, and country music.
MobLand premieres March 30 on Paramount+. The series stars Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan as the head of an organized crime family, fighting for power within a global crime syndicate.
CBS has canceled FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International. Most Wanted aired for six seasons while International aired for four. A new potential FBI spinoff will air as a planted pilot later in the season titled FBI: CIA.
Julianne Nicholson, Michaela Watkins, Bresha Webb, Robby Hoffman, and Eric Balfour will guest star in the upcoming fourth season of Hacks, debuting this spring on Max. Additionally, Danny Jolles, Gavin Matts, Grover Whitmore, III, Holmes, Jasmine Ashanti, Katy Sullivan, Matt Oberg, and Sandy Honig will guest star as writers on Deborah Vance’s new late night show. In season four, tensions rise as Deborah and Ava endeavor to get their late night show off the ground and make history doing it.
NBC has given a pilot order to a Tracy Morgan Comedy Project. The potential series would follow a disgraced former football player who is on a mission to rehabilitate his image. Morgan will next star in Paramount+’s half-hour comedy series Crutch, which is scheduled to premiere later this year. His deal allows him to star in both projects in the future.
Rachel Weisz will star in Netflix’s Vladimir, a limited series based on the Julia May Jonas novel. As a woman’s life unravels, she becomes obsessed with a new colleague. What happens when she goes hell-bent on turning her fantasies into reality?
Neil Patrick Harris will guest star on Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection. The series will see Michael C. Hall return in the titular role of Dexter Morgan. The series will also star Uma Thurman as Charley, David Zayas as Detective Angel Batista, Jack Alcott as Dexter’s son Harrison Morgan, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Blessing Kamara, Kadia Saraf as Detective Claudette Wallace, Dominic Fumusa as Detective Melvin Oliva, Emilia Suárez as Elsa Rivera, with James Remar as Dexter’s father Harry Morgan and Peter Dinklage as Leon Prater. Krysten Ritter is also set to guest star.
Rock The Block returns for a new season April 14 on HGTV. The fresh seven episodes will raise the stakes like never before when two seasoned veteran teams come back to the block to challenge two rookie teams hungry for a win. Popular carpenter, craftsman, design expert and series’ host Ty Pennington will charge the HGTV powerhouse duos to face-off in an epic renovation battle just outside Salt Lake City, Utah. Each team will have just six weeks and a budget of $250,000 to renovate identical modern properties that boast breathtaking mountain views, soaring interior spaces and the largest backyards in series’ history, transforming them with their signature vision and personalized design style. The team who clinches the highest appraised value for their home will claim coveted Rock the Block bragging rights and a street named in their honor. Former competitors and judges returning to the block on the veteran teams will include star designer Alison Victoria with past Rock the Block champion and high-end designer Michel Smith Boyd as well as home restoration dynamo Jonathan Knight and his New Kids on the Block bandmate and brother Jordan Knight. Competing on the series for the first time, the rookie teams will feature married home reno pros Chelsea and Cole DeBoer and flipping, renovation and real estate experts Kamohai and Tristyn Kalama.
ESPN has canceled Around the Horn after 22 seasons. Hosted by Tony Reali, the panel series will air its final episode May 23. SportsCenter will air until a permanent replacement is announced.
Art Detectives premieres June 9 on Acorn TV. The six-episode series is centered around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department consisting of art loving DI Mick Palmer and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik. Together, they solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques, from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl. Throughout the season, the artfully astute detectives encounter a fake Vermeer, Viking gold, a rare Chinese vase and items rescued from the Titanic. It’s a rich and colorful world driven by greed, obsession, lust and revenge. Mick navigates these demanding cases while managing a budding romance with museum curator Rosa and the sudden reappearance of his charismatic father, Ron, who just happens to be one of Britain’s most notorious forgers.
Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour will premiere on E! June 5. The series follows TV personality Kristin Cavallari as she takes her hit podcast “Let’s Be Honest” on the road. Each episode of the series will feature candid conversations with famous friends, Bravolebrities, memorable exes and other notable celebs from Kristin’s life as they unfold the stories behind their buzziest headlines – and make new ones – with jaw-dropping revelations that set the record straight. Guests will be revealed in real time as they surprise the audience at each live show. With stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and New York, the series will also follow Kristin off the stage as she explores local hot spots in each city with her friends and podcast guests.
Jackie Alemany will serve as co-host of MSNBC’s The Weekend. She will join Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels who replace Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele as they move to weekdays primetime.
Crime thriller series Karma premieres April 4 on Netflix. A fateful accident intertwines six lives in a thrilling tale of karma and crime, where each must face their own dark truths and connections.
The Hunt premieres on Viaplay March 27. The series follows the emotional 13-year search for the perpetrator of a horrific assault and killing of a 16-year-old girl in The Netherlands – a tragedy that tore families and the village apart and terrified the entire country. It is inspired by the real-life murder of teenager Marianne Vaatstra. The series opens in the spring of 1999, when a 16-year-old girl last seen bicycling home late at night after arguing with her boyfriend was found raped and murdered between a small village and a refugee center in a Dutch province. The murder of Anneke Boorsma tore apart not only entire families and a community, but also kept the whole nation in its grip. This six-episode crime drama series chronicles the long and frustrating search for the perpetrator, with each episode presenting the story from a different main character’s perspective and exploring the impact of the murder on their lives. The crime remained unsolved until two main detectives managed to initiate a large-scale DNA investigation, which finally broke the case open.
