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Your TV Source Roundup: ‘School Spirits’ Renewed, ‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ Premiere Date, ‘For All Mankind’ Renewed, ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ Premiere Date, Hannah Dodd To Lead ‘Bridgerton’ Season Five, ‘The Reunion: Laguna Beach’ Trailer, and More!

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Paramount+ has renewed School Spirits for a fourth season. The series follows Maddie, a teen stuck in the afterlife investigating her own mysterious disappearance. As she embarks on a crime-solving journey, Maddie adjusts to high school purgatory, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more secrets and lies she uncovers.

Frank Castle will return in Marvel’s The Punisher: One Last Kill, premiering May 12  on Disney+. It will air the week after the second season finale of Daredevil: Born Again. 

Apple TV has renewed space drama For All Mankind for a sixth and final season. The 10-episode fifth season lifts off on Apple TV with one episode on March 27, followed by one new episode every Friday through May 29, and an exciting new spinoff, Star City, is set to make its global debut on May 29. In the upcoming fifth season, the generation-spanning series picks up in the 2010s, years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system. But with the nations of Earth now demanding law and order on the Red Planet, friction continues to build between the people who live on Mars and their former home. 

Criminal Minds: Evolution has been renewed for a twentieth season. Season nineteen is set to premiere on Paramount+ May 28. The series follows the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, a team of profilers tasked with analyzing and capturing the country’s most dangerous criminals, before they strike again. 

Production has begun on the fifth season of Bridgerton. The fifth season of Bridgerton spotlights introverted middle daughter Francesca (Hannah Dodd). Two years after losing her beloved husband John, Fran decides to reenter the marriage mart for practical reasons. But when John’s cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza) returns to London to tend to the Kilmartin estate, Fran’s complicated feelings will have her questioning whether to stick to her pragmatic intentions or pursue her inner passions. 

The Reunion: Laguna Beach premieres April 10 on The Roku Channel. For the first time in 20 years, original Laguna Beach cast members Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari, Trey Phillips, Talan Torriero, Christina Schuller, Lo Bosworth, Dieter Schmitz, Jessica Smith, Alex Hooser, and Morgan Olsen reunite to relive moments from the show that shaped a generation. Featuring behind-the-scenes stories, cast reactions to iconic episodes, and a return to Laguna Beach, they reflect on the friendships, love triangles, and drama that changed their lives. 

Psychological thriller Unchosen premieres April 21 on Netflix. Behind the closed doors of a claustrophobic British cult, a woman finds herself trapped between her suffocating marriage and an intriguing newcomer with a dark criminal past. The series stars Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Christopher Eccleston and Siobhan Finneran. 

Widow’s Bay premieres April 29 on Netflix. “Widow’s Bay” is a quaint island town 40-miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no wifi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious old locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, Loftis succeeds: tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again. “Widow’s Bay” blends genuine horror with an undercurrent of character-driven comedy. Rhys stars alongside an ensemble cast led by Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Caroll and Dale Dickey. 

Season two of Devil May Cry premieres May 12 on Netflix. A war between worlds ignites as Dante must battle the only force that mirrors his own: his estranged twin brother Vergil. In Devil May Cry season 2, Dante must confront his own devils and the feeling of family he lost as a child. With the reemergence of Vergil, will Dante lay to rest old demons or fall victim to them? 

Bravo has renewed The Real Housewives of New Jersey for a fifteenth season. Teresa Giudice, Dolores Catania, and Melissa Gorga are set to begin filming soon.

Paul Walter Hauser will join the cast of the Untitled Scooby-Doo live-action series as a Series Regular. Previously announced cast includes Mckenna Grace as “Daphne Blake,” Tanner Hagen as “Shaggy Rogers,” Abby Ryder Fortson as “Velma Dinkley,” and Maxwell Jenkins as “Fred Jones.” A modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog. During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder. Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets. 

Belle Collective: Birmingham, OWN’s newest franchise and first-ever Belle Collective spin-off, is set to premiere on Friday, April 10 at 9pm ET/PT featuring a powerful collective of southern Belles in the rising cultural mecca of Birmingham, Alabama. At the center of it all is powerhouse entrepreneur and visionary, Stormi Steele, founder and CEO of wildly successful brand, Canvas Beauty. The Belle Collective franchise spotlights dynamic women who are shaping culture, business and community in the American South, redefining what it means to be a modern southern Belle who unapologetically carves her own path. The beloved Belle Collective universe, which started in Jackson, Mississippi, now expands to Birmingham, Alabama to capture a new group of influential Belles building brands and supporting their families on their own terms. 

A Tale of Two Cities is coming soon to MGM+. The four-part drama is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ literary classic, A Tale Of Two Cities. The series stars Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack) has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger – idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (François Civil) – is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington), to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man – physically so alike, spiritually poles apart – can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs, tragedies, marriage, and murder. 

Production has begun on the second season of FX’s Shōgun. Newly added to the cast are Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi and Takashi Yamaguchi. 

Production has begun on the upcoming third season of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This. Returning series regulars include Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn. 

Season two of SisterS premieres April 22 on Acorn TV. In the aftermath of their mother’s death, two sisters Sare and Suzie learn to deal with grief, mourning, and the recent discovery of their true father. Sare decides to pack her bags and fly across the pond to Ireland to track down her biological father to get the answers her childhood-self wished for; convincing her sister to go with her. With the wounds of their childhood re-opened, the two women are forced into an unshakable bond through their shared experience. Their lives take irreversible turns as they let go of the past and walk toward the people they want to become.

ID exposes the hidden cost of Pop Stardom in Boy Band Confidential, premiering on April 13 and 14. Reframing pop history through intimate firsthand accounts, executive producer Joey Fatone is joined by fellow icons who speak with unprecedented candor about the systemic exploitation behind the perfectly polished images, including: fellow NSYNC member Lance Bass; AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys; Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees; Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men; Ashley Parker Angel of O-Town; Brad Fischetti of LFO; and more. Offering the definitive reckoning, the series also features candid voices from managers, insiders, and those closest to the teen heartthrobs who witnessed the pressure, the power struggles, and the darker realities behind the scenes, all while navigating the very system that employed them. It goes in depth to reveal how young performers were sculpted into high-value commodities, while revealing the powerful industry forces that shaped a cultural tidal wave of fandom. 

Homecoming: The Tokyo Series begins streaming March 27, exclusively for CNN’s streaming subscribers. Journey into Japan to uncover how America’s national pastime evolved into a deeply rooted cultural tradition shaped by ritual, discipline, and devotion. Set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball’s season‑opening Tokyo Series, the film follows some of the world’s most celebrated players – including Shohei Ohtani – as they return to their home turf to play the game that has become a way of life there. 

Lee Arvoy
Lee Arvoy joined the TV Source team in the summer of 2020 as a TV Writer.

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