Funny Woman // yes and HOT
A series of the SKY network and Showtime based on the book “Funny” by the writer much loved by the screen Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity”, “Field Fever”, “Juliet, the naked version” and more). The series presents a fictional story (but loosely based on that of Lucille Ball) about a woman who works her way to stardom in the comedy worlds of the 1960s, a time when the phrase “there are no funny women” was a catchphrase for every comedian. (2.4)
Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby (Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields) // Disney+
A two-part series featuring the actors’ coming-of-age story, objectified from a really young age (she appeared nude in films starting at age 11), and growing up to deal with the creepy treatment she experienced as an actress, model and woman. It’s enough to take a look at the trailer and understand what it’s going to look like – a lot of archive footage of grown men talking disgustingly about a young girl. (3.4)
Will Trent // Disney+
Do you remember when we told you that the “mystery per episode” format in detective series is making a huge comeback, and is no longer only digging into dinosaurs like “Law and Order”? So we said, and here “Will Trent” also joins the list. Will Trent is a police investigator with a tough history of childhood in orphanages, so nothing is going to stress him out too much – but the fact that he has to deal with the fact that he has just uncovered a huge corruption case in the police and still continues to serve in the same station is definitely not going to go easily. (5.4)
Schmigadoon (Schmigadoon!) – Season 2 // Apple TV Plus
This weird little Apple series has gone under the radar for most people, which is a real shame because not only is it a colorful, sweet, smart and fun series with an excellent cast (Keegan Michael Key and Cecily Strong), but it’s also a lovely love letter to the musical genre that succeeds at the same time mock him and also show his beauty. In the first season, we saw the main couple fall into the magical town of Shmigdon, where everything is a musical – and the second season jumps a level, and also an era, when it focuses on musicals of the next generation – Chicago, hair and all that jazz. Oh, and if that’s not enough, Titus Burgess (“Kimmy Schmidt”) and Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock,” and “Kimmy Schmidt” as well) have been added to the cast. It will be musical fun. (5.4)
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladie // Paramount Plus
If you thought that literally every human creation has already squeezed the idea of becoming a franchise, then you will be surprised – Grease wants to too. The cult film gets a prequel series that shows the establishment of the clique of girls in pink at Rydell High School, the themes, the colors and of course the atmosphere of the sugar-pop fifties also stars in the series, and its creators were smart enough not to forget the element of the musical. Looks like quite a pan, especially for movie lovers. We just hope we don’t get a guest appearance by Travolta, because despite the nostalgia, no one wants to see this fairy. (6.4)
Celebrity Prank Wars //JE!
Remember the days when Ashton Kutcher’s “Punk’d” style prank shows were a thing? So it looks like it’s going to come back in the near future, at least in the celebs-suspense-celebs version. A new series of E! Hosted by Nick Cannon (who made a bit of a hosting career for himself through Wild ‘N Out, which ran for 18 seasons) and Kevin Hart (who for a moment was the biggest comedian in the world, and since then does a billion mediocre things every year), who will stretch their fellow celebs. Among others, Chance the Rapper, Lil Jon, Tiffany Haddish and more will star in the show. (6.4)
Nerves (BEEF), Netflix
A dark comedy starring Eli Wong (who you probably know from three very successful stand-up specials on Netflix) and Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”). Wong is a rich and sweet entrepreneur, Yeon is a failed construction worker, and their lives would never have crossed if it weren’t for a road incident that simply spirals out of control and turns them into bitter enemies. The inability of both of them to let the story go will ensure that there will be something to fill ten episodes. (6.4)
Jury Duty // Amazon Freevee
A very intriguing format that appears on Amazon’s free streaming network, and is actually a kind of hoax series. Not stretches, stretch – because there is only one stretch throughout. 12 jurors take part in the trial, but the trial is not real, and 11 of the jurors are actually actors. Only one of them is a man from the street who thinks he is merely participating as a juror in an ordinary trial. Based on the trailer, it looks hysterical and brilliant, and the fact that one of Eric Andre’s Bad Trip producers is involved only makes it more intriguing. Oh, and actor James Masterson (forever Spike from “Buffy”) stars in the role himself. (7.4)
Transatlantic // Netflix
Yes, another period drama from Netflix? Of course it is, and you will swallow it and ask for more. An American journalist (Varian Frey, later the first American to be awarded the title of “Leader of Nations”) arrives in France during the Nazi occupation to help the country’s leading thinkers and artists escape to the United States, which means we will meet characters like Hannah Arendt, Marcel Duchamp and Marc Chagall, but they will all be dressed Really good and probably quite romantic too. (7.4)
Tiny Beautiful Things // Disney+ / Hulu
Adapted from the novel by Cheryl Strayed. A mini-series about the life of Claire (Katherine Hahn! Kathryn Hahn in the main role! What fun), an advice columnist – just like Strayed herself was – who knows how to impart wisdom to her readers but, not surprisingly, her own life is in a bad place at all. In short, expect a bittersweet comedy drama, a non-saccharine Phil Goode, and most importantly, Kathryn Hahn. (7.4)
Dave, season 3, HULU and yes
Lil Dicky’s series began at its cutest, then escalated into the realms of the wonderful (the opening of the final episode is still one of the greatest pieces of television from the last few years), then in the second season turned to more bizarre and adventurous territory, which paid off with an excellent season finale. It seems that after the initial fumbling, Dave finally found what and how he wanted to say and formed a unique character for the series that ranges from realistic hallucinations to absurd hallucinations (yes, we are talking about the episode in Rick Rubin’s floatation tank). The third season will accompany the rapper on tour, host some familiar friends (Asher, Rick Ross and Demi Lovato, to name a few) and raise the bar of weirdness of the man who can’t stop talking about how crooked his dick is. (5.4 on Hulu, 10.4 on yes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SUIlE1OJ4
The dark side of Florida (Florida Man) // Netflix
A comedy drama that takes place in the most disturbed country in the United States – and so that you have no doubt what the tone is going to be here, the title is a reference to a famous Internet meme according to which you never know how a title that begins with the words “Florida Man” will end. But usually alligators and/or crystal meth will be involved in the picture somehow. Here the hero is Mike Valentine, an ex-cop who arrives in Florida to carry out what should be a small task for a mobster. Will we see crystal meth and/or alligators? We won’t say yes, but we would be quite surprised if not. (13.4)
Mrs. Meizel Hamuflah – Season 5 // Amazon Prime
Look, there’s no middle ground: either you love the writing, super-talkative, super-witty and insanely fast of “The Wonderful Mrs. Maisel” (and then that means you also really liked “Gilmore Girls”, from the same creator’s house), or you can’t even survive Two minutes of it. But The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back for a fifth season, which means enough people have exactly what they want: more origins of the super-talkative, super-witty, very New York Jewish stand-up comedian who insists on making a career for herself in the United States of the early 1960s. (14.4)
The Last Thing He Told Me // אפל טיוי
Another television adaptation of a best-selling American thriller full of family secrets, lies and most importantly, a simple but serious heroine who gets caught up in a detective mystery against her will. This time it’s about a woman whose husband has disappeared and she stays with her stepdaughter – which means that she also has to build a functioning relational system with her (which is going to be difficult) and also try to understand where her father has disappeared to (which is going to be even more difficult). (16.4)
Barry // HBO
What else is there to say? The dark comedy (in the last season, after all? A crime thriller with black humor) starring Bill Hader, who also wrote it, returns for a fourth and definitely final season. Barry, a hitman who tried very hard to escape his past and start a new life as an actor, failed in this mission. The trail of bodies he left behind finally led to him and in the last episode of the third season he was arrested. This season starts with Barry in prison, but we predict that won’t last long. (17.4, Hot, Yes and Cellcom TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW7Ld5iwRnQ
True Lies // Disney+
Honestly, we’re not sure what we think of the idea of turning one of the greatest action movies of all time into a series on CBS. But we admit that we are intrigued – what’s more, it seems that the main actors here are not really trying to imitate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (there’s no point, it’s not possible) but are doing something of their own, and also that the main starting point of the series is more or less the point where The movie ended (Helen discovers that Harry, her nice and boring husband, is a super spy and the agency, having no choice, recruits her as well). All is well and good, the action seems successful, but don’t you dare not give us a kiss against the background of a nuclear explosion at the end. (19.4)
Main box office (all seasons) // Netflix
You know her, you love her, you can technically see the whole thing on YouTube, but now you can also on Netflix. The hit of “Kan 11” continues its strange and crazy journey to success – first from the educational channel, then to the mainstream of Kan 11, and now also to the streaming service – which will allow you to watch all the seasons released so far, so you can understand exactly when everything clicked. (19.4)
Sweet Tooth – Season 2 // Netflix
A bizarre post-apocalyptic fantasy series about, well, a boy with horns – half human, half deer – who tries to survive in a world that has collapsed after a virus that also wiped out most of the world’s population and also causes new babies to be born with genes mixed with those of animals. odd? Definitely weird. (27.4)
Love & Death //JHBO Max
Another crime miniseries? What happens to us in April? Is this the biggest murder month of the year? Anyway, another crime miniseries based on a true story about a murder that shocked the United States in the early 1980s, when a Texas housewife was accused of brutally murdering (with an ax) her best friend, who was apparently having an affair with her husband. Elizabeth Olsen in the lead role. (27.4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z778sJGKB3E
The Afterparty – Season 2 // Apple TV
When this cute series came out, we admit, we were a little disappointed. The simply amazing comedic cast (led by Tiffany Haddish and Sam Richardson) made us dizzy, and the fact that the series was headed by Christopher Miller (the man behind some of the best comedies of the last decade, including “21 Jump Street” that saved Kenya) made us expect a hysterical comedy. And it was certainly funny, even if not in the way we wanted – but we also got stuck because of an interesting format decision (each episode was presented in a different cinematic genre) that at some point got a little tired. Nothing is known about the next season, but it’s going to be challenging, and comedy loves challenges. (28.4)
Citadel // Amazon Prime
Here’s something that will grab you: this is the second most expensive series in history, with a budget of 250 million dollars. Well, that’s how it is when the Russo brothers (the magicians who closed the Thanos story at Marvel) want to create an action thriller from Dubai. The idea is to produce a disturbed and international spy film franchise, with a central plot line, and spin-offs in languages from around the world – already found An Indian spin-off and an Italian spin-off are in production, and in the future also in Mexico and Spain – and Amazon’s basic series has already received approval to go into production for the second season. The series itself is about a spy agency that has been dismantled, and is trying to return to greatness. (28.4)
Fatal Attraction // Paramount Plus
Ahhh, remember that nineties term, “erotic thriller”? We don’t really make erotic thrillers these days, so it’s very intriguing to see how this mini-series will try to deepen and expand the plot of the classic erotic thriller. The excellent Lizzie Kaplan steps into the shoes of Glenn Close, Joshua Jackson, to his great regret, steps into the shoes of poor Michael Douglas, and when he tries to break up with her – it will not go well at all. Hide your rabbits. (30.4)