After a few quiet weeks for new online shows, things are picking up and we can finally bring you an intriguing selection of new TV shows streaming this week. Finally!
Looking ahead to the week of Saturday, April 20 to Friday, April 26, our streaming expert has trawled through all of the new streaming original releases, to find you a diverse and varied watchlist of new series that you might want to watch.
And it is a really mixed list. We've got documentaries of the true crime, animal and music persuasion, comedy-dramas, horror anthologies and also a video game inspired animated show that people have been anticipating.
To make it onto this list, a show has to be a streaming original or come to a service within a few days of its broadcast TV debut. We can see the whole series come at once or just the first couple of episodes.
If you see something interesting on a streaming service you don't have access to, you can use our lists of the best streaming services and also best streaming deals to decide what to sign up for and how to save money. So let's jump in and find you something to binge or stream this week:
The Jink — Part Two
- Max true crime documentary returns on Monday, April 22
A nine-year-old hit for HBO is getting a follow-up this week in the form of The Jinx — Part Two, which is set to reveal even more secrets about Robert Durst.
In the first The Jinx, documentary makers revealed information about the murder trial of Durst. Since it came out, the man has passed away, but the film-makers have more secrets to share which is what Part Two is set to reveal.
The first episode of The Jinx — Part Two will come to Max on Monday, 22, and each Sunday you'll be able to watch one more. In the UK it's on Sky TV, with episodes coming at the same time as they play in the US.
Secrets of the Octopus
- Hulu / Disney Plus nature documentary swims onto screens on Monday, April 22
The latest 'Secrets of...' show from National Geographic looks the most limb-y creature to be focused on yet.
Narrated by Paul Rudd, Secrets of the Octopus takes you deep underwater into the inky black depths to learn lots about the octopus. Meet the various species of this creepy cephalopod, plus what their lifestyle is like and which environments they thrive in.
All three episodes of Secrets of the Octopus land on both Hulu and Disney Plus on Monday, April 22. Outside of the US, that latter streamer will let you watch the series.
The Big Door Prize season 2
- Apple TV Plus comedy series returns on Wednesday, April 24
Schitt's Creek creator David West Read is bringing back The Big Door Prize for a second season.
The show is set in a small town as a magical machine appears which can read people's futures. This insight makes people making sweeping life decisions, changing everything, and as season 2 picks up our main characters are all recoiling from decisions they made in the season 1 finale.
The Big Door Prize season 2 arrives with its first three episodes on Wednesday, April 24, and each Wednesday will bring one extra episode.
THEM: The Scare
- Prime Video horror anthology returns on Thursday, April 25
Prime Video horror anthology show Them is back with a new story in Them: The Scare, which is set 40 years after the original season.
In Them: The Scare, a grizzled LA police veteran is set to investigate the murder of a foster home mother. The police are stumbled, and the investigation sends our main character down a dangerous rabbit hole that unleashes something nasty upon her family.
You'll be able to watch all eight episodes of Them: The Scare on Prime Video at the same time on Thursday, April 25, where they'll join the first season.
Dead Boy Detectives
- Netflix supernatural crime show arrives on Thursday, April 25
Netflix's newest young adult fantasy show is technically a spin-off or tie-in to The Sandman, though its connection is pretty loose.
The show is about two young men who are dead. Despite this, they investigate mysteries that straddle the worlds of the dead and the living, putting them up against all kinds of ghoulish creatures.
All of Dead Boy Detectives will hit Netflix at the same time on Thursday, April 25.
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story
- Hulu music documentary debuts on Friday, April 26
Few bands have had as many faces and phases as Bon Jovi, with a career spanning 40 years of glam-rock, country and pop music, but where do they go from here?
That's what Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story asks. It follows the band through their 2022 tour as it also charts their four-decade history and their current attempts to work out where their band can go from here.
All four episodes of Thank You, Goodnight hit Hulu on Friday, April 26, and it'll arrive on Disney Plus at the same time in the UK.
Knuckles
- Paramount Plus Sonic show arrives on Friday, April 26
Fans of the recent Sonic the Hedgehog movie and its sequel need to tune in for Knuckles, which continues the story ahead of the third film coming out later this year.
The story focuses on the titular Idris Elba-voiced creature as he tries to train a hapless deputy sheriff in the ways of the 'echidna warrior'.
The six-episode series will come to Paramount Plus, with all episodes debuting at once.
