APRIL POWERS

Spring awakening: what to watch as the new month blooms with fresh dramas (and a comedy)

SPRING has sprung at last, and TV season is flourishing along with it. April brings a variety of new shows — including a psychological thrillers with big-name stars such as Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Garner and Joshua Jackson.

If that’s a genre you enjoy, then April is your month. Here’s your essential guide for all the hottest shows on the docket.

“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”

A two-part documentary similar in vein to “Pamela, a Love Story” examining Shields’ career spanning the 1978 movie “Pretty Baby” to her relationship with Andre Agassi and her current life.

Where to watch: Hulu, April 3

“Beef”

Steven Yeun and Ali

Wong co-star in this dramedy about two strangers who get into a road-range incident, which spins both of their lives into chaos.

Where to watch: Netflix, April 6 “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”

A prequel to the classic movie set at Rydell High, four years before Sandy (Olivia Newton John) arrived. It’s a musical series, with songs from Justin Trantor, who has collaborated with Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez.

Where to watch: Paramount+, April 6 “The Last Thing He Told Me”

A thriller starring Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj CosterWaldau (“Game of Thrones”) and based on a bestselling novel. It follows Hannah (Garner) who must form a relationship with her teen stepdaughter in order to track down her husband, who mysteriously vanished.

Where to watch: AppleTV+, April 14

“The Diplomat” Kerri Russell stars in a new series about a career diplomat who lands a highprofile job for which she’s not suited while dealing with an international crisis that impacts her marriage and her future. Rufus Sewell and Rory Kinnear

(“Penny Dreadful”) co-star. Where to watch: Netflix, April 20

“Mrs. Davis” The newesst series from the mind of Damon Lindelof (“Lost,” “Watchmen”). Cocreated by Tara Hernandez (“The Big Bang The

ory”), it’s a sci-fi drama about a nun (Betty Gilpin, “GLOW”) who uses her faith to face off against AI technology.

Where to watch: Peacock, April 20 “Dead Ringers”

This psychological thriller miniseries is based on the 1988 movie of the same name, which starred Jeremy Irons as identical twin gynecologists. Rachel Weisz plays the Irons role here as twin gynecologists who share everything — including drugs, lovers and slippery medical ethics.

Where to watch: Prime Video, April 21 “Love & Death”

David E. Kelly’s new drama is based on the true story of two churchgoing couples who live a seemingly quiet life in smalltown Texas life— until somebody picks up an ax and commits murder. Starring Elizabeth Olsen,

Jesse

Plemons and Krysten Ritter.

Where to watch: HBO Max, April 27

“Citadel” Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden co-star in an espionage thriller from the Russo brothers (“Avengers: Endgame”). They play elite agents who have been hiding ever since their global spy agency was destroyed — with their memories wiped and unaware of their pasts.

Where to watch: Prime Video, April 28

“Fatal Attraction”

A reimagining, through a more “modern lens,” of the classic 1987 movie (starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close) about the impact of infidelity. Here, Jackson plays Dan Gallagher, a married man who has an affair with Alex Forrest (Lizzy Caplan), who becomes obsessed with him.

Where to watch: Paramount+,

April 20