Spring TV Guide: 11 Shows You Won’t Want to Miss Inline
Photo: Courtesy of © AMC1/9_Mad Men’_s Final Season
It’s time to say goodbye to Don Draper and his Madison Avenue cohorts. As the final season inches toward its conclusion, we’re gripped with worry: Can Don finally get over his past, or will it eventually swallow him whole? What will become of SCDP? Will Peggy ever find happiness? Here’s hoping Matthew Weiner answers all of our questions and more in the seventies-set finale.
Premieres April 5 on AMC
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The story of Henry VIII and his many wives and machinations has inspired yet another television show. This PBS-BBC produced miniseries is based on the best-selling novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel and stars _Homeland’_s Damien Lewis as the bratty king and theater legend Mark Rylance as his trusted and doomed advisor Thomas Cromwell.
Premieres April 5 on PBS
Photo: Saeed Adyani © 2014 Netflix, Inc.3/9Bloodline
From the creators of Damages comes this latest Netflix drama about a tight-knit family from the Florida Keys whose lives are rattled after the return of the black-sheep sibling. With plenty of secrets in tow and a starry cast—Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini, and Sissy Spacek—Bloodline will satisfy your binge-watch needs until the new season of Orange Is the New Black returns this summer.
Premieres March 20 on Netflix
Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images4/9The Late Late Show with James Corden
Late night talk show hosts have been playing musical chairs for the last couple of years, so we’re excited to see how fresh face James Corden will fare as the new host ofThe Late Late Show. The British actor, who recently played the Baker in Disney’s Into The Woods, has already lined up Tom Hanks as his first guest, promising plenty of charm for his debut outing.
Premieres March 23 on CBS
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Before his untimely death last year, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was set to star in this new Showtime series about a 44-year-old father going through a mid-life crisis. Steve Coogan ended up taking over the role and his trademark sardonic humor fits right in with the character of Thomas Payne, who is suffering to keep his chin up in today’s selfie and social-media obsessed world.
Premieres April 26 on Showtime
Photo: Courtesy of © HBO (3)6/9Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, and Veep
HBO fans are in for a treat next month as three of its most popular shows return with new seasons all on the same night. Find out which Game of Thrones characters survive this time around, follow Pied Piper’s launch (and eventual IPO) on Silicon Valley, and discover whether _Veep’_s Selina Meyer is any less incompetent now that she’s finally in the Oval Office.
Premiering April 12 on HBO
Photo: Mat Hayward/Getty Images7/9Grace and Frankie
While we don’t know much about this new Netflix sitcom, the premise certainly sounds promising: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as two former rivals who become friends after their husbands (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) leave them for each other.
Premieres May 8 on Netflix
Photo: Courtesy of © Fox8/9Wayward Pines
A mix between Twin Peaks and The Stepford Wives is perhaps the best way to describe this new ten-part miniseries by M. Night Shyamalan, which follows secret service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) as he investigates the disappearance of two of his fellow officers in a disturbingly picturesque town. Juliette Lewis, Terrence Howard, and Melissa Leo pop up as Wayward Pines’ inhabitants, whose good intentions are, of course, cause for suspicion.
Premieres May 14 on FOX
Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS via Getty Images9/9David Letterman’s Final Show
Our favorite gap-toothed grump will be saying farewell to television after 22 years as the host of The Late Show. Expect a slate of A-list guests leading up to his finale and, who knows, maybe we’ll finally see Dave tear up as he reads his last Top Ten list ever—we know we will.
Ending May 20 on CBS
