Spring TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows

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Spring TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows

Just getting started! As the spring season arrives, TV fans are in for some exciting content with both new and returning shows. After a critically-acclaimed debut on Showtime, Yellowjackets is coming back for more with an even grittier take on a group of girls trying to survive in the wilderness — and the aftermath of their trauma two decades later. "If we do our job right, the eating of a person will not be the most transgressive thing that these young women do in the wilderness," showrunner Jonathan Lisco teased to Entertainment Weekly earlier this month about the journey the characters will go on in season 2. "That's just the tip of the iceberg." Creator Bart Nickerson, for his part, praised the community that fans of the drama series have formed. "People seemed to either be watching it together or immediately connecting after to talk about it and have theories," he said, with his fellow creator and wife, Ashley Lyle, adding, "We gave total strangers nightmares, I feel so powerful." Meanwhile, Riverdale fans are waiting in anticipation for the CW show's final season. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa hinted what viewers can expect after the character were thrown into an alternate universe in the season 6 finale. "We’re going to hunker down, be in the ‘50s, and kind of deconstruct not just Archie Comics but what Riverdale has been and have it in dialogue with what people think of as the Archie Comics. That said, it is not a clean break," he explained to Nerds of Color in July 2022. "It is very much in continuity with the first six seasons, kind of the same way that Rivervale ended up being in continuity with the rest of the season. Jughead remembers what happened the first six seasons, it’s in question what the other characters will remember." Aguirre-Sacasa noted that the narrative shakeup allowed for the writers to explore new story lines, adding, "I will say that we are going back and embracing the Archie Comics and the idea of the Archies in the ‘50s, one of the classic staples is the love triangle. We don’t wanna go and kind of just play the straightforward depiction of the love triangle, meaning both Betty and Veronica are fighting over Archie." He concluded: I don’t think we’re ever going to play that. We never did and we’ve never wanted to, and I don’t think that’s going to be happening in the ‘50s but we are kind of reinvesting in sort of that young, new first love, first kiss, those tropes that we love from teen dramas. I know I haven’t really answered your question, but there will be a lot of Varchie and Barchie drama, and the story is not finished by any stretch of the imagination." Scroll on for more new and returning shows this spring:

Credit: Claudette Barius/HBO ; Heidi Gutman/Peacock ; Paramount+ ; Courtesy of Netflix

Spring TV Preview 2023: Inside the Must-Watch New and Returning Shows

Just getting started! As the spring season arrives, TV fans are in for some exciting content with both new and returning shows. After a critically-acclaimed debut on Showtime, Yellowjackets is coming back for more with an even grittier take on a group of girls trying to survive in the wilderness — and the aftermath of their trauma two decades later. "If we do our job right, the eating of a person will not be the most transgressive thing that these young women do in the wilderness," showrunner Jonathan Lisco teased to Entertainment Weekly earlier this month about the journey the characters will go on in season 2. "That's just the tip of the iceberg." Creator Bart Nickerson, for his part, praised the community that fans of the drama series have formed. "People seemed to either be watching it together or immediately connecting after to talk about it and have theories," he said, with his fellow creator and wife, Ashley Lyle, adding, "We gave total strangers nightmares, I feel so powerful." Meanwhile, Riverdale fans are waiting in anticipation for the CW show's final season. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa hinted what viewers can expect after the character were thrown into an alternate universe in the season 6 finale. "We’re going to hunker down, be in the ‘50s, and kind of deconstruct not just Archie Comics but what Riverdale has been and have it in dialogue with what people think of as the Archie Comics. That said, it is not a clean break," he explained to Nerds of Color in July 2022. "It is very much in continuity with the first six seasons, kind of the same way that Rivervale ended up being in continuity with the rest of the season. Jughead remembers what happened the first six seasons, it’s in question what the other characters will remember." Aguirre-Sacasa noted that the narrative shakeup allowed for the writers to explore new story lines, adding, "I will say that we are going back and embracing the Archie Comics and the idea of the Archies in the ‘50s, one of the classic staples is the love triangle. We don’t wanna go and kind of just play the straightforward depiction of the love triangle, meaning both Betty and Veronica are fighting over Archie." He concluded: I don’t think we’re ever going to play that. We never did and we’ve never wanted to, and I don’t think that’s going to be happening in the ‘50s but we are kind of reinvesting in sort of that young, new first love, first kiss, those tropes that we love from teen dramas. I know I haven’t really answered your question, but there will be a lot of Varchie and Barchie drama, and the story is not finished by any stretch of the imagination." Scroll on for more new and returning shows this spring:

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Yellowjackets (Showtime)

If you've been waiting with bated breath for the psychological thriller to return, you're not alone. In season 2, teen Lottie (Courtney Eaton) and her fellow plane crash survivors grow desperate as winter in the wilderness descends upon them. With little to no food, they resort to desperate measures to stay alive. Twenty-five years later, the women still grapple with the aftershock as new players, including adult Lottie (Simone Kessell), come into the fold. (March 24 on non-linear platforms and March 26 on cable)

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Succession (HBO)

The family drama ramps up in the hit series' fourth and final season. Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Connor (Alan Ruck) prepare for war with their estranged father (Brian Cox) following the sale of his business, Waystar Royco, to Lukas (Alexander Skarsgård). (March 26)

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Riverdale (The CW)

The teen drama, which is based on the iconic Archie Comics, returns for its seventh and final season with a time jump back to the '50s. As the characters enjoy their time in high school, Jughead (Cole Sprouse) is stuck as the only person in their friend group who remembers their real lives. He must convince the others to help him find a way back to their version of reality amidst an unexpected murder spree. (March 29)

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The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+)

Based on M.O Walsh's 2020 novel, this uplifting comedy stars Chris O'Dowd as Dusty, an optimist who becomes unnerved when a machine called Morpho mysteriously arrives in his small town with the intention of revealing residents' destinies. (March 29)

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Unstable (Netflix)

Rob Lowe's Ellis Dragon is an eccentric biotech legend in the midst of an identity criss following the loss of his wife. Meanwhile, his son, Jackson (portrayed by the actor's real-life son John Owen Lowe), is actively trying to get out of his dad's shadow. But when he learns his pops is struggling, Jackson puts his own needs aside to bring his father back to greatness. (March 30)

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Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Paramount+)

The musical comedy, which serves as a prequel to the 1978 film Grease, follows four students who are fed-up with their time in high school. The group comes together to form the first female clique in Rydell High — which becomes known as the Pink Ladies. (April 6)

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Tiny Beautiful Things (Hulu)

Behold, your next comfort watch. This series, adapted from a collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns by Cheryl Strayed, follows struggling writer Claire (Kathryn Hahn) as she navigates a troubled marriage and raising an angsty teen. As her personal life crumbles, she takes a gig as an advice columnist, forcing her to reflect on her younger years, putting everything into perspective. (April 7)

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The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple TV+)

Jennifer Garner stars in this thrilling miniseries, cocreated by Academy Award winner Josh Singer and based on Laura Dave's bestselling 2021 novel. After her husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) goes missing, Garner's Hannah is instructed to keep her stepdaughter (Angourie Rice) safe — only to learn her spouse has been harboring secrets that put them both in danger. (April 14)

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Dead Ringers (Prime Video)

Executive producer Rachel Weisz portrays twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle in this drama, a reimagining of David Cronenberg's 1988 film. Dead Ringers follows the gynecologist sisters as they go to extreme — and at times, unethical — measures to bring change to women's health care. (April 21)

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Love & Death (HBO Max)

Love & Death is the second series based on the grisly 1980 murder committed by Candy Montgomery (Hulu's 2022 miniseries Candy starred Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey). In this gripping drama, Elizabeth Olsen steps into the killer housewife's shoes as she begins an affair with a fellow churchgoer (Jesse Plemons), who is married to a close friend (Lily Rabe). (April 27)

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Fatal Attraction (Paramount+)

Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson take on the roles made famous by Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in the 1987 film and transform them into their own. In the TV adaptation, Caplan's Alex Forrest and Jackson's Dan Gallagher enjoy a passionate affair while his wife, Beth (Amanda Peet), remains blissfully unaware. But as obsession grows, what started as a fling becomes a dangerous situation for everyone involved. (April 30)

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Bupkis (Peacock)

Fans of Pete Davidson will get to know the SNL alum even better in Bupkis, where Davidson plays a heightened version of himself: a guy from Staten Island navigating the pitfalls of fame while still grieving a major loss. Luckily, he manages to find comic relief in it all. Joe Pesci and Edie Falco also star. (May 4)