TV highlights, and more! Week of March 27 – April 2
A space race, classic W.C. Fields, radio’s hottest stars & the buzz about bees!
FRIDAY, March 27
For All Mankind
Season five of the acclaimed sci-fi drama (above) launches tonight, continuing the sci-fi adventures of a “space race” to colonize the moon and beyond (Apple TV).
House of David
Season two of the Old Testament series continues the story as Israel nears collapse, Saul’s reign falters and David rises from shepherd to warrior (Prime Video).
SATURDAY, March 28
The Man in the Window
A woman risks everything to prove her neighbor is a killer. Starring Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh (8 p.m., Lifetime).
2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Find out who’s voted the hottest acts on radio (8 p.m., Fox)
SUNDAY, March 29
The Bank Dick
Laugh along with W.C. Fields in this 1940 classic (above) in which he plays a comically inept bank security guard—with a cameo by Shemp of The Three Stooges! (7 p.m., TCM)
MONDAY, March 30
Henry David Thoreau
Three-part film about the famous 19th century writer of Walden and Civil Disobedience, narrated by George Clooney and featuring voices of Ted Danson as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jeff Goldblum (Thoreau) and Meryl Streep (9 p.m., PBS).
The Feud on Shelbury Drive
Six-episode mystery series set around a couple who decides to add on to their kitchen, much to the disapproval of their neighbors. Cue tension, obsession and life-threatening secrets (Acorn TV).
TUESDAY, March 31
Secrets of the Bees
What’s the buzz? This new docuseries explores the extraordinary lives of bees with special cameras opening a rare window into a single hive, revealing a hidden world (8 p.m., National Geographic).
If It’s Tuesday…It’s Murder
Subtitled tale of a diverse group of Spanish tourists, a once-grand hotel crumbling into ruins, and some dark secrets converging during a week-long holiday in Lisbon (Hulu).
WEDNESDAY, April 1
Our New World
What kind of place will we all home years, decades and centuries from now? This probing docuseries looks at the changes likely to be wrought by climate change, the retreat of glaciers, population migration and more (10. p.m., PBS).
Dear Killer Nannies
A coming-of-age dramatization of the son of Columbia’s notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria, and how he was shaped by his father’s criminal empire—and the hitmen who served as his “nannies” (Hulu).
The Ramparts of Ice
Animated series about a withdrawn high-school student (Anna Nagase) and the three classmates who attempt to draw her out of her shell (Netflix).
NOW HEAR THIS
Rock on with the newly remixed and expanded edition of Van Halen’s 1986 album 5150 (Rhino), the band’s first LP after the departure of lead singer David Lee Roth. The LP/3CD/Blu-ray set is loaded with the hits “Why Can’t This Be Love,” “Dreams” and “Best of Both Worlds,” plus a 90-minute live concert recording, rare song edits, and the band’s full-length in-concert video Live Without a Net.
BRING IT HOME
If you thought Daisy Ridley was one tough space cookie in the Star Wars franchise, wait until you see how she swings an axe in We Bury the Dead (Vertical Entertainment), this post-apocalyptic zombie horror thriller.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? In The Spongebob Movie: The Search for Squarepants, the lovable loofah and his Bikini Bottom mates venture out and set sail on a new adventure. Listen for voices by Regina Hall and Mark Hamill! (Paramount Home Entertainment)
READ ALL ABOUT
Film buffs will go ape over King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon (Bloomsbury), the newly revised edition of author Ray Morton‘s deep, detailed dive into every actor, every setting, every Kong in every movie and TV show ever made. It’s some serious monkey business.
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