Life in this so called Golden Era of Television. (A premise I refuse to accept or even sell.) Here are some key full series premieres you’ll totally wanna #SetTheVCR for.
All times EST the best time zone, ever!
Wednesday, April 2
9:00 p.m. – National Geographic-Canada: David Blaine: Do Not Attempt: Season 1 (Canadian Premiere: back-to-back episodes)
Friday, April 4
10:00 p.m. – History Channel-US: Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny: Season 1 (American Series Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Fox Nation: Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints: Part 2 (Mid-Season Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – CBC Gem: Wellington Paranormal: Season 1 (CBC Gem Premiere)
Monday, April 7
10:00 p.m. – ABC: Paradise: Season 1 (Linear TV Premiere)
Tuesday, April 8
12:00 a.m. – Hulu & Crave: The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 6 (Final Season Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Netflix: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: Season 5 Part 2 (Mid-Season Premiere & Season Finale!)
Thursday, April 10
3:00 a.m. – Netflix: Black Mirror: Season 7 (Season Premiere)
Sunday, April 13
7:00 p.m. – Various Channels: NBA Regular Season Ends: All 30 teams play. (Season Finale!)
9:00 p.m. – History Channel-Canada: Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny: Season 1 (Canadian Premiere)
9:00 p.m. – HBO Max & Crave: Last of Us: Season 2 (Season Premiere)
Monday, April 14
10:00 p.m. – National Geographic-Canada: Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day In America (Canadian Premiere)
Tuesday, April 15
7:00 p.m. – TNT & ESPN: Stupid Dumb NBA Play-In Tournament (NBA Postseason)
9:00 p.m. – Netflix: Daredevil: Born Again: Season 1 (First Season Finale!)
Thursday, April 17
9:00 p.m. – Super Channel Fuse: Nightsleeper: Limited Series (Canadian Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Hulu: The Martin Short Show: Season 1 (Complete 1994 Series)
3:00 a.m. – Hulu & Disney+: The Stolen Girl: Limited Series (Stream Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Netflix-Canada: Special Ops: Lioness: Season 1 (Netflix-Canada Premiere)
Friday, April 18
3:00 a.m. – CBC Gem: Wellington Paranormal: Season 2 (CBC Gem Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – CBC Gem: Under The Bridge: Limited Series (CBC Gem Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Hulu: The Order (US-Stream Premiere)
Saturday, April 19
TBD p.m. – TNT & ESPN & ABC: The NBA Playoffs 2025 begin
Tuesday, April 22
3:00 a.m. – Disney+: Andor: Season 2 (Season Premiere)
Thursday, April 24
3:00 a.m. – Netflix: You: Season 5 (Final Season Premiere)
Friday, April 25
3:00 a.m. – Crave: Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue: Limited Series (Canadian Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Crave: Universal Basic Guys: Season 1 (Canada-Stream Premiere)
Monday, April 28
9:00 p.m. – HBO Max & Crave: Celtics City: Chapter IX: We’re The Celtics (Docuseries Finale!)
Tuesday, April 29
9:00 p.m. – PBS: Independent Lens: Free For All: The Public Library
3:00 a.m. – Hulu: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (US-Stream Premiere)
3:00 a.m. – Crave: Making Manson: Docuseries (Canada-Stream Premiere)
Wednesday, April 30
3:00 a.m. – HBO Max: Twitter: Breaking the Bird (Stream Premiere)
Welcome: April is National Poetry Month. (Not TV sure but I figure you gotta read some time…)
It’s 2025 and nothing still rhymes with orange.
I’m surprised Poetry doesn’t have a bigger affect on our lives. Especially considering the technologically driven way we live. You’d think Poetry would be bigger than it is.
I mean it’s quick, it’s fun and when done well it’s packed with artistic goodness. Like a literary vitamin for those that don’t have the time or the attention span of a novel. Or even a short story.
Poetry can be fun. A strange truth, yeah?
Somewhere along our journey clumsy burnt out English teachers made poetry dry and academic. TV sitcoms ridiculed the spaced out hippie beatnik. There just didn’t seem any space or room in our lives for serious legitimate Poetry.
The best Poetry accurately captures a moment. Frozen in time you can get the luxury of self reflection which granted not many people want. Especially if it’s a regret or a mistake.
No matter what the moment may be…it happened. We’ve all said words we wish we could take back. We’ve all had moments of pure and utter bliss (some even with our clothes on).
The trick is to aim on getting it right more often than not.
I’m glad we have a month to celebrate poetry but really it should become a lifestyle. Valentine’s Day is nice but romance is a full time job, not a random date in mid-February.
I wish I brewed some seriously serious tea more often; to sit down with a dog eared copy of a poetry book.
So: won’t you celebrate with me National Poetry Month? For that, I recommend The Music Was Just Getting Good by Alicia Cook.
The Music Was Just Getting Good is the third and final book of her poetry mixtape trilogy: it follows Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately and Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back. It’s poetry and soul and music and playlists. It’s a fine jam.
That is a lot of TV for April, 2025! Whew.
The NCAA March Madness Championship Game is confirmed for April 7. Who shall stand and who shall fall? And what are you feeling for the NBA Playoffs? #BallorFall
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Sammy Younan is the affable host of My Summer Lair podcast: think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
