The early weeks of April were dominated by genre shows including Black Mirror, The Bondsman, and Devil May Cry. This week, reality strikes back on the best new shows to stream, starting with Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5. Peacock saved this spinoff from getting the ax from NBC, but it hasn’t gone full TV-MA yet. It’s still basically the same series it was on network television.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ has a pair of offbeat original series this month: Your Friends & Neighbors and Government Cheese. The former is a light-hearted crime series, while the latter is a little bizarre and goes to some strange places. But they’re both very entertaining and worthy of your time.
You can find these series and the rest of the best new shows to stream below. We update this list every Friday to keep you up to date on the most binge-worthy new additions.
When you’re done here, check out the best new movies to stream this week, as well as the best shows on Netflix, the best shows on Hulu, the best new shows on Max, the best shows on Amazon Prime Video, and the best shows on Disney+.
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Max, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+ all have one thing in common: They’re more expensive than they used to be. We can live with higher rates as long as new shows keep coming, but it’s always a good idea to consider signing up for the ad-supported tiers, which are worth it if you can sit through a few commercials.
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Peacock
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
61%
7.7/10While Stabler tries to complete that case, his son, Eli (Nicky Torchia), is following in his footsteps as both a police officer and a young father. Eli and his girlfriend are also living with Stabler, which only makes things even more fraught. Longtime Law & Order fans will also get to see another reunion between Stabler and his former partner, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).
Long Bright River (2025)
68%
6.8/10If Amanda Seyfried wasn’t already a star, Long Bright River would have been her star-making turn. It may even earn her an Emmy Award this fall. Seyfried plays Mickey Fitzpatrick, a single mother and police officer who is the first to realize that the deaths of local female sex workers and addicts isn’t a mere coincidence. There’s a serial killer targeting these women, and Mickey’s superiors on the police would rather look the other way.
Mickey has a personal stake in this because her sister, Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings), not only fits the profile of the victims, she’s gone missing as well. In order to find a killer — and hopefully save Kacey — Mickey turns to her former partner, Truman Dawes (Nicholas Pinnock), to help her cut through the red tape of the investigation. However, Mickey’s inability to trust may put both of their lives in danger.
Apple TV+
Your Friends & Neighbors (2025)
Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm stars in Your Friends & Neighbors as Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a man who used to be extremely wealthy thanks to his high-powered job as a hedge fund manager. But once Coop loses that job, he can’t seem to find anything comparable. Rather than let his family slip into economic discomfort, Coop discovers he has a talent for stealing from their affluent neighbors.
One of those neighbors is Samantha “Sam” Levitt (Olivia Munn), the best friend of Coop’s ex-wife, Mel (Amanda Peet). Sam and Coop have casual sexual flings on the side even though she wants more out of the relationship. And if she discovers how he’s been stealing for a living, then it’s probably going to complicate things even further.
Government Cheese (2025)
Government Cheese may be one of the most surreal TV series of 2025. But it starts in a real place as Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo) is released from jail in 1969, and he’s eager to start over with his family. However, his family, including his wife, Astoria (Simone Missick), and their sons, Einstein (Evan Ellison) and Harrison (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), are less than happy to see him.
In his absence, Astoria and the boys managed to survive without Hampton, and there’s no place for him in their new dynamic. It’s going to take a little divine intervention to change things between them, and that’s where the show starts getting weird. Is Hampton experiencing God’s will? Or is he losing his mind?
The Studio (2025)
Seth Rogen has a lot of experience dealing with the craziness of Hollywood studios and the industry’s most ridiculous executives. He’s bringing all of that experience to bear in Apple TV+’s new comedy, The Studio. Rogen is stepping into the role of Matt Remick, the man who has been tasked with leading Continental Studios out of a long dry spell.
Much like Entourage, The Studio features celebrity guest stars spoofing themselves, including Bryan Cranston, Charlize Theron, Paul Dano, and Martin Scorsese. Matt’s actually a pretty good guy with aspirations of using his newfound power to make great movies. He just needs to keep his stars happy and the other studio executives from breathing down his neck.
Hulu
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
77%
8.3/10June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) used to be just another handmaiden in Gilead. But through the five previous seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale, June has transformed into a revolutionary. And she won’t stop until Gilead’s reign has been brought down. This is the final season for Hulu’s signature drama series, and this is the end of the road for June, one way or another. But even if she can’t free every woman in Gilead, June won’t stop fighting while there’s still breathe in her body.
Good American Family (2025)
60%
5.9/10Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo headlines Good American Family, a miniseries that’s based on the stranger than fiction story about the adoption of Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid), a young girl who was born with dwarfism. Kristine (Pompeo) and her husband, Michael Barnett (Mark Duplass), adopted Natalia and subsequently abandoned her.
To justify their decision, the Barnetts falsely claimed that Natalia was exhibiting psychotic behavior and that she was actually an adult pretending to be a child. If that sounds like a lift from the 2009 movie Orphan, it probably was. But Natalia’s story doesn’t end there, and it only gets stranger.
Netflix
Black Mirror (2011)
74%
8.7/10New seasons of Netflix’s twisted sci-fi anthology Black Mirror may be few and far between, but they’re often worth the wait. Season 7 includes six brand-new episodes, including a sequel to the Star Trek-inspired episode from season 4, USS Callister. Who’s dropping by for season 7? Be on the look out for Paul Giamatti, Emma Corrin, Peter Capaldi, Awkwafina, Issa Rae, and more in special one-off guest appearances.
Devil May Cry (2025)
77%
8.0/10There was a Devil May Cry anime nearly two decades ago, but Netflix’s revival is essentially a reboot of the classic Capcom action video game franchise. Former Power Rangers actor Johnny Yong Bosch lends his voice to Dante, the show’s nearly superhuman demon hunter.
Confidence is not one of Dante’s problems, but he may be over his head this time. A demon known as White Rabbit (Hoon Lee) plans to invade the Earth with an army of demons. Meanwhile, Dante is also being hunted by DARKCOM, a group of mercenaries who have been hired to bring him in at all costs.
Disney+
Doctor Who (2024)
The Doctor will see you now! Disney+ and BBC may pretend that this is season 2 of Doctor Who, it’s actually the 15th season of the revival series that began in 2005. This season, The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) faces an interesting dilemma with his new companion, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). Something powerful is keeping the Doctor from returning Belinda to her life on Earth. That begs the question of who has enough power to prevent the Doctor’s TARDIS from going to Earth and why don’t they want Belinda to return?
David Blaine Do Not Attempt (2025)
Would you kiss a cobra or play with fire? David Blaine would, and this is no magic trick. The famous magician is headlining a new Disney+ series, David Blaine Do Not Attempt, which is apparently part of the war against titles using colons.
In each episode, Blaine visits a new location around the world to get a firsthand education from people who can do extraordinary things with their bodies. Then, Blaine inevitably tries to recreate their feats with some guidance. It’s probably a bad idea to do the same thing, hence the name of the show.
Amazon Prime Video
The Bondsman (2025)
54%
7.3/10If you’re old enough to remember the old Fox series Brimstone, then you may recognize the premise of The Bondsman, which has added Kevin Bacon in the title role. In life, Hub Halloran (Bacon) tracked down criminals as a bounty hunter. Now that Hub’s dead, he’s doing the same thing on behalf of the devil. Except Hub’s new targets are demons who managed to escape from Hell. Hub doesn’t remember everything about his old life, but reuniting with his family will jog some unpleasant memories about how he was condemned to Hell in the first place. This job is Hub’s second chance to redeem himself, and he’s going to take it.
Bosch: Legacy (2022)
74%
8.4/10The original Bosch was one of Prime Video’s first-ever original series. Now, after a decade-long run, Titus Welliver’s signature character, Harry Bosch, will reach the end of his story in Bosch: Legacy season 3. And Harry’s in some hot water right away because he’s under investigation for the murder of the man who kidnapped his daughter, Madeline “Maddie” Bosch (Madison Lintz).
Even if Harry beats the charges, things may not be the same again. Especially since his occasional employer, Honey “Money” Chandler (Mimi Rogers), is running to be Los Angeles’ next district attorney.
Paramount+
Happy Face (2025)
58%
6.8/10It would misstate the facts to say that Happy Face is based on true story. There is a Happy Face serial killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson (Dennis Quaid), and he does have a daughter named Melissa Moore (Annaleigh Ashford), who worked as a makeup artist. But that’s about the extent “true” that you’re going to find in this true crime story. The show veers off pretty wildly from reality after that.
After an imprisoned Keith reaches out to Melissa’s boss, TV talk show host Dr. Greg (David Harewood), Melissa is forced to publicly admit that she’s the daughter of a serial killer. Keith even promises to reveal more about one of his unsolved killings, but only to his daughter. The revelation of Melissa’s family history is going to have an adverse effect on her own family, including her husband, Ben (James Wolk), and their kids. Especially when Keith positions himself to keep Melissa in his orbit, whether she likes it or not.
Max (formerly HBO and HBO Max)
The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
89%
8.1/10Last season on The Righteous Gemstones, the titular family celebrated one of their most triumphant moments together. For the fourth and final season, Eli (John Goodman) is kind of checked out, and his adult children — Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson), and Kelvin (Adam DeVine), are all jockeying for position to inherit his mega-church empire. The Gemstones may not be united, but they may have to come together again, because there are storm clouds heading in their particular direction. And almost all of the Gemstones have a gift for making enemies who would just love to bring them down.
