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Streaming into Spring

March 2026

The Shows Everyone’s Talking About

Curated by Katie Ogletree

If your “continue watching” row has been looking a little quiet, this is the article to help you fix that. The past couple of months have been packed with buzzy new releases, surprise drops, and the return of shows you’ve been counting down to. Even as I’m writing this, some highly anticipated 2026 shows haven’t come out yet (cough, Euphoria Season 3, cough).

I t’s the season of “Did you start it yet?” texts, surprise plot twists, and late-night binges you definitely didn’t plan on. It’s the perfect storm of opening your phone to spoilers on every social platform, finding new fictional characters to obsess over, and experiencing cliffhangers that will keep your jaw dropped while you’re heading to bed. Consider this your inside scoop on what you can’t miss out on and what you’ll be talking about for the next few months! And maybe this is a hot take, but can we please go back to releasing all of the episodes at once?

His & Hers

SPOILER ALERT: This marriage is a crime scene. In this book-turned-TV-show adaptation, marriage meets mystery, and characters are telling very different versions of the same story. When an estranged news-reporter wife and small-town-detective husband get tangled up in a local murder, both sides seem oddly connected to the case, each holding back just enough to make you question if they had something to do with it. The truth starts slipping through the cracks between their “his” and “hers” accounts. He swears one thing, she insists on another, and the deeper you go with each episode, the murkier the truth gets. By the time the final episode hits and you think you’ve Scooby Doo’d the whole thing, you click to see how much time is left, and there’s still forty-something minutes to go! But one thing is for sure, you’ll never guess this ending.

Pros:

The lead actors, Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal, are the perfect coupling I didn’t know I needed. Also, Tessa Thompson’s narration was very soothing.
The series is six episodes and very fast-paced, so it’s very easy to knock out over a weekend.
The ending is so shocking that you’ll definitely remember it and keep talking about it.

Cons:

At some points, the twists were a little too much. There was a moment or two where I needed to pause, assess, and then dive back in.
All the messed-up things the couple does can get unrealistic. Most people would be out of there. But hey, that’s good television!

Where to watch: Netflix

Ali Larter as Angela, Sam Elliott as T.L., Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy, Demi Moore as Cami and Andy Garcia as Gallino the key art for Landman, season 2, streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Sophy Holland/Paramount+

Landman

I think it’s true that Taylor Sheridan doesn’t sleep. If it’s not, then I’m starting that rumor, because how can he keep up with how many shows (fantastic ones at that) he’s creating? A high-stakes drama set inside the modern oil boom in West Texas, Landman gives you a look at everyone from the laborers working the rigs to the billionaires in their penthouse offices. The second season is still just as big as the first. Billy Bob Thornton is the gift that keeps on giving with his fast-talking and quick jabs. Watching him juggle all corners of the oil business, his ex-wife turned current wife, his kids, and, in this season, his dad, played by the legendary Sam Elliot, is all you really need. If you loved Yellowstone, this show has the same energy and swagger but trades horses and ranches for hard hats and explosions. It’s a veteran cast with Jon Hamm in season one, and Demi Moore, Ali Larter, and Andy Garcia in both.

Sam Elliott as T.L. in Landman episode 10, season 2, streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+

Pro:

The stakes are always very high. It makes for a thrilling all-or-nothing resolution.

Con:

It could use more “in the field” action. We follow the family a lot, which can get tedious.

Where to Watch: Paramount+

11.22.63

Conspiracy theorists, gather around! I have a show for you. Granted, this one was released in 2016, but Netflix recently gave it a real push, and it’s been on the homepage for the last few weeks. The eight-episode miniseries follows James Franco, who plays a high school English teacher, as he time-travels back to prevent the assassination of JFK in this Stephen King adaptation. It’s labeled as a sci-fi action-adventure, but it leans more toward being a historical thriller. Every time he jumps into the portal, it takes him to 1960, so to make sure he is thorough enough, he realizes he has to live in that time period for three years, adopting a new identity and trying to stay under the radar. He eventually even locates and follows the man of the hour, Lee Harvey Oswald. The CIA, FBI, and other organizations are mentioned in such nefarious ways that you can’t help but put your tinfoil hat on. He quickly finds out that the past doesn’t want to change and pushes him back, sometimes in dangerous ways.

Pros:

If you love history and some federal tea, this fills that cup. We even get a mention of Marilyn.
It’s fast-paced and keeps the characters constantly on the move.

Cons:

The ending, even though we know how it pans out, is still sad.
Some of the time-travel rules get a little murky and confusing.

Where to Watch: Netflix

STILL AIRING

Attention: Here lies the next few shows that should have dropped the entire season, and sadly did not. So, we’re still waiting for the rest as of the time of this writing.

TELL ME LIES – Key Art. (Disney)

Tell Me Lies

We’re in the thick of the third season, and I’m still wondering what is wrong with Lucy, why I’m hoping Stephen is going to get what he deserves, and why I have a mountain of other questions. They open the show with a previous-season-two cliffhanger about the information Bree receives on her wedding day. They are still flipping between two timelines: college and 2015 (present day). It’s the type of show that makes you thank God you didn’t experience a relationship this toxic, and if you did, makes you so grateful to not still be in it (hopefully). This season is darker, heavier, and has a very intense vibe. You’re constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. (Who am I kidding? I’ve felt like this since the first season!) The show continues to have that addictive quality, like you’re watching a bad car accident, but the second another secret is exposed, or on the brink of being found out, you get a major pit in your stomach. I think after every scene where Stephen gets away with something with no repercussions, I always yell, “Are you kidding me?!”

Pros:

The acting! Each character really makes you believe they are confidently making these terrible decisions.
The secrets are very good—not too predictable!

Con: Stephen DeMarco

Where to Watch: Hulu

Dr. Robby and his three protégé receive three amublances in the bay. (Warrick Page/HBOMAX)

The Pitt

Fresh off the heels of its Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series, we start another shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center with Dr. Robby. Each episode is an hour of a fifteen-hour work shift and moves in real time with no cuts or jumps. Different cases appear in each episode, while also keeping up with the cases you become invested in throughout the season. It’s interesting because, compared to Grey’s Anatomy, where we know who is hooking up or what illness everyone has, with the team at “The Pitt,” we learn next to nothing about their personal lives. The only personal parts are how they react to certain cases and how it might take a toll on them psychologically. It also explores parts of the healthcare system no one talks about, like drop-in workers, ethical dilemmas and hard decisions they face, and even working conditions, like not having enough supplies or rooms to treat patients. It feels grittier, more real, and more grounded, and gives you that “everything is on fire” energy.

Pros:

It’s an excellent ensemble cast, so you don’t have to focus on one lead.
Some of the low-risk cases actually finish out. They don’t linger way longer than they need to.
It seems very realistic and is super immersive, showing every angle of a case.

Cons:

If you want love and romance, don’t look in this direction.
You might start to feel burnt out for the characters because the theme is overwhelming throughout.

Where to Watch: HBO Max

Bridgerton

Dearest gentle reader, it’s another season, another Bridgerton sibling, another love story. And actually, Season 4 does follow a classic love story: Cinderella. Instead of a shoe, we get a glove. Instead of a prince, we get Benedict Bridgerton. He is the carefree, can’t-be-bothered child of the bunch who isn’t interested in monogamy, let alone marriage. But, of course, he runs into a woman at a masquerade ball and is instantly taken aback. Her face is covered, she has to run away before her family gets back home, and he goes out on the town to find her. It’s all coming back to you, right? We still have some sweet scenes with the previous season’s Bridgerton sibling, Francesca, and her husband, but we have to wait for the second set of episodes to drop to find out more!

Pros:

The tension between the two main characters is great.
The show’s take on the Regency era is always great for eye candy: big dresses, big houses, big families.

Con:

Are we still pretending you can’t tell who someone is when their mask covers only their eyes?

Where to Watch: Netflix

L-R: Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda, Miles Elliot as Yuri, Kristian Ventura as Simon Elroy, Milo Manheim as Wally Clark and Nick Pugliese as Charley in School Spirits, Season 3, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Ed Araquel/Paramount+.

School Spirits

We’re heading back to Split River High School for Season 3 like we never left—because most of the characters haven’t in decades. School Spirits is a supernatural mystery drama in which we spent the first two seasons with our lead, Maddie, who is trapped in the afterlife after her mysterious death. She’s on a mission to find out what happened to her and runs into some former students who also met their untimely demise on school grounds. Season three does a switch-a-roo where one character gets trapped in limbo at the exact moment another gets out! If it’s not one thing, it’s another in this show. At this point, it’s time to transfer or graduate early.

L-R: Nick Pugliese as Charley, Ci Hang Ma as Quinn, Milo Manheim as Wally Clark and Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda in School Spirits, episode 6, season 2, streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Katie Yu/Paramount+.

Pro:

The mystery of each student’s death keeps you engaged, as does the larger picture of wondering what other secrets this school holds.

Cons:

It’s another show where supernatural rules matter, and the audience is expected to keep up with them.
They sprinkle in plenty of teenage drama, so if you’re only interested in the mystery, it might not be your favorite.

Where to Watch: Paramount+

The Beauty

Ryan Murphy is the Energizer Bunny in human form, and now he’s dropped another show. He even brought OG Evan Peters back for this one. This show has a similar vibe to The Substance, where beauty becomes contagious in a society obsessed with youth, perfection, and appearance. (Are we sure this isn’t real life?) Well, in this world, a mysterious sexually transmitted “condition” called “The Beauty” spreads across the population. If you’re lucky enough to catch it, you become physically flawless. It comes with everything on your wish list: clear skin, a perfect body, and no signs of aging. You and I both are thinking that’s a dream, right? The kicker is, people start dying in disturbing and unexplained ways, and so the conspiracy investigation begins.

Pros:

I enjoyed the social commentary exploring society’s fixation on this subject matter.
In case you couldn’t tell from this list, we love a “who dunnit?”—or, in this case, “what’s dunnit?”
It is visually stunning. I mean, we have Bella Hadid in the opening shot!

Con:

It’s a little bit of a slow burn. The first few episodes require patience.

Where to Watch: Hulu

Throwback: Desperate Housewives

We all need a comfort show—that show you can have on in the background or slightly watch while you’re cooking dinner. Some people love Friends (a personal favorite for me), The Office, and even Gilmore Girls. But here I bring you to Wisteria Lane, the picture of suburban perfection, where there are manicured lawns, spotless kitchens, and neighbors who wave politely from across the street. You quickly meet the four housewives of the neighborhood, who we follow individually and together, and learn that their lives are far messier than we realize. There’s perfectionist Bree, overwhelmed mom Lynette, glamorous Gabby, and romantic dreamer Susan. And they sprinkle in Edie, too, but only up until season five. We won’t get into that here. The show is guided through voiceover by the fifth housewife, the late Mary Alice, whose death sets the tone for the series moving forward. It’s a mix of soap opera, dark comedy, and mystery. Kind of like The Pitt, some things are introduced to us and only stick around for that episode, but for the most part, they carry things from one episode to the next, and to the next. If you get tangled up easily in multiple storylines, this might not work for you. But you will never be bored!

Pros:

These four actresses deserve all their flowers and more. The acting is great!
It’s deliciously fast-paced.
It has the perfect blend of humor and drama. Since it does lean into mystery, the wit breaks the tension nicely.

Cons: