With Netflix riding off the success of Bridgerton Season 2 and Inventing Anna, the streaming service is making no stops in providing the best of the best for television. Many network shows and originals are releasing their latest seasons on the platform in April, while others are debuting ambitious first seasons.
Here are the best TV shows arriving on Netflix in the month of April, from new and established original programming to popular shows making their return to the streaming platform.
Heartland Has More Drama Than Ever in Season 14
If viewers have already watched all of Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River, there will soon be 14 seasons of Heartland that will take some time to get through. Seasons 1-13 have been waiting for Season 14 to join them on Netflix for quite some time, and it’s finally available for streaming in April. With Season 15 on the way, this is as good a time as any to catch up on the family drama. The show is based on the novel series of the same name and follows sisters Amy and Lou Fleming on their family ranch, Heartland, where they live with their widowed grandfather, father and farmhand. The story centers around the trials and tribulations of Amy, a gifted horse trainer on the farm.
Heartland Season 14 will be available April 1.
Better Call Saul Season 5 Finally Makes Its Streaming Debut
Just in time for the Season 6 premiere, Better Call Saul Season 5 will be dropping on Netflix for viewers in desperate need of catching up. After all, it has been two years since Jimmy McGill was still on the screen, but that’s largely thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that put the show in an odd place. But fans won’t have to read recaps or search the deep parts of their memory for the events of Season 5. Fans will have a few weeks to jog their memories before Season 6 begins airing — but that all depends on the pace of binge-watching.
Season 5 continues the damaging ego of Jimmy McGill, whose character arc is known by every Breaking Bad fan, but how he’s getting there is a tragically inescapable mess. Season 5 is widely being considered Better Call Saul‘s best season, which ironically sets Jimmy’s worst of times in the series. If there’s anything people love, it’s a good person’s downfall to anti-hero border-lining villain, and Better Call Saul is taking its time with it.
Better Call Saul Season 5 will be available April 4.
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On Puts Couples on the Spot
Netflix has all the love-birds covered since Love Is Blind‘s Season 2 ending with a new show, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On. Netflix just loves putting couples’ issues on the spot, and The Ultimatum follows already established couples who are on the brink of marriage, but can’t quite reach the aisle. One partner is ready to tie the knot, and one isn’t, so The Ultimatum makes things easy for them: get married or break up for good.
Nick and Vanessa Lachey are set to host the series and revel in pulling couples apart for the sake of television. Like Love Is Blind, the first eight episodes of the series will initially debut together, followed by a season finale and a reunion episode. But will it reach the popularity that Love Is Blind has?
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On premieres April 6.
Anatomy of a Scandal is Netflix’s British Version of American Crime Story
David E. Kelley has a new vivacious drama to look out for, and given his track record with Big Little Lies, The Undoing and Nine Perfect Strangers, his new show won’t be a miss. Introduced as an anthology series, Anatomy of a Scandal will chronicle various scandals (that are even more dishonorable than those of Bridgerton) among the elite class of the United Kingdom in each season. The first season will take place as a courtroom drama where U.K. minister James Whitehouse is hit with accusations of rape and infidelity. His wife is unfortunately forced into an unpredictable position, and a barrister thrives to expose the truth in court. There’s no murder going on in the first season, but there’s definitely a murder of a reputation.
Anatomy of a Scandal premieres April 15.
Russian Doll Jumps Back in Time for Season 2
Like almost every show in 2020, Russian Doll was forced to delay its production because of COVID-19, but its finally returning with its second season this month. Created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, the show stars Lyonne as Nadia, who is stuck in a time loop on her 36th birthday, where she has to continuously experience her birthday party over and over. She meets Alan, who is also stuck in the same time loop at a different event. Together, the two try to figure out how to end the loop.
Timelines are becoming a trend in Netflix shows, similar to Archive 81, but Russian Doll does it justice. Season 1 left off with Nadia and Alan discovering each other in different timelines and trying to prevent their deaths, only for them not to know each other. The season ends with the two seemingly as friends in their respective timelines, having conquered their difficult pasts. The episode also reveals that there may be more timelines than Nadia knows about.
Russian Doll Season 2 premieres April 20.
Grace and Frankie Go Out With a Bang in Season 7
Fans will have to say goodbye to Grace and Frankie as they grace Netflix’s screen for the last time on April 27. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as the titular characters, who confide in each other after their husbands left them to marry each other. It’ll be a milestone for Netflix, as Grace and Frankie is its longest original show. Seven years after their husbands left them, Grace and Frankie are still living their unapologetic lives as partners-in-crime and twice-over entrepreneurs while navigating romances and family drama.
Grace and Frankie Season 7 premieres April 27.
Ozark Comes to an End With Season 4, Part 2
Ozark is ending its final season this month with Part 2 of Season 4, which left a lot of messes to clean up and plenty of hard lessons to learn. The final part will presumably focus on Ruth Langmore, who is the center of Part 2’s teaser, and she deserves the spotlight. Her life hasn’t been easy, and she’s arguably the most well-rounded character with some goodness left in her.
Part 1 leaves off with the Byrdes, Omar Navarro, his nephew Javi and the FBI working out a deal. But Javi’s getting a little too ambitious with his power, and kills newlyweds Darlene Snell and Wyatt Langmore. When Ruth discovers their dead bodies, she vows to seek vengeance against Javi, even if Marty and Wendy gravely advise her against doing so. Part 2 will also answer the biggest question of them all: Did anyone survive the car crash from the beginning of Part 1, and who was behind it?
Ozark Season 4, Part 2 premieres April 27.
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