TV Show Excited to Watch in 2021（5）

The Serpent

Netflix, April 2

True -rime fans, think you know about all the major serial killers? Think again. Maybe you know about all of the serial killers whose killing sprees took place in America, but this BBC-Netflix co-production tells the story of Charles Sobhraj who murdered tourists along Southeast Asia's Hippie Trail in the '70s.

Atlantic Crossing

PBS, April 4

This PBS Masterpiece series tells the story of the relationship between Norwegian Crown Princess M�rtha and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (played by Sofia Helin and Kyle MacLachlan), as he took the royal and her family into the White House as the Nazis occupied Norway, and how she influenced his political involvement in WWII.

Birdgirl

Adult Swim, April 4

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is getting a reboot of sorts. The new animated series returns to the same ridiculous corporate workplace as the original, Sebben & Sebben, where Judy Ken Sebben (who moonlights as the superhero Birdgirl) becomes CEO and must find a way to balance her day job with her super nights.

Gangs of London

AMC, April 4

This thriller series co-created by Gareth Evans (The Raid movies, Apostle) aired to acclaim on Sky in the UK back in spring 2020. After a stint streaming on AMC , the show about international crime families fighting for power when one major mob boss is assassinated is finally hitting the air.

Hemingway

PBS, April 5

Ken Burns' latest subject is none other than literary legend Ernest Hemingway. The three-part documentary not only delves into the writer's iconic career, but the mythology and tragedy behind his life.

Chad

TBS, April 6

Chad is a coming-of-age comedy about a 14-year-old Persian-American boy navigating his first year of high school. Created by SNL alum Nasim Pedrad, the show has a bit of an unconventional twist, as she also plays the titular Chad, a la PEN15.

Exterminate All the Brutes

HBO, April 7

I Am Not Your Negro filmmaker Raoul Peck's latest is a four-part docuseries that's pieced together with new documentary material, archival footage, animation, and recreated scenes to examine just how exploitative and devastating the effects of European colonialism was on the globe and indigenous peoples.

Kung Fu

The CW, April 7

Remember the David Carradine '70s classic Kung Fu? It's getting the reboot treatment—CW style. The new show is lead by Olivia Liang as a young woman who drops out of college and leaves her home of Oakland to study martial arts in a Chinese monastery. Like the original, though, when she returns home and discovers her Shaolin mentor has been murdered, she sets out for revenge (all the while putting her new skills to use in keeping her hometown safe).