{"id":323831,"date":"2026-03-11T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323831\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:22:11","slug":"29-best-tv-shows-to-watch-in-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/323831\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Best TV Shows To Watch In Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      There&#8217;s a LOT \u2014 and I mean, A LOT \u2014 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/noradominick\/best-tv-shows-of-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">great TV shows<\/a> these days, so to help with your spring planning, I&#8217;ve rounded up 29 shows that are premiering or returning in mid March to early May 2026:<\/p>\n<p>This list does not include shows that are in the middle of their current seasons, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/noradominick\/the-pitt-character-quiz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Pitt<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/noradominick\/outlander-sam-heughan-caitriona-balfe-puppy-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Outlander<\/a>, Love Story, Paradise, Memory of a Killer, High Potential, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/jemimaskelley\/which-greys-character-are-you\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/a>, 9-1-1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/noradominick\/fall-tv-preview-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Abbott Elementary<\/a>, Ghosts, and more. This list also only contains scripted TV shows. You can check out our winter TV preview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/noradominick\/winter-tv-preview-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know what shows (and movies) to watch every single week? Sign up for our Screen Time\u00a0newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/newsletters\/screen-time\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to get movie and show recommendations delivered right to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a LOT \u2014 and I mean, A LOT \u2014 of great TV shows these days, so to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[14623,156,14507,1094,111,139,69,14624,437,6297],"class_list":{"0":"post-323831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-dib-celebs","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-geekyfb","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-topical","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-tv-shows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}