{"id":364958,"date":"2026-04-05T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:00:08","slug":"what-to-watch-on-tv-this-week-april-5-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/364958\/","title":{"rendered":"What to watch on TV this week (April 5-11, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. Here is what\u2019s happening on TV from Sunday, April 5 to Saturday, April 11. All times are Eastern.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We return to Gilead in this follow-up to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, which boasts some familiar faces\u2014Emmy winner Ann Down is back as the devout and deeply scary Aunt Lydia\u2014but mostly new ones, including teens played by One Battle After Another\u2018s Chase Infiniti and Blue Jean\u2018s Lucy Halliday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-testaments-review-tv-hulu-chase-infiniti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read The A.V. Club\u2019s review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This sci-fi dramedy stars Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen as a married couple whose dysfunctional relationship gets even more complicated when he, the creator of a \u201cbio-agritech\u201d miniaturization device, accidentally shrinks her to just six inches tall. O-T Fagbenle, Zoe Lister-Jones, Sian Clifford, and Sofia Rosinsky also appear. Look for The A.V. Club\u2019s review on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schitt\u2019s Creek\u2018s Dan Levy partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/i-love-la-season-1-finale-recap-i-love-ny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Love LA<\/a>\u00a0creator-star Rachel Senott to concoct this family crime comedy, which finds the former playing a queer pastor who gets blackmailed into working for gangsters with his directionless sister (portrayed by Taylor Ortega). Along the way, the bickering siblings have to contend with their chaotic family, with Laurie Metcalf tackling their mother. The A.V. Club\u2019s review publishes Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Star Wars: Maul \u2013 Shadow Lord (Disney+, Monday, 3 a.m., series premiere)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Disney+\u2019s new animated series finds Maul (voiced once again by Sam Witwer) very much with revenge on the brain. The former Sith Lord is determined to rebuild his fractured criminal empire on the remote planet of Janix and takes on a new apprentice (played by Gideon Adlon) to do so. Richard Ayoade and recent Oscar nominee Wagner Moura round out the cast. Check out The A.V. Club\u2019s review on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm In The Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair (Hulu, Friday, 12 a.m., miniseries premiere)<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frankie Muniz\u2019s Malcolm is back and, much to his chagrin, so is his family. The four-part Hulu revival finds our now-grown narrator living happy with his daughter Leah (Keeley Karsten) and girlfriend Tristan (Kiana Madeira). But the upcoming 40th-wedding anniversary of his parents (played by Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston) threatens to disrupt his peace of mind.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t miss recaps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/dark-winds-recap-season-4-episode-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Winds<\/a> (AMC, Sunday, 9 p.m., season four finale)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/rooster-recap-season-1-episode-4-angry-like-an-angry-person\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rooster<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-comeback-recap-season-3-episode-2-valerie-has-a-secret\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Comeback<\/a> (HBO, Sunday, 10:32 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-fall-and-rise-of-reggie-dinkins-recap-season-1-episode-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins<\/a> (NBC, Monday, 8:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/daredevil-born-again-recap-season-2-episodes-2-and-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daredevil: Born Again<\/a> (Disney+, Tuesday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/shrinking-recap-season-3-episode-6-dereks-dont-die\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shrinking<\/a> (Apple TV, Wednesday, 12 a.m., season three finale)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/invincible-recap-season-4-episode-4-give-us-a-moment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Invincible<\/a> (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m.)<\/p>\n<p>The Boys (Prime Video, Wednesday, 3 a.m., season five premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Hacks (HBO Max, Thursday, 3 a.m., season five premiere)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/the-pitt-recap-season-2-episode-12-600-pm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Pitt<\/a> (HBO Max, Thursday, 9 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) <\/p>\n<p>Also arriving<\/p>\n<p>The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (Bravo, Sunday, 8 p.m., season seventeen premiere)<\/p>\n<p>Temptation Island (Netflix, Friday, 3 a.m., season two premiere)<\/p>\n<p>The Reunion: Laguna Beach (The Roku Channel, Friday, 3 a.m., special)<\/p>\n<p>Ending soon<\/p>\n<p>Memory Of A Killer (Fox, Monday, 9 p.m., season one finale)<\/p>\n<p>High Potential (ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m., season two finale)<\/p>\n<p>The Lady (BritBox, Wednesday, 12 a.m., series finale)<\/p>\n<p>The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple TV, Friday, 12 a.m., season two finale)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to What\u2019s On, our weekly roundup of notable shows. 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