MUST-WATCH TITLES FOR APRIL
April 14 – GAME OF THRONES *Season 8 Premiere* (Sundays at 9 p.m. ET)
- GAME OF THRONES, the most-watched series in HBO history and a worldwide TV phenomenon, returns for its six-episode, eighth and final season. Based on the popular book series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin, the Emmy®-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom. The series’ ensemble cast includes Emilia Clarke, Kit Harrington, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Liam Cunningham, and more.
April 5 – DOOM PATROL *Series Premiere* (New episodes drop on Fridays)
- Based on the DC characters originally written and drawn by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, and Bruno Premiani, new episodes of the all-new superhero series DOOM PATROL stream Fridays on Crave, following their premiere on Space. The series follows a group of super-powered outsiders who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. The heroic members of DOOM PATROL include Robotman a.k.a. Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser), Negative Man a.k.a. Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer), Elasti-Woman a.k.a. Rita Farr (April Bowlby), and Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero).
HIGHLIGHTS
April 5 – WARRIOR *Series Premiere* (Fridays at 11 p.m. ET)
- Based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, WARRIOR is a new series from CINEMAX that’s set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th The gritty, action-packed crime drama follows a martial arts prodigy who emigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful organized crime families. The fast-paced series stars Andrew Koji, Kieran Bew, Olivia Cheng, Dianne Doan, and Langley Kirkwood.
April 6 – NATIVE SON *HBO Original Film Premiere* (10 p.m. ET)
- Based on the classic novel by Richard Wright, NATIVE SON is directed by first-time director and renowned visual artist Rashid Johnson from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. The film tells the story of Bigger Thomas (Ashton Sanders), a young African-American living in Chicago who is hired as a chauffeur for affluent businessman Will Dalton (Bill Camp). As Thomas enters this seductive new world of money and power, he faces unforeseen choices and perilous circumstances that will alter the course of his life forever. The cast also includes Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Elizabeth Marvel, David Alan Grier, and Sanaa Lathan.
April 7 – THE CHI *Season 2 Premiere* (Sundays at 10 p.m. ET)
- Created and executive produced by Emmy-winner Lena Waithe, THE CHI is centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Shot entirely in its namesake city, THE CHI explores the people behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago and their collective yearning to overcome societal roadblocks. The ensemble cast includes Jason Mitchell, Jacob Latimore, Alex R. Hibbert, Yolonda Ross, and Tiffany Boone, with recurring series roles from Sonja Sohn, Jahking Guillory, and Steven Williams.
April 12 – BLACKKKLANSMAN *Movie Premiere*
- From Oscar®-winning director Spike Lee and the production team behind the Academy-Award® winning film GET OUT, BLACKKKLANSMAN follows Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department, as he teams up with his seasoned colleague Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
April 13 – The Resurgence: DeMarcus Cousins *SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Premiere* (8 p.m. ET)
- Directed by Mitchell Hooper, this new sports documentary steps into the mind of NBA superstar Demarcus Cousins as he suffers an injury that has been career ending for many NBA players. The documentary features interviews with Cousins’ current and former teammates like Isaiah Thomas, Matt Barnes, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green, and former coaches.
April 19 – CRAZY RICH ASIANS *Movie Premiere*
- From director Jon M. Chu, a Chinese-American professor (Constance Wu) is surprised in more ways than one when she visits her boyfriend’s family in Singapore and discovers they are one of the richest families in the country. CRAZY RICH ASIANS is this century’s first film from a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent including Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh.
April 19 – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again *Movie Premiere*
- Five years after learning the truth about why she has never had a relationship with her father, the film follows Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) as she prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna in Greece and discovers more about her mother Donna’s life.
April 20 – BOSCH *Season 5 Premiere*
- In the 10-episode new season, which drops all at once on April 20, Bosch finds himself seeking the truth fifteen months after bringing his mother’s killer to justice. New evidence in an old case leaves everyone wondering whether Bosch planted evidence to convict the wrong guy, and a murder at a Hollywood pharmacy exposes a sophisticated opioid pill mill, sending Bosch down a dark and perilous path in pursuit of the killers.
April 20 – ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH *Crave Original Documentary Premiere* (9 p.m. ET)
- A cinematic overview of humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH is a feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal,Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky. Four years in the making, the documentary explores the extremity of human industrialization and how our mania for conquest defines our relationship with the Earth. From massive concrete seawalls in China to mining operations in Germany, state-of-the-art camera techniques document our human footprint in astonishing scale and perspective.
April 22 – GENTLEMAN JACK *HBO Limited Series Premiere* (10 p.m. ET)
- Created, written, and co-directed by BAFTA Award winner Sally Wainwright, GENTLEMAN JACK tells the story of a woman who had a passion for life and a mind for business, and bucked society’s expectations at every turn. Set in the complex, changing world of 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire, the cradle of the evolving Industrial Revolution, real-life English landowner Anne Lister (Suranne Jones) is determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, by reopening the coal mines and marrying well. The story examines Lister’s relationships with her family, servants, tenants, and industrial rivals and, most importantly, her would-be wife Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle). Based in historical fact, the real-life Anne Lister’s story was recorded in the four million words of her diaries, and the most intimate details of her life, once hidden in a secret code, have been decoded and revealed for the series.
April 22 – SHARKWATER EXTINCTION *Crave Original Documentary Premiere* (9 p.m. ET)
- Investigating the corrupt pirate fishing trade and illegal shark fin industry, the Crave Original Documentary Sharkwater Extinction is the final work by late filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart and D Films.
COMPLETE LISTINGS
HBO Programming (Available on Crave + HBO + Movies)
WARRIOR, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (April 5 at 11 p.m. ET)
WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS, Season 2, Episode 1 *Season Premiere* (April 5 at 11 p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 11 (April 5, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
NATIVE SON (April 6 at 10 p.m. ET)
BARRY, Season 2, Episode 2 (April 7 at 10 p.m. ET)
VEEP, Season 7, Episode 2 (April 7 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 7 (April 7 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
WARRIOR, Season 1, Episode 2 (April 12 at 11 p.m. ET)
WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS, Season 2, Episode 2 (April 12 at 11 p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 12 (April 12, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
GAME OF THRONES, Season 8, Episode 1 *Season Premiere* (April 14 at 9 p.m. ET)
BARRY, Season 2, Episode 3 (April 14 at 10 p.m. ET)
VEEP, Season 7, Episode 3 (April 14 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 8 (April 14 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
WARRIOR, Season 1, Episode 3 (April 19 at 11 p.m. ET)
WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS, Season 2, Episode 3 (April 19 at 11 p.m. ET)
GAME OF THRONES, Season 8, Episode 2 (April 21 at 9 p.m. ET)
BARRY, Season 2, Episode 4 (April 21 at 10 p.m. ET)
VEEP, Season 7, Episode 4 (April 21 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 9 (April 21 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
GENTLEMAN JACK, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (April 22 at 10 p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 13 (April 26, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
WARRIOR, Season 1, Episode 4 (April 26 at 11 p.m. ET)
WYATT CENAC’S PROBLEM AREAS, Season 2, Episode 4 (April 26 at 11 p.m. ET)
GAME OF THRONES, Season 8, Episode 3 (April 28 at 9 p.m. ET)
BARRY, Season 2, Episode 5 (April 28 at 10:25 p.m. ET)
VEEP, Season 7, Episode 5 (April 28 at 11:00 p.m. ET)
GENTLEMAN JACK, Season 1, Episode 2 (April 29 at 10 p.m. ET)
SHOWTIME Programming (Available on Crave):
THE CHI, Season 2, Episode 1 *Season Premiere* (April 4 at 12:01 a.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 7 (April 4 at 11 p.m. ET)
ACTION, Season 1, Episode 3 (April 7 at 8 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 4 (April 7 at 9 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 8 (April 11 at 11 p.m. ET)
THE RESURGENCE: DEMARCUS COUSINS (April 13 at 8 p.m. ET)
ACTION, Season 1, Episode 4 *Season Finale* (April 14 at 8 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 5 (April 14 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE CHI, Season 2, Episode 2 (April 14 at 10 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 9 (April 18 at 11 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 6 (April 21 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE CHI, Season 2, Episode 3 (April 21 at 10 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 7(April 28 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE CHI, Season 2, Episode 4 (April 28 at 10 p.m. ET)
Movies (Available on Crave + Movies + HBO):
I AM RICHARD PRYOR (April 1 at 9 p.m. ET)
CHIEN DE GARDE (April 2)
ZOMBIE AT 17 (April 4)
THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (April 5)
THE DARKEST MINDS (April 5)
MEAN QUEEN (April 11)
THE LONG DUMB ROAD (April 12)
BLACKKKLANSMAN (April 12)
HENCHMEN (April 18)
SHOW DOGS (April 19)
MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN (April 19)
CRAZY RICH ASIANS (April 19)
THE SON OF BIGFOOT (April 19)
PRODIGALS (April 25)
AT FIRST LIGHT (April 26)
VENOM (April 26)
STARZ Programming (Available as part of the STARZ add-on to Crave):
NURSE JACKIE, Seasons 1 – 7 (April 1)
BEEBA BOYS (April 1)
AWAY FROM HER (April 1)
THE RED VIOLIN (April 2)
MARION BRIDGE (April 3)
COSMOPOLIS (April 3)
THE ACT, Season 1, Episode 4 (April 3)
THE CULTURE HIGH (April 4)
PICTURE DAY (April 4)
BORN IN EAST LA (April 4)
POWER, Season 5 (April 5)
MAGIC CITY, Season 1-2 (April 5)
I LOVE YOU, AMERICA, Season 1-2 (April 5)
OTHER HALF (April 5)
UNLESS (April 5)
ROGER WATERS: THE WALL (April 5)
50 TO 1 (April 5)
RIDE WITH THE DEVIL (April 5)
THE SKELETON TWINS (April 5)
THE INTERVIEW (April 5)
NIGHTCAP, Season 1-2 (April 5)
BUFFALO ’66 (April 5)
AMERICAN PSYCHO (April 5)
DIRTY DANCING (April 5)
PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (April 5)
TREES LOUNGE (April 5)
BEAUTIFUL BOY (April 5)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 5 (April 7)
THE ACT, Season 1, Episode 5 (April 10 at 6 a.m. ET)
MANHATTAN, Season 1-2 (April 12)
WILDFIRE, Season 1-4 (April 12)
THE UNBORN (April 12)
CRASH (April 12)
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (April 12)
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (April 12)
SEARCH PARTY (April 12)
THE GREEN HORNET (April 12)
MONSTER’S BALL (April 12)
BAD LIEUTENANT (April 12)
WAR (April 12)
THE WINNING SEASON (April 12)
EULOGY (April 12)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 6 (April 14)
THE ACT, Season 1, Episode 6 (April 17 at 6 a.m. ET)
DIMENSION 404, Season 1 (April 19)
GRAVES, Season 1-2 (April 19)
JERRY MAGUIRE (April 19)
THE THING (1982) (April 19)
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX (April 19)
RIO (April 19)
RIO 2 (April 19)
BRING IT ON (April 19)
ROCK THE KASBAH (April 19)
RESERVOIR DOGS (April 19)
FIERCE PEOPLE (April 19)
SUICIDE KINGS (April 19)
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS (April 19)
HIGH TENSION (April 19)
WONDERLAND (April 19)
CONFIDENCE (April 19)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 7 (April 21)
THE ACT, Season 1, Episode 7 (April 24 at 6 a.m. ET)
BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (April 25)
HOUDINI, Season 1 (April 26)
HOMEFRONT (April 26)
LET ME IN (April 26)
IRRATIONAL MAN (April 26)
OCEAN’S 13 (April 26)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (April 26)
THE EXPENDABLES (April 26)
EVE’S BAYOU (April 26)
THE FINAL CUT (April 26)
FRAILTY (April 26)
W. (April 26)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 8 (April 28)
Spotlight on Canada:
POP LIFE, Season 1-3 (April 5)
ENGRAVED ON A NATION (April 5)
DOG TALES RESCUE, Season 1 (April 12)
WHERE TO I DO? Season 1 (April 12)
YOU ME HER, Season 4, Episode 1 *Season Premiere* (April 14 at 11 p.m. ET)*
ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH (April 20 at 9 p.m. ET)
SHARKWATER EXTINCTION (April 22 at 9 p.m. ET)
YOU ME HER, Season 4, Episode 2 (April 21 at 11 p.m. ET)
JANN, Season 1, Episode 2-6 (April 26)
YOU ME HER, Season 4, Episode 3 (April 28 at 11 p.m. ET)*
New Kids’ Programming (Available on Crave):
DELILAH & JULIUS, Season 1-2 (April 5)
POTATOES & DRAGONS, Season 1-2 (April 12)
THE HILARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN, Season 1 (April 19)
SHOW DOGS (April 19)
FIREMAN SAM, Season 8 (April 19)
MAGI-NATION, Seasons 1 and 2 (April 26)
Worth Watching (Available on Crave):
DOOM PATROL, Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 (April 5)
ALI SIDDIQ: IT’S BIGGER THAN THESE BARS (April 5)
NATHAN FOR YOU, Season 4 (April 5)
KING IN THE WILDERNESS (April 5)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 12 (April 5 at 8 p.m. ET)
DOOM PATROL, Season 1, Episode 3 (April 12)
ANDRE THE GIANT (April 12)
PATERNO (April 12)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 13 (April 12 at 8 p.m. ET)
DOOM PATROL, Season 1, Episode 4 (April 19)
F*CK THAT’S DELICIOUS 420 Special (April 19)
RELLIK, Season 1 (April 19)
I AM EVIDENCE (April 19)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 14 *Season Finale* (April 19 at 8 p.m. ET)
BOSCH, Season 5 (April 20)
SHARKWATER EXTINCTION (April 22 at 9 p.m. ET)
DOOM PATROL, Season 1, Episode 5 (April 26)
Last Chance Programming:
ERIC CLAPTON: PLANES, TRAINS & ERIC (April 7)
3 GENERATIONS (April 11)
JOHN WICK 2 (April 11)
THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT (April 14)
MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL (April 16)
VEGAS RAT RODS (April 16)
THE UP IN SMOKE TOUR (April 19)
GIFTED (April 19)
ROUGH NIGHT (April 19)
MUNE: GUARDIAN OF THE MOON (April 25)
WONDER WOMAN (April 28)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL (April 30)
A MURDERER UPSTAIRS (April 30)
MY COUSIN RACHEL (April 30)
TAKEDOWN: THE DNA OF GSP (April 30)
THE AMERICAN (April 30)
ANGEL EYES (April 30)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (April 30)
BRAZIL (April 30)
BROTHERS (April 30)
BULLIT (April 30)
COOL HAND LUKE (April 30)
THE DEER HUNTER (April 30)
THE DEVIL’S OWN (April 30)
THE DIRTY DOZEN (April 30)
THE ENGLISH PATIENT (April 30)
EVAN ALMIGHTY (April 30)
EXECUTIVE DECISION (April 30)
FALLING DOWN (April 30)
GROUNDHOG DAY (April 30)
HOW THE WEST WAS WON (April 30)
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (April 30)
LOLA (April 30)
LONDON BOULEVARD (April 30)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY (April 30)
MONEY TRAIN (April 30)
MUSIC AND LYRICS (April 30)
OBSESSED (April 30)
THE PLEDGE (April 30)
RIGHTEOUS KILL (April 30)
RUNNING ON EMPTY (April 30)
SAVING SILVERMAN (April 30)
SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (April 30)
SOUL PLANE (April 30)
STARMAN (April 30)
STIR CRAZY (April 30)
SUPER (April 30)
THE SWEETEST THING (April 30)
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (April 30)