March madness hits Crave this month with a blockbuster slate of new programming from HBO and SHOWTIME®, all-new Hollywood-hit movies, plus all-new series and classic movies from STARZ which becomes available directly to Canadians as an add-on to Crave beginning the week of March 4.
On deck for March: the highly anticipated final season of HBO’s VEEP, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her six-time Emmy®-winning role; Season 2 of HBO’s award-winning comedy series BARRY starring Bill Hader and Henry Winkler; headline-making HBO documentaries LEAVING NEVERLAND, THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, and THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED; Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis return with Season 4 of SHOWTIME’s hit drama BILLIONS; from STARZ, the new comedy series from iconic indie filmmakers Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh NOW APOCALYPSE premieres; the Crave original documentary THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES debuts; and all-new film premieres include Skyscraper, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and The Meg.
- HBO’s Emmy®-winning comedy series VEEP returns for its seven-episode, seventh and final season on Sunday, March 31. The series stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former vice president – and president – Selina Meyer as she hits the campaign trail to try and get back into the Oval Office. The ensemble cast also includes: Tony Hale as Gary, Meyer’s devoted body-man; Anna Chlumsky as Amy, her right hand; Matt Walsh as Mike, her former spokesperson; Reid Scott as the ultra-ambitious Dan; Timothy C. Simons as Jonah Ryan, a former hanger-on turned congressman; Kevin Dunn as Ben, her campaign manager; Gary Cole as analyst Kent; Sam Richardson as staffer Richard; and Sarah Sutherland as her daughter Catherine.
- After taking home three Emmy Awards in 2018 – including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Bill Hader) and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Henry Winkler) – HBO’s dark comedy series BARRY returns for Season 2 on Sunday, March 31. Created by Hader and Alec Berg, the series stars Hader in the title role as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest who finds himself drawn into a community of acting students while on a hit job in Los Angeles.
- Following its recent premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, director Dan Reed’s, two-part documentary LEAVING NEVERLAND debuts Sunday, March 3, followed by part two on Monday, March 4. Described as “harrowing…and admirably thorough” by The Hollywood Reporter, the controversial film explores the separate but parallel experiences of two young boys – James “Jimmy” Safechuk and Wade Robson – who were both befriended by Michael Jackson and invited into his wondrous world, entranced by the singer’s fairytale existence as his career reached its peak.
- From Oscar®-winning director Alex Gibney, (GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF) the new documentary and official 2019 Sundance Film Festival selection THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY premieres Monday, March 18. The film examines the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world whose healthcare technology Theranos was once valued at $9 billion. The film also explores the psychology of deception behind Silicon Valley’s “fake it till you make it” mindset.
- Picking up where the hit podcast Serial left off in 2014, HBO’s new four-part documentary series THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED premieres Sunday, March 10, exploring the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed. Academy Award®-nominated director Amy Berg brings a fresh eye to the murder case and trial and offers interviews with key players who were not featured in the original podcast.
- When everyone is out for revenge, no one is safe. SHOWTIME’s hit drama series BILLIONS, starring Emmy® and Golden Globe winners Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, returns for Season 4, Sunday, March 17. In the new season, former enemies Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti), and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), the chief counselor to each, have come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals, including Grigor Andolov (guest star John Malkovich) and Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon). Guest stars this season include Samantha Mathis, Kevin Pollak, Jade Eshete, and Nina Arianda. Catch-up on Seasons 1- 3 of BILLIONS on Crave.
- Also new from SHOWTIME, the four-part sports documentary series ACTION explores the legalization of sports gambling and premieres on Sunday, March 24. Peeling back the curtain on a once-taboo industry during its most critical juncture, ACTION chronicles the lives of professional gamblers, bookies, and oddsmakers throughout the 2018 NFL season following the Supreme Court decision to lift a ban on sports betting.
- From iconic indie filmmakers Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh, the new STARZ comedy series NOW APOCALYPSE premieres Sunday, March 10. The series, an official selection of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, will be available directly to consumers as part of the new STARZ add-on to Crave which launches the week of March 4. The colourful comedy, which The Hollywood Reporter says is “sure to be a cult favourite,” follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia), who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled, as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on…or if he’s just smoking too much weed. Araki co-wrote the series with author and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino (creator and host of SLUTEVER which is also available on Crave).
- STARZ subscribers can also look out for the 10-part documentary series AMERICA TO ME from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams). Debuting Sunday, March 10, the series follows a diverse group of students from Chicago’s Oak Park and River Forest High School, raising complex and controversial issues such as the effects of race and privilege.
- On Friday, March 8, International Women’s Day, the Crave Original Documentary THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES debuts following a limited theatrical run. The documentary that tells the unknown story of Canadian biologist Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, who, in 1956 at the age of 23, was the first person to study animal behavior in South Africa’s wilderness.
- Crave launches the all-new WOW! High School Hall Pass Collection on March 8, offering a curated collection of teen programming just in time for March Break. Featuring a number of digital series, and with more content being added in coming months, titles launching this month include: LOSER FOR PRESIDENT, THE GIRL WITHOUT A PHONE, THIRTEEN, ASK ME ABOUT MY SHIRT, ROXANNE & THE SLAM POET’S SOCIETY, LOCKER COMBO, CHEERLEADERS IN CHESS CLUB, WONDERLAND HIGH, and more.
- Hollywood-hit movie premieres in March include: Skyscraper (March 8); Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (March 9); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (March 15); Searching (March 15); The Meg (March 22); White Boy Rick (March 29); and The Equalizer 2 (March 29).
The entire March lineup for Crave, Crave + Movies + HBO, and the STARZ add-on to Crave is listed below. Program assets including episode synopses and images are available at BellMedia.ca/pr.
New HBO Programming (Available on Crave + Movies + HBO):
THE SHOP, Season 1, Episode 4 (March 1 at 10:25 p.m. ET)
STRIKE BACK, Season 6, Episode 6 (March 1 at 11p.m. ET)
2 DOPE QUEENS, Season 2 Episode 4 (March 2 at 12 a.m. ET)
CRASHING, Season 3, Episode 7 (March 3 at 10 p.m. ET)
HIGH MAINTENANCE, Season 3, Episode 7 (March 3 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 3 (March 3, live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
STRIKE BACK, Season 6, Episode 7 (March 8 at 11p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 7 (March 8, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
CRASHING, Season 3, Episode 8 *Season Finale* (March 10 at 10 p.m. ET)
HIGH MAINTENANCE, Season 3, Episode 8 (March 10 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 4 (March 10 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
STRIKE BACK, Season 6, Episode 8 (March 15 at 11p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 8 (March 15, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
HIGH MAINTENANCE, Season 3, Episode 9 *Season Finale* (March 17 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 5 (March 17 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY (March 18 at 9 p.m. ET)
STRIKE BACK, Season 6, Episode 9 (March 22 at 11p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 9 (March 22, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
ONE NATION UNDER STRESS (March 25 at 9 p.m. ET)
STRIKE BACK, Season 6, Episode 10 (March 29 at 11p.m. ET)
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 17, Episode 10 (March 29, live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 6, Episode 6 (March 31 live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning at 6 a.m. ET)
SHOWTIME Programming (Available on Crave):
THE CIRCUS, Season 4A, Episode 6 (March 3 at 8 p.m. ET)
BLACK MONDAY, Season 1, Episode 6 (March 3 at 10 p.m. ET)
SMILF, Season 2, Episode 6 (March 3 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 3 (March 7 at 11 p.m. ET)
THE CIRCUS, Season 4A, Episode 7 (March 10 at 8 p.m. ET)
BLACK MONDAY, Season 1, Episode 7 (March 10 at 10 p.m. ET)
SMILF, Season 2, Episode 7 (March 10 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 4 (March 14 at 11 p.m. ET)
THE CIRCUS, Season 4A, Episode 8 (March 17 at 8 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 1 *Season Premiere* (March 17 at 9 p.m. ET)
BLACK MONDAY, Season 1, Episode 8 (March 17 at 10 p.m. ET)
SMILF, Season 2, Episode 8 (March 17 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 5 (March 21 at 11 p.m. ET)
FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (March 23 at 9 p.m. ET)
ACTION, Episode 1 (March 24 at 8 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 2 (March 24 at 9 p.m. ET)
BLACK MONDAY, Season 1, Episode 9 (March 24 at 10 p.m. ET)
SMILF, Season 2, Episode 9 (March 24 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
DESUS & MERO, Season 1, Episode 6 (March 28 at 11 p.m. ET)
ACTION, Episode 2 (March 31 at 8 p.m. ET)
BILLIONS, Season 4, Episode 3 (March 31 at 9 p.m. ET)
BLACK MONDAY, Season 1, Episode 10 (March 31 at 10 p.m. ET)
SMILF, Season 2, Episode 10 (March 31 at 10:30 p.m. ET)
STARZ Series and Films (Available as part of the STARZ add-on to Crave):
The Breakfast Club (March 1)
BLACK SAILS, Season 2-4 (March 5)
DAVINCI’S DEMONS, Season 2-3 (March 5)
DAN VS., Season 2-3 (March 5)
POWER, Season 2-4 (March 5)
SURVIVOR’S REMORSE, Season 3-4 (March 5)
Big Trouble in Little China (March 8)
Patch Adams (March 8)
This Is 40 (March 8)
Sixteen Candles (March 8)
Do the Right Thing (March 8)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (March 10 at 8 p.m. ET)
NOW APOCALYPSE, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (March 10 at 10 p.m. ET)
My Best Friend’s Wedding (March 15)
American Graffiti (March 15)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 2 (March 17 at 8 p.m. ET)
NOW APOCALYPSE, Season 1, Episode 2 (March 17 at 10 p.m. ET)
Step Brothers (March 22)
Les Miserables (March 22)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (March 22)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 3 (March 24 at 8 p.m. ET)
NOW APOCALYPSE, Season 1, Episode 3 (March 24 at 10 p.m. ET)
AMERICA TO ME, Season 1, Episode 4 (March 31 at 8 p.m. ET)
NOW APOCALYPSE, Season 1, Episode 4 (March 31 at 10 p.m. ET)
Movies (Available on Crave + Movies + HBO):
Alpha (March 1)
The First Purge (March 2)
Lemonade (March 7)
Skyscraper (March 9)
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (March 9)
What Keeps You Alive (March 14)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (March 16)
Searching (March 15)
The Meg (March 23)
White Boy Rick (March 29)
The Equalizer 2 (Match 30)
Spotlight on Canada (Available on Crave):
THE LAUNCH, Season 2, Episode 6 *Season Finale* (March 6 at 9 p.m. ET)
THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES (March 8)
Worth Watching (Available on Crave):
GOATFACE (March 1)
THE ROYALS, Season 4 (March 1)
NOTES FROM THE FIELD (March 1)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 7 (March 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 32, Episodes 127-131 (March 5)
SLUTEVER, Season 2, Episode 4 (March 3 at 10 p.m. ET)
I AM THE NIGHT (March 8)
BIG QUESTIONS AND HUGE ANSWERS WITH JON DORE (March 8)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 8 (March 8 at 8 p.m. ET)
SLUTEVER, Season 2, Episode 5 (March 10 at 10 p.m. ET)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 32, Episodes 132-136 (March 12)
THE PIZZA SHOW, Season 1-2 (March 14)
RON FUNCHES: GIGGLE FIT (March 15)
DIFFICULT PEOPLE, Season 1-3 (March 15)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 9 (March 15 at 8 p.m. ET)
SLUTEVER, Season 2, Episode 6 (March 17 at 10 p.m. ET)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 32, Episodes 137-141 (March 19)
MOST EXPENSIVEST, Season 2 (March 22)
ROY WOOD JR: NO ONE LOVES YOU (March 22)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 10 (March 22)
SLUTEVER, Season 2, Episode 7 (March 24 at 10 p.m. ET)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 32, Episodes 142-144 (March 26)
BROAD CITY, Season 5 (March 29)
TEMPTAION ISLAND, Season 1 (March 29)
F*CK THAT’S DELICIOUS, Season 2B (March 29)
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Season 2, Episode 11 (March 29)
SLUTEVER, Season 2, Episode 8 *Season Finale* (March 31 at 10 p.m. ET)
New Kids’ Programming (Available on Crave):
TELETUBBIES EVERYWHERE Season 1-2 (March 1)
LOSER FOR PRESIDENT, Season 1 (March 8)
THE GIRL WITHOUT A PHONE, Season 1 (March 8)
THIRTEEN (March 8)
ASK ME ABOUT MY SHIRT (March 8)
ROXANNE & THE SLAM POET’S SOCIETY (March 8)
LOCKER COMBO (March 8)
CHEERLEADERS IN CHESS CLUB, Season 1-2 (March 8)
WONDERLAND HIGH (March 8)
ANIMAL MECHANICALS, Season 3 (March 22)
MONA THE VAMPIRE, Season 3-4 (March 29)
URBAN VERMIN, Season 1 (March 15)
ANIMAL MECHANICALS, Season 3 (March 22)
LAST CHANCE PROGRAMMING:
MONTY PYTHON: THE MEANING OF LIFE (March 10)
MONTY PYTHON’S BEST BITS (MOSTLY) (March 10)
MAYDAY, Season 10 (March 11)
Get Out (March 11)
Going in Style (March 10)
CRIES FROM SYRIA (March 12)