March TV features the long-awaited debuts of Halo and Moon Knight

March has decided to come in swinging with an abundance of new TV shows. The month continues , starting with Hulu’s The Dropout, about Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos debacle, and Peacock’s Joe Vs. Carole, which delves back into mania. It’s also a big month for video game fans, as the long-awaited Halo adaptation will finally debut on Paramount+. Plus, Netflix’s and Prime Video’s serve up animated spin-offs with Human Resources and The Boys: Diabolical.In addition, some big-name movie stars take to the small screen in March: Samuel L. Jackson leads Apple TV+ drama The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey, while Renée Zellweger stars as Pam Hupp in NBC’s true-crime limited series The Thing About Pam. Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway team up as WeWork founder Adam Neumann and his wife Rebecca for Apple TV+’s WeCrashed. Finally, Oscar Isaac ventures into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Marc Spector a.k.a. .

This limited series casts Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, the titular college dropout turned Silicon Valley billionaire (and convicted fraudster), who overpromised and disastrously underdelivered supposedly revolutionary blood-testing technology through her company Theranos. The Dropout is based on the Rebecca Jarvis podcast of the same name, but Holmes’ feel-good success story turned cautionary tale has also spawned a new Adam McKay film and an. Seyfried, who memorably took over for the Joe Vs. Carole-bound Kate McKinnon as the image-hawking Holmes, is backed by a stellar cast, including Stephen Fry, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Laurie Metcalf, William H. Macy, Sam Waterson, Alan Ruck, and Naveen Andrews, whose characters all find themselves enmeshed in the Theranos founder’s ambitious web of self-promoting lies. [Dennis Perkins]

Like it or not, pop culture will seemingly never move on from Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, and the whole saga. As if and a spin-off, The Doc Antle Story, weren’t enough, Peacock’s new limited series depicts the criminal case against Exotic, who’s now in prison after being convicted of murder for hire. Created by Etan Frankel, Joe Vs. Carole stars John Cameron Mitchell as the infamous Exotic. In the trailer, Kate McKinnon sports Baskin’s long blonde hair, uses her famous catchphrase, “Hey, all you cool cats and kittens,” and declares war against her nemesis. The seven-part drama is based on the second season of the Over My Dead Body podcast. All episodes will release together. [Saloni Gajjar]

“You’ve got, like, amnesia? That is awesome!,” blurts an Aussie local in the trailer for this HBO Max limited series. Belfast’s Jamie Dornan plays a guy whose head injury casts him blearily adrift in a dusty Australian town where an intrepid local cop (Danielle Macdonald) helps to uncover just who he is, and why her outback town is suddenly swarming with shady types (including Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) gunning for Dornan’s head. The trailer tosses some telling references (Duel, The Cars That Ate Paris, Buried) into the tried and true “amnesiac hero” mix, while Dornan looks appropriately battered and confused as things blow up all around him. Created by Harry and Jack Williams, who toyed around with the mystery-thriller genre in , The Tourist looks poised to deliver twists and turns aplenty, with Dornan’s fate ultimately resting as much on entertaining swerves as on discovering its protagonist’s buried secrets. [Dennis Perkins]

Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote star as mother-daughter duo Laura Oliver and Andrea “Andy” Oliver in this eight-episode crime thriller, based on Karin Slaughter’s 2018 book of the same name. A deadly mass shooting occurs at a local diner, where the two are celebrating Andy’s 30th birthday. Laura shocks everyone when she puts an end to the threat. Her fearless actions to protect her daughter land her on the national news, and cause shady figures from her past to reappear. She then forces Andy to go on the run with very specific instructions. While on the journey, Andy unravels Laura’s past, piecing together long-buried truths about her family. [Saloni Gajjar]

The dark and violent anti-heroic superhero world of gets an even more irreverent spin-off in this animated anthology from series producers Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg. Rogen has claimed that the narrative-adjacent worlds of The Animatrix were the inspiration to set this eight-episode season of animated tales in the same “superheroes, but dicks” universe as the hit Amazon series. And he, Goldberg, and Kripke have assembled a truly impressive super-team to pen these original stories, from Nasim Pedrad, Ilana Glazer, and Rick And Morty’s Justin Roiland, to Andy Samberg and Aisha Tyler. The trailer hints at a vibrantly filthy dark-comic book palette, filled with graphic violence, gross-out bodily functions, and all the haymaker corporate satire The Boys is known for. [Dennis Perkins]

Seven years after the hilarious Cougar Town came to an end, Courteney Cox leads Starz’s haunted house horror-comedy Shining Vale. She plays former party girl and author Pat Phelps, who hasn’t written anything since her last raunchy novel 17 years ago. Pat, her husband Terry (Greg Kinnear), and their two kids move from a cramped Brooklyn apartment to a 200-year-old Victorian mansion in the small town of Shining Vale, Connecticut, aiming for a fresh start after Pat cheated on Terry. She also hopes that solitude in the big new home will reignite her passion for writing. Instead, Pat comes face-to-face with the ghost of a 1950s housewife, Rosemary (Mira Sorvino), who wants to take over her body. Or maybe Pat’s depression medication is causing hallucinations beyond her control. [Saloni Gajjar]

We know what you’re thinking—the title of this series is not the phrase associated with , when the Los Angeles team’s run-and-gun style ran roughshod over the rest of the NBA. But Winning Time, the limited series adaptation of Jeff Pearlman’s Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, And The Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty Of The 1980s, still captures the excitement and elan of that period, as Dr. Jerry Buss (John C. Reilly) helped lead the charge to victory. The show’s roster includes at least one scion (DeVaughn Nixon, stepping into his dad Norm’s sneakers), as well as dead ringers Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson and Solomon Hughes as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Gaby Hoffman, Jason Clarke, Jason Segel, Sally Field, Hadley Robinson, and Michael Chiklis round out the impressive cast. [Danette Chavez]

Based on a true story with so many twists that it is absolutely much stranger than fiction (it also launched a popular Dateline NBC podcast), The Thing About Pam tells the tale of Pam Hupp (Renée Zellweger), who is surprisingly involved in the death of her close friend Betsy Faria (Katy Mixon), as well as the conviction of her friend’s husband Russ (Glenn Fleshler) for the murder. Touted as Zellweger’s broadcast TV debut, The Thing About Pam unwisely puts the Oscar winner in a fat suit to portray the title character. Hopefully Zellweger’s elaborate costuming will not overshadow the apparent gameness of the rest of the cast, like Josh Duhamel and Judy Greer as dueling attorneys. (It’s certainly a far cry from Zellweger’s last TV series, Netflix’s Indecent Proposal-inspired in 2019.) [Gwen Ihnat]

Executive produced by ’s Lorne Michaels, this comedy series stars SNL’s Chris Redd and writer Sam Jay, along with Langston Kerman () and Jak Knight (, as a quartet of downtrodden casino workers. Not that the series’ teaser trailer lets us know that, as its elaborate fake-out promises an uplifting tale of “Black excellence” and “Black artistry,” complete with cool jazz soundtrack. “This Ain’t That,” an onscreen legend promises finally, revealing the four stars stuck in a symbolically deep hole, goofing on the word “hole.” With Michaels’ recent track record of providing SNL talent with opportunities outside of SNL’s more mainstream purview (Los Espookys, Mapleworth Murders, Saturday Morning All Star Hits!), Bust Down looks to be a vehicle for Redd and Jay to bust out and stretch their wings in an irreverently and absurdly humorous tale of the Black working-class experience. [Dennis Perkins]

After years of Marvel movie action, Samuel L. Jackson goes the other way to play the ailing 93-year-old hero of this limited series based on by Devil In A Blue Dress author Walter Mosley. Jackson’s Grey, facing down rapidly encroaching dementia, undergoes an experimental treatment from (possibly mad) doctor Walton Goggins which restores every memory he’s ever had—for a short time. The trailer lays out the ticking clock of Grey’s restored faculties, along with mysteries from his past and present that the temporarily spry nonagenarian must solve. Costarring Dominique Fishback as Grey’s niece and sidekick, and with series direction from and a script by Mosely, The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey promises to give Jackson one of his meatiest roles in a long time. [Dennis Perkins]

Welcome To Flatch feels like it was made in a lab to appease sitcom fans of all types, from Parks And Recreation to Schitt’s Creek to Letterkenny. The comedy, inspired by BBC’s This Country, hails from Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig. A documentary crew sets out to explore life in a small American town, stumbling upon the midwestern Flatch. The residents are an eccentric bunch, including minister Father Joe (Seann William Scott), newspaper editor Cheryl Peterson (Aya Cash), and cousins Kelly (Chelsey Holmes) and Shrub (Sam Straley), who let the documentary crew in on their lives and current local events. Thanks to this series and Abbott Elementary, it sure looks like the mockumentary genre is back on broadcast TV in full swing. Flatch season one consists of 14 episodes, the first seven of which will be available to stream on Hulu the same day as its Fox premiere. [Saloni Gajjar]

Minx is the latest in a series of period TV series starring a plucky upstart and her cynical, world-weary mentor. Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) and Doug (Jake Johnson) could line up right next to ’s Peggy and Don, and especially Ruth and Sam from . Joyce is trying to get her own feminist magazine off the ground, but the only publisher she can find is the pornography-pushing Doug, who suggests combining forces with a publication that features progressive articles and a monthly male centerfold. Naturally, the two clash time and time again, and it’s easy to get as frustrated as Doug as this newbie continues to drone on and on about the importance of making a statement for the matriarchal agenda. At least her savvy sister gets it, with Lennon Parham in a fun sympathetic turn as Joyce’s supportive older sibling who’s looking to break out of her housewife life. Also, thanks to all those centerfold photo shoots, Minx features more male frontal nudity than any other series… ever, probably. [Gwen Ihnat]

In yet another limited series about real-life charismatic and questionable entrepreneurs, Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway star in this Apple TV+ series about the rise and fall of startup WeWork. Based on the Wondery of the same name, it tracks the tumultuous, ultimately disastrous reign of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, whose free-spending, drug-fueled ways and cultish narcissism made the story of a shared office space real estate concern into the most improbable of bacchanalian cautionary tales. Fresh off of his divisive turn as, Leto channels slickly narcissistic Israeli businessman Neumann alongside fellow Oscar winner Hathaway as Rebekah Neumann, who followed her husband’s lead in declaring that the destined-for-disaster WeWork (again, a company that sold open-plan office space) would “elevate the world’s consciousness.” [Dennis Perkins]

Big Mouth’s ridiculously funny Hormone Monsters get their own spin-off with Human Resources. Nick Kroll co-created the new adult animated series, which pulls back the curtain on the lives of various creatures—Hormone Monsters, Lovebugs, Shame Wizards, Depression Kittys, among others—as they help humans through every aspect of their life, from puberty to adulthood. But it quickly becomes clear that they still have to explore the humanity within themselves. Kroll and Maya Rudolph return to voice Maurice and Connie, the primary Monsters. The impressive voice cast also includes David Thewlis, Aidy Bryant, Randall Park, Thandiwe Newton, Keke Palmer, Pamela Adlon, Rosie Perez, Jean Smart, Bobby Cannavale, and Henry Winkler. [Saloni Gajjar]

Amy Schumer returns to her rom-com roots with her new Hulu comedy, Life & Beth. She plays Beth, a wine distributor from Manhattan who is in a happy relationship with the successful Matt (Kevin Kane). An unexpected incident forces Beth to change her life forever, including breaking up with Matt, moving to Long Island, and finding her passion. Through flashbacks to her pivotal teen years, Beth starts to realize how she became the person she is, and who she wants to be next. As she tries to learn how to express herself more, she bonds with and falls for a farmer named John (Michael Cera with a great, patchy beard). All 10 episodes of season one will be available to stream on the same day. [Saloni Gajjar]

After various attempts to make the Halo video games into a movie and then a Showtime series, Halo has been reborn as a Paramount+ exclusive, finally bringing the generally silent and emotionless Master Chief into live-action. The Chief (Pablo Schreiber) seems a little less laconic in the streaming series, and the trailers make it look like the show’s taking place before the events of the video games—with mankind’s war against the alien Covenant army just beginning and the mysterious Halo rings still undiscovered. That still leaves plenty of sci-fi super-soldier action, though, with Schreiber’s Chief also meeting his A.I. buddy Cortana (Jen Taylor, reprising her role from the games) for the first time. Halo also stars Bokeem Woodbine, Natascha McElhone, Danny Sapani, and Yerin Ha. [Sam Barsanti]

Min Jin Lee’s sweeping 2017 novel Pachinko gets a TV adaptation courtesy of creator Soo Hugh and Apple TV+. Set in three different locations, the show will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese, and English. It follows the upheaval in the lives of four generations of Korean immigrants, spanning from 1910 to 1989—a period that includes World War II and Japan’s occupation of Korea. An older Sunja (Minari star and Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung) narrates her perilous journey to shed light on the racial bias in the country. Pachinko is also an epic love story, as a young Sunja’s (Yu-na Jeon) path intertwines with that of Hansu (Lee Min-ho), a Korean merchant born into a wealthy Japanese family. Season one consists of eight episodes. [Saloni Gajjar]

After conquering Hulu’s The Great as Russia’s Empress Catherine, Elle Fanning is hopping on the true-crime train. She leads the streaming platform’s new eight-episode limited series, The Girl From Plainville, based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article of the same name about the case of Michelle Carter (Fanning) and the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan). When she was 17, Michelle encouraged Conrad to take his life via text messages when he expressed the desire to kill himself. She was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a highly publicized trial. The show also stars Chloë Sevigny, Kelly AuCoin, and Cara Buono. [Saloni Gajjar]

It’s a cliché now to get excited when Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe give a spotlight to a particularly weird character from the Marvel vault—seeing as how it’s happened so—but, for real, the Oscar Isaac-led Moon Knight is giving a spotlight to one of the weirdest characters from the Marvel vault. He’s a former mercenary who died and was resurrected by an ancient Egyptian moon god named Khonshu, turning him into a violent vigilante who fights on the god’s behalf. He also suffers from dissociative identity disorder and lives his day-to-day life as a normal guy. MCU boss Kevin Feige has even teased that the show will be than the usual Marvel fare, which will also be weird. Along with Isaac, Moon Knight stars Ethan Hawke and May Calamawy. [Sam Barsanti]

After plumbing his own life for moderately successful HBO prestige fare in, comedian Pete Holmes looks to the inspirational tale of real-life pro bowler Tom Smallwood in this similarly semi-biographical sitcom. With Holmes stepping into the rented shoes of laid-off auto worker turned aspiring bowler Smallwood, the very CBS-looking series leans heavily into the inspirational metaphor, “No matter what you do with the first ball, you get another roll to make it right.” That’s the advice of Tom’s bowling alley owner friend and mentor, played by Chi McBride, if not necessarily that of his initially skeptical family, including wife Katie Lowes. Retitled from Smallwood to the presumably punchier How We Roll, at least Holmes’ casting as a bowling everyman chasing his dreams feels right up CBS’s alley. [Dennis Perkins]

Inspired by the extraordinary experiences of chef, author, and TV personality Julia Child, this HBO drama stars Sarah Lancashire in the titular role. The eight-part limited series follows Child’s life during pivotal times in American history, including the emergence of public television and the women’s movement. Created by Daniel Goldfarb, Julia explores the famed broadcaster’s marriage with Paul Cushing Child (David Hyde Pierce), and how she came up in the industry at a time when so few women were given the opportunity. Julia will premiere with three new episodes, before switching to a weekly schedule for new episodes. [Saloni Gajjar]

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