On the network front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 2 new series and the return of Call the Midwife and Superman & Lois. New series premiering in the next two weeks include CBC’s new drama Essex County. and The CW’s new superhero drama Gotham Knights (airing on Showcase). On the reality front, Canada’s Got Talent returns with all-new season. Also, the 95th Academy Awards air March 12 and 2023 Juno Awards air March 13.
On the specialty and streaming front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 8 new series, the return of Bel-Air, Dom, Good Trouble, Power Book II: Ghost, Shadow and Bone, Ted Lasso, The Kingdom & The Larkins and the series finale of Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler, Servant & Your Honor. New series premiering in the next two weeks include Amazon Prime Video’s new horror series Swarm, AMC’s new comedy-drama Lucky Hank, Apple TV+’s new anthology drama Extrapolations, Hulu’s new romantic comedy Up Here (airing on Disney+ Canada), Netflix’s new action thriller The Night Agent and Peacock’s new comedy-drama miniseries The Best Man: The Final Chapters (airing on W Network). In addition, BMG, Black Snow, Carnival Row, Daisy Jones and the Six, Dear Edward, Grown-ish, Shrinking, The Last of Us & Truth Be Told conclude their current season.
Other highlights include the premiere of new documentary MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, a 3-part docuseries that delves into one of our greatest modern mysteries: Flight MH370. Also, the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards & 38th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards both stream live on YouTube.
On the reality front, new Netflix dance competition series Dance 100 premieres, while HGTV renovation series Fixer to Fabulous concludes its current season.
Happy Viewing!
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SUNDAY MARCH 12
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95th Annual Academy Awards – 3hr Special (CTV and ABC @ 8pm ET)
The 95th Annual Academy Awards, honoring achievements in film, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
The Last of Us – SEASON 1 FINALE (HBO Canada @ 9pm ET)
NAKED AND AFRAID: SOLO – SERIES PREMIERE (Discovery Channel Canada @ 10pm ET)
Eight of the “Naked and Afraid” franchise’s most battle-tested survivalists attempt to tackle 21 days in locations across the globe but with no one to lean on for help.
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MONDAY MARCH 13
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2023 Juno Awards – 2hr Special (CBC @ 8pm ET)
Simu Liu hosts Canada’s Biggest Night in Music, with performances by Nickelback, Tate McCrae, Jessie Reyez and more.
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TUESDAY MARCH 14
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Superman & Lois – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (CTV Sci-fi Channel and The CW @ 8pm ET)
GOTHAM KNIGHTS – SERIES PREMIERE (Showcase and The CW @ 9pm ET)
Batman is dead, and a powder keg has ignited Gotham City without the Dark Knight to protect it. In the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, his adopted son Turner Hayes is framed for his killing. With the charismatic and hard-charging District Attorney Harvey Dent and the GCPD hot on his trail, Turner must rely on allies including his best friend and formidable coder Stephanie Brown, and unlikely Batman sidekick Carrie Kelley. However, they soon learn there is a larger, more nefarious force at work within Gotham City. This team of mismatched fugitives must band together to become its next generation of saviours known as the Gotham Knights.
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 15
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Ted Lasso – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler – SERIES FINALE (Showcase @ 9pm ET)
Grown-ish – SEASON 5 FINALE (ABC Spark @ 10:30pm ET)
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THURSDAY MARCH 16
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Shadow and Bone– SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Netflix)
THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS – SERIES PREMIERE (W Network @ 9pm ET) *8-Part Limited Series*
Longtime college friends Harper, Quentin, Lance, Murch, Jordan, Robyn, Candace and Shelby face the midlife challenges of marriage, parenting, health, romance, work and identity as they revisit and redefine their friendships.
Good Trouble – SEASON 5 PREMIERE (ABC Spark @ 10pm ET)
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FRIDAY MARCH 17
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Carnival Row – SEASON 2 FINALE (Amazon Prime Video)
SWARM – SERIES PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
The series tells the story of Dre, a young woman who is obsessed with a fictional pop star, with a fanbase known as “The Swarm”.
Dom – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
EXTRAPOLATIONS – SERIES PREMIERE – (Apple TV+)
In the near future, the effects of climate change have become embedded into people’s everyday lives; eight interwoven stories explore the intimate, life-changing choices that must be made when the planet is changing faster than the population.
Servant – SERIES FINALE (Apple TV+)
DANCE 100 – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
To win $100,000, eight choreographers must create increasingly complex routines for an ever-growing number of elite dancers, who are also the judges.
MAESTRO IN BLUE – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
A musician travels to an island during the pandemic to set up a music festival; he begins a romance and finds himself embroiled in other people’s problems.
BMF – SEASON 2 FINALE (Starz Canada @ 9pm ET)
Power Book II: Ghost – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Starz Canada @ 10pm ET)
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SUNDAY MARCH 19
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A YEAR ON PLANET EARTH –SERIES PREMIERE (CBC @ 8pm ET)
A look at the incredible ways in which all life is impacted by the Earth’s journey around the sun, examining how massive seasonal events affect the lives of individual animals as their stories develop across the year.
Call the Midwife – SEASON 12 PREMIERE (PBS @ 8pm ET)
ESSEX COUNTY – SERIES PREMIERE (CBC @ 9pm ET) *5-Part Limited Series*
Following the intertwined lives of two rural families while exploring the generational impact of loss, betrayal, and trauma, and how redemption and hope are found through human connection.
LUCKY HANK – SERIES PREMIERE (AMC+ and AMC @ 9pm ET)
William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr., the unlikely English department chairman at the badly underfunded Railton College in the Pennsylvania rust belt, is coping with a midlife crisis. Just as Hank’s life begins to unravel, his wife, Lily, also begins to question the path she is on as the vice principal of the local high school, and the choices she has made.
Your Honor – SERIES FINALE (Crave 1 @ 9pm ET)
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MONDAY MARCH 20
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The Larkins – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Acorn TV)
THE GIRL BEFORE – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Drama Channel @ 9pm ET) *4-Part Limited Series*
A young woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, but when she discovers that another damaged woman died in the same property three years earlier, she starts to wonder if her own story is just a rerun of the girl before.
Bel-Air – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Showcase @ 9pm ET)
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TUESDAY MARCH 21
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Canada’s Got Talent – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Citytv @ 8pm ET)
RESTAURANTS AT THE END OF THE WORLD – SERIES PREMIERE (National Geographic Canada @ 10pm ET)
Adventurous chef, entrepreneur and global trailblazer Kristen Kish travels the globe searching for the people, places, culture and traditions behind the world’s most remote restaurants.
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WEDNESDAY MARCH 22
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The Kingdom – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Netflix) *Final Season*
Fixer to Fabulous – SEASON 4 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller – SEASON 3 FINALE (National Geographic Canada @ 10pm ET)
THE OTHER TWO – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Comedy Channel @ 10:30pm ET)
The lives of siblings Cary and Brooke are upended when their 13-year-old brother becomes famous.
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THURSDAY MARCH 23
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Black Snow – SEASON 1 FINALE (Sundance Now)
THE NIGHT AGENT – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
While monitoring an emergency line, a vigilant FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House.
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FRIDAY MARCH 24
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Daisy Jones and the Six – SEASON 1 FINALE (Amazon Prime Video)
Dear Edward – SEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)
Shrinking – SEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)
Truth Be Told – SEASON 3 FINALE (Apple TV+)
UP HERE – SERIES PREMIERE (Disney+ Canada)
Set in New York City in 1999, Lindsay and Miguel fall in love and discover that the single greatest obstacle to finding happiness together might just be themselves — and the memories, obsessions, fears, and fantasies that lives inside their heads.