Something to Stream Every Day of the Week; ‘The Bachelor’ Finale, ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ and ‘Parish’ Premieres, More
One of TV’s oldest reality shows is about to wrap for another season, but what else is coming to a streamer near you? Find out!
It’s officially spring, which means just one thing to sports fans not distracted by the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments: baseball is here! The MLB’s 2024 Opening Day is on Thursday, March 28, and every team in the league will be in action to help kick the season off in style.
Baseball fandom is passionate, but of course, it does not represent all or even the majority of TV audiences. So what can non-baseball fans find to occupy their time this week? Never fear, The Streamable is here to lay out all the top premieres on TV and streaming this week to help you find the best alternatives to baseball each day.
Monday, March 25
‘The Bachelor’ Season 28 Finale | ABC, stream with a five-day free trial of DIRECTV STREAM
After his heartbreaking departure at the end of Charity’s season of “The Bachelorette,” Joey Graziadei has taken a second shot at finding his perfect match by stepping in as the leading man for the 28th season of “The Bachelor.” The charismatic teaching tennis pro, who won over Bachelor Nation with his honesty and openness to find lasting love, has been handing out roses all season long.
The field of 32 original Bachelorettes from this season has been whittled down to just two: Daisy and Kelsey. But which of these deserving women will get Joey’s final rose, and which will be the subject of the next season of “The Bachelorette”? You’ll just have to watch to find out!
Tuesday, March 26
‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Documentary Premiere | HBO, stream on Max
In December 2012, on the day of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown CT, where 20 children and six adults were killed, Alex Jones began raising questions about the veracity of the attack. His denial of the murders and further fabrications about a government coverup drove huge traffic to his site, generating millions of dollars in advertising revenue. Jones would go on to share lies about the incident with his millions of viewers for years to come.
Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars. The judgment in their favor was a significant step in holding those who spread disinformation accountable, and audiences can hear from Sandy Hook parents and former InfoWars employees about what the case meant to them.
Wednesday, March 27
‘Constellation’ Season 1 Finale | Apple TV+
When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut named Jo manages to survive. She thinks that making the heroic journey back to Earth will be her hardest challenge, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed once she returns.
Throughout the season, “Constellation” fans have had to keep up with one shocking twist after another, as Jo discovers more about the world she’s been brought back to. The problem is that Jo is back on Earth, it’s just not her Earth, and there may not be a simple way to return her to the universe she belongs to.
Thursday, March 28
‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ Series Premiere | Hulu
Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, the television adaptation of “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a limited series inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of WWII. Fiercely determined, the family must face the horrors of an oppressive world and figure out a way to find each other again,
The series follows them across continents as they do everything in their power not only to endure but to reunite. “We Were the Lucky Ones” demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love, and the determination of a family to survive against all odds.
Friday, March 29
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Series Premiere | Paramount+ with SHOWTIME
An adaptation of Amor Towles’ internationally best-selling novel, “A Gentleman in Moscow” follows Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor). In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Rostov finds that his gilded past has placed him on the wrong side of history and that his former largesse won’t win him many friends in a worker’s paradise.
Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.
Saturday, March 30
‘An Easter Bloom’ Premiere | Hallmark Channel, stream with a free trial of Philo
Aimeé Teegarden (“Friday Night Lights”) and Benjamin Hollingsworth (“Virgin River”) star in this new Hallmark original movie, which hits the channel just in time for the Easter holiday on Sunday, March 31. It’s a heartwarming tale of love and hope, and it’s an excellent way to welcome the Easter season, not to mention spring!
Watch a Trailer for ‘An Easter Bloom’:
“An Easter Bloom” features Teegarden as Amanda, a young gardener who will stop at nothing to save her family farm. Desperate to help, Amanda enters a floral competition for Easter, determined to put her farm on the map. In the process, she meets an enthusiastic local pastor who reminds her of the importance of hope and may just be a big part of her future.
Sunday, March 31
‘Parish’ Series Premiere | AMC+
In Parish, “Breaking Bad” star Giancarlo Esposito stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans. Gray thinks there’s nothing that can knock him off his throne, but soon his entire world begins to crumble after a series of staggering blows in his personal and professional lives.
After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits. This seemingly chance meeting puts Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate that can only end in two ways: revenge or oblivion.