Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of April 20 to April 26 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

April 20 -- Dummy (comedy) --Quibi

April 22 -- Jane Goodall: The Hope (documentary) -- Nat Geo

April 23 -- We’re Here (reality) -- HBO

April 24 -- Bad Cut: The Dangers of Extreme Weight Cutting (documentary) -- FloSports

April 24 -- After Life (comedy) -- Netflix

April 24 -- Beastie Boys Story (documentary) -- Apple TV+

April 24 -- Defending Jacob (drama) -- Apple TV+ (Review)

April 24 -- Extraction (action/thriller) -- Netflix

April 25 -- Bad Education (drama) -- HBO

April 26 -- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (horror) -- Showtime

April 26 -- Vida (drama) -- Starz

Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of April 20 to April 26 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):

April 20 -- Dummy (comedy) --Quibi

April 22 -- Jane Goodall: The Hope (documentary) -- National Geographic

April 23 -- We’re Here (reality) -- HBO

April 24 -- Bad Cut: The Dangers of Extreme Weight Cutting (documentary) -- FloSports

April 24 -- After Life (comedy) -- Netflix

April 24 -- Beastie Boys Story (documentary) -- Apple TV+

April 24 -- Defending Jacob (drama) -- Apple TV+ (Review)

April 24 -- Extraction (action/thriller) -- Netflix

April 25 -- Bad Education (drama) -- HBO

April 26 -- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (horror) -- Showtime

April 26 -- Vida (drama) -- Starz

CBS Goes Crazy with Prince Special

Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince airs on CBS April 21. Maya Rudolph, who plays in a Prince cover band called Princess, will host. The special was filmed Jan. 28; its airing coincides with Prince’s death four years ago.

There’s a tribute concert done after the Grammys every year, but this one stands out, said Ken Ehrlich, executive producer. “I don’t know that we’ve had a more excited or involved audience,” he said. “They just never had a chance to settle.”

Foo Fighters play “Darling Nikki,” Common does “Sign o’ the Times,” John Legend performs “Nothing Compares 2U” and Chris Martin and Susannah Hoffs share “Manic Monday.”

“They do it very intimately,” Ehrlich said of the duet.

The pandemic might make people more eager for a special such as this. “There might be a thirst to see something with a live audience,” he said. “It’s uplifting.”

Potent Paranormal Premiere on Travel

Season two of Ghost Nation begins April 22 on Travel Channel. The season starts with a two-hour premiere, a first for the series, titled “The Witching Tree.”

“We wanted to have a really big kickoff for the season,” Travel Channel general manager Matt Butler said.

Ghost Nation sees Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango check out paranormal situations. Travel promises bigger, more chilling mysteries. “More emphasis on story,” Butler added.

Audiences respond to the hosts because they are “skeptical believers,” said Butler, their doubtful nature often matching the viewer’s. “Their first instinct is to dismiss,” Butler said. “They challenge what is happening, and I think the viewer responds to that.”

‘Penny Dreadful’ Reboots in Vintage L.A.

And Penny Dreadful is back! Penny Dreadful: City of Angels premieres on Showtime April 26. Showtime calls it “a spiritual descendant of the original Penny Dreadful,” which was set in Victorian-era London.

City of Angels takes place in Los Angeles in 1938. A horrific murder shocks the city, and Detective Tiago Vega and partner Lewis Michener “become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles,” per Showtime. John Logan returns to executive produce.

Daniel Zovatto plays Vega and Nathan Lane plays Michener. Zovatto called City of Angels “a completely different world” from the previous Penny Dreadful. “That was more about a monster,” he said. “This is about the monsters that live within us.”

Mexican-American folklore flows throughout the series, which touches on how L.A.’s infamous freeways divided up the city and sectioned off poorer neighborhoods. “People get to see how the city was built, and how neighborhoods were gentrified,” said Zovatto.

Zovatto said working on the project was the best eight months of his life. “It’s one of those shows that’s able to capture you, and take you to a whole different world.”

Showtime Friday rolled debuted the official trailer of its new drama series Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, which premieres April 26. 

The series, a spinoff of Showtime's Penny Dreadful series which aired from 2014-2016, explores a mix of the supernatural and combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, where a grisly murder shocks the city, according to the network. 

The series stars Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Rory Kinnear, Adriana Barraza, Michael Gladis, Jessica Garza and Johnathan Nieves.