HBO and Prime Video will look to scare up viewers with two new sci-fi shows that highlight this week’s show debuts.
HBO on April 10 will premiere the Joss Whedon-produced series The Nevers, which follows a group of women with unique abilities -- and their detractors -- in Victorian-era England.
Prime Video on April 9 will debut the Lena Waithe-produced series Them, which follows a African-American family in the 1950s who move from the Jim Crow south to California for a better life, but encounter horrors both real and supernatural, according to the streaming service.
Below are video trailers and premiere dates for several shows debuting the week of April 5 to April 11 on cable networks and streaming services (for some videos, viewer discretion is advised):
April 5 -- Family Reunion (returning series) -- Netflix
April 6 -- Chad (comedy) -- TBS
April 7 -- Exterminate All the Brutes (Documentary) -- HBO
April 7 -- Queen of the South (returning series) -- USA
April 8 -- The Power (horror) -- Shudder
April 9 -- Doing the Most With Phoebe Robinson (talk) -- Comedy Central
April 11 -- Fear The Walking Dead (returning series) -- AMC
R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.
