Conan O'Brien's Return to TV, Colin Farrell as Private Eye Highlight April's Streams

by Julian Spivey

Photo: Max

Photo: Apple

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Ripley – Netflix – Thursday, April 4
The eight-episode psychological thriller miniseries “Ripley,” based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, premieres on Netflix on Thursday, April 4. The series, from Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List), sees con man and serial killer Tom Ripley, played by Andrew Scott, hired by a wealthy New Yorker in the ‘60s to convince his son to return home from Italy. But the son’s leisurely lifestyle might be too much for Ripley to pass up. 

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Sugar – AppleTV+ - Friday, April 5
Colin Farrell in a drama as a private investigator on the search for missing people instantly seems like a must-watch. Farrell plays John Sugar in AppleTV+’s new drama from director Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”), which premieres on Friday, April 5. “Sugar” has been described by Variety as “a genre-bending contemporary Take on the private detective story.” The series co-stars Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Amy Ryan, Anna Gunn and James Cromwell. 

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Scoop – Netflix – Friday, April 5
“Scoop,” directed by Philip Martin, is the dramatic retelling of the process the BBC went through in 2019 to interview Prince Andrew about his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which led to Prince Andrew’s public downfall. The film stars Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, the BBC journalist doing the interview, and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew. “Scoop” premieres on Netflix on Friday, April 5. 

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Under the Bridge – Hulu – Wednesday, April 17
The true crime miniseries “Under the Bridge,” premiering on Hulu on Wednesday, April 17, follows the 1997 murder of 14-year-old Canadian girl Reena Virk, who was beaten to death by a group of teenagers. The eight-episode series, which follows writer Rebecca Godfrey’s 2005 book of the same name, stars Riley Keough as Godfrey, whom the story is told through her eyes, as well as a local police officer, played by Lily Gladstone hot off her Oscar-nomination for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”  

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Conan O’Brien Must Go – Max – Thursday, April 18
Conan O’Brien’s Max debut is something I’ve been waiting a long time for and feared would never come. When the longtime late-night talk show host and comedian left his TBS show “Conan” in the summer of 2021 for his new venture with Max I never realized it would be almost three years before seeing him on television again. “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” premiering on Max on Thursday, April 18, will see O’Brien traveling the world meeting fans whom he’d probably done video calls with on his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.” The show will be similar to the travel series “Conan Without Borders” that he did while with TBS. It looks like the show, which will hopefully be an ongoing series, will only feature four episodes seeing Conan travel to Argentina, Ireland, Norway and Thailand.