Everything old is new again this month, at least as far as TV is concerned. Between the arrival of The Boys’ fifth and final season and new chapters in both The Handmaid’s Tale and Strange Things universes, familiarity is a valued commodity for your favorite streamers. But futurists have plenty to watch, too, including veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher’s deep dive into the business of living forever in an eye-opening new CNN docuseries featuring interviews with the likes of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and longevity extremist Bryan Johnson. So strap in. Here are our 10 picks for the best TV shows to stream in April. Even if you're not already one of the 10 million people watching The Pitt, you've surely heard how it has dominated the TV industry’s biggest award ceremonies, from the Golden Globes to the Emmys—and with good reason. The pulse-pounding medical drama, which reunites ER star Noah Wyle with that iconic series’ executive producer John Wells, plays out in real time over the course of 15 hours in The Pitt, the emergency room of an underfunded teaching hospital in Pittsburgh. Bright-eyed students working their first real shifts are faced with the stark realities of the job and the current state of America’s broken health care system, while a team of (mostly) battle-hardened doctors and nurses do their best to save the lives of those who come through their doors, not always successfully. While the show’s unique real-time format and willingness to tackle ugly everyday American issues, from mass shootings to ICE deportations, keep the storylines moving, it’s the lives of the overburdened health care workers who are its beating heart. In the show’s second season, which concludes on April 16, technology enters the picture when the accuracy of AI tools and the threat of a cyberattack make an already explosive July Fourth even more difficult to navigate. The acclaimed series has been renewed for a third season, which is expected to premiere in January 2027. Just a f