April 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Acorn TV highlights include Van der Valk.
April 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – AMC+ highlights include Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Waka & Tammy: What The Flocka, Mama June: From Not to Hot and Dark Winds.
April 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Shudder highlights include Deathstalker, Dolly and Osiris.
April 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – HIDIVE highlights include Yowayowa Sensei, Petals of Reincarnation, Most Heretical Las Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior and Farming Life In Another World.
ACORN TV
Van der Valk
Season 1 Binge Premiere Monday 6 April on Acorn TV and AMC+
Set in Amsterdam and inspired by Nicolas Freeling’s legendary crime thrillers, this fast-paced crime series centers on the investigations of Piet van der Valk (Marc Warren, The Good Wife), a street smart and unapologetic Dutch detective who navigates the lively and enigmatic city, solving mysterious crimes using astute human observation and inspired detection.
AMC+
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale – AMC Exclusive Series
Season 2 Premieres Sunday, 12 April on AMC+
The suspenseful six-episode drama, based on the novel by V.V. James, follows four women, a wicked secret, and a murder investigation that shakes Sanctuary, an idyllic English town, to the core. Season two picks up a year after the witch hunt, as Sarah (Elaine Cassidy) and Harper (Hazel Doupe) hide in Scotland as anti-witch laws spark hate crimes. When Sarah returns to Sanctuary, a new murder and rising tensions pull her into a dangerous fight to protect her daughter and her magic.
Waka & Tammy: What The Flocka – AMC Exclusive Series
Season 1-3 Binge Premieres Thursday 9 April on AMC+
Follow Hip Hop’s iconic sweethearts Waka Flocka Flame and his fiery wife Tammy Rivera as they navigate their renewed commitment to their relationship after their emotional roller-coaster. One year after the wedding of their dreams, Waka and Tammy find themselves in their new home in Atlanta, where they are navigating all the challenges of married life – from home renovation, juggling Tammy’s bustling music career, parenting their teenage daughter Charlie, and meddling in-laws.
Mama June: From Not to Hot – AMC Exclusive Series
New Episodes until Season Finale Friday 15 May on AMC+
This season, as Jessica and Shyann plan their wedding, June and Shyann’s mother, Trina, battle it out butting heads on just about everything. Pumpkin reveals her new boo, Darrin and navigates co-parenting with Josh, who shockingly has a new addition of his own. Jessica and Pumpkin, who are still on-the-rocks, try to heal their relationship before Jessica’s big day but past secrets sadly get in the way. Meanwhile, Alana continues to thrive in nursing school while quietly struggling with her own feelings surrounding Pumpkin and Josh’s divorce.
Dark Winds
Season Finale 5 April on AMC+
The series’ gripping fourth season focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito from the safety of Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.
Executive produced by Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin and boasting a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score for its first three seasons, Dark Windsstars Zahn McClarnon (Lt. Joe Leaphorn) who also serves as executive producer, Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico) as Jim Chee, Jessica Matten (Rez Ball, Tribal, Burden of Truth) as Bernadette Manuelito, and Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America) as Emma Leaphorn.
SHUDDER
Deathstalker – Shudder Exclusive Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 3 April
When Deathstalker (Daniel Bernhardt, John Wick, Nobody), recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he’s marked by dark magick and hunted by assassins. To survive, he must break the curse and face the rising evil.
Dolly – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 24 April
A young woman, Macy (Fabianne Therese, John Dies at the End), fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise her as their child. Starring Seann William Scott (Final Destination), Ethan Suplee (American History X), and pro-wrestler Max the Impaler.
Osiris
New Film Premieres on Shudder and AMC+ Wednesday 1 April
Special Forces commandos are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft and, upon awakening, find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival. Starring Max Martini (Lioness, The Unit) and Linda Hamilton (The Terminator).
HIDIVE
Farming Life In Another World – HIDIVE Exclusive Series
Season 2 Simulcast Subtitled Premiere Tuesday 7 April on HIDIVE
The otherworldly fan-favorite isekai series Farming Life in Another World returns this April for an exciting second season streaming exclusively on HIDIVE and set to premiere on April 6 with new simulcast episodes every Monday throughout spring.
Relaxing country living continues in the second season of the most laidback isekai anime around! Bestowed with the all-in-one “Almighty Farming Tool,” protagonist Hiraku works tirelessly to transform the forest into a bustling civilization.
Most Heretical Las Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior – HIDIVE Exclusive Series
Season 2 Simulcast Subtitled Premiere Wednesday 8 April on HIDIVE
Last spring’s hit anime The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior is back next month with the eagerly awaited second season of the fantasy romance series streaming exclusively on HIDIVE and scheduled to premiere on April 7 and continues with new simulcast episodes every Tuesday thereafter.
Pride Royal Ivy is an eight-year-old princess. One day she realizes something: in her previous life she had been an ordinary girl born into a typical Japanese family—nothing special, just a normal child. But now, she has been reborn as the cruel and merciless final-boss queen in the otome game Kimi to Hitosuji no Hikari o (“A Ray of Light With You”).
Realizing this, she now decides to rely on her memories of having played the game and achieve something only she can do: avoid the coming tragedies and create a world where every character can find happiness. Thus begins a fantasy about a highly capable villainess princess striving to avoid becoming the final boss.
Petals of Reincarnation – HIDIVE Exclusive Series
Season 2 Simulcast Subtitled Premiere Friday 3 April on HIDIVE
The wait is over for the new supernatural action anime and HIDIVE co-production Petals of Reincarnation, one of next season’s most highly anticipated series, which will stream exclusively on HIDIVE and premieres on April 2, followed by new simulcast episodes every Thursday this spring.
There exists an object known as the “Branch of Reincarnation” that can grant people the talents of the past lives, so long as they slit their own throat with it. Toya Senji is a teenage boy struggling with low self-esteem after growing up in the shadow of his gifted older brother.
He comes to the decision that academic studies are his last resort in the search for talent but fails to find satisfaction despite constantly placing in the top 100 for national mock exams.
In a twist of fate, Toya encounters one of his classmates, Haito Luo Buffett, a “Returner” who has resurrected the talents of her past life using the Branch of Reincarnation, as she fights against a serial killer.
Yowayowa Sensei – HIDIVE Exclusive Series
Simulcast Subtitled Premiere Sunday 12 April on HIDIVE
Love (and laughs) will fill air this spring with the arrival of the new rom-com series Yowayowa Sensei when it premieres on April 11, streaming exclusively on HIDIVE with new simulcast episodes every Saturday all next season.
High school homeroom teacher Hiyori Hiwamura is known as the “Scary Teacher,” and if you offend her, she’ll put a curse on you!
Or at least that’s what everyone believes. She’s secretly a total softy who’s deeply misunderstood, and once you see her sweet side, she’ll put a different kind of spell on you… Unfortunately, one of her students, Akihito Abikura, has accidentally discovered her secret.
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April 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE
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