The 5 New TV Shows You Can’t Miss This Month

The movie follows the approximately two-week period in Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s life after the sex abuse charges against assistant coach Jerry Sandusky were revealed. What did the winningest coach in college football know? What did he conceal? Was he treated fairly when he was fired? In his third HBO collaboration with director Barry Levinson, Pacino brings the legendary Paterno to life as the film explores some tough questions and a dark and disturbing period. Greg Grunberg, Annie Parisse and Larry Mitchell co-star as Paterno’s children, who struggle to understand their father’s actions.

3. Howard’s End
Executive Producers: Kenneth Lonergan
Stars: Hayley Atwell, Philippa Coulthard, Matthew Macfadyen, Julia Ormond and Tracey Ullman
Premiere Date: April 8 at 8 p.m. on Starz

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) is behind this four episode adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel. Hayley Atwell and Philippa Coulthard star as two sisters whose lives are forever changed when they meet the wealthy Wilcox family while on vacation. This is just the series for those of us who are in desperate need of a Downton Abbey fix.

4. Rellik
Executive Producers: Harry and Jack Williams
Stars: Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour, Patterson Joseph, Ray Stevenson, Paul Rhys
Premiere Date: April 13 at 10 p.m. on Cinemax

Note that the title is the word “killer” backwards and that will tell you a lot about this six-episode series. Richard Dormer is Gabriel Markham, a police detective on the hunt for a serial killer after an acid attack leaves him horribly scarred. But this series begins at the end, with the arrest of the serial killer, and works backwards to show the events leading up to his apprehension.

5. Lost in Space
Executive Producers: Zack Estrin
Stars: Toby Stephens, Molly Parker, Taylor Russell, Mina Sundwall, Max Jenkins, Parker Posey and Ignacio Serricchio
Premiere Date: April 13 on Netflix

We all know the oft-repeated catchphrase “Danger, Will Robinson!” But few of today’s viewers are likely to have seen the TV series that ran from 1965 to 1968. Toby Stephens and Molly Parker star as John and Maureen Robinson, parents who have decided to take their family to live in the newly colonized space. But things go horribly wrong and there is indeed danger for Will Robinson. Set 30 years in the future, this 10-episode series is a much darker and decidedly less campy take on its 1960s inspiration.