Weekend Watchlist

April 7-13

Blippi’s Job Show, Season 1

Released on April 7, 2025 – streaming on Netflix

This new educational series stars Blippi and his energetic co-host Meekah as they explore various everyday jobs like mail carriers, firefighters, astronauts, and pizza makers. The show aims to inspire young viewers by making learning about work fun and accessible


The Chelsea Detective, Season 3

Premiered on April 7, 2025, on Acorn TV in the USA.

These episodes follow DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) and DS Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme) as they investigate cases including the discovery of an ex-soldier’s body in an allotment, the brutal murder of an antiques dealer, and the mysterious death of a climate scientist found in a stolen car. ​


Black Mirror, Season 7

Released on April 10, streaming on Netflix

Black Mirror Season 7 premiered globally on Netflix on April 10, 2025, and is now available for streaming.​

This season comprises six new episodes, including sequels to previous installments. Notably, “USS Callister: Into Infinity” continues the story from the Season 4 episode “USS Callister,” with Jesse Plemons and Cristin Milioti reprising their roles. Another episode, “Plaything,” revisits characters from the interactive film Bandersnatch, featuring Will Poulter and Asim Chaudhry.​

The season features a star-studded cast, including Issa Rae, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti, Emma Corrin, Peter Capaldi, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Each episode delves into themes such as AI in filmmaking, digital consciousness, and nostalgia-driven simulations.


Pop the Balloon LIVE Season 1

Released April 10, 2025 on Netflix

Pop the Balloon LIVE brings the high-energy dating chaos fans know and love but with even higher stakes, unexpected twists, and celebrity surprises. 💥

In this electrifying live dating experiment, singles test their chemistry while trying to keep one thing intact: their balloon. As connections deepen and tensions rise, the rule is simple when your balloon pops, so does your shot at love. ❤️🎈

Now, for the first time ever, Pop the Balloon is going LIVE on Netflix, delivering real-time eliminations, wild dilemmas, and raw, unfiltered romance straight to viewers as it all unfolds.


Highly Favored, Season 1

Release date April 10, 2025 on Impact TV+

A charismatic pastor struggles to modernize church while navigating quirky congregation and outrageous family amidst clash of tradition and modernity.

Got to Get Out, Season 1

Released date : April 11, 2025 on HULU

Twenty people under one roof, $1 million dollars in prizes up for grabs. To win it, they’ve GOT TO GET OUT… but that’s much easier said than done. Lies and lunacy collide in this exhilarating competition series where an outrageous mix of reality icons and crafty gamers must conspire to get out. In this house, time is money. 

Love & Marriage: Detroit, Season 3

Released on April 12, 2025 on OWN

A group of African American families deeply related to Detroit, who have decided to stay in the city and prove they can give the best lives possible for their families.

#Somebody’s Son, Season 1

Released on April 12, 2025 on OWN

The series is derived from the popular hashtag (#SomebodysSon) that celebrates the search for Black love, bringing the online sensation to life on screen. It follows three charming, single and successful men as they embark on a high stakes search for true love, looking for a lasting partner amongst a group of exceptional single women.

Godfather of Harlem Season 4

Release date April 13, 2025 on MGM+

Based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story

Released April 12 on Lifetime

From a young age, Monique Smith always felt out of place in her family. Living in constant fear of abuse from her mother and others, she dreamed of finding people who loved her and a place that truly felt like a home. Because of the abuse she suffered, she felt she could never embrace her family and especially wanted to know her origin story once she became a mother herself. 

Meet the Khumalos

Released April 11 on Netflix

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! Meet Grace Khumalo – her perfect world is thrown off balance when her high school arch rival, Bongi Sithole moves into her elite Umhlanga suburb, right next door! The two arch-enemies are forced to work together as they discover their children have fallen in love! They must move quickly to break them up!

CheckMate (2025)

Released April 11, 2025 on Tubi

A detective (Joyce Glenn) teams up with her estranged father, a chess master, to stop a serial killer who uses the game to select his victims.

The Amateur

Released on April 11, Cinema

The espionage thriller opens in theaters nationwide April 11, 2025. Charlie Heller (Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack

G20

VOD

When the G20 summit comes under siege, U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis) becomes the number one target. After evading capture by the attackers, she must outsmart the enemy to protect her family, defend her country and safeguard world leaders in this action-packed thrill ride. Starring Viola Davis, Anthony Anderson, Marsai Martin, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Marvel, Sabrina Impacciatore, Christopher Farrar and Antony Starr.

Mickey 17

VOD

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

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