Spring is in the air—and so are at least two cocktails of radioactive elements. As we near the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, CNN is diving deep to offer up never-before-seen footage from the costliest disaster in human history, and people who experienced the events are speaking out for the first time.
Hulu, too, is taking the opportunity to go radioactive with a partly fictionalized version of the lesser known—and far less devastating—Goiânia incident, a contamination event that took place in Brazil just one year after the events of Chernobyl and killed four people.
It’s not all doom and gloom on your favorite streaming services, though: After 12 years, Lisa Kudrow is starring in the third and final season of The Comeback, a painfully funny mockumentary in which her now Emmy-winning B-list actress character, Valerie Cherish, has been tapped to star in the first AI-written sitcom. The future looks bright.
Here are our 10 picks for the best TV shows to binge in March.
Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown
April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in the history of the world, and the most expensive disaster of any kind. Yet, four decades later, the incident—and what we learned from it—remain highly relevant, as nuclear proliferation has once again become a daily talking point for Americans in the wake of our current conflict with Iran.
For anyone who needs a refresher, CNN’s four-episode miniseries, which run March 1 through March 8, will recount the terrifying details of how the collapse of a nuclear reactor, and the subsequent government cover-up of exactly what happened, have changed both the political and literal landscape of the area. The series features never-before-seen footage from inside the exclusion zone, as well as interviews with insiders who are going on record for the first time, giving this historic event a modern context.
Daredevil: Born Again
Daredevil is back for a second season—again. More than a decade after Netflix went all in on the MCU with shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher, then suddenly canceled them all, Daredevil got a chance at redemption. Now a Disney+ production with a brand-new title, Daredevil: Born Again, got off to a slow start when a massive overhaul delayed its original premiere date. Still, star Charlie Cox, who plays the titular blind lawyer-superhero Matt Murdock, kept the character close with roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Echo, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. And fans rejoiced when the series officially returned in 2025, as the eponymous superhero once again faced off against the evil crime lord-turned-politician Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). The show’s gritty style had led to frequent comparisons to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, which is just about the most flattering comparison a superhero project can get. Born Again’s second season arrives on March 4, with a third season already in the works.
The Dinosaurs
Although he stepped away from directing duties after the second film in the Jurassic Park franchise, Steven Spielberg has remained closely connected to the entire series as an executive producer. Now, he’s bringing that fascination with “the lost world” to this four-part Netflix docuseries, which traces the history of dinosaurs across hundreds of millions of years. Oscar winner Morgan Freeman narrates the proceedings, adding an extra oomph of gravitas to the fascinating evolutionary story of how these prehistoric creatures came to be and why they eventually went extinct. It gives viewers both a history lesson and scientific explanation for how life finds a way.
The TikTok Killer
In August 2023, 42-year-old Sevillian Esther Estepa went missing while traveling in her native Spain. While the authorities struggled to make sense of her disappearance, her family and friends took it upon themselves to investigate the digital footprint she had left behind, including text messages, videos, and social media posts. Eventually, it led them to José Jurado Montilla, aka “Dynamite,” a TikTok travel influencer who they determined was the last person to see Estepa—and may have known more about her final movements.
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