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KATE FELDMAN | New York Daily News aught up on all your winter binge watching yet? Because spring is here and it’s brought a whole new collection of shows. TRY Elliot Stabler is back and so is Jamie Foxx. John Stamos coaches basketball and Kate Winslet solves murders. There’s “Star C Wars” and “Marvel” for all the fanatics in your life. Here are some shows to watch, some to try and some to skip entirely, based on summaries and trailers: WATCH

‘United States of Al’ Thursdays, CBS Much like Shonda Rhimes did at ABC, Chuck Lorre has taken over an entire night at CBS with “Young Sheldon,” “B Posi- tive,” “Mom” and now “United States of ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ ‘Underground Railroad’ Al.” “Enlisted” alum Parker Young plays Thursdays, NBC April 18, HBO May 14, Amazon a Marine veteran still adjusting to his old Sure, look, there’s no reason to pretend Kate Winslet joins a growing stable Barry Jenkins’ long-awaited adapta- life, a task made more complicated when that a “Law & Order” spinoff is going to of HBO’s dominant women, a list that tion of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel his translator from Afghanistan moves in. win any Emmys and it’s almost certainly includes Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams “Underground Railroad” is fi nally ready not equipped to handle conversations and the entire cast of “Big Little Lies,” in for streaming in what’s expected to be one about policing that we need to be having, “Mare of Easttown.” The limited series of the best shows of the year. It follows the but Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler is stars Winslet as a small-town Pennsylva- journey of Cora (Thuso Mbedu), after her back and that’s all that matters. nia detective investigating a murder and escape from a Georgia plantation. With a trying to keep her life together at the same slave hunter hot on her heels, she learns time. As with any good murder mystery, the Underground Railroad is a real laby- there’s a bad mom, this time played by rinth of tunnel and track with a full staff . Jean Smart.

‘Chad’ Tuesdays, TBS Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Nasim Pedrad plays a 14-year- old Iranian boy in what could either be hi- larious or cringeworthy. Where Pedrad’s sense of humor falls on that line will de- ‘Rebel’ termine how many votes Chad gets for April 8, ABC homecoming king. There’s just something about Katey ‘The Mosquito Coast’ Sagal marching down a hallway in heels and a dress, promising to take down bad April 30, Apple TV+ We’d follow Justin Theroux and Melissa ‘Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.’ men that just makes 2021 worth it. Throw May 21, Hulu in “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Krista George anywhere, even if it’s to Mexico while Theroux’s Allie Fox, described as a This stop-motion adult supervillain Vernoff and Erin Brockovich (the role that comedy stars Patton Oswalt as a fl oat- won Julia Roberts an Oscar) as an execu- “radical idealist and brilliant inventor,” is on the run from the U.S. government. ing robotic head from New Jersey. Dex- tive producer and we wouldn’t trust any- ter alum Aimee Garcia, Brooklyn Nine- one else to stop the patriarchy. The series is based on the 1981 novel of the same name, written by Theroux’s uncle Nine’s Melissa Fumero, and Reno 911’s Paul, which was also adapted into a movie Wendi McLendon-Covey round out the starring Harrison Ford and the late River cast. ‘Home Economics’ Phoenix. Wednesdays, ABC ‘Loki’ Topher Grace returns to network com- June 11, Disney+ edy for the fi rst time since “That ’70s “Loki” looks like your traditional su- Show” as the middle-class, middle sib- perhero show with the god of mischief ling caught between his one-percenter himself (Tom Hiddleston) brother (Jimmy Tatro) and his fi nancially facing off against the struggling sister (Caitlin McGee). Time Variance Au- thority. If that means nothing to you, you have 20 movies and half ‘Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!’ a dozen shows to April 14, Netfl ix ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ catch up on. Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, returning May 4, Disney+ to television after “In Living Color” and Yes, more “Star Wars.” There’s always Tom “The Jamie Foxx Show,” stars in the fa- more “Star Wars.” This one is animated Hiddleston ther-daughter comedy, inspired by his and has Ming-Na Wen reprising her as Loki ‘Cruel Summer’ April 20, Freeform relationship with his own daughter, who “Mandalorian” role of Fennec Shand. The serves as a producer in case the writers show, about elite clones after the clone Multiple timelines is the trend of the need any dirt. wars, debuts on “Star Wars Day.” year, between “This is Us” and “Firefl y Lane,” and now Jessica Biel’s teen thriller “Cruel Summer.” This one’s a little simpler, AVOID only fl itting between three consecutive years to follow two girls, the nerdy wan- nabe and the most popular girl in school, and what happens when one goes missing.

‘Big Shot’ April 16, Disney+ ‘Shadow and Bone’ April 23, Netflix ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ May 7, Netflix Coaching a girl’s basketball team is not Fantasy shows are growing more popular Between Marvel and DC, we’re at a a punishment and appears to be the point as we all look for an escape, but few seem superhero saturation point. It’s tiring to ‘Housebroken’ May 31, Fox of David E. Kelley’s new show, which stars as fantastical as “Shadow and Bone.” Based consider another one right now, even with Fox continues to ramp up its animated John Stamos as a disgraced NCAA coach on the worldwide bestselling Grishaverse a cast of Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb. library, this time with some animals in who takes his anger management issues novels about an elite army of magical sol- therapy, voiced by Tony Hale, Lisa Kud- to an all-girls high school. diers, learning a whole new world and its row and Will Forte. The star power is a M creatures is an exhausting undertaking. plus, but the premise is a minus. 1