The Week of April 7 Might Be the Best Streaming Week of 2026

Three beloved series drop their final seasons in the same week, Star Wars goes animated again, and Dan Levy brings crime comedy to Netflix. This is a week you plan your schedule around.

I don't say this lightly: the week of April 7 might be the single most loaded streaming week we've seen all year. We're talking three — three — major series finales launching within 48 hours of each other, a brand-new Star Wars animated series, and Dan Levy doing crime comedy. If you don't take at least one sick day this week, I don't know what you're saving them for.

Let's break it down.

Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord (Disney+, April 6)

Kicking things off a day early, Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord drops its first two episodes on Disney+ this Sunday. Dave Filoni is back in the animated Star Wars sandbox, and this time he's giving us Maul's post-Clone Wars story — rebuilding his criminal empire on the planet Janix, hunting for a new apprentice, all while the Empire tightens its grip.

Sam Witwer returns to voice Maul (as he should — nobody else even comes close), joined by Gideon Adlon as apprentice Devon Izara, Wagner Moura as a detective on Maul's trail, and Richard Ayoade as a droid partner named "Two-Boots." Yes, really. The animation style builds on what Star Wars: The Clone Wars established but pushes it into more stylized territory. Ten episodes, two per week, wrapping on May 4th — Star Wars Day. They planned that.

Anticipation level: 9/10. Maul is one of the most compelling characters in the entire franchise, and Filoni knows how to handle him. This could be the best Star Wars content since Andor.

The Boys — Season 5 (Prime Video, April 8)

This is it. The final season of The Boys starts with a two-episode premiere on Tuesday, and if the trailers are anything to go by, Eric Kripke is not holding back. Eight episodes, weekly drops, series finale on May 20.

The show that turned superhero satire into a cultural phenomenon is wrapping up, and there's a lot of ground to cover. Homelander's grip on power, Butcher's endgame, whatever chaos Soldier Boy brings back to the table — it all comes to a head. After five seasons of pushing boundaries on what superhero TV can be, The Boys owes us a finale that matches its ambition. No pressure.

Anticipation level: 10/10. The most consequential finale of the year. If they stick the landing, this goes down as one of the best genre shows ever made.

The Testaments (Hulu, April 8)

Also dropping Tuesday: The Testaments, Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. Instead of picking up where the show left off, this one follows a new generation — two teenage girls navigating Aunt Lydia's elite school in Gilead, where obedience is beaten in with divine justification.

Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday lead as Agnes and Daisy, with Ann Dowd presumably reprising her Emmy-winning turn as Lydia. It's a coming-of-age story set in a theocratic dystopia, which is exactly the kind of thing that sounds impossible to pull off and then Hulu somehow does.

Anticipation level: 7/10. The Handmaid's Tale earned enough goodwill to make this a must-watch, but shifting focus to new characters is always a risk.

Hacks — Season 5 (HBO Max, April 9)

Wednesday brings the fifth and final season of Hacks, and this one hurts. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder have built one of the sharpest, funniest dynamics on television, and ten final episodes feel like both too many and not enough. New episodes weekly through May 28.

Hacks has been the rare comedy that actually gets better with each season — sharper writing, deeper characters, bigger swings. It swept the Emmys for a reason. The question isn't whether the final season will be good. It's whether they can top Season 4.

Anticipation level: 8/10. If you haven't started Hacks yet, you have exactly nine days to binge four seasons. Set an alarm.

Big Mistakes (Netflix, April 9)

Also Wednesday: Dan Levy's return to TV. Big Mistakes is a crime comedy about two deeply incapable siblings (Levy and Taylor Ortega) who get blackmailed into organized crime after a theft for their dying grandmother goes sideways. Laurie Metcalf plays their mother. Eight episodes, 30 minutes each.

Levy created and runs the show, and after Schitt's Creek proved he can build a world with heart and comedy in equal measure, expectations are sky-high. The premise is darker than anything he's done before, but the trailers suggest the tone lands somewhere between Fargo and It's Always Sunny — which, honestly, sign me up.

Anticipation level: 8/10. Dan Levy has earned the benefit of the doubt. This is his first post-Schitt's Creek project, and Netflix is betting big.

At the Movies: April 10

Theaters aren't sitting this week out either.

You, Me & Tuscany is Universal's spring rom-com play, starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page as strangers who fall for each other in the Italian countryside. Directed by Kat Coiro, written by Ryan Engle. It's gorgeous, it's charming, and it knows exactly what it is. Sometimes you just want a movie that makes you want to book a flight.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Faces of Death reinvents the infamous 1978 shockumentary as a meta-horror about content creators digging into the dark web. Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, and — somehow — Charli XCX star. Also streaming day-and-date on Shudder.

The Verdict

Here's the math: between Sunday and Thursday, you're looking at six major premieres across five platforms. Three of them are series finales for shows that defined their respective genres. One is a new Star Wars. One is Dan Levy's comeback. And the movies actually look fun.

This is a week you don't just watch — you schedule. Clear your evenings. Charge your devices. Tell your friends you're busy.

April 7 is coming, and it's bringing everything.