I'll say it: the start of 2023 has been a little, uh, slow, TV wise.
The Last Of Us is really carrying the weight of our collective viewing habits on its shoulders (and doing a damn good job). But don't you worry any longer.
Because March is here, and things are heating up.
Clear your schedule, because these are the 14 shows you'll want to get your eyes around this month:
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Now, if you are like me and only watched one specific scene of one specific episode of Sex/Life season one... well, I see you. But also, I have been told there is an actual plot:
Did I mention the lots of sex?
Season two picks up right where it left off, with Billie trying to balance her double life.
Sex/Life is not high brow content, but let's not pretend we care.
Sex/Life season two drops March 2 on Netflix.
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OH YES.
The highly anticipated series, based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's New York Times bestseller is finally here.
Daisy Jones & the Six follows the story of a 1970s band, fronted by two feuding yet charismatic lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne. Their complicated partnership took the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame, but after a sold-out show at Chicago's Soldier Field, they suddenly called it quits.
Decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth of why it all imploded.
Yes, it is partly inspired by Fleetwood Mac. What gave it away?
Riley Keough and Sam Claflin play Daisy and Billy, alongside co-stars including Camila Morrone and Suki Waterhouse.
And I haven't even mentioned the music yet: a massive 24 original songs have been written exclusively for the series, so you bop along while you wait for each weekly episode.
The first three episodes of Daisy Jones & The Six premiere March 3 on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping weekly on Fridays.
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Netflix is going live for the first time - and what better way to do that than with a new Chris Rock stand-up special? With the comedian taking to a global stage for the first time since... well, you know, *that* slap.
Obviously we will be watching to see if he addresses it (surely he will address it? Suuuurely!)
This will be the first major test of live events on Netflix, which the streamer hopes to extend to other unscripted content like reality TV competitions and sports.
But first: The Slap.
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage airs live on Netflix at 2pm AEDT on March 5.
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Rain Dogs is an unconventional love story following a working-class single mum Costello Jones (Daisy May Cooper), her precocious young daughter Iris (Fleur Tashjian) and a privileged gay man, Selby (Jack Farthing).
The trio, along with their chaotic best friend Gloria (Ronke Adekoluejo), form a makeshift family bound by a complex, deep love and defiance towards a system built against them.
Rain Dogs premieres March 7 on Binge, with new episodes weekly on Tuesdays.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was supposed to be a routine trip: A redeye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew on board.
But shortly after takeoff on a calm 2014 night, MH370 vanished from radar screens for good. The shocking disappearance of a commercial airliner made headlines, sparked riots, and generated a global search for answers that never came.
This three-part documentary series will explore three of the most contentious theories about what happened to the plane, featuring interviews with family members, scientists, journalists and others who, nine years on, refuse to give up hope of an explanation.
MH370: The Plane That Disappeared premieres March 8 on Netflix.
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I'll watch Kerry Washington in anything, but the chance to see her in a sitcom is super exciting. In UnPrisoned, she plays a single mother and a therapist whose life is turned upside down (or right side up!) when her dad, played by Delroy Lindo, gets out of prison and moves into her house to live with her and her teenage son.
It's a comedy with half-hour episodes, so I'm looking forward to adding this to my roster of comfort watches.
UnPrisoned drops March 10 on Disney+.
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Start practicing your best dad jokes, because Coach Lasso is back.
Thank God. We desperately need the pure, wholesome goodness that is Ted Lasso back in our lives.
Everyone involved has kept the plot for season three tightly under wraps, but we can expect it to explore the aftermath of season two's plot twist finale featuring new West Ham coach... Nate.
The show's creators have long said they planned Ted Lasso as a three-season story, so whether this is the last - or just the last of his pre-planned arc - you know it's going to be more of the heart-warming hilarity we love it for.
Ted Lasso season three premieres March 15 on Apple TV+, with new episodes weekly on Wednesdays.
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Thought your high school reunion was chaos? I guarantee you it has nothing on Class of 07.
This eight-episode local comedy begins with the 10-year reunion of an all-girls high school - now, that already poses some stakes. Decades old drama? Here for it. But then, why not throw in an apocalyptic tidal wave? Just to really up the stakes, ya know?
A group of women - lead by Aussie talent including Emily Browning and Caitlin Stasey - must now survive atop the island peak of their high school campus, where the greatest threat to their survival should probably be the impending end of the world, but might actually just be each other.
Class of 07 premieres March 17 on Prime Video.
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Extrapolations is a drama featuring eight interwoven stories about love, work, faith and family in a near future where the impacts of climate change have created new norms.
The eight episode anthology spans a 33-year time span, exploring the adaptations humanity have been forced to make to survive and some truly spectacular (and scary) special effects.
Don't let the very serious, not-fun C words put you off, because this looks like an incredible series with a SPECTACULAR cast. Take a deep breath, because it stars: Kit Harington, Matthew Rhys, Heather Graham, Sienna Miller, MERYL! STREEP!, David Schwimmer, Cherry Jones, Edward Norton, Michael Gandolfini, Diane Lane, Keri Russell, Gemma Chan, Marion Cotillard, Forest Whitaker, Hari Nef, Eiza González, Tobey Maguire, Ben Harper, Murray Bartlett and SO MANY MORE.
The first three episodes of Extrapolations premiere March 17 on Apple TV+, with new episodes weekly on Fridays.
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Bob Odenkirk is back - alongside the producers of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad - for Lucky Hank, a drama series based on Richard Russo’s novel Straight Man.
He plays Henry (Hank) Devereaux, Jr., a failed novelist turned unlikely chair of the English department of a mediocre college in a working-class town.
Backstabbing colleagues, crusading students, a flirtatious protégé, and a wife reawakening to dormant ambitions aggravates the mounting midlife crisis Hank experiences when his celebrated, philandering father returns to darken the shadow he casts on his son.
Lucky Hank premieres March 20 on Stan, with new episodes weekly on Mondays.
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Yellowjackets is perhaps the most underrated show on television right now. Sure, the first season debuted with a 100 per cent Rotten Tomatoes rating and it received six Emmy nominations, but here in Australia especially, it has flown pretty under the radar.
Consider this me BEGGING you to watch it.
The series follows a group of female high school champion soccer players whose plane crashes deep in the Ontario wilderness in the 90s.
The survivors spend the next 19 months in the forest, with clans formed, alliances broken, and, uh, some possibly a cult, and the series flashes between that time and 25 years later, when the few surviving members of the team are attempting to piece their lives back together.
The show was originally pitched as a five-season idea, so season two is bound to answer our questions... and lead us to many, many more.
Yellowjackets season two premieres March 24 on Paramount+, with new episodes weekly.
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OH HOW I'VE MISSED MY FAVOURITE HORRIBLE, RICH FAMILY.
ICYMI: Succession follows the Roy family, headed by patriarch Logan Roy, the man behind a Fox News-esque media empire in the United States, and his children's very toxic battle for power of the company.
In season four - recently announced to be the FINAL season - Waystar Royco's sale to Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moves ever closer, prompting the Roy family to assess what their lives will look like once they're no longer in control of one of the most culturally and politically influential brands on earth.
Expect scheming, power plays, backstabbing, sledging and Logan yelling "F*** OFF!". Obviously. Although, hopefully there will be no further Roman d*ck pics.
Succession season four premieres March 27 on Binge, with new episodes weekly on Mondays.
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A Celeste Barber-led dramedy about the often ridiculous 'wellness' industry? Yes, please.
Barber stars as Liv Healy in this series based on Brigid Delaney's novel Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness. Liv is a food blogger who experiences a health crisis that forces her to reevaluate her choices and inspires her to try various methods of healthy living.
Cue hilarity, of course.
Wellmania premieres March 29 on Netflix.
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Honestly, the one-line official description of The Power is enough to get me excited: "A group of teenage girls mysteriously develop a special power that allows them to electrocute people at will."
As a former teenage girl, I cannot tell you how handy that power would be.
The sci-fi drama series is based on Naomi Alderman's novel of the same name and stars Toni Collette, alongside Moana star Auli'i Cravalho and an impressive cast of newcomers.
The Power premieres March 31 on Prime Video.
Chelsea McLaughlin is Mamamia's Senior Entertainment Writer and co-host of The Spill. For more pop culture takes, recommendations and sarcasm, you can follow her on Instagram.
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