AMC Networks April 2026 Schedule Announced

The AMC Networks April 2026 schedule has been announced, featuring gripping crime dramas and intriguing mysteries. Members can look forward to The Audacity, Dark Winds, HIDIVE’s spring simulcast, Shudder’s “Halfway to Halloween,” The Brokenwood Mysteries, This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga, and more.

The AMC Networks lineup includes a new season of Sarah Goldberg’s dark dramedy SisterS and the new true crime docuseries Original Gangsters with Sean Bean.

Also featured next month is the return of Acorn TV’s fan-favorite The Brokenwood Mysteries and new episodes of Mystery Road: Origin, starring Mark Coles Smith, and The Feud on Shelbury Drive, starring Jill Halfpenny, as well as Sundance Now’s coming-of-age body horror film The Plague, starring Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams) and Everett Blunck (The Audacity).

Shudder celebrates “Halfway to Halloween” with a monster lineup including a new remake of the classic Roger Corman film Deathstalker, vampire cop thriller Night Patrol starring Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers) and Jermaine Fowler (Only Murders in the Building), and retro-slasher Dolly, starring Seann William Scott and Fabianne Therese (John Dies at the End).

AMC NETWORKS APRIL 2026 SCHEDULE

AMC+ (also includes Shudder and Sundance Now)

Dark Winds Season 4 (AMC/AMC+ Original Series) – Season Finale Airs Sunday, April 5 on AMC and AMC+
The series’ gripping fourth season focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten Rez Ball) from the safety of Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.

Executive-produced by the late Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, and McLarnon, and boasting a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score for its first four seasons, Dark Winds also stars Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn.

The Audacity (AMC/AMC+ Original Series) – Two-Episode Series Premiere Sunday, April 12 on AMC+ with New Episodes Weekly until the Season Finale on May 24; One-Episode Premiere with New Episodes Sundays at 10 pm ET/PT on AMC until the Season Finale on May 31
Set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley, The Audacity takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs, and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, audacious data-mining CEO Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.

The darkly comedic drama confronts reality, privacy, and the delusions fueling our ever-changing world. Also starring Sarah Goldberg as Dr. JoAnne Felder, Zach Galifianakis as Carl Bardolph, Lucy Punch as Lili Park-Hoffsteader, Simon Helberg as Martin Phister, Rob Corddry as Tom Ruffage, and Meaghan Rath as Anushka Bhattachera-Phister.

The cast is rounded out by Paul Adelstein as Dr. Gary Felder, Everett Blunck as Orson Stern, Thailey Roberge as Tess Phister, Ava Marie Telek as Jamison Park-Hoffsteader, and Randall Park, guest-starring as Gabe, the qualm-free CFO of a data-mining operation.

This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga (AMC+ Original Series) – New Episodes Continue Every Thursday Until the Season Finale on April 23
This acclaimed crime drama follows the chaos that ignites when notorious gang boss Ronnie (Sean Bean, Game of Thrones) steps back from his criminal empire, triggering a violent power struggle between his volatile son Jamie (Jack McMullen, Hijack) and trusted lieutenant Michael (James Nelson-Joyce, A Thousand Blows), who suddenly sees a chance to claim the throne.

As rivalries erupt and loyalties crumble, the family controlling the city’s cocaine trade spirals into open war. Caught between ambition and the life he’s building with his partner Diana (Hannah Onslow, This Is Going to Hurt), Michael is torn by a future that finally feels within reach and a past that refuses to let him go. In a world defined by blood, betrayal, and legacy, choosing love may be the most dangerous move of all.

SisterS Season 2 (IFC Original Series) – New Season Premieres Wednesday, April 22 on AMC+, Acorn TV, and IFC TV (11 pm ET / PT on IFC); Binge Release on Streaming with Episodes Wednesdays on IFC through May 27
After being abandoned by her sister Sare (Sarah Goldberg, The Audacity, Barry) in Ireland, Suze (Susan Stanley) discovers unsettling news about her fertility. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Sare is planning her wedding, but hiding a secret health crisis.

When an unexpected invitation to Sare’s wedding prompts Suze to travel to Canada, a chaotic journey begins—filled with family secrets, unexpected revelations, and strained relationships. As Sare’s wedding day approaches, Suze uncovers more about her sister’s struggles, and both women are forced to confront their pasts and their futures.

SHUDDER (also available on AMC+)

eathstalker (Shudder Exclusive Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, April 3
When Deathstalker (Daniel Bernhardt, John Wick, Nobody) recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he’s marked by dark magick and hunted by assassins. To survive, he must break the curse and face the rising evil. Featuring Patton Oswalt as the voice of the wizard Doodad.

Somnium (Shudder Exclusive Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, April 10
At an experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, dreams are made real. Side effects may include hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep paralysis, detachment from reality, a lost sense of self, and permanent nightmares. Starring Chloë Levine (The OA), Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things), and Johnathan Schaech (Suitable Flesh, Blue Ridge: The Series).

Night Patrol (Shudder Exclusive Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, April 17
An LAPD officer must put aside his differences with the area’s street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.

Starring Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening), Justin Long (Barbarian), RJ Cyler (The Harder They Fall), Freddie Gibbs (Down With the King), CM Punk (Girl on the Third Floor), YG (White Boy Rick), Flying Lotus (Ash), Dermot Mulroney (Scream VI), Jon Oswald (Lowlife), and Nicki Micheaux (The Shield).

Dolly (Shudder Original Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, April 24
A young woman, Macy (Fabianne Therese, John Dies at the End), fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise her as their child. Starring Seann William Scott (Final Destination), Ethan Suplee (American History X), and pro-wrestler Max the Impaler.

SUNDANCE NOW (also available on AMC+)

The Plague (Sundance Now Film Premiere) – New Film Premieres Friday, April 10
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious twelve-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real. Starring Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams, Dark Matter) and Everett Blunck (The Audacity, Griffin in Summer).

Original Gangsters with Sean Bean (Sundance Now Documentary Series) – New Documentary Series Premieres Thursday, April 9 on Sundance Now, AMC+, and All Reality; Episodes Continue Weekly Until Season Finale on April 30
Legendary actor Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, Snowpiercer) takes viewers on a journey through history’s most notorious criminals to separate fact from fiction. Fusing cinematic reenactment, expert interviews, first-person accounts, and the latest technology to bring these infamous characters to life, discover what made each one tick and why they are the original gangsters.

ACORN TV
(See the full Acorn TV April 2026 schedule)

The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 12 (Acorn TV Exclusive Series) – New Season Premieres Monday, April 6; Episodes Continue Weekly until the Season Finale on May 11
Detectives Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea), Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland), and Daniel Chalmers (Jarod Rawiri) continue to grapple with the small town’s ever-growing murder rate. With the help of their unique pathologist, Dr. Gina Kadinsky (Cristina Ionda) and the town’s trusty locals, the team must employ unorthodox techniques to crack Brokenwood’s most bizarre and chilling murder investigation to date.

From attempted alien abductions to a surfing priest with a dark history, a masquerade ball masking a death, a historical railway leading to a dead bride, a killer ukulele, and a stolen family heirloom leaving blood on the hands of Ray and Trudy Neilson, this season’s murders once again capture the darkness, humor and eccentricity of New Zealand’s most lethal town.

Mystery Road: Origin Season 2 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Episodes Continue Mondays on Acorn TV and AMC+ until the Season Finale on April 27
Mark Cole Smith (Beast of War) returns as a young Detective Jay Swan, who is still reeling from the events of last season and hoping for a fresh start. He and his wife Mary (Tuuli Narkle, Territory) relocate to the remote town of Loch Iris, believing it will give them a chance to rebuild.

Instead, the move quickly takes a darker turn when Jay becomes drawn into a decades-old mystery involving secrets, murders, and unexplained disappearances. As his investigation deepens, long-buried truths begin to surface, threatening the present and the future he and Mary are trying to protect.

Clarence Ryan (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) also returns this season alongside the ensemble cast, including Robyn Malcolm (The Survivors), Luke Carroll (Scrublands Silver), Aswan Reid (The New Boy), Shantae Barnes-Cowan (The Redemption), Geoff Morrell (Ice Road: Vengeance), Nicholas Bell (Bay of Fires), Alex Malone, Steve Le Marquand (Beast of War), Pippa Grandison (Population 1:1), Rarriwuy Hick (Kangaroo), Tammy Rock, Eloise Hart, Helen Morse, and more.

The Feud on Shelbury Drive (Acorn TV Exclusive Series) – New Episodes Continue Mondays until the Season Finale on May 4
Emma (Jill Halfpenny, Humans, EastEnders) and John Barnett (Rupert Penry-Jones, Black Sails, The Strain), along with their daughter Beth, appear to live an idyllic life on Shelbury Drive; however, when Emma and John decide to add a kitchen extension to their house, these friendships prove to be not quite as harmonious as they seem.

Murdoch Mysteries Season 19 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Episodes Continue Mondays until the Season Finale on July 27
Set in Toronto in the early 1900s during the age of invention, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson, Casino Jack, Baking All the Way) uses radical forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders.

The new season will see a bevy of notable guest stars such as Sally Lindsay (The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Coronation Street), Amber Marshall (Heartland), Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall, Fargo), musician Steven Page, Jason Mewes (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), and the return of Countess Luann de Lesseps, an original cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City.

Cases this season include the murder of a fashion mogul that everyone had reason to kill; Murdoch participating in a game show that turns lethal; wild animal attacks in High Park; and a dangerous stand-off when customers are taken hostage at a roadside inn. Murdoch and Brackenreid (Thomas Craig) even solve a murder with the help of the famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Marshall), and, while working on another case, fight spies atop a speeding train headed towards the nation’s capital.

ALL REALITY (also available on We TV)

Mama June: From Not to Hot Season 8 (We TV Original Series) – New Episodes Every Friday on All Reality and We TV (9 pm ET/PT on We TV) Until the Season Finale on May 15
This season, as Jessica and Shyann plan their wedding, June and Shyann’s mother, Trina, battle it out, butting heads on just about everything. Pumpkin reveals her new boo, Darrin, and navigates co-parenting with Josh, who shockingly has a new addition of his own.

Jessica and Pumpkin, who are still on the rocks, try to heal their relationship before Jessica’s big day, but past secrets sadly get in the way. Meanwhile, Alana continues to thrive in nursing school while quietly struggling with her own feelings surrounding Pumpkin and Josh’s divorce.

ALLBLK

Long Time Listener (ALLBLK Original Film) – New Film Premieres Thursday, April 2 on ALLBLK
After a volatile exchange with a prank caller known only as the “Long Time Listener” on her once-flourishing true-crime podcast, Genesis Taylor (Meagan Taylor, Monarch) suddenly finds herself thrust back into the spotlight. But as the calls grow more frequent and people close to her begin to disappear, Genesis comes to a terrifying realization – the anonymous voice on the line may belong to a serial killer.

Wild Rose (ALLBLK Original Series) – New Episodes Every Thursday Until the Season Finale on April 30
Roosevelt, aka ‘Rose’ (Omarion), is a charismatic hitman with a conscience who comes from a family of assassins who also run a non-profit organization. Behind the non-profit façade is an elite, family-run agency known for taking down high-profile targets.

Rose’s world is turned upside down when his wife and daughter mysteriously walk out of his life. He suspects foul play and finds himself questioning everything and everyone. As he embarks on a journey to uncover the truth, he starts to unravel a web of secrets that force him to question his identity within his own family.

Amidst his personal turmoil, Rose is pulled into the Hollywood underworld of music, fame, sex, and murder when he receives a new assignment: serve as the bodyguard for the world-famous singer, Somaya (Casey Gardner, All American: Homecoming, The Missing). But Somaya finds herself in the crosshairs of her own personal security guard, unaware that the man hired to protect her is also contracted to end her life.

HIDIVE

Petals of Reincarnation (HIDIVE Exclusive & Co-Production) – Simulcast Premiere on Thursday, April 2
The wait is over for the new supernatural action anime and HIDIVE co-production Petals of Reincarnation, one of next season’s most highly anticipated series, which will stream exclusively on HIDIVE and premieres on April 2, followed by new simulcast episodes every Thursday this spring.

There exists an object known as the “Branch of Reincarnation” that can grant people the talents of their past lives, so long as they slit their own throat with it. Toya Senji is a teenage boy struggling with low self-esteem after growing up in the shadow of his gifted older brother. He decides that academic studies are his last resort in the search for talent, but fails to find satisfaction despite consistently placing in the top 100 on national mock exams.

In a twist of fate, Toya encounters one of her classmates, Haito Luo Buffett, a “Returner” who has resurrected the talents of her past life through the Branch of Reincarnation, as she fights a serial killer. Petals of Reincarnation is directed by Shun Kudo, with story editing by Atsuo Ishino and production by BENTEN Film.

Kirio Fan Club (HIDIVE 30-Day Exclusive) – Simulcast Premiere on Thursday, April 2
Spring into love this April with the hilarious new rom-com series Kirio Fan Club when it premieres on HIDIVE on April 2 and continues with new simulcast episodes streaming every Thursday all season long.

Aimi and Nami don’t have much in common, with one glaring exception: Kirio, the boy they both have a crush on! The battle to prove who loves him more has begun, leading to such deep philosophical questions as, “Would you still love him if he had farts that broke the sound barrier?” and the classic “Would you still love him if he were a worm?”

But as the girls’ friendship deepens, they find themselves wondering whether their shot at love is as important as their hilarious, heartwarming bond. Kirio Fan Club is directed by So Toyama, with writing by Aya Satsuki and production by Satelight.

Farming Life in Another World Season 2 (HIDIVE Exclusive) – Simulcast Premiere on Monday, April 6
The otherworldly fan-favorite isekai series Farming Life in Another World returns this April for an exciting second season, streaming exclusively on HIDIVE, with a premiere on April 6 and new simulcast episodes every Monday throughout spring. Relaxing country living continues in the second season of the most laidback isekai anime around!

Bestowed with the all-in-one “Almighty Farming Tool,” protagonist Hiraku works tirelessly to transform the forest into a bustling civilization. Farming Life in Another World 2 is directed and written by Ryoichi Kuraya, along with production by Zero-G.

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2 (HIDIVE Exclusive) – Simulcast Premiere on Tuesday, April 7
Last spring’s hit anime The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior is back next month with the eagerly awaited second season of the fantasy romance series streaming exclusively on HIDIVE and scheduled to premiere on April 7, and continues with new simulcast episodes every Tuesday thereafter. Pride Royal Ivy is an eight-year-old princess.

One day, she realizes something: in her previous life, she had been an ordinary girl born into a typical Japanese family—nothing special, just a normal child. But now, she has been reborn as the cruel and merciless final-boss queen in the otome game Kimi to Hitosuji no Hikari o (“A Ray of Light With You”). Realizing this, she now decides to rely on her memories of playing the game and to achieve something only she can do: avoid the impending tragedies and create a world where every character can find happiness.

Thus begins a fantasy about a highly capable villainess princess striving to avoid becoming the final boss. The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2 is directed by Norio Nitta together with writing by Deko Akao and production by OLM Team Yoshioka.

Yowayowa Sensei (HIDIVE Exclusive) – Simulcast Premiere on Saturday, April 11
Love (and laughs) will fill the air this spring with the arrival of the new rom-com series Yowayowa Sensei when it premieres on April 11, streaming exclusively on HIDIVE with new simulcast episodes every Saturday all next season. High school homeroom teacher Hiyori Hiwamura is known as the “Scary Teacher,” and if you offend her, she’ll put a curse on you! Or at least that’s what everyone believes.

She’s secretly a total softy who’s deeply misunderstood, and once you see her sweet side, she’ll put a different kind of spell on you… Unfortunately, one of her students, Akihito Abikura, has accidentally discovered her secret. Yowayowa Sensei is directed by Hiroshi Ishiodori, together with series composition by Yukinori Fukushima and production by Brain’s Base.