March brings the premieres of three Australian titles to the US and Canada: a missing person drama series, a mystery drama series, and a horror thriller film.
For updates about shows from Australia and New Zealand added to US linear TV and streaming channels throughout the month, see the Down Under TV Viewing Guide.
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NATIONAL PREMIERES
Significant Others (AU)
This drama reveals the tensions between family members after Sarah (Jacqueline McKenzie, Pine Gap), a single mother of two teenagers and sister to three estranged adult siblings, disappears while taking an early morning swim in the ocean and is presumed to have drowned.
The cast includes Rachael Blake (Rake), Alison Bell (The Letdown), Zoë Steiner (In Halves), Gulliver McGrath (Black Snow), and Kenneth Moraleda (Janet King),
Significant Others premieres in the US and Canada on Monday, March 4, exclusively on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.
Apples Never Fall (AU-US)
Based on Apples Never Fall, Liane Moriarty’s New York Times best-selling novel, this seven-episode mystery drama centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan and Joy have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children — Amy, Troy, Logan, and Brooke — everything changes when Savannah, a wounded young woman, knocks on Joy and Stan’s door. Then Joy suddenly disappears. Now her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.
The limited series stars four-time Oscar® nominee Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right, American Beauty) as Joy, and two-time Emmy® nominee Sam Neill (The Piano, The Horse Whisperer) as Stan, along with Alison Brie (Community) as Amy, Jake Lacy (The White Lotus) as Troy, Conor Merrigan-Turner (Thai Cave Rescue) as Logan, Essie Randles (Through Grace) as Brooke, Georgia Flood (Wentworth) as Savannah, Jeanine Serralles (Utopia) as Detective Elena Camacho, and Dylan Thuraisingham (Sweet Tooth) as Detective Ethan Remy.
Guest stars include Katrina Lenk (Ozark), Timm Sharp (Enlightened), Nate Mann (Masters of the Air), Paula Andrea Placido (Hacks), Pooja Shah (Westworld), and Quentin Plair (Tiny Beautiful Things).
Apples Never Fall, a Peacock Original series, premieres Thursday, March 14, exclusively on Peacock.
You’ll Never Find Me (AU)
In this horror thriller, Patrick (Brendan Rock, The Stranger), a man living an isolated existence at the back of a desolate caravan park, is visited by a desperate young woman (Jordan Cowan, Wolf Creek 2) seeking shelter from a violent storm. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened — but who should really be afraid?
You’ll Never Find Me, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US and Canada on Friday, March 22, on Shudder, AMC+, and their digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Video Channels and AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.
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Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
NON-PREMIERE PROGRAMS BEING ADDED TO STREAMING SERVICES
Winter (AU)
In this gripping Aussie whodunit, the small town of Mingara is rocked to its core after the search for a missing teenager uncovers the corpses of five women in a field. Called in to investigate is Detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney, Under the Vines), who delves into the mystery with her elite team of homicide detectives.
Winter begins streaming Thursday, March 14, on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.
Winter: The Complete Series DVD
Total Control: Season 1 (AU)
This critically-acclaimed, award-winning political drama centers on Alexandra “Alex” Irving (Deborah Mailman, Jack Irish, Mystery Road, Offspring), a charismatic Indigenous woman who finds herself the center of media attention following her admirable actions in a high-risk situation. Rachel Anderson (Rachel Griffiths, Six Feet Under, Brothers and Sisters, Dead Lucky), the embattled but cunning Prime Minister of Australia, recruits Alex as a senator to boost her own popularity and to further her own agenda. Naive to Rachel’s true motives, Alex takes the opportunity in order to make a difference, but when Rachel betrays her, Alex sets out for revenge.
The series features Harry Richardson (Poldark), Celia Ireland (Wentworth), David Roberts (Bad Mothers), and Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road).
Total Control: Season 1 begins streaming Monday, March 18, on Acorn TV and its digital channels, including Acorn TV on Prime Channels.
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Did you miss any of the new shows from previous days, weeks, or months? Check the Down Under TV Viewing Guide and Archives to find out.
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For details about the March 2024 premieres of shows from the UK, Canada, Ireland, and countries in Europe and elsewhere, visit The British TV Place, The Euro TV Place, and The Global TV Place.
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