April 2025 is ushering an exciting slate of special programming and brand-new TV shows, with the most anticipated titles ranging from animated adaptations to sports docuseries and long-awaited tournament broadcasts. Partnering with predictive media analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing new TV releases with the most online chatter before their debuts. These titles are each assigned a hype score, measured by the series or special’s engagement across various online platforms.
The most-anticipated new releases of April 2025 are ranked by Attention Signals, which are calculated using measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These metrics of online engagement offer unique insight into the TV shows and specials that have made the biggest virtual impact on potential viewers prior to their debut – regardless of ratings or reviews.
The attention scale metric is the percentage of attention based on the show or movie in the number one spot (which is represented as 100%).
Excluding the return of established TV shows, such as The Last of Us season 2, You season 5, or The Handmaid’s Tale season 6, April 2025’s most-hyped new releases bring some titles with great potential to have long runs on TV. From the 2025 Masters Tournament and animated adaptations to an Apple TV+ comedy-drama, this month has some intriguing new concepts mixed in with beloved sports specials. Based on Diesel Labs’ data, here’s Screen Rant’s list of April 2025’s top 10 brand-new TV releases with the most online engagement.
Top 10 Most Anticipated New TV Releases – April 2025
The Titles Range From Devil May Cry To The Clubhouse: A Year With The Red Sox
Title
Premiere Date
Platform
Genre
Attention Scale
Attention Signals
4/3/2025
Netflix
Action & Adventure
100.00%
9,378,137
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing
4/9/2025
Netflix
Docuseries
63.85%
5,988,254
4/16/2025
Apple TV+
Drama
60.06%
5,632,145
2025 Masters Tournament
4/10/2025
CBS
Sports
57.31%
5,375,026
4/3/2025
Amazon Prime Video
Action & Adventure
48.03%
4,504,734
4/11/2025
Apple TV+
Drama
47.61%
4,464,654
Carlos Alcaraz: My Way
4/23/2025
Netflix
Docuseries
41.77%
3,917,585
Polyfamily
4/29/2025
TLC
Reality
30.52%
2,861,765
Iyanu
4/5/2025
Cartoon Network
Kids & Family
23.55%
2,208,625
The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox
4/8/2025
Netflix
Docuseries
20.56%
1,927,773
Diesel Labs’ data reveals that the most anticipated TV release of April 2025 is Devil May Cry, Netflix’s adaptation of the same-named Japanese fantasy video game franchise. Next in anticipation is Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, Netflix’s docuseries that dives into allegations of abuse in the world of child influencers. Following close behind are the David Oyelowo-starring Apple TV+ show Government Cheese, the 2025 Masters Tournament for golf fans, and the new Kevin Bacon-starring Amazon Prime Video action horror series The Bondsman.
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Also among April 2025’s most-anticipated TV debuts are the Jon Hamm-led TV show Your Friends and Neighbors on Apple TV+, Netflix tennis star docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way, and TLC’s reality series Polyfamily. Closing out the top 10 most-hyped April 2025 TV shows are Iyanu, an animated superhero show on Cartoon Network, and Netflix’s The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox baseball docuseries following the team’s 2024 season. As the spring TV slate moves into full force, April 2025 has some new releases with high potential to rival the large slate of anticipated returning series.
Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that produces audience insights for the entire media landscape. With a sophisticated machine-learning based approach, they measure millions of audience members’ attention with content across many sources including major social and video platforms YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok (beta), and Reddit (beta). For more information, visit www.diesellabs.com.
