--- description: From 'Palm Royale' to '3 Body Problem' to 'Diarra From Detroit' title: The 5 Best New TV Shows of March 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb49645525a970587/698a54db09208f87d441cf09/Palm_Royale_Photo_010304.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 5 Best New TV Shows of March 2024  by [Judy Berman](/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close TV Critic Mar 29, 2024 12:00 PM CUT  Laura Dern and Ricky Martin in Palm Royale Laura Dern and Ricky Martin in Palm RoyaleApple TV+  by [Judy Berman](/author/judy-berman/)  ## Judy Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close TV Critic Mar 29, 2024 12:00 PM CUT Spring has officially sprung, but with rain, snow, and freezing temperatures continuing to wallop much of the country, March 2024 has proven to be an excellent month to stay inside. Luckily, it has also been an excellent month for television. Here are some highlights, from genre epics like _3 Body Problem_, to Jerrod Carmichael’s foray into unscripted TV, to the hidden gem _Boarders_. ## _3 Body Problem_ (Netflix) Netflix’s _3 Body Problem_ might be the biggest TV series to hit Earth this year. The science-fiction epic unites [_Game of Thrones_](https://time.com/5517025/game-of-thrones-binge-watch-recaps/ "undefined") creators [David Benioff and D.B. Weiss](https://time.com/4791793/game-of-thrones-season-7-david-benioff-d-b-weiss/ "undefined") with [_The Terror: Infamy_](https://time.com/5648993/the-terror-infamy-japanese-american-internment/ "undefined") co-creator Alexander Woo in an adaptation of one of the 21st century’s most celebrated books. Chinese author Cixin Liu’s Hugo-winning _The Three-Body Problem_—published in his home country in 2006, then expanded into a trilogy that has been translated into dozens of languages—is a fascinating novel of ideas. The cover of the American edition boasts an endorsement from Barack Obama, who calls it “[wildly imaginative](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/books/transcript-president-obama-on-what-books-mean-to-him.html "undefined").” It certainly is. Choppily written, dense with theoretical physics and philosophy, and dependent on the depiction of an alien race whose physical form is never described, the book also poses unique challenges for anyone looking to adapt it for the screen. Benioff, Weiss, and Woo have been remarkably successful at transforming Liu’s work into a gripping sci-fi thriller, without either dumbing it down or boring viewers with hours’ worth of whiteboard lectures. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6898428/3-body-problem-review-netflix/ "undefined")**.\]** ## _Boarders_ (Tubi) If you want to know how power and identity work within a society, look to its elite private secondary schools—where the stratification is extreme and the students too young to be tactful about it. So it is at St. Gilberts, the boarding school at the center of the fantastic British teen drama _Boarders_. Yet in an overdue break from rich-kid soaps like the [recently rebooted _Gossip Girl_](https://time.com/6077228/gossip-girl-reboot-review-hbo-max/ "undefined")and [_Beverly Hills, 90210_](https://time.com/archive/6718180/cute-and-peppy-in-beverly-hills/ "undefined"), this series spotlights a cohort of Black scholarship students brought in to diversify the old-fashioned (read: racist) institution in the wake of a scandal. The show strikes an ideal balance between brutal honesty and empathetic tenderness, social commentary and fun. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6877174/boarders-review-tubi/ "undefined")**.\]** ## _Diarra From Detroit_ (BET+) TV’s ongoing crime drama boom has yielded a boomlet in crime comedies, from [_Search Party_](https://time.com/6137793/search-party-season-5-review/ "undefined")to [_Deadloch_](https://time.com/6291441/best-tv-shows-june-2023/ "undefined")to [_The Afterparty_](https://time.com/6141603/afterparty-review-apple/ "undefined"), that bring self-aware humor to familiar detective tropes. If you like those series, check out _Diarra From Detroit_. Creator Diarra Kilpatrick([_Perry Mason_](https://time.com/5850877/perry-mason-hbo-detective-shows/ "undefined")) stars as a teacher who moves back to her old, now-gentrifying Detroit neighborhood amid a rough divorce and coaxes herself into the local dating pool. Her first decent Tinder match (Shannon Wallace) is such a good lover she nicknames him “Ambien” for knocking her out. Then he stands her up for their second date. But Diarra, whose colleagues nicknamed _her_ “Captain Extra” for a reason, refuses to let him ghost. A quest to confront him reveals that he may, in fact, be in serious trouble—and that his disappearance could be linked to a crime that shook the city decades ago. The mystery is intriguing, but the show’s real draw are hilarious scripts delivered by a wonderful cast. [_Rap Sh!t_](https://time.com/6197265/rap-shit-girls5eva-girl-bands-tv-shows/ "undefined")alum DomiNque Perry and Claudia Logan (_That Damn Michael Che_) give performances that pop as Diarra’s very different gal pals—the former an ambitious entrepreneur who’s gone (mostly) celibate to focus on her career and the latter a grown-up tough girl with a family. Morris Chestnut is charmingly despicable as Diarra’s ex. And the great Phylicia Rashad shows up in a truly wild role. Kilpatrick’s noirish narration, pithy one-liners, and endearingly over-the-top presence tie it all together, making her one of TV’s freshest and funniest auteurs. ## _Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show_ (HBO) As its title suggests, _Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show_ continues the eponymous comedian’s experiment in radical honesty. Framed—and deepened as much as it’s leavened—by co-creator and star Carmichael’s onstage monologues, the perceptive eight-part HBO series is disarmingly frank about not only his personal life, but also about its own constructedness. We watch him produce as the camera rolls, persuading family and friends to discuss hard topics on camera as crew members swarm. By making us privy to these contrivances, he establishes authenticity within a notoriously artificial genre. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6960476/jerrod-carmichael-reality-show-review/ "undefined")**.\]** _Stream it on_ [_Max_](https://fave.co/3KpXWOo "undefined")_._ ## _Palm Royale_ (Apple TV+) Vietnam. Stonewall. [Charles Manson](https://time.com/5869991/helter-skelter-epix-review-charles-manson/ "undefined"). _Easy Rider_. [Woodstock](https://time.com/5641667/woodstock-50-health-care/ "undefined"), the [Harlem Cultural Festival](https://time.com/6074779/questlove-summer-of-soul-interview/ "undefined"), and the tragedy that was [Altamont](https://time.com/5744996/rolling-stones-altamont-photographer/ "undefined"). These are the touchstones that define 1969 in our collective memory. But in the Palm Beach of 1969, as conjured by the delightfully deranged Apple TV+ soap _Palm Royale_, they barely register. Insulated from the war, free love, and societal upheaval, the resort community’s wealthy denizens have a different set of preoccupations. Like securing membership in the most exclusive social club in town. That walled haven, a headquarters for ladies who lunch and the husbands who fund their leisurely lifestyles, is called the Palm Royale. Into its haughty, pastel-hued world vaults—as in, literally enters the club by going over its fence—the plucky outsider Maxine (executive producer [Kristen Wiig](https://time.com/23219/hateship-loveship-kristen-wiig-drama-comedy-career/ "undefined")). Queen bee Evelyn ([Alison Janney](https://time.com/5536950/allison-janney-oscars-2019/ "undefined")), her ascendant rival Dinah (Leslie Bibb), and their clique of frenemies clock the interloper immediately and freeze her out. So begins Maxine’s tireless campaign to gain acceptance in Palm Beach society’s most rarefied social circle. **\[**[**Read the full review**](https://time.com/6957413/palm-royale-review-kristen-wiig/ "undefined")**.\]** _Stream it on_ [_Apple TV_](https://fave.co/3Krf4Uc "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6961276/best-tv-shows-march-2024/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6961276/best-tv-shows-march-2024/"},"headline":"The 5 Best New TV Shows of March 2024","datePublished":"2024-03-29T12:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T17:22:19.453Z","description":"From 'Palm Royale' to '3 Body Problem' to 'Diarra From Detroit'","url":"https://time.com/6961276/best-tv-shows-march-2024/","keywords":["Television","list","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb49645525a970587/698a54db09208f87d441cf09/Palm_Royale_Photo_010304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Judy Berman","jobTitle":"TV Critic","url":"https://time.com/author/judy-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb49645525a970587/698a54db09208f87d441cf09/Palm_Royale_Photo_010304.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Palm_Royale_Photo_010304","caption":"Laura Dern and Ricky Martin in Palm Royale","creditText":"Apple TV+","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6961276/best-tv-shows-march-2024/","name":"The 5 Best New TV Shows of March 2024"}}]}] ```