12 of the best TV shows you can watch in March

The Comeback premieres March 22 on HBO and Max in the US

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11. Taste

Riz Ahmed made his name in dramas, earning an Oscar nomination for The Sound of Metal, but he reveals his comedic side in this series he wrote and stars. He plays a struggling actor named Shah Latif, who gets an audition to play the next James Bond. The news leaks out to the public and everyone around him, especially his large Anglo-Pakistani family, and he goes wild with predictions and advice, throwing his life into chaos. “It’s as if his life is starting to resemble the spy thriller he’s auditioning for,” Ahmed told Collider when the show premiered at Sundance. “He’s in a long chase sequence somehow.” He told Deadline that he got approval from James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli by explaining that the show isn’t actually about 007. It’s about Shah and “that crazy distance between our public and private selves.” But come to think of it, Ahmed He could Be James Bond.

Bait premieres March 25 on Prime Video globally

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12. Something very bad is going to happen

The Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things are executive producers of the series, which stars Camila Morrone, who was last seen running for her life as Roxana, the devious girlfriend of an arms dealer, in The Night Manager. Here she plays Rachel, the bride seen in the trailer slowly walking down the aisle with horror movie sound effects in the background, which is not a good omen for marriage. The series takes place during the week leading up to Rachel and Nikki’s (Adam DeMarco) wedding, and one of the signs she should probably pay attention to is an actual sign handwritten in blood red ink that says “Don’t Marry Him.” The show’s creator, Haley Z Boston, compared its tone to a mix of Carrie and Rosemary’s Baby. “My natural approach is from a place of character, dialogue and humor and then infuse that with unsettling horror,” she said. This does not mean that the story is irrelevant. She added: “The series is about the fear of marrying the wrong person.”

Something Very Bad Will Happen premieres March 26 on Netflix globally

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