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23rd Feb 2018

Here Is What’s New On Netflix For March

Darragh Berry

Okay, so we’ve thought long and hard about it and between the cold weather and the great additions to Netflix for the month, we’re not leaving the house. 

Netflix has added some cracking titles to their service for March:

ORIGINAL SERIES

21 Thunder: Season 1 (1 March)
A team of under-21 soccer players in Montreal copes with triumphs and challenges on and off the field while chasing dreams of professional stardom.

Launch Date: March 1

Girls Incarcerated: Season 1

This documentary series follows the lives of teenage girls housed in a maximum security juvenile detention center.

Launch Date: March 2

Ghost Wars: Season 1

Local outcast Roman Mercer must harness his repressed psychic powers to save his remote Alaskan town from paranormal forces.

Launch Date: March 2

Borderliner: Season 1

To protect his family, a police detective covers up a murder case. But when his partner suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty.

Launch Date: March 6

Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Season 2

Jessica grapples with more demons from her past as she hunts down the source of her powers and faces off with a mysterious killer.

Launch Date: March 8

Bad Guys: Vile City: Season 1

Ordered to take down a villainous business leader who controls the city, a prosecutor gathers a team of men who may not be so clean themselves.

Launch Date: March 8

Love: Season 3

As Mickey and Gus take big leaps in their personal and professional lives, they struggle to keep their self-sabotaging impulses in check.

Launch Date: March 9

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Malala Yousafzai

David Letterman returns in a monthly series of in-depth interviews with globally relevant personalities, plus field segments expressing his curiosity.

Launch Date: March 9

Nailed It: Season 1

Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It’s part reality contest, part hot mess.

Launch Date: March 9

Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 1

A group of young people — including a chef, a snowboarder and an ice hockey player — gather in the Karuizawa woods while pursuing their dreams.

Launch Date: March 13

Edha: Season 1

Revenge, passion and dark secrets push a successful fashion designer and single mother to her limits when she meets a handsome young immigrant.

Launch Date: March 16 

On My Block: Season 1

This comedy series follows a diverse group of teenage friends as they confront the challenges of growing up in gritty inner-city Los Angeles.

Launch Date: March 16

The Mechanism: Season 1

This fictional drama series is loosely inspired by an investigation of alleged corruption in private and state oil and construction companies in Brazil.

Launch Date: March 23

The Defiant Ones: Limited Series

Director Allen Hughes (“Menace II Society”) traces the rise of music moguls Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and chronicles their groundbreaking partnership.

Launch Date: March 23

Alexa & Katie: Season 1

Alexa is battling cancer. But with her best friend, Katie, by her side, she’s also starting high school — and ready for whatever comes next.

Launch Date: March 23

Santa Clarita Diet: Season 2

What turned Sheila undead? Has Joel boarded the crazy train? Are Eric and Abby just friends? The questions — like the bodies — are stacking up.

Launch Date: March 23

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 2

Even more perilous predicaments, dastardly villains and brilliant inventions. The siblings return for a second season based on the series by Lemony Snicket.

Launch Date: March 30

Trailer Park Boys: Season 12

The Trailer Park Boys return to Sunnyvale Trailer Park, as Bubbles dives into his beer-brewing venture and Ricky and Julian try hard to go legit. 

Launch Date: March 30

You still with us? Good, we’ll keep going so.

WEEKLY EPISODES 

Designated Survivor: Season 2 

With the conspiracy more alarming than ever, a fiery lawyer joins President Kirkman’s staff and Agent Wells forms an alliance with a British spy. 

Launch Date: March 1 

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale 

Trending news, pop culture, social media, original videos and more come together in host Joel McHale’s new weekly comedy commentary show. 

Launch Date: March 4 (weekly episodes every Sunday)

Black Lightning: Season 1 

A retired vigilante leaves behind his quiet life as a school principal and returns to fighting crime in his New Orleans community. 

Launch Date: March 6, 13, 20 (DAB) 

Riverdale: Season 2 

If Jason Blossom’s murder revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdale’s surface, as we enter season two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire town into utter darkness. 

Launch Date: March 8, 15 (DAB) 

Dynasty: Season 1 

With a new face poised to join the family, the Carringtons and the Colbys feud for control over their fortune — and their children’s lives. 

Launch Date: March 10 (DAB) 

Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments: 

Season 3
Launch Date: March 21

NETFLIX FILM

Les Affamés 

As a zombie plague ravages their rural Quebec town, a scrappy band of survivors join forces to flee the infected hordes in this quiet thriller. 

Launch Date: March 2

The Outsider 

An American soldier imprisoned in postwar Japan enters the dark world of the yakuza, adopting their way of life in repayment for his freedom. 

Launch Date: March 9 

Annihilation 

When her husband vanishes during a secret mission, biologist Lena joins an expedition into a mysterious region sealed off by the U.S. government. 

Launch Date: March 12 

Benji 

A determined dog comes to the rescue and helps heal a broken family when a young boy and his sister stumble into some serious danger. 

Launch Date: March 16 

Game Over, Man! 

In this action comedy, three friends are on the verge of getting their video game financed when their benefactor is taken hostage by terrorists. 

Launch Date: March 23 

Layla M. 

In response to the repeated bigotry she faces, a Moroccan teen in Amsterdam tries to find a sense of belonging in the world of fundamentalist Islam. 

Launch Date: March 23 

First Match 

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father. 

Launch Date: March 30 

Happy Anniversary 

A quirky couple spends their three year dating anniversary by looking back at their relationship and contemplating whether they should break up. 

Launch Date: March 30 

ORIGINAL COMEDY

Adel Karam: Live from Beirut 

From Casino du Liban, Lebanese actor and comedian Adel Karam delivers earthy punchlines on kissing norms, colonoscopies and a porn star named Rocco. 

Launch Date: March 1 

Malena Pichot: Estupidez compleja 

An Argentine comedian espouses the values of feminism, speaking on topics like sex, language, abortion and why it’s OK to let a man buy you dinner.

Launch Date: March 2

Natalia Valdebenito: El Especial

A Chilean comedian fuses activism with irreverence for a stand-up set filled with jokes about misogyny, reproductive rights and respecting women. 

Launch Date: March 2 

Gad Elmaleh: American Dream 

In his first English-language stand-up special, French superstar Gad Elmaleh riffs on the perks, perils and bewildering quirks of life in the U.S. 

Launch Date: March 6 

Ricky Gervais: Humanity 

Ricky Gervais returns to the stage in London with a scathing special that touches on aging, becoming spoiled, his perspective on having kids and more. 

Launch Date: March 13 

The Standups: Season 2 

Comedians Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Joe List, Brent Morin, Aparna Nancherla and Gina Yashere take the stage in Season 2 of the showcase series. 

Launch Date: March 20 

Sofía Niño de Rivera: Selección natural 

Launch Date: March 30 

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY

Flint Town: Season 1 

This documentary series examines the state of law enforcement in America through the lens of the Flint, Michigan, police department. 

Launch Date: March 2 

Ladies First Born 

Amid poverty and limited women’s rights in the village of Ratu, India, Deepika Kumari rose to become the No.1 female archer in the world at 18. 

Launch Date: March 8

Take Your Pills 

The use of prescription stimulants like Adderall as performance enhancing drugs is on the rise. What’s driving this trend? 

Launch Date: March 16 

Wild Wild Country: Season 1 

When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true story.

Launch Date: March 16 

Rapture: Season 1 

Featuring an impressive collection of artists who have found worldwide success, this documentary series showcases hip-hop’s impact on global culture. 

Launch Date: March 30 

ORIGINAL SERIES FOR KIDS

Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 5 

In an effort to take down the Galra, the Paladins enter into an uneasy alliance that could bring the peace they’ve long desired — or doom them. 

Launch Date: March 2 

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season 2 

As Queen Poppy welcomes a new time of peace in Troll Village with parties, sports and holiday celebrations, Branch tries to be more fun-loving. 

Launch Date: March 9 

Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout 

Every villain the Flex Fighters have defeated escapes from Rook Tower, and it’s up to our heroes to save Charter City. 

Launch Date: March 13 

Spirit Riding Free: Season 4 

Exciting new adventures await Lucky and her friends on the frontier in a fourth season filled with fun and discovery. 

Launch Date: March 16 

Dinotrux Supercharged: Season 2 

Bigger, faster and stronger than ever, the supercharged Dinotrux are back to take on new challenges, embrace adventure and meet new friends.  

Launch Date: March 23 

Reboot: The Guardian Code: Season 1 

Four tech-savvy teens hone their skills as cyber-superheroes in a series of secret missions to save the world. 

Launch Date: March 30 

Anime

B: The Beginning: Season 1 

In this anime series, scientists hope “new humans” will create universal peace, but they’re kidnapped by an evil group with very different plans. 

Launch Date: March 2

A.I.C.O. Incarnation: Season 1 

Two years after a calamity known as the Burst, high schooler Aiko learns that she may hold the key to what happened and sets off to save humanity. 

Launch Date: March 9 

Children of the Whales: Season 1 

As a magic wielder, young archivist Chakuro knows his time is short, but everything changes when a girl from the outside appears on his island. 

Launch Date: March 13 

SWORDGAI The Animation: Part 1 

After harnessing a demon sword to replace his missing arm, a young man named Gai fuses with the weapon to fight his enemies in this action fantasy. 

Launch Date: March 23

There’s more than enough there to keep you going for the month.

On this week’s episode of Before Brunch we chat murder as entertainment, SJP vs Kim Cattrall, and Jennifer Aniston’s crafty media manipulation! Subscribe here.

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