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 companyDiesel Labs,Screen Ranthas 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 asThe Last of Usseason 2,Youseason 5, orThe Handmaid’s Taleseason 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’sScreen Rant’s list of April 2025’s top 10 brand-new TV releases with the most online engagement.
28-07-2025
100.00%
9,378,137
28-05-2025
63.85%
5,988,254
22-07-2025
60.06%
5,632,145
08-08-2025
57.31%
5,375,026
48.03%
4,504,734
Your Friends and Neighbors
30-05-2025
47.61%
4,464,654
10-08-2025
41.77%
3,917,585
16-07-2025
30.52%
2,861,765
02-08-2025
23.55%
2,208,625
05-06-2025
20.56%
1,927,773
Diesel Labs' data reveals thatthe most anticipated TV release of April 2025 isDevil May Cry, Netflix’s adaptation of the same-named Japanese fantasy video game franchise. Next in anticipation isBad 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+ showGovernment Cheese, the 2025 Masters Tournament for golf fans, and the new Kevin Bacon-starring Amazon Prime Videoaction horror seriesThe Bondsman.
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Also among April 2025’s most-anticipated TV debuts are theJon Hamm-led TV showYour Friends and Neighborson Apple TV+, Netflix tennis star docuseriesCarlos Alcaraz: My Way, and TLC’s reality seriesPolyfamily. Closing out the top 10 most-hyped April 2025 TV shows areIyanu, an animated superhero show on Cartoon Network, and Netflix’sThe Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Soxbaseball 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, visitwww.diesellabs.com.
