What to Watch on Disney+ and Hulu in April 2022

After an auspicious March debut on Disney+, April will usher in four new episodes of Marvel’s “Moon Knight,” adding a new franchise to the MCU. Not to be outdone, the Marvel shows that once were exhibited on Netflix are finally making their way to Disney+. These titles include “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “The Punisher,” and more. These shows will also include parental controls to prevent younger viewers from watching brutal fight scenes. 

The new musical “Better Nate Than Ever” will drop to the platform on April 1. Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, thirteen-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove they can make their dreams come true.

Although the offerings of original content will be a little light in the coming month, fans who can’t get enough of the creative process within the Disney Studio will have something to cheer about. “Disney’s Sketchbook” will feature Disney’s animation movers and shakers with artists like Eric Goldberg, Mark Henn, Jin Kim, and Samantha Vilfort showing viewers how to draw some of Disney’s most iconic animated characters.

Disney and the 94th Academy Awards

Before we take a closer look at April’s digital programming, let’s give a round of applause to all the individuals who received Academy Awards at the 94th annual ceremony this past weekend. Here are some of the Disney Company’s top honors: 

“Encanto” took home the prize for Best Animated Feature Film. The win adds to a list of accolades for the film that includes recognition from the Annie Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, BAFTA Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globe® Awards, NAACP Image Awards, and Producers Guild Awards. 

“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” received the Oscar for Best Documentary. Although that portion of the show featured the now infamous altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s powerful film celebrated Black history, culture and fashion.

“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” won Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker. The film also won for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, which is Searchlight Pictures’ first Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rso0yrwO2s

Ariana DeBose was awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as Anita in “West Side Story,” marking a historic moment as the first Afro-Latina and openly queer woman of color to receive the honor. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqeXEgZO_II

Legendary costume designer Jenny Beavan garnered the award for Best Costume Design for Disney’s “Cruella.” 

Here’s What’s On Disney+ in April

April 1

• Herbie: Fully Loaded – Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Herbie, Number 53, the free-wheelin’ Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own, puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer, Matt Dillon, and Michael Keaton.

• Better Nate Than Ever – The American musical family-comedy film, which is written and directed by Tim Federle, is based on his 2013 novel of the same name. Nate Foster, an unpopular 13-year-old middle school student from Pittsburgh, has a goal of one day becoming a Broadway musical star. Rueby Wood and Joshua Bassett star, with Lisa Kudrow, Norbert Leo Butz, and Joshua Bassett serving in supporting cast roles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdQPXTMUQc

April 6

• Moon Knight – Episode 102 – The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

• The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder – Episode 8 – A continuation of the acclaimed series, “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” follows the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her Proud Family as they navigate modern life with hilarity and heart. 
• Bow-Toons: Party Palace Pals (S1, 4 episodes) – Minnie and her best friend Daisy Duck take on their newest venture: running a party planning business called the Polka Dot Party Palace.
• Ghost and Molly McGee (S1, 5 episodes) – Tween optimist Molly McGee and a grumpy ghost named Scratch become bound to each other when one of Scratch’s spells backfires. 

April 8

• Chasing Mavericks – Jay Moriarity, a young surfer, aims to ride the Mavericks, one of the biggest tidal waves in the world. He enlists a local surfing legend’s help to reach his goal.
• Jordan Rides The Bus – In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball.
• Silly Little Game – An ESPN 30 for 30 film that looks at the ten people, led by Daniel Okrent, who came together to form the first Rotisserie League, named after an overpriced chicken joint where they occasionally met.
• Four Days In October – A look at one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports, the 2004 ALCS that saw the Boston Red Sox become the first team in history to erase a 3-0 deficit against their rivals, the Yankees.
• Fernando Nation – Mexican-born and Los Angeles-raised director Cruz Angeles traces the history of a community that was torn apart when Dodger Stadium was built in Chavez Ravine and then revitalized by one of the pitching phenoms baseball has ever seen.

April 13

• Scrat Tales: Season One – Six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the “Ice Age” adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn. 

• Moon Knight – Episode 103
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – Episode 109 – “Raging Bully” – LaCienega feels threatened by her ugly-duckling-turned-beautiful-swan cousin, LaBrea, as her quinceañera approaches. Sunset’s sister, Melrose, goads her into making poor choices.
• Raven’s Home (S5, 5 episodes) – Single mother Raven Baxter raises her children along with her friend, Chelsea. Things take a turn when Raven’s son starts showing psychic abilities.

April 20

• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – Episode 110 – “Old Towne Road” – When Trudy tracks Suga Mama’s family to Oklahoma, the Prouds head to the family rodeo, where Suga Mama’s painful history will be revealed. Oscar discovers he’s a natural cowboy.
• Moon Knight – Episode 104

April 22

• Disneynature’s Polar Bear – A new mother whose memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today. Helmed by Alastair Fothergill and Jeff Wilson, the directing team behind Disneynature’s “Penguins,” and produced by Fothergill, Wilson, Jason Roberts, Keith Scholey and Roy Conli. Two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keeneer (“Capote,” “Being John Malkovich”) narrates.

• Bear Witness – “Bear Witness” journeys alongside the filmmakers behind Disneynature’s “Polar Bear” as they face profound challenges 300 miles from the North Pole. 
• Explorer: The Last Tepui – The Disney+ Earth Day special from National Geographic follows elite climber Alex Honnold (“Free Solo”) and a world-class climbing team led by National Geographic Explorer and climber Mark Synnott on a grueling mission deep in the Amazon jungle as they attempt a first-ascent climb up a 1000 foot sheer cliff.
• The Biggest Little Farm: The Return – The Disney+ Earth Day special “The Biggest Little Farm: The Return,” from National Geographic, is based on the 2018 award-winning feature documentary film that tells the story of John and Molly Chester, who abandon their urban life in Los Angeles to live on a barren farm to grow delicious food in harmony with nature in Ventura County. 

April 27

• Sketchbook: Season One – An intimate instructional documentary series, Sketchbook takes us onto the desks and into the lives of talented artists and animators. Each episode focuses on a single artist teaching us how to draw a single iconic character from a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. 

• Moon Knight – Episode 105

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What’s on Hulu in April 2022

Hulu will usher in a handful of new and favorite films during the month of April, as well as a few great original series made for Hulu and new projects from FX that viewers can watch the day after their exhibition on cable.

For anyone who misses watching the adventures of Kris, Kim, Khloe, Kendall, and the rest of the Kardashians, their new show “The Kardashians” will be coming to the streamer in April. After taking a break from being in front of the cameras for less than a year, Hulu will follow the family into their homes for -presumably – more hijinks that only the Kardashians can serve up. For scripted programming, Season 2 of the Hulu original comedy “Woke” and FX’s true crime limited series “Under the Banner of Heaven” starring Andrew Garfield will make their debut. 

Let’s take a closer look at the complete list of Hulu’s programming for April 2022:

April 1

• Love Me: complete season 1
• All Inclusive (2008)
• Antz (1998)
• Armored (2009)
• Austenland (2013)
• Battleship (2012)

• Blind Date (1987)
• Blue Streak (1999)
• Boys on the Side (1995)
• Brigsby Bear (2017)
• Casese Quien Pueda (2015)
• Casper (1995)
• Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie (1980)
• Cheech and Chong’s Get Out of My Room (1984)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Copycat (1995)
• Crank (2006)
• Death at a Funeral (2010)
• Definitely, Maybe (2008)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
• Fly Away Home (1996)
• Get Him to the Greek (2010)

• Glee, the 3D Concert Movie (2011)
• Hanna (2011)
• Hot Shots Part Deux (1993)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
• In the Army Now (1994)
• Insomnium (2017)
• Instructions Not Included (2013)
• The International (2009)
• John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)

• Just My Luck (2006)
• Knowing (2009)
• Kusama: Infinity (2018)
• Ladrones (2015)
• Look Who’s Talking (1989)
• Looper (2012)
• Love Actually (2003)

• Made in America (1993)
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2010)
• National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (2011)
• The Negotiator (1998)
• Night Raiders (2021)
• Open Range (2003)
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

• Phantom (2013)
• Postcards From the Edge (1990)
• The Power of One (1992)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Radio (2003)
• Ramona and Beezus (2010)
• Runaway Jury (2003)
• The Runaways (2010)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)

• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
• Shrek (2001)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• The Siege (1998)
• Single White Female (1992)
• Snakehead (2021)
• Stay (2005)
• The Tailor of Panama (2001)
• That’s My Boy (2012)
• Think Like a Man (2012)
• Three Fugitives (1989)
• Twilight (2008)
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 (2011)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 (2012)
• Vertical Limit (2000)
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Wolf (1994)

April 3

• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, complete season 2

April 4

• Madagascar: A Little Wild, complete season 7

April 5

• The Croods: Family Tree, complete season 2
• Monster Family 2: Nobody’s Perfect (2021)

April 6

• The Hardy Boys: complete season 2

April 7

• The Dropout, series finale
• Platinum End, complete season 1 (dubbed)
• Agnes (2021)

April 8

• Woke, complete season 2
• Let the Right One In (2018)

April 9

• American Sicario (2022)

April 10

• The Hating Game (2021)

April 11

• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, complete season 11

April 13

• The Family Law, complete season 1
• To Tell the Truth, season 8 premiere

April 14

• The Kardashians, series premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvEzCkdgnWk

April 15

• Black Death (2010)
• Compliance (2012)
• Drunk Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)

April 20

• Mayans M.C., season 4 premiere

April 21

• Captive Audience (2022)

April 23

• In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

April 27

• Holey Moley, season 4 premiere

April 28

• Under the Banner of Heaven, series premiere

April 29

• Crush (2022)
• Permanent (2017)

What to Watch on Disney+ & Hulu? Let’s Hear From You

We’ve summarized the month of April for you, now it’s your turn, what do you plan on watching in the coming month? Did any of your favorite movies capture an Academy Award? Looking forward to Moon Knight? We look forward to hearing from you below.