5 shows to binge-watch before their new seasons

Kelly Lawler | USA TODAY

Spring is almost here, and so are many of your favorite TV shows.

Once the Olympics stop dominating television, a whole host of series are returning or premiering, which gives all you gold-medal binge-watchers just enough time to prepare.

If you're looking for a new show or just to catch up on an acclaimed favorite, we recommend these five series premiering in late February or March that are guaranteed to turn you into an obsessive fan.

If you want to spend this entire weekend binging: iZombie

Forget The Walking Dead. The best zombie show on TV is CW's delightful comic book-inspired dramedy. The series follows Liv Moore (get it?), a zombie medical examiner (Rose McIver) surviving on brains of murder victims and helping the police solve the crimes. (She gets visions from the victims' lives.) The series starts out as a murder-of-the-week procedural, but slowly morphs into a more serialized and political drama that uses zombies as a metaphor for "others" in society. Last year's third season was the most ambitious yet, and the fourth returns Feb. 26 at 9 ET/PT. The first three seasons are short enough to watch over two days.

Stream it on Netflix.

If you are rooting for Donald Glover to get an EGOT: Atlanta

He's Childish Gambino and Lando Calrissian, sure, but don't sleep on Donald Glover as Earn Marks, a young guy just trying to make things work for himself and his daughter. The fantastic comedy follows Earn and his cousin, Alfred, aka rising rapper "Paper Boi," trying to make it on the hip-hop scene in Atlanta and making their relationships work along the way. The series returns March 1 on FX at 10 ET/PT.

Stream it on Hulu.

If you miss Ygritte on Game of Thrones: The Good Fight

This spin-off of The Good Wife was the first series to premiere on CBS All Access, and it started out with quite a bang. The Good Fight is soapier, sexier and more profane than The Good Wife (it's not beholden to broadcast standards), and follows Christine Baranski's Diane Lockhart, who must rebuild her life and career from scratch when her savings are lost in a Ponzi scheme,. Rose Leslie (of Thrones fame), shows up as Diane's goddaughter, who is also caught up in the scandal. Fight returns March 4 with Season 2.

Stream it on CBS All Access.

If you like superheroes and also cursing: Jessica Jones

Sometimes superheroe shows are better for adults. Jessica (Krysten Ritter) may not exactly be mature, but she's a grown woman certainly dealing with dark and serious issues. In the first season, she's fighting Killgrave (David Tennant), a terrifying man with mind-control powers who sexually assaulted Jessica and forced her to do terrible things. In Season 2, returning March 8, she's on a search for answers about her own past.

Stream it on Netflix.

If you are following the Russia drama in the news: The Americans

It all comes down to this. Deep-cover KGB agents Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) have been spying, killing, running, lying, seducing and more for five seasons in FX's Cold War-set drama, and their fates will be decided in the sixth, which returns March 28 at 10 ET/PT. That's plenty of time to catch up on the first five seasons (if you're dedicated) and watch this tight and unnerving drama unfold.

Stream it on Amazon.