7 Upcoming Miniseries You Cannot Miss

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Published Apr 8, 2026, 4:28 PM EDT

Christine is a freelance writer for Collider with two decades of experience covering all types of TV shows and movies spanning every genre. With a particular affinity for dramas, true crime, sitcoms, and thrillers, if it's a top TV show, Christine has likely watched it and is eager to share her thoughts. When she's not furiously writing away, you can find her enjoying the next binge obsession with a glass of wine in front of the TV.

Miniseries are the perfect quick watch, especially if you decide to wait until all the episodes are streaming to binge it in one sitting. Whether it's drama, horror, comedy, or a mix of genres, miniseries provide compelling stories from start to finish, with no cliffhanger endings. All the top streamers have exciting miniseries coming this year, and there are probably a few on the list that you'll find worth watching.

From the return of a classic favorite sitcom to a TV interpretation of a classic action thriller movie, a British show that takes the story to Ghana to a Duffer Brothers horror miniseries, there's a lot to look forward to in 2026.

1 'Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair' (April 10)

If you grew up watching Malcolm in the Middle, you'll want to see Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair, a revival of the sitcom with Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Masterson, and Justin Barfield all tapped to reprise their roles. It's been almost two decades since the original series ended, and Malcolm is now an adult living with his girlfriend, Tristan (Kiana Madeira), and his daughter, Leah (Keeley Larston). While he has done his best to get away from his crazy parents and siblings, they all come together again when Hal (Cranston) and Lois (Kaczmarek) insist that he join them in celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.

Masterson returns as Francis, the eldest, rebellious son who has since settled down with wife, Piama (Emy Coligado) — who also appeared in the original series — and a job at a tech company. Second child, Reese (Berfield), was last known to be working as a janitor at the high school. Erik Per Sullivan originally portrayed the ignored fourth child, Dewey, but since he has since left acting, the role will be taken over by Caleb Ellsworth-Clark. Fifth son Jamie, who was a baby in the original, will be portrayed by Anthony Timpano, while Vaughan Murrae will play Kelly, the sixth child who was never shown in the original, since the series ends with Lois discovering that she's pregnant again. The series will be just four 30-minute episodes, but it will be a lovely trip down memory lane.

2 'Half Man' (April 23)

Two men sitting across from one another in a diner in Half Man.

A six-part British limited drama series, Half Man, will premiere on HBO in the U.S. and BBC in the U.K. a day later. It hails from Richard Gadd, the man behind the award-winning smash hit series Baby Reindeer, a Netflix miniseries masterpiece. There isn't much known about the show just yet, aside from the fact that Gadd and Jamie Bell play brothers and that it's about the fragile nature of the traditional male relationship. The pair reunite at the latter's wedding, leading to an explosive encounter.

With themes of brotherhood and violence, Half Man will take place from the 1980s to the present day, showcasing the two men both as they are now and as kids (portrayed by Stuart Campbell and Mitchell Robertson as younger selves). An exploration of toxic masculinity, male rage, and the impact of emotional trauma, Half Man will likely be just as deep and thought-provoking a conversation starter as Baby Reindeer.

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Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown

Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.

🤠Yellowstone

🛢️Landman

👑Tulsa King

⚖️Mayor of Kingstown

FIND YOUR WORLD →

Where does your power come from? In Sheridan's world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.

ALand, legacy, and a name that's been feared and respected for generations. BKnowing the deal better than anyone else in the room — and being willing to walk away first. CReputation. I've earned it the hard way, and everyone in the room knows it. DBeing the only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous.

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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan's universe is always absolute — and always costly.

AFamily — blood or chosen. The ranch, the name, the people who carry it with me. BThe company — or whoever's signing the cheques. Loyalty follows the contract. CMy crew. The men who stood with me when it counted — I don't abandon them for anything. DMy community — even when my community is a powder keg and I'm the only thing stopping it from blowing.

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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it's crossed.

AQuietly, decisively, and in a way that sends a message to everyone watching. BI outmanoeuvre them legally, financially, and politically before they even know I've moved. CDirectly. Old school. You cross me, you hear about it to your face — and then you deal with the consequences. DI absorb it, calculate the fallout, and find the move that keeps the whole system from collapsing.

NEXT QUESTION →

Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan's worlds are as much about place as they are about people.

AWide open land — mountains, sky, silence. Somewhere you can see trouble coming from a mile away. BThe oil fields of West Texas — brutal, lucrative, and indifferent to whoever happens to be standing on top of them. CA mid-size city where the rules haven't quite caught up yet — fertile ground for someone with vision and nerve. DA rust-belt town built around a prison — where everyone's life is shaped by what's inside those walls.

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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.

AI do what has to be done to protect what's mine. I'll answer for it eventually — but not today. BGrey is just business. The line moves depending on what's at stake, and I move with it. CI have a code — it's not the law's code, but it's mine, and I don't break it. DI've made peace with it. Keeping the peace requires compromises most people don't have the stomach for.

NEXT QUESTION →

What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they're defending.

AA way of life that the modern world is doing everything it can to erase. BMy position — and the leverage that comes with being the person everyone needs to close a deal. CRelevance. I've been away, I've been written off — and I'm proving that was a mistake. DWhatever fragile order I've managed to build — because without it, everything burns.

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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan's world is never given — it's established, maintained, and constantly tested.

ABy example and force of will. People follow me because they believe in what I'm protecting — and because they know what happens if they don't. BThrough negotiation and leverage. I don't need people to like me — I need them to need me. CBy being the smartest, most experienced person in the room and making sure everyone quietly knows it. DBy being the calm centre of a situation that would spiral without me — and accepting that nobody thanks you for it.

NEXT QUESTION →

Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.

AThey'll learn. Or they won't. Either way, the land was here before them and it'll be here after. BI figure out what they want, what they're worth, and whether they're an asset or a problem — fast. CI was the outsider once. I give them a chance — one — to show they understand respect. DNew players destabilise everything I've built. I assess the threat and manage it before it manages me.

NEXT QUESTION →

What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.

AMy family's peace — maybe their innocence. The ranch demands everything, and I've let it take too much. BRelationships, time, any version of a normal life. The job eats everything that isn't nailed down. CYears. Decades in some cases. Time I can't get back — but I'm not done yet. DMy conscience, mostly. And the ability to ever fully trust anyone on either side of the wall.

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When it's over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan's characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.

AThat I held the line. That the land is still ours and everything I did was worth it. BThat I was the best at what I did and that no deal ever got closed without me at the table. CThat I built something real, somewhere nobody expected it, and I did it on my own terms. DThat I kept the peace when nobody else could — and that the town is still standing because of it.

REVEAL MY SHOW →

Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

🤠 Yellowstone

🛢️ Landman

👑 Tulsa King

⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

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3 'The House of the Spirits' (May 13)

A big group of women standing together in The House of the Spirits.

An adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel of the same name, The House of the Spirits is described as an epic family saga and is inspired by Allende's own family history and events in her home country of Chile. This includes the 1973 Chilean coup, when her own uncle Salvador was overthrown. The show will focus on three generations of women in the family, Clara (Nicole Wallace, Dolores Fonzi), Blanca (Sara Becker, Fernanda Urrejola), and Alba (Rochi Hernández), combining stories of class and politics with a bit of magic mixed in for good measure.

Told across eight episodes and in the Spanish language, the story in The House of the Spirits will span a century and tackle social change, crisis, and familial struggle, with a patriarch and his granddaughter on opposing sides. The series also counts Eva Longoria among its producers. You'll get the first three episodes at once, followed by new episodes weekly through May 13.

4 'Cape Fear' (June 5)

A man in a white suit smiling creepily while holding a mic in Cape Fear.

Javier Bardem takes on the role of Max Cady in Cape Fear, which Robert De Niro played in the 1991 film version, both based on the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners. There was also a 1962 movie starring Robert Mitchum as Cady and Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden, the attorney and family man he hunts down. Why? Max spent years in jail, and once he's out, he seeks revenge on the lawyers who hid evidence that might have saved him from serving time.

In this episodic version for the small screen, Max (Bardem) is after a couple, Anna Bowden (Amy Adams) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson), and he's not going to let up until retribution is served. The thriller drama from Nick Antosca, who also created A Friend of the Family, The Act, and Brand New Cherry Flavor, also stars CCH Pounder, with Ron Perlman and Patrick Fischler among the recurring stars. It's 10 episodes long, with the first two episodes released at once.

5 'The Five-Star Weekend' (July 16)

Jennifer Garner smiling and clinking glasses with other women in The Five-Star Weekend.

Curl up this summer with The Five-Star Weekend, a drama miniseries on Peacock about a group of friends who get together for a weekend in Nantucket. The goal is for famous cook, best-selling author, and food blogger Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) to get her mind off a tragic loss. Her marriage and career are suffering, as is her relationship with her daughter. To help her move past what has happened, she decides some girl time is in order. But she makes an interesting decision to invite one friend from every stage in her life: her childhood, 20s, 30s, and "one surprise fifth star." The show also stars Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, D'Arcy Carden, and Timothy Olyphant, with Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and David Denman in recurring roles.

The Five-Star Weekend is based on the novel of the same name by Elin Hilderbrand, and it will run eight episodes long. "Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop," the show's logline reads, "the stars will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed." It will be the perfect lazy day watch since all episodes will drop at once — and maybe even a great binge while away on your own ladies' trip.

6 'Lucky' (July 15)

Anya Taylor-Joy in the dark lighting a match in Lucky.

It has been some time since Anya Taylor-Joy mesmerized in The Queen's Gambit, and she's back on the small screen, leading the cast in Lucky. The 21st-century crime thriller has a premise that has been done again and again: a woman who was raised in a life of crime decides to go clean, but there's one last job she has to complete before she can start over. The irony of embracing the darkness to get to the light is a theme that never gets old, as long as it's done right. Based on this cast — and the book of the same name on which the show is based, written by Marissa Stapley — Lucky is sure to create some buzz.

Also starring Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, the show hails from Reese Witherspoon's production company. Hello Sunshine has teamed up with Apple TV for other successful shows like The Morning Show and The Last Thing He Told Me, and Lucky will likely appeal to the same audience. Watch the first two episodes in mid-July, followed by a new one weekly through August 19.

7 'First Day on Earth' (TBA)

Arabella sitting outside her house with a serious look on her face in I May Destroy You's "Ego Death".

There's no official premiere date yet for First Day on Earth, an HBO and BBC British series. But with filming having reportedly commenced, it's likely to be some time before the end of 2026. The drama is created by Michaela Coel. who is behind the well-reviewed HBO hit series I May Destroy You, one of the best shows of the 2020s so far.

In this series, she plays Henri, a British Ghanaian novelist who decides to run away from her life. She ends up in her ancestral homeland of Ghana, where she immerses herself in the culture and a world she has never known. But what she learns also makes her question herself and her own family. The series will star Thandiwe Newton, Maxine Peake, Danny Sapani, and Ncuti Gatwa as well. It will run 10 episodes long.