TV Premiere Dates 2026

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Rotten Tomatoes’ premiere dates calendar keeps track of the most anticipated new 2026 TV premieres and your favorite returning shows. Bookmark this page to get updates on network schedules, when the latest Netflix series launch, when Disney+ shows will premiere, what films and specials are coming your way, and more.

Highlights

Elle: Season 1 – July 1, 2026

Prime Video has finally revealed the premiere date for Elle, its prequel series to the 2001 hit comedy Legally Blonde. The first season, which will debut in its entirety on July 1 on the streamer, follows a young Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) in high school “as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman” originally played by Reese Witherspoon. In a bold show of confidence, Prime Video also announced that the show had already been renewed for a second season.

Beef: Season 2 – April 16, 2026

The acclaimed Netflix series from Lee Sung Jin and A24 returns with an all-new cast and an all-new story about viciously aired grievances. This time around, a young couple witnesses a fight between their boss and his wife, setting off a chain of events that upturns the community at the country club where they work. The new cast includes some heavy hitters, including Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny, with Lee returning as showrunner.

Bridgerton: Season 4 – Part 1 Jan. 29 and Part 2 Feb. 26

In early 2025, Netflix delivered a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated fourth season of Bridgerton. Now that an official trailer dropped, fans can expect the fourth season to follow Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, and introduce new character Sophia Baek, played by Yerin Ha. Most of the third season’s ensemble is slated to return, including cast members Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Ruth Gemmell, Claudia Jessie, Adjoa Andoh, and Golda Rosheuvel.

The Boys: Season 5 – April 8, 2026

At Brazils CCXP event, Prime Video not only announced the premiere date of the fifth and final season of The Boys, but also dropped a teaser trailer (see above). The new season, which will drop its first two episodes on April 8 and release new episodes weekly, will see Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), and the gang try to take down Homelander (Antony Starr) once and for all. In a fun bit of fan-service stunt casting, Jared Padalecki joins the cast in a reunion with his Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles, who will reprise his role as Soldier boy.

January – October

JANUARY 2026

Jan. 1

81% 41% Run Away: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

Jan. 4
31st Annual Critics Choice Awards (2026), E!/USA

Tuesday, Jan. 6

77% 45% Best Medicine: Season 1 (2026) Fox

The Rookie: Season 8 (2026) ABC

Will Trent: Season 4 (2026) ABC

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Season 12 (2026) PBS

High Potential: Season 3, ABC

Wednesday, Jan. 7
The Masked Singer: Season 14, Fox

Thursday, Jan. 8

99% 80% The Pitt: Season 2 (2026) HBO Max

67% 61% His & Hers: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

80% Girl Taken: Season 1 (2026) Paramount+

The Traitors: Season 4 (2026) Peacock

The Hunting Party: Season 2 (2026) NBC

The Game: Season 1 (2025) BritBox

Friday, Jan. 9

73% Coldwater: Season 1 (2025) Showtime

94% A Thousand Blows: Season 2 (2026) Hulu

100% Tehran: Season 3 (2026) Apple TV+

Sunday, Jan. 11

91% 68% The Night Manager: Season 2 (2026) Prime Video

96% 65% Industry: Season 4 (2026) HBO Max

100% Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Season 3 (2026) adult swim

83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2026), CBS

Monday, Jan. 12

42% One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2025) Netflix

Tuesday, Jan. 13

Tell Me Lies: Season 3 (2026) Hulu

Wednesday, Jan. 14

71% Hijack: Season 2 (2026) Apple TV+

Fear Factor: House of Fear: Season 1 (2026) Fox

Riot Women: Season 2, BritBox

Thursday, Jan. 15

88% 43% Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Season 1 (2026) Paramount+

96% 80% Ponies: Season 1 (2026) Peacock

71% 51% Agatha Christie's Seven Dials: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

Going Dutch: Season 2 (2026) Fox

Animal Control: Season 4 (2025) Fox

Friday, Jan. 16

The Nowhere Man: Season 1 (2025) STARZ

Can This Love Be Translated?: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Season 2 (2026) Crunchyroll

Sunday, Jan. 18

95% 67% A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Season 1 (2026) HBO Max

Wednesday, Jan. 21

The Beauty: Season 1 (2026) FX

Steal: Season 1 (2026) Prime Video

Queer Eye: Season 10, Netflix

Thursday, Jan. 22

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!: Season 1 (2026) HBO Max

Finding Her Edge: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

Monday, Jan. 26

Drops of God: Season 2 (2026) Apple TV+

American Idol: Season 24 (2026) ABC

Memory of a Killer: Season 1 (2026) FOX

Extracted: Season 2, Fox

Tuesday, Jan. 27

Wonder Man: Season 1 (2026) Disney+

Wednesday, Jan. 28

Shrinking: Season 3 (2026) Apple TV+

School Spirits: Season 3, Paramount+

Thursday, Jan. 29

Bridgerton: Season 4 (2026) Part 1, Netflix

Next Level Chef: Season 5, Fox

FEBRUARY

Sunday, Feb. 1

Vanished: Season 1 (2026) MGM+

68th Grammy Awards (2026), CBS

Wednesday, Feb. 4

The Muppet Show (2026) Disney+

Thursday, Feb. 5
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 4, Netflix

Friday, Feb. 6
Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (2026), NBC/Peacock

Sunday, Feb. 8
Super Bowl LX (2026), NBC

The 'Burbs: Season 1 (2026) Peacock

Wednesday, Feb. 11
Cross: Season 2, Prime Video

Sunday, Feb. 15

Dark Winds: Season 4 (2026) AMC+

Wednesday, Feb. 18
56 Days (2026), Prime Video

Thursday, Feb. 19
The Night Agent: Season 3, Netflix

Friday, Feb. 20
The Last Thing He Told Me: Season 2, Apple TV+

Strip Law: Season 1 (2026) Netflix

Monday, Feb. 23

Paradise: Season 2 (2026) Hulu

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins: Season 1 (2026) NBC

Wednesday, Feb. 25
Scrubs (2026), ABC
The Greatest Average American (2026), ABC

Thursday, Feb. 26

Bridgerton: Season 4 (2026) Part 2, Netflix

Friday, Feb. 27

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Season 2 (2026) Apple TV+

Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars (2026), ABC

Saturday, Feb. 28
House of Villains: Season 3, Peacock

TBD
American Love Story (2026), FX

MARCH

Sunday, Mar. 1

Y: Marshals: Season 1 (2026) CBS

32nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2026), Netflix

Wednesday, Mar. 4
Young Sherlock (2026), Prime Video

Thursday, Mar. 5

Ted: Season 2 (2026) CBS

Friday, Mar. 6
Outlander: Season 8, STARZ

Tuesday, Mar. 10
One Piece: Season 2, Netflix

Thursday, Mar. 12
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Season 4, Hulu

Sunday, Mar. 15
98th Oscars – The Academy Awards (2026), ABC

Wednesday, Mar. 18
Invincible: Season 4, Prime Video

Sunday, Mar. 22
The Bachelorette: Season 22, ABC
The Faithful (2026), Fox

Wednesday, Mar. 25
Bait (2026), Prime Video

Friday, Mar. 27
For All Mankind: Season 5, Apple TV+

March TBD
The Comeback: Season 3, HBO Max
Rooster (2026), HBO Max

APRIL

Friday, April 3
Your Friends & Neighbors: Season 2, Apple TV+

Monday, April 6
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord (2026), Disney+

Wednesday, April 8
The Boys: Season 5, Prime Video

Friday, April 10
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, Hulu

Sunday, April 12
Euphoria: Season 4, HBO Max

Thursday, April 16
Beef: Season 2, Netflix

Wednesday, April 29
Widow’s Bay (2026), Apple TV+

July

Wednesday, July 1
Elle: Season 1, Prime Video

2026 TBD

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 (Netflix)
Camp Rock 3 (movie), Disney+
DTF St. Louis (2026), HBO Max
Dune: Prophecy: Season 2, HBO Max
The Gilded Age: Season 4, HBO Max
Hacks: Season 5, HBO Max
Half Man (2026), HBO Max
House of the Dragon: Season 3, HBO Max
Lanterns (2026), HBO Max
Sakamoto Days: Season 2, Netflix
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (2026), HBO Max
Untitled Larry David Project (2026), HBO Max
War (2026), HBO Max