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Season four of The Diplomat premieres October 15 on Netflix. two marriages threaten to eat each other alive. One catastrophic moment shatters the fragile peace Kate Wyler brokered between the US and UK, as well as the crumbling marriage she’s trying to save. While she fights to stem the bleeding, President Grace Penn and VP Hal Wyler’s conspiracy to steal Russia’s most powerful weapon hurtles the United States toward war. Kate and Todd, at best an uneasy pair, unite to stop the Grace-Hal alliance from upending the balance of power abroad and at home. Four Emmy nominees paint an unmissable portrait of two marriages: Keri Russell as Ambassador Kate Wyler, Rufus Sewell as Vice President Hal Wyler, Allison Janney as President Grace Penn, and Bradley Whitford as Todd Penn. Ato Essandoh, Ali Ahn, and Nana Mensah also star.
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga premieres September 8 on FX. The series follows Snowfall characters Wanda Bell (Gail Bean) and Leon Simmons (Isaiah John) as they fight to reinvent themselves in ’90s Los Angeles, where the fallout from the crack epidemic is fueling a new game: the rise of West Coast rap. Wanda starts the series driven by the clear belief that West Coast rap has the power to reshape American culture. She will work to put together a ragtag group of geniuses and lead them to the realization of all their dreams. To do it, she must navigate the dangerous overlap of music and street politics, pulling in those closest to her including her cousins Lamar Kinsey (Asante Blackk) and James Kinsey (Peyton Alex Smith), and pursuing volatile local rapper Artillery (Simmie “Buddy” Sims III), who is already in a tangle with law enforcement. Her internship with former D-boy-turned-label-owner Darryl “DG” Grant (Brandon Mychal Smith) creates opportunities but also deepens tensions between Wanda and Leon, who has vowed to leave the streets for good and chase down his own atonement through his free legal clinic. As ambition, loyalty and survival collide, how much is everyone willing to risk in order to build something lasting in a world that threatens to pull them down?
A Different World premieres on Netflix September 24. The series returns to Hillman College with a new class stepping onto campus – and beloved faces coming home. At the center is Deborah Wayne (Maleah Joi Moon), Whitley and Dwayne’s lovingly sheltered youngest daughter, a free spirit with a flair for the spotlight and a big heart who’s still figuring out her own path at Hillman. Along the way, she’s joined by a new generation that reflects the breadth of Black life on campus: Rashida Duvall (Alijah Kai), a first gen criminal justice major; Shaquille Johnson (Cornell Young IV), a five star athlete choosing legacy; Amir Rodale (Jordan Aaron Hall), a sharp psych major better at fixing everyone else’s problems than facing his own; Hazel Henry (Kennedi Reece), a church raised small town girl defining her own values; and Kojo Achebe (Chibuikem Uche), a Ghanaian Nigerian fashion entrepreneur finding the courage to follow his vision. Legacy favorites also return, including Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), Freddie Brooks (Cree Summer), and Ron Johnson (Darryl M. Bell). Set against the rituals, humor, and nuances of an HBCU, the series is a hopeful dramedy, full of heart and unapologetically centered on the richness and complexity of the Black experience.
The Traitors: New Blood premieres September 17 on NBC with a two hour premiere. Set at a castle deep in the Scottish Highlands, this nail-biting psychological adventure sees contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden among the Faithful are the Traitors, who murder the Faithful one-by-one under the cover of darkness as the Faithful race to uncover them from the game. At the end of the game, if the remaining Faithful banish every Traitor, they share the prize fund; if even one Traitor survives to the end, the Traitors take it all.
Hollywood Arts premieres on Netflix October 15. In the next chapter in the Victorious universe, struggling actress Trina Vega (Daniella Monet) returns to her former high school, Hollywood Arts, as an unqualified substitute teacher, quickly finding herself both clashing with and unexpectedly inspiring a new generation of ambitious and talented students as they learn to find their true path at Hollywood’s most elite performing arts school.
HBO has renewed It: Welcome to Derry for a second season. Set in the world of Stephen King’s “IT” universe, the series is based on King’s “IT” novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films “IT” and “IT Chapter Two.” Season two takes place in 1935 during the Great Depression and centers on the bloody massacre of the Bradley Gang, a group of bank robbers who stop in Derry to buy ammo and end up facing unimaginable horror.
The CW has set premiere dates for two of its scripted crime dramas. Private Eyes West Coast will premiere October 5 at 8, followed by season two of Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent at 9. The Private Eyes spinoff series sees Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson return as private investigators Matt Shade and Angie Everett. Blending heart, humor, romance and mystery, it captures all the fun, charm and adventure that made the original series a global hit while giving audiences something fresh to experience as Angie and Shade navigate a new chapter in their lives together.
Season two of The Terminal List premieres October 21 on Prime Video with all eight episodes. From the best-selling novels of the same name, the series centers on Navy SEAL Commander “James Reece” (Chris Pratt) as he battles unknown conspiratorial forces seeking to upend the world order. This season comes from Jack Carr’s second novel, True Believer, where he puts “James Reece” on a journey of violent redemption, finding a new purpose after finishing his list. The psychological revenge thriller of Season One opens up into a globe-trotting espionage thriller taking Reece across the Indian Ocean, Southern and Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Joined by returning fan favorites like “Raife Hastings” (Tom Hopper), “Katie Buranek” (Constance Wu), “Mohammed Farooq” (Dar Salim), “Jules Landry” (Luke Hemsworth) and newcomers like “Freddy Strain” (Gabriel Luna), Reece will uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Moscow to Langley and ties into his own family’s history.
Witney Carson is set to return as a professional dancer on the upcoming 35th season of Dancing with the Stars. Carson will be partnered with previously announced Guillermo Rodriguez. Carson is also currently pregnant, becoming the first pro dancer to be pregnant at the outset of the new season. The new season premieres September 15 with a special episode September 16. The full cast and partnerships will be announced on GMA September 2.
Season thirteen of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres January 12, 2027, on PBS. The new season lineup includes: actors Elizabeth Banks, Carrie Coon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ilana Glazer, Nikki Glazer, David Alan Grier, Ashley Judd, Randall Park, Wendell Pierce, Danny Ramirez, Natasha Rothwell, Allison Williams and Noah Wyle, businessman Mark Cuban, musician Melissa Etheridge, artist Kerry James Marshall, entertainment icons Bette Midler and Rita Moreno, plus additional guests to be announced.
Oswald will premiere on Disney+ February 17, 2027. The live-action animated hybrid series is based on the classic character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. When an earthquake releases Walt Disney’s creation, Oswald, who has been hidden away since the 1920s, a middle school boy and his friends try to help the cartoon rabbit navigate his way through the modern world. It stars Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Ryder Allen, Al Madrigal, with Kathryn Hahn and Albert Brooks.
Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends has been renewed for a seventh season on Disney Jr. and Disney+. Season six is set to debut in 2027, followed by Season seven in 2028. It introduces a whole new generation of young fans to Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, who together form Team Spidey and go on adventures to protect their community. The Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up! special will premiere September 24 on Disney Jr. Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and Este Haim of HAIM will voice villains Jack O’Lantern and Hallows Eve.
Before the era of endless scrolling, Friday night at the movies meant two films for the price of one. Now Pluto TV is reviving that tradition with Double Feature Fridays, a new weekly movie experience in partnership with Entertainment Tonight kicking off on Friday, Aug 21. The free streamer will pair a favorite studio classic with a new indie free streaming premiere. Each pairing is connected by shared talent, genre, or theme, and introduced through original Entertainment Tonight segments hosted by correspondent Emily Curl. Drawing on the strength of Paramount’s portfolio of iconic brands, the partnership brings one of entertainment journalism’s most trusted institutions to Pluto TV’s first original format. For 45 years, Entertainment Tonight has owned the red carpet, secured the industry’s most sought-after interviews and broken exclusive stories straight from Hollywood’s biggest stars. That same access now gives Double Feature Fridays an unrivaled vault of interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of Hollywood’s most iconic stars. Each week, Emily Curl guides the night’s Double Feature with a fresh new segment featuring rare archival footage from the Entertainment Tonight vault, including on-set interviews, behind-the-scenes secrets and career-defining moments in the star’s own words. From the physical toll of pulling off a zero-gravity performance, to the on-set friendships that got a cast through the hardest shoots, these segments give audiences a fresh way into the films before they even press play, creating an experience only on Pluto TV. Double Feature Fridays kicks off with Gravity and The Outer Threat, two visions of humanity confronting the vastness beyond Earth. Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-nominated performance in Gravity is set up with an Entertainment Tonight vault interview revealing the extraordinary physical toll of the role, alongside a look back at when George Clooney joined the production. Then, The Outer Threat’s free streaming premiere brings the tension down to Earth, following Constance Wu as a retired astrophysicist whose quiet family life unravels when her partner makes a discovery that changes everything. A new Double Feature premieres every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Pluto TV Spotlight before joining the Double Feature Fridays collection on demand. Fans can expect beloved titles from Paramount, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Radial Entertainment, and many more throughout the lineup alongside the new indie free streaming premieres. Double Feature Fridays runs weekly until the end of 2026, culminating with holiday favorites including Scrooged and Bad Santa 1 & 2. Stay tuned to Pluto TV for more details about the upcoming lineup curated to satisfy every type of movie lover.
ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2026 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile begins Wednesday, Aug. 19, with eight hours of action from Williamsport, Pa., starting at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to present all 38 games throughout the tournament, culminating with the Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 3 p.m. on ABC. The tournament’s International and United States champions will be crowned on Saturday, Aug. 29, before Championship Sunday caps 12 days of competition from Williamsport. Williamsport will once again serve as the center of the baseball world during the final week of August. In addition to Little League Baseball World Series action, ESPN will present the MLB Little League Classic presented by New York Life on Sunday, Aug. 23. The annual event returns to Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport and will feature the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves, bringing Major League Baseball and Little League Baseball together during one of the sport’s signature weekends. Veteran broadcasters Karl Ravech and Mike Monaco will handle play-by-play responsibilities throughout the Little League Baseball World Series. Analysts Chris Burke, Jessica Mendoza, Eduardo Perez and former Little League Baseball World Series participants Todd Frazier and Devon Travis will join coverage throughout the event, while reporters Jess Sims and Sebastian Salazar provide stories and interviews from Williamsport. Championship Weekend coverage will feature Karl Ravech, Todd Frazier, Jessica Mendoza, Jess Sims and Sebastian Salazar on the call for the International Championship, United States Championship and Little League Baseball World Series Championship Game.
FOX Sports announces its largest women’s college volleyball schedule ever, featuring a record eight matches on FOX and 35 total matches across FOX, FS1 and FS2, both new highs for the network. The eight FOX contests mark the most women’s college volleyball matches ever aired on broadcast television by any network in a single season. The expanded slate further reinforces FOX Sports’ unmatched commitment to showcasing women’s college sports on broadcast television. FOX Sports’ 2026 slate opens with a collection of marquee neutral-site events featuring the nation’s top programs. The action begins Saturday, Aug. 22, with No. 7 Louisville taking on No. 6 Wisconsin at 4:00 PM ET on FOX as part of Jeep AVCA First Serve, followed by No. 2 Texas and No. 12 Arizona State at 7:00 PM ET on FS1. Jeep AVCA First Serve coverage continues Monday, Aug. 24, with No. 4 Pitt vs. Xavier and Texas-Marquette on FS2. The State Farm Women’s College Volleyball Showcase takes center stage Friday, Aug. 28, with a FOX doubleheader featuring No. 9 Purdue and No. 13 Creighton at 7:00 PM ET and No. 14 Minnesota vs. Arizona State at 9:00 PM ET. Coverage continues Saturday on FS1 with No. 20 USC-Arizona State at 3:00 PM ET and Minnesota-Creighton at 5:00 PM ET. The inaugural Players Era Volleyball Showcase, presented by Players Era and MGM Resorts International, takes over T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 30, with four matches across FOX and FS1. The action begins Saturday, Aug. 29, with an FS1 doubleheader as No. 1 Nebraska faces UNLV at 8:00 PM ET, followed by a showdown between in-state rivals No. 18 TCU and Texas at 10:00 PM ET. On Sunday, Aug. 30, the nation’s top two teams take center stage on FOX as top ranked Nebraska and No. 2 Texas – both five-time national champions – meet at 3:30 PM ET in one of college volleyball’s fiercest rivalries. UNLV-TCU closes out the showcase at 6:00 PM ET on FS1.
ESPN will exclusively televise the matchup between Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox and José Ramírez and the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday, September 16, at 1 p.m. ET. The new selection adds a late-season matchup with postseason implications. The White Sox currently lead the American League Central, while the Guardians remain in contention for a postseason berth as the division race enters its final weeks. The September 16 game replaces an ESPN MLB game that was postponed earlier this season. The new game selection creates a day-night MLB doubleheader on ESPN. At 7 p.m. ET on September 16, Pete Alonso and the Baltimore Orioles visit Juan Soto and the New York Mets.
Veteran NFL insider Tom Pelissero is joining Netflix’s broadcast team as sideline reporter and NFL insider and will also take a lead role in NFL coverage across several shows on The Ringer’s podcast slate, including co-host of The Ringer NFL Show, which airs video versions on Netflix under a broader Netflix-Spotify partnership. Tom Pelissero will join Netflix’s broadcast team as sideline reporter, in addition to NFL Insider, across the streamer’s full slate of games this season, beginning with Rams-49ers on Sept. 10 in Melbourne, Australia, alongside Noah Eagle, Luke Kuechly and MJ Acosta-Ruiz. His 2026 Netflix sideline schedule also includes NFL’s first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game on Nov. 25 at 8:00 PM ET (Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Rams); a doubleheader NFL Christmas Gameday on Dec. 25 at 1:00 PM ET and 4:30 PM ET (Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears, followed by Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos); and a Week 18 matchup on Jan. 9 at 1:00 PM ET, the final weekend of the regular season, with playoffs on the line. For The Ringer, he will co-host the popular The Ringer NFL Show and write about the NFL. He will also appear on other Ringer shows, including every Thursday on The Bill Simmons Podcast during the NFL season. Video versions of these podcasts will be available on both Netflix and Spotify as part of a broader partnership between Netflix and Spotify Studios/The Ringer.
Scrubs returns for a new season September 30 on ABC. J.D. and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time: Medicine has changed; interns have changed; but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.
The first three seasons of Prime Video’s Upload are now streaming on hulu. The digital afterlife is one click away. A fourth and final season streamed in August 2025, but is not currently available on hulu.
Celebrity Weakest Link returns September 21 on Fox. Hosted by Jane Lynch, in each themed episode, eight celebrities from the worlds of television, sports, film, and entertainment’s next generation compete to win up to $1 million for the charity of their choice. A rapid-fire quiz show in which eight celebrities compete to win up to one million dollars for the charity of their choosing, these celebs will answer general knowledge questions and bank money as a group across multiple rounds. At the end of each round, the contestants vote out who they perceive to be the weakest link, and the host sends them off with the phrase, “You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.” The two who make it to the final round will battle it out to determine who wins the banked money for their charity.
