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Barbershop premieres February 10, 2027 on Prime Video with all eight episodes. Travis “Trav” Walker (Jermaine Fowler) returns to Chicago hoping to honor his grandfather’s legacy at the iconic Calvin’s barbershop, but the shop has changed, and so has the city. As Trav struggles to find his place among a new crew of barbers and loyal customers, Calvin’s remains what it’s always been, a place for sharp fades, sharp opinions, and a community that always has something to say. The cast also includes Brett Gray, Punkie Johnson, Roy Wood Jr., E.J. Bonilla, Bresha Webb, Bokeem Woodbine, Tiana Okoye, and Langston Kerman. Guest stars who will appear are Zack Fox, Ego Nwodim, Diallo Riddle, Ziwe, Tituss Burgess, Comedian CP, Devon Walker, and Belmont Cameli.
Season six of Abbott Elementary premieres October 7 on ABC. Welcome back, Abbott Elementarians!
Season two of The Lowdown premieres October 14 on FX. The series starring Ethan Hawke follows the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Hawke), a self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble. Season two of the series adds Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin to the cast.
Ted: The Animated Series premieres December 17 on Peacock. It is a sequel to the beloved “Ted” and “Ted 2” films. This series reunites Seth MacFarlane, who reprises his role as the voice of Ted, with his big screen castmates: Mark Wahlberg, as the voice of Ted’s best friend, John; Amanda Seyfried, as the voice of John’s wife, Sam; and Jessica Barth as Ted’s wife, Tami-Lynn. Picking up twelve years after the conclusion of the last movie, John and his thunder-buddy Ted are neighbors, both with families of their own and dead-end jobs. Follow these two lovable stoners as they enable each other’s bad ideas about marriage, parenting and the challenges of adult life.
Season eleven of Love Is Blind premieres October 14 on Netflix. Hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey are headed to Boston with a new group of singles ready to fall for someone sight unseen and pour their hearts out in the pods. Is love enough to take them all the way? Singles who want to be loved for who they are have signed up for a less conventional approach to modern dating, and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them. Over several weeks, the newly engaged couples will move in together, plan their wedding, and find out if their physical connection matches their strong emotional bond developed in the pods. When their wedding day arrives, will real-world realities and external factors push them apart, or will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with? Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, this addictive 12-episode social experiment will uncover whether looks, race, or age do matter – or if love really is blind.
Small Prophets premieres October 7 on Apple TV. The series is a comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) who, since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago, has lived a very ordinary life. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad Brian (Sir Michael Palin) and hopes for Clea to return. One day Brian shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and more than a little alchemy. With recipe in hand, Michael sets out (albeit with some skepticism) to create homunculi – magical spirits that can predict the future – in the hope they have the answer to his burning question: “will I ever see Clea again?”
Production has wrapped on the fourth and final season of The Night Agent. The final season will premiere on Netflix in 2027.
The seventh and final season of Miss Scarlet premieres November 29 on thee PBS app or PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video. It will also premiere on MASTERPIECE Mystery! January 17 on PBS. In Season 7, Eliza Scarlet has found love, but with it comes a new set of challenges, both on a professional and personal level. She is reunited with familiar friendly faces, as well as a powerful new crime boss who has arrived in town – and it’s not who you might expect. Meanwhile, Blake’s promotion brings its own complications, as he finds himself answering to a surprising new boss.
CBS has announced three unscripted series orders. Coming soon are an updated Undercover Boss hosted by Drew Carey, along with new series Stacks of Cash, hosted by Mike O’Malley, and 24 Hour Millionaire.
Production has wrapped on season three of Wednesday. The cast includes Jenna Ortega, Eva Green, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Isaac Ordonez, Billie Piper, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Victor Dorobantu, Evie Templeton, Oscar Morgan, Kennedy Moyer with Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joanna Lumley, Winona Ryder, Chris Sarandon, Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, James Lance, and Fred Armisen. The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.
Peacock is developing a new series titled Future Housewives. The project will star Aariana Madix.
Season four of Blue Lights premieres November 12 on BritBox. Three years into their jobs as response officers, Constables Grace Ellis, Tommy Foster, and Annie Conlon are operating at their limit, facing a new threat on the streets that the police can barely control. Meanwhile the murder trial of Gerry Cliff exposes a dangerous and long-buried secret that leads to chaos both inside the police, and across the criminal underworld. As they grapple with big decisions about their future, Grace, Tommy and Annie must find the courage to face the greatest threat they have ever encountered: the truth.
Season two of Wave Makers is coming soon to Netflix. It picks up after the presidential election, as the staffers who gave everything to secure victory move from the campaign trail into the corridors of power. Winning a mandate is one thing; putting it into practice is another. As they settle into their new roles, each must decide when to stand firm and where to compromise. When serving the bigger picture comes at a personal cost, is there ever a clear right answer? New characters and political forces will enter the fray, expanding the world of Wave Makers. Further casting announcements will follow.
The CW Network and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced a new multi-year media rights agreement for The CW Network to broadcast the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Beginning in Fall 2027, The CW will be the exclusive multiplatform home for the final seven races of the season, including the world’s biggest drag race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, as well as the full six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs. NHRA will make its CW debut on Monday, September 6, 2027, at the world’s biggest drag race, the prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The race will kick-off a seven-race stretch broadcasting eliminations on the network, giving the Countdown to the Championship playoffs its biggest spotlight yet. Race fans will be able to watch NHRA action on The CW Network on broadcast television, as well as stream them live via CW Sports on The ESPN App with an ESPN Unlimited subscription.
Brazilian series The Gift of Deceit premieres October 28 on Netflix. Desperate to find a cure for the unknown illness afflicting her daughter, Maíra Rossetti (Alice Wegmann), art collector Lúcia Rossetti (Marieta Severo) turns to a spiritual therapist (Nanda Costta) for help. But when Lúcia becomes the victim of a scam, a web of secrets begins to unravel, exposing the deep ties between two families bound by love, control, resentment, and guilt.
The first four episodes of Body Language by CNN will premiere on October 8 on the CNN app. Four additional episodes will premiere in November. Hosted by Pamela Brown, the show cuts through misinformation and stigma to spotlight health stories that are too often overlooked. The first episode, “The Zone of Chaos: Perimenopause,” focuses on a transition that can begin years before menopause, whose average onset age in the United States is 51. With symptoms sometimes emerging as early as a woman’s 30s, a collective of women explains what the body and the mind go through during this often-confusing stage and what can be done about it. Additional episodes will explore a range of health topics including egg freezing, GLP-1s, PMOS (Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome, formerly PCOS), Alzheimer’s disease, thyroid diseases, breast reductions, and the 4th trimester.
Docuseries The Greatest Year in Pop Culture premieres October 5 on Fandango, the E! app, and E!’s YouTube. It kicks off with 2003 and explores the pop-culture defining moments of that year and their lasting impact on today’s entertainment landscape. Through archival E! footage and articles, era-defining music, nostalgic film and TV clips, and firsthand accounts from the people who lived it, the series connects the dots between pop culture then and now. The docuseries brings together actors, executives, musicians, reality stars, journalists and scholars to share insider perspectives, anecdotes and never-before-told stories, revisiting the standout moments that made the year unforgettable.
Dead-End Job premieres October 30 on Netflix. Drowning in debt, a young man takes lucrative part-time jobs from a mysterious agency – only to find his hustle for more money turning nightmarish.
Katseye: Wild Hearts premieres on hulu and Disney+ October 16. It takes audiences inside the global girl group’s bold new era, celebrating the fans who helped make it possible. Featuring never-before-seen footage, EYEKONS fan videos, and intimate interviews with the group, the film explores the powerful bond between KATSEYE and their global fandom. From the intense pressure of Dream Academy to chart-topping viral success, audiences experience the highs, setbacks, sacrifices, and breakthrough moments that shaped KATSEYE’s rise to global pop stardom. A love letter to EYEKONS, “KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS” reveals why their story is only just beginning.
Zuckerberg: Facebook and the Cost of Connection premieres on the CNN app September 30. It will premiere on CNN October 4. When Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook over two decades ago, it was a place for Harvard students to connect with classmates. Today, Meta is so deeply ingrained in society that its tools are used by roughly half the global population. CNN FlashDocs examines the undeniable ways Zuckerberg and his creation have changed culture, politics and how we communicate – for both the better and worse. Featuring interviews with former employees, journalists and an early Facebook investor among others, the hour traces how the early days of “pokes” and status updates were eclipsed by data leaks, the rampant spread of disinformation and billions in lawsuit settlements. With archival footage from two decades of CNN interviews with Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg: Facebook and the Cost of Connection explores whether he succeeded in bringing the world closer together or pushed us farther apart.
