2026 in American television
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Certain American television events in 2026 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.
Notable events
January
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The spinoff of cable channels previously owned by NBCUniversal (among them CNBC, MS NOW, and USA Network) into a separate publicly traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders called Versant formally completes just before midnight (ET). Bravo remained under the NBCUniversal umbrella, due to the channel being a major content provider to Peacock. | [1] |
| 3 | Two days before he was originally scheduled to do so, and in order to cover the U.S. attack on Venezuela and capture of its president, Tony Dokoupil makes his first appearance as anchor of the CBS Evening News. | [2] |
| 4 | The 31st Critics' Choice Awards airs on E! and USA Network from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Chelsea Handler returns for her fourth consecutive year as host. | [3] |
| 5 | The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally votes to dissolve the organization, a move that comes six months after a rescission act was signed into law by president Donald Trump that withdrew $1.1 billion in funding to CPB, which it used to fund PBS, radio counterpart NPR, and most notably local member stations and their parent organizations who relied more heavily on federal funds to cover the costs of station operations and programs. | [4] |
| 8 | Nine Major League Baseball teams (the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, as well as both Florida teams) announce they have terminated their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network and would explore transitioning to other unspecified platforms. The move comes as FDSN parent Main Street Sports Group, which exited a lengthy bankruptcy process at the beginning of 2025, reportedly missed a rights payment deadline for at least one team (the Cardinals) among the 29 MLB, NBA, and NHL teams whose games are carried by FDSN, and a proposal to sell itself to British-based streaming service DAZN (and avoid a shutdown of operations) reportedly failed. | [5][6] |
| 11 | The 83rd Golden Globe Awards airs on CBS from The Beverly Hilton with Nikki Glaser as host. | [7] |
| 12 | Three days before it was scheduled to air, an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit guest starring Timothy Busfield is postponed after an arrest warrant was issued for the actor following allegations of child sexual abuse made against him by the parents of child actors from Fox's The Cleaning Lady, a series cancelled several months before where he served as a director and executive producer. | [8] |
| 14 | The Washington Nationals announce they will become the seventh Major League Baseball team to join the league's in-house service, MLB Local Media, for production and distribution of their local television broadcasts beginning with the 2026 season. The move means an end to the Nationals' 21-year relationship with MASN, the regional network primarily owned by the Baltimore Orioles that involuntarily controlled the Nats' television rights since that club relocated from Montreal in 2005 to Washington, D.C, which had long been part of the Orioles' home territory. | [9] [note 1] |
| 26 | Amid the ongoing effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and the potential split of its cable assets, the company signs a six-year contract ensuring WBD-owned Turner Classic Movies access to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography, which began airing on the channel on February 2. | [10] |
| 30 | Amid the national shutdown by the University of Minnesota, the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy pauses production for the day after its crew members didn't show up. Filming resumed the following day. | [11] |
| 31 | The Walt Disney Company and the National Football League announce that, with federal regulators having granted approval, they have completed a deal to have the NFL acquire a 10% stake in Disney's ESPN, in exchange for NFL Network and NFL RedZone becoming ESPN-owned-and-operated networks. | [12] |
February
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 68th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, and streams on Paramount+. Notable winners include Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos (for Album of the Year), Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" (for Record of the Year), and Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's "Wildflower" (for Song of the Year). Trevor Noah returned as the host for the sixth consecutive year, and according to producer Ben Winston, it was Noah's final time hosting the event. It was also the final Grammys ceremony to be broadcast by CBS, ending a 53-year run for the network that began in 1973; Disney-ABC is set to begin a ten-year contract to carry the Grammys with the next ceremony starting in 2027. | [13][14] [15][16] [17] |
| 2 | Less than a month after terminating their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network (see 1/8 entry), Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Tampa Bay Rays announce they will partner with MLB Local Media for production and distribution of their local telecasts beginning in 2026. The Detroit Tigers would announce on February 9, that both they and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, both of which are owned by Ilitch Holdings, will join MLB Local Media. | [18][19] |
| 5 | NBC News and Today co-host Savannah Guthrie announces she would take a leave of absence, in the search of her mother Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing during the week and later revealed to have been kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1. Guthrie withdrew from her hosting duties for the opening ceremony of NBC's live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. She was replaced by Mary Carillo for the live coverage, while Today co-host Craig Melvin would also withdraw from his co-hosting duties for NBC's Olympics coverage on this date in help for the search. It marked the first time that Guthrie and Melvin missed NBC's Olympics coverage since 2014 and 2016 respectively. | [20] |
| 6–22 | The 2026 Winter Olympics airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Highlights include the American women's and men's ice hockey teams winning the gold medals over their Canadian counterparts in overtime, with the latter game (the first gold medal for the men's Team USA since 1980) drawing 26 million American viewers, ranking among the most-watched hockey telecasts in American history, while the women's contest peaked at over 7 million viewers during its overtime period, a record for a women's hockey telecast. | [21][22] [23] |
| 8 | The Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots 29–13 to win Super Bowl LX, which was broadcast at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on NBC, with Spanish language coverage on Telemundo and streaming on Peacock. The game drew particular attention for its halftime show with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny as its headliner, who performed his set almost entirely in Spanish (a first for the event); opposition to the selection led to a competing halftime counterprogram, the All-American Halftime Show, featuring country musicians and drawing several million viewers against the official broadcast. | [24][25] [26] |
| 11 | On the day Rehab Addict was scheduled to return on HGTV with new episodes, the network announces the show's immediate cancellation and removal from HBO Max and Discovery+, as well as the firing of its host, Nicole Curtis, following a video being posted online of Curtis using a racial slur during filming for the series. | [27] |
| Charter Communications announces it will purchase New England Cable News from NBCUniversal, and that it will merge NECN's operations with its existing Spectrum News channels in New England (including those in Massachusetts and Maine) under the new name Spectrum News NECN. | [28] | |
| 13 | Following the death of James Van Der Beek due to colorectal cancer, Fox announces it would re-air the special The Real Full Monty on February 18 to honor the actor, replacing repeats of The Masked Singer and Fear Factor: House of Fear. A QR code was displayed throughout the broadcast to encourage viewers to donate to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. | [29] |
| Granite Broadcasting completes the sale of its last remaining license, WTVH in Syracuse, New York, to Deerfield Media, and with it Granite shuts down. | [30] | |
| 16 | Anderson Cooper departs as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after contributing to the news program since 2006. His decision comes amidst turbulence within CBS's news division. | [31] |
| 26 | Hours after the board of Warner Bros. Discovery declares an increased competing bid by Paramount Skydance superior, Netflix, Inc. announces it will decline to add to the $83 billion purchase price it struck in a December 2025 agreement with WBD and not match Paramount's bid. Pending regulatory approval, this leads to Paramount to acquire all of WBD including its film and television production operations and cable networks including CNN, TBS, and TNT (Netflix had intended to only acquire WBD's film and television studios as well as the HBO premium channels and HBO Max, while the cable networks would have been spun off to a separate company). | [32] |
| 28 | While anchoring CNN and CNN International's overnight breaking news coverage on the strikes in Iran by Israeli and the United States on CNN Newsroom, at the network's studio in Abu Dhabi, host Becky Anderson was forced to evacuate as the tones of the city's emergency sirens became audible in the background of the studio feed. | [33] |
March
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) streams live on Netflix. | [34] |
| 9 | Instead of aligning with MLB Local Media as other teams formerly seen on FanDuel Sports Network have done (see 2/2 entry), Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels announce they will instead buy Main Street Sports Group's portion of FanDuel Sports Network West, which will continue operation under that name and serve as local television home to the Angels and, through at least its 2026–27 season, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. | [35] |
| 13 | NBCUniversal announces that it would discontinue producing first-run content for broadcast syndication, resulting in the cancellations of its remaining programming, including the entertainment newsmagazine Access Hollywood (and its daytime counterpart Access Live) and the daytime talk shows Karamo, and The Steve Wilkos Show. The decision comes a month after The Kelly Clarkson Show (also produced by NBCU) was announced to end after its seventh season. New episodes of the cancelled shows will continue to be released to stations through September, and reruns from the NBCU library will continue to be available to stations. | [36][37] |
| 15 | The 98th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Conan O'Brien returns for his second consecutive year as host. | [38] |
| 16 | Reruns of the 1985–1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls return to broadcast television for the first time since the end of its off-network syndication run in 1997, as Weigel's classic television service MeTV begins carrying the series, which had been exclusive to pay television channels and services during that period and remained popular among viewers of all ages in that time span. The Golden Girls continues to be available on pay television channels and streaming services, in addition to its return to broadcast television. | [39] |
| 19 | The FCC votes to approve Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition of fellow station operator Tegna. Hours later, the companies announce their merger was complete, creating a company that owns and operates 265 stations in 44 states and D.C. The deal, however, is met with criticism by attorney generals in eight states, along with satellite operator DirecTV, who on March 20, file temporary restraining orders to block the merger out of concerns over job losses in markets where the combined Nexstar-Tegna own multiple stations, as well as the increased leverage the company would exert on cable and satellite distributors to pay more in retransmission fees to carry their channels. On March 26, U.S. District judge Troy Nunley of California's Eastern District orders a 14-day temporary restraining order on the merger, saying that "private benefits Nexstar could obtain by acquiring Tegna are outweighed by the harm to" DirecTV; the judge orders Nexstar and Tegna to pause integration efforts and operate separately, and also sets an April 7 hearing on whether a more permanent injunction to halt the deal should be made. | [40][41] [42] |
| Three days before its twenty-second season was scheduled to premiere on March 22, ABC pulls The Bachelorette from its lineup amid a domestic assault investigation against star Taylor Frankie Paul. | [43] | |
| 26 | The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards airs on Fox from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre with Ludacris as host. | [44][45] |
| 31 | A carriage dispute begins between Xfinity and the E. W. Scripps Company, causing affiliate stations owned by Scripps to be removed from Xfinity. | [46] |
April
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Paramount Skydance announces that Nickelodeon Animation Studio would no longer operate as a separate company and would be a label of CBS Eye Animation Productions with Alec Botnick serving as president. | [47] |
| 17 | QVC Group, owner of the QVC and HSN shopping channels, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which company CEO David Rawlinson states it was made to ease into a transition from television to social media retailing. | [48] |
| Ten days after a hearing on the Nexstar-Tegna merger (see 3/19 entry), U.S. District Court Judge for Eastern California Troy Nunley issues a preliminary injunction, effective April 21, that halts the merger on grounds that it would hinder competition and violate antitrust laws. Nexstar indicates that they would appeal the ruling. | [49] | |
| 18–19 | WrestleMania 42 broadcasts from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on ESPN. It was originally set to be held in New Orleans, but was moved to Las Vegas. This was the second time WrestleMania was held at the same venue in consecutive years, after WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V in 1988 and 1989, which were held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. | [50][51] |
| 19 | Hours before it was to premiere on ESPN2, the documentary Rachel, Breathe is removed from the schedule, with the film's director/co-producer, Frank Marshall, indicating on social media that the reason was a disagreement with ESPN over rights to the film, which documents the story of Rachel Foster's recovery from a lengthy coma to compete in, and finish, the 2023 Boston Marathon five months later. | [52] |
| 25 | Kenny Albert calls TNT Sports' broadcast of a National Hockey League playoff game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers; this marks Albert's 1,545th national television game assignment among the four major North American pro sports leagues (NHL, NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball), setting the record for a play-by-play announcer (surpassing Dick Stockton's 1,544). | [53] |
May
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards streams live on Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with Shania Twain as host. | [54][55] |
| 21 | After 11 years, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs its final episode, and with it, CBS discontinues its franchise that originated with David Letterman in 1993, and producing original programming in the 11:30 p.m. (ET) time slot that follows local news. CBS cites the cancellation was due to financial reasons and a decline in advertising revenue for its late-night programming. The move came one year after CBS canceled After Midnight (which aired in the slot following The Late Show) and sold that airtime to Allen Media Group for Comics Unleashed. Following Late Show's conclusion, Comics Unleashed was moved to the time slot, as Allen purchased another hour of late-night airtime from CBS and used it for the 2017 revival of Funny You Should Ask in the 12:35 a.m. (ET) time slot. | [56][57] [58] |
| 25 | The 52nd American Music Awards airs on CBS from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena. Queen Latifah hosts for the first time since 1995. | [59][60] |
| 27 | Sharyn Alfonsi reveals that CBS News has decided to let its contract with her expire. Alfonsi had been a correspondent with 60 Minutes, and had been critical of CBS leadership over pulling from broadcast, hours before it was to air in December 2025, her report that examined poor conditions at El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, where Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. (some of whom were in the country legally) were being deported. Though it would air one month later mostly unaltered (with a new intro and outro by Alfonsi that included statements from White House and DHS officials), Alfonsi defended the report as thoroughly vetted by CBS' Standards and Practices, and saw the decision to pull it from air as a political appeasement to the Trump administration (officials of whom declined to participate in the original story). | [61][62] |
Future events
June
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | The 79th Tony Awards will air on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall. Pink is set to host the ceremony. | [63][64] |
| 11–July 19 | The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held. It will be the 23rd edition of the tournament and the first to feature 48 teams. It will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations and the first North American World Cup since 1994. It is scheduled to air on Fox along with Spanish language coverage on Telemundo. | [65] |
| 28 | The 26th BET Awards will air on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Druski is set to host the ceremony. | [66][67] |
July
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | The Walt Disney Company will air a 24-hour simulcast across several of its linear networks and streaming services (including Disney+, Hulu, and ABC) to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial. David Muir will present the daylong coverage. | [68] |
August
September
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on NBC from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. | [69] |
| 27 | The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will simulcast on CBS and MTV. | [70] |
October
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Wizard of Oz will air on broadcast television for the first time since 1998, as the Weigel-owned classic terrestrial television network MeTV acquires broadcast rights to the film, which first aired on television in 1956, but had been exclusive to cable television beginning in 1999. MeTV will air The Wizard of Oz several times as part of its Halloween lineup. | [71] |
November
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | The 2026 Kids' Choice Awards will simulcast on CBS and Nickelodeon from Los Angeles, making it the first Kids' Choice Awards ceremony to air on CBS and on broadcast television, as well as the first ceremony to be held in November since 1992. | [70] |
| 18 | The 60th Annual Country Music Association Awards will air on ABC from Nashville, Tennessee. | [72] |
December
Television shows
Shows debuting in 2026
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Cult of the Real Housewife | TLC | [73] |
| Second Chance Love | Hallmark+ | [74] | |
| Crime in Progress | A&E | [75] | |
| January 3 | Donkey King | Weekend Adventure (ABC stations) |
[76] |
| January 4 | Best Medicine | Fox | [77][78][79] |
| January 5 | Baking Championship: Next Gen | Food Network | [80] |
| January 6 | The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story | Investigation Discovery | [81] |
| January 7 | Harlan Coben's Final Twist | CBS | [82][83] |
| Leader's Playbook | CNBC | [84] | |
| January 8 | His & Hers | Netflix | [85] |
| The Valley: Persian Style | Bravo | [86] | |
| January 10 | Maxxed Out | OWN | [87] |
| January 13 | Hey A.J.! | Disney Jr. | [88][89] |
| Suddenly Amish | TLC | [90] | |
| Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger | Investigation Discovery | [91] | |
| Pole to Pole with Will Smith | Disney+ | [92] | |
| January 14 | Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV | ABC | [93] |
| January 15 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ | [94][95] |
| Ponies | Peacock | [96] | |
| January 17 | Iyanla: The Inside Fix | OWN | [97] |
| January 18 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | HBO | [98][99][100] |
| The Hillside Strangler | MGM+ | [101] | |
| The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins | NBC | [102][103][104] | |
| January 19 | 120 Hours Behind Bars | Discovery Channel | [105] |
| January 20 | Handsome Devil: Charming Killer | Paramount+ | [106][107] |
| January 21 | The Beauty | FX/Hulu | [108][109] |
| January 22 | Free Bert | Netflix | [110][111] |
| Finding Her Edge | [112] | ||
| Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! | HBO | [113] | |
| January 25 | Memory of a Killer | Fox | [114][78][79] |
| It's Not Like That | Amazon Prime Video | [115] | |
| January 26 | History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames | History Channel | [116] |
| January 27 | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [117][118] |
| January 30 | On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing | ESPN | [119] |
| February 1 | Rise of the 49ers | AMC/AMC+ | [120] |
| Vanished | MGM+ | [121][122] | |
| February 2 | Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [123][124] |
| February 3 | Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History | PBS | [125] |
| February 4 | The Coach Vick Experience | BET | [126] |
| February 6 | The White House | Fox Nation | [127] |
| February 8 | The 'Burbs | Peacock | [128][129][130] |
| February 11 | Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League | ESPN | [131] |
| The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story | Hulu | [132] | |
| February 12 | Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association | Amazon Prime Video | [133] |
| Love Story | FX/Hulu | [134][135] | |
| February 13 | Neighbors | HBO | [136] |
| February 15 | Love, Ted Bundy | Oxygen | [137] |
| February 16 | Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | Netflix | [138][139] |
| February 18 | 56 Days | Amazon Prime Video | [140] |
| Wild Boys: Strangers in Town | Paramount+ | [141] | |
| February 19 | Murder in Glitterball City | HBO | [142] |
| Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman | Hulu | [143] | |
| February 20 | Strip Law | Netflix | [144] |
| February 22 | History's Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe | History Channel | [145] |
| February 23 | CIA | CBS | [146][147][83] |
| The CEO Club | Amazon Prime Video | [148] | |
| February 25 | The Greatest Average American | ABC | [149] |
| February 26 | The Gray House | Amazon Prime Video | [150] |
| David: King of Israel | Fox Nation | [151][152] | |
| February 28 | Crooked on MS NOW | MS NOW | [153] |
| March 1 | Marshals | CBS | [82][83] |
| American Classic | MGM+ | [154] | |
| DTF St. Louis | HBO | [155] | |
| Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown | CNN | [156] | |
| March 2 | Bachelor Mansion Takeover | HGTV | [157][158] |
| Wild Vacation Rentals | [159] | ||
| BeddyByes | Disney Jr. | [160] | |
| Bedtime Stories with Ryan | Nick Jr. | [161] | |
| March 3 | R.J. Decker | ABC | [162][163] |
| March 4 | America's Culinary Cup | CBS | [82][83] |
| Flavortown Food Fight | Food Network | [164] | |
| Dirty Rotten Scandals | E! | [165] | |
| Body Bizarre | TLC | [166] | |
| March 5 | Vladimir | Netflix | [167] |
| Predator Hunters | A&E | [168] | |
| This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga | AMC+ | [169] | |
| March 6 | Friends Like These | Disney+/Hulu | [170] |
| The Dinosaurs | Netflix | [171] | |
| March 8 | Rooster | HBO | [172][173] |
| March 9 | The Ultimate Baking Championship | Food Network | [174] |
| March 11 | Scarpetta | Amazon Prime Video | [175] |
| Age of Attraction | Netflix | [176] | |
| March 13 | Dynasty: The Murdochs | [177] | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars | ABC | [178] | |
| March 14 | The Madison | Paramount+ | [179] |
| March 15 | Rooster Fighter | Adult Swim | [180][181] |
| Property Brothers: Under Pressure | HGTV | [182][183] | |
| March 16 | Born to Bowl | HBO | [184] |
| March 18 | Imperfect Women | Apple TV | [185] |
| Bad Foot Clinic | TLC | [166] | |
| March 19 | That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer | Freeform | [186] |
| March 21 | Hope Valley: 1874 | Hallmark+ | [187][188] |
| March 22 | The Faithful: Women of the Bible | Fox | [189][190][191] |
| Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia | CNN | [192] | |
| March 23 | Magicampers | Disney Jr. | [160] |
| March 25 | K9 PD with Jim Belushi | A&E | [193] |
| March 26 | Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen | Netflix | [194][195] |
| Love Overboard | Hulu | [196][197] | |
| March 27 | Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time | PBS | [198] |
| March 31 | Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer | Investigation Discovery | [199] |
| Secrets of the Bees | Nat Geo | [200] | |
| April 1 | Conspiracies & Coverups | Discovery Channel | [201] |
| April 2 | The Real Housewives of Rhode Island | Bravo | [202][203] |
| April 4 | Made for March | Paramount+ | [204] |
| April 6 | Maul – Shadow Lord | Disney+ | [205][206] |
| Foul Play with Anthony Davis | TBS | [207] | |
| April 7 | Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution | PBS | [208] |
| April 8 | The Testaments | Hulu | [209][210] |
| April 9 | The Miniature Wife | Peacock | [211] |
| Big Mistakes | Netflix | [212] | |
| April 10 | Belle Collective: Birmingham | OWN | [213] |
| April 11 | Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever | CNN | [214][215] |
| Building Back America's Trades | Magnolia Network | [216] | |
| Million Dollar Mountain Homes | A&E | [217] | |
| April 12 | The Audacity | AMC/AMC+ | [218][219] |
| Eva Longoria: Searching for France | CNN | [220] | |
| April 13 | Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event | Investigation Discovery | [221] |
| April 14 | You Don't Know Where I'm From, Dawg | Paramount+ | [222] |
| The Dark Wizard | HBO | [223] | |
| April 15 | Margo's Got Money Troubles | Apple TV | [224] |
| One Day in My Body | TLC | [166] | |
| April 20 | Kevin | Amazon Prime Video | [225] |
| 4X20: Quick Hits | Hulu | [226] | |
| Funny AF with Kevin Hart | Netflix | [227] | |
| April 22 | Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders | Amazon Prime Video | [228] |
| This Is a Gardening Show | Netflix | [229] | |
| Hulk Hogan: Real American | [230] | ||
| April 23 | Stranger Things: Tales from '85 | [231][232] | |
| Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries | UPtv | [233] | |
| April 24 | My Brother the Minotaur | Apple TV | [234] |
| April 27 | This First House | The Roku Channel | [235] |
| April 28 | My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders | Paramount+ | [236] |
| The Cult of Natureboy | Hulu | [237] | |
| April 29 | Widow's Bay | Apple TV | [238][239][240] |
| Shared Planet | PBS | [241] | |
| April 30 | Man on Fire | Netflix | [242] |
| May 5 | Designed to Last | Hulu | [243] |
| May 7 | M.I.A. | Peacock | [244] |
| Mom's the Bride | Hallmark+ | [245][246] | |
| May 10 | Home Town: Inn This Together | HGTV | [247][248] |
| May 12 | U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men's National Soccer Team | HBO | [249] |
| Chopped Castaways | Food Network | [250] | |
| Squatters | A&E | [251] | |
| Last Train to North America | ESPN | [252] | |
| May 13 | The Great American Road Rally: Celebrity Edition | The CW | [253] |
| The Face Doctors | TLC | [166] | |
| Off Campus | Amazon Prime Video | [254][255] | |
| May 14 | Nemesis | Netflix | [256] |
| May 15 | Dutton Ranch | Paramount+ | [257] |
| May 17 | Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown | Discovery Channel | [258] |
| In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers | [259] | ||
| May 18 | You're Killing Me | Acorn TV | [260][261] |
| May 19 | In The City | Bravo | [262][263] |
| The Nightmare Upstairs: What Happened to Ty and Bryn? | Hulu | [264] | |
| May 20 | Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed | Apple TV | [265] |
| May 21 | The Boroughs | Netflix | [266][194][267] |
| May 22 | Mating Season | [268][269] | |
| America's Awesome Kids | PBS Kids | [270] | |
| May 24 | The Vampire Lestat: After Dark | AMC+ | [271] |
| May 25 | Sofia the First: Royal Magic | Disney Jr. | [272][273] |
| Spider-Noir | MGM+ | [274][275][276] | |
| The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle | Investigation Discovery | [277] | |
| Food Network's Top 10 | Food Network | [278] | |
| May 27 | The Other Football | Tubi | [279] |
| May 28 | I Gotta Ask | Amazon Prime Video | [280] |
| May 29 | Star City | Apple TV | [281] |
| Calabasas Confidential | Netflix | [282][283] | |
| This Is Poly | We TV/All Reality | [284] | |
| May 30 | Zombie House Flipping: Family Business | A&E | [217] |
| Craig Ferguson: American On Purpose | CNN | [285][286] | |
| Spring | The Old Stories: Moses | Amazon Prime Video | [287] |
| Toon World Express | Tubi | [288] | |
| June 1 | Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult | HBO | [289] |
| June 2 | Not Suitable for Work | Hulu | [290] |
| June 3 | Michael Jackson: The Verdict | Netflix | [291] |
| June 5 | Cape Fear | Apple TV | [292] |
| June 7 | 100 Cooks | Food Network | [293] |
| June 9 | Dragon Striker | Disney XD | [294] |
| June 10 | Every Year After | Amazon Prime Video | [295] |
| Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise | Investigation Discovery | [296] | |
| June 11 | Surviving Earth | NBC | [297][298] |
| FIFA World Cup 2026 After Hours On Fox With James Corden | Fox Sports | [299] | |
| Mark vs. The Mountain | Great American Pure Flix | [300] | |
| June 12 | City Island: USA! | PBS Kids | [270] |
| June 15 | Little Singles | TLC | [301] |
| June 17 | Million Dollar Nannies | Freeform | [302] |
| June 24 | The American Experiment | Netflix | [303] |
| June 26 | Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness | HBO | [304] |
| June 29 | Adventure Time: Side Quests | Disney+/Hulu | [305] |
| July 1 | Elle | Amazon Prime Video | [306][307] |
| July 8 | ER: Off the Charts | TLC | [166] |
| July 9 | Little House on the Prairie | Netflix | [308][309] |
| The Five-Star Weekend | Peacock | [310][311] | |
| July 12 | The Westies | MGM+ | [312] |
| July 13 | Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro | ABC | [313][314] |
| July 15 | Lucky | Apple TV | [315] |
| Nation's Dumbest | Fox | [316] | |
| Ride or Die | Amazon Prime Video | [317] | |
| July 16 | The Hawk | Netflix | [318][319][320] |
| July 23 | Stuart Fails to Save the Universe | HBO Max | [321][322][323] |
| July 29 | House of Stassi | Freeform | [324] |
| July 31 | Fightland | Starz | [325] |
| July | The Savant | Apple TV | [326][327][328] |
| President Curtis | Adult Swim | [329][330] | |
| August 5 | Sterling Point | Amazon Prime Video | [331] |
| August 7 | Anna Pigeon | USA Network | [332][333] |
| August 16 | Lanterns | HBO | [334][335] |
| Summer | Cocktail Wars | E! | [336] |
| October 5 | Super Why's Comic Book Adventures | PBS Kids | [124][337] |
| October 6 | Bass X Machina | Netflix | [338] |
| October 14 | VisionQuest | Disney+ | [118][339] |
| October 15 | Crystal Lake | Peacock | [340][341] |
| October | Carrie | Amazon Prime Video | [342] |
| November 16 | Crime and Punishment in America | PBS | [343] |
| November 22 | The Good Daughter | Peacock | [341] |
| November | Dig | [344] | |
| Fall | East of Eden | Netflix | [345] |
| Untitled A Different World sequel series | [346] | ||
| Win The Mall | [347] | ||
| Eternally Yours | CBS | [348] | |
| Cupertino | |||
| NCIS: New York | [349] | ||
| Line of Fire | NBC | [350] | |
| Newlyweds | |||
| America's Next Top Cryptid | Tubi | [288] | |
| Love & Hip Hop: The Final Chapter | VH1 | [351] | |
| The Golden Life | E! | [352][353] | |
| American Mayhem | Syndication | [354][355] | |
| December 25 | Harry Potter | HBO | [356] |
| Late | Untitled Alix Earle reality show | Netflix | [357] |
| Minimum Wage | [358] | ||
| Untitled Nick Cannon docuseries | [359] | ||
| The Real Wolf of Wall Street | Paramount+ | [360] | |
| Untitled Universal Music Group docuseries | CNN | [361] | |
| Paris Is Always a Good Idea | Hallmark+ | [362] | |
| The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County | Hulu | [363] | |
| TBA | Blade Runner 2099 | Amazon Prime Video | [364] |
| Star Wars: Visions Presents | Disney+ | [365] | |
| Hollywood Arts | Netflix | [366] | |
| The Undertow | [367][368] | ||
| The Witness | [367][369] | ||
| DANG! | [370] | ||
| Rabbit Hole | Hulu | [371] | |
| Coven Academy | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [372] | |
| Botched Homes | HGTV | [373] | |
| Neighborhood Watch | |||
| World's Bargain Dream Homes | |||
| Untitled Snowfall spinoff | FX/Hulu | [374] | |
| Yokoso Scooby-Doo! | Tubi | [375] | |
| Golden Axe | Comedy Central | [376] | |
| High Value Target | TNT | [377][378] | |
| Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou | Great American Pure Flix | [379] | |
| Adam's Law | Syndication | [380] | |
| Saban | ESPN | [381] | |
| Team Moms | Paramount+ | [382] |
Shows changing networks
| Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of Villains | E! | Peacock | [383] |
| American Dad! | TBS | Fox | [384][385] |
| Welcome to Wrexham | FX | FXX/Hulu | [386] |
| Pop Culture Jeopardy! | Amazon Prime Video | Netflix | [387] |
| Sunday Night Baseball | ESPN/ESPN2 | NBC/Peacock | [388] |
| MLB Sunday Leadoff | The Roku Channel | ||
| TNA Impact! | AXS TV | AMC/AMC+ | [389] |
| Dana White's Contender Series | ESPN+ | Paramount+ | [390] |
| The Ultimate Fighter | |||
| The Ms. Pat Show | BET+ | [391] | |
| Divorced Sistas | [392] | ||
| Zatima | [393] | ||
| Jury Duty | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | [394] |
| NASCAR: Full Speed | Netflix | [395] |
Television films and specials
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | CNN | [396] |
| January 3 | Stolen Girl | Lifetime | [397] |
| Lost in Paradise | Hallmark Channel | [398] | |
| January 8 | Golden Eve | CBS | [399] |
| January 10 | A Melbourne Match | Hallmark Channel | [398] |
| Accused: The Karen Read Story | Lifetime | [397] | |
| January 16 | Phineas and Ferb: VENDPOCALYPSE: THE MUSICAL | Disney Channel | [400] |
| January 17 | I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco | Lifetime | [397] |
| Love on the Amazon | Hallmark Channel | [398] | |
| January 22 | Disneyland Handcrafted | Disney+ | [401] |
| January 24 | Caught by Love | Hallmark Channel | [398] |
| Skyscraper Live | Netflix | [402] | |
| January 30 | Paw Patrol: Rocky's Cat-astrophe | Nickelodeon | [403][404] |
| January 31 | Missing the Boat | Hallmark Channel | [398] |
| Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love | Lifetime | [405] | |
| February 3 | The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event | ABC | [406] |
| February 4 | The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen | ABC/Disney+ | [407][408] |
| Is It Cake? Valentines | Netflix | [409][410] | |
| February 7 | The Way to You | Hallmark Channel | [411] |
| February 12 | Huz: Drawn to Life | PBS | [412] |
| February 14 | Because of Cupid | Hallmark Channel | [411] |
| The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story | Lifetime | [413] | |
| February 17 | John and Carolyn – Love, Beauty and Loss | ABC | [414] |
| February 18 | Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words | BET | [415] |
| February 19 | Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special | Disney Channel | [416] |
| TMZ Presents: Michael Jackson: 30 Fatal Seconds | Fox | [417] | |
| February 21 | The Stars Between Us | Hallmark Channel | [411] |
| Double Double Trouble | Lifetime | [413] | |
| A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey | CNN | [418] | |
| February 27 | Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace | HBO | [419] |
| February 28 | Romance at Hope Ranch | Hallmark Channel | [411] |
| Pushed off a Plane and Survived | Lifetime | [413] | |
| March 1 | Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran | ABC | [420] |
| March 7 | Vanished In an Instant | Lifetime | [413] |
| Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hallmark Channel | [421] | |
| March 10 | Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare | HBO | [422] |
| March 12 | OWN Spotlight: Roberta | OWN | [423] |
| March 14 | The Boy with My Son's Face | Lifetime | [413] |
| March 15 | The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose | ABC/Hulu | [424] |
| March 21 | I Killed Him in My Sleep | Lifetime | [413] |
| March 24 | Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special | Disney+ | [425] |
| March 27 | Color Theories by Julio Torres | HBO | [426] |
| March 28 | The Man in the Window | Lifetime | [413] |
| April 4 | Rescued By Faith: The Connie and Larry Van Oosten Story | [427] | |
| April 5 | Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic | HBO | [428] |
| HBCU AWAREFEST Benefit Concert Special | BET | [429] | |
| April 6 | The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special | CBS | [430] |
| April 10 | The Reunion: Laguna Beach | The Roku Channel | [431] |
| CBS News: Artemis II Return to Earth | CBS | [432] | |
| April 16 | Artemis II: To the Moon and Back | Discovery Channel | [433] |
| April 17 | Ramy Youssef: In Love | HBO | [434] |
| April 24 | America Laughs with Matt Friend | CNN | [435] |
| May 1 | Wowsabout | PBS Kids | [436][270] |
| May 2 | Kentucky Roses | Hallmark Channel | [437] |
| Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story | Lifetime | [427] | |
| May 4 | Weather Hunters: Mother’s Day Rainbow | PBS Kids | [438] |
| May 7 | We Are Jeni | Investigation Discovery | [439] |
| May 9 | Love, Again | Lifetime | [440][441] |
| May 10 | Messi: The Forgotten Tape | ESPN | [442] |
| May 12 | The Punisher: One Last Kill | Disney+ | [443] |
| The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special | ABC | [444] | |
| May 13 | The A List: 15 Stories From Asia And Pacific Diasporas | HBO | [445] |
| May 14 | Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 1 | Fox | [446] |
| May 16 | The 500: Immortality at Indy | [447] | |
| Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story | Lifetime | [441] | |
| May 19 | Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live | CBS/Paramount+ | [448] |
| May 21 | Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 2 | Fox | [446] |
| May 22 | Josh Johnson: Symphony | HBO | [449][445] |
| May 23 | Summer of '94 | Fox | [450] |
| When I Said I Do | Lifetime | [440][451] | |
| May 25 | Why We Dream | CNN | [452] |
| May 29 | Miss You, Love You | HBO | [453] |
| WWE: Made in America | USA Network | [454] | |
| May 30 | Where the Heart Lands | Lifetime | [441] |
| June 6 | Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery | [455] | |
| The Greek Aisle | Hallmark Channel | [456] | |
| June 7 | Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) | HBO | [457][458] |
| June 13 | The Jealous Bride | Lifetime | [459] |
| Texas Two-Step | Hallmark Channel | [456] | |
| June 17 | The Simpsons: Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition | Disney+ | [460] |
| June 19 | The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling | History Channel | [461] |
| June 20 | Don't Trust the Girls Upstairs | Lifetime | [459] |
| The Love Heist | Hallmark Channel | [456] | |
| June 22 | All American: The Final Season Special | The CW | [462] |
| June 25 | CMA Fest Presented by SoFi | ABC | [463] |
| June 27 | Single Black Tenant | Lifetime | [464] |
| A Castle of Our Own | Hallmark Channel | [456] | |
| June | Untitled ABC News Studios primetime special | ABC | [68] |
| July 3 | The Simpsons: Simpsley | Disney+ | [460] |
| July 11 | Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes | Cartoon Network | [465][466] |
| July 31 | Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy | Apple TV | [467] |
| August 26 | The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror | Disney+ | [460] |
| August | Camp Rock 3 | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [468][469][470] |
| Summer | Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | [471][472] | |
| KPop Shark Heroes | Discovery Channel | [473] | |
| September 29 | LEGO One Piece | Netflix | [474] |
| September | Angel in the Rubble | Lifetime | [475] |
| Fall | Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You | [440] | |
| Untitled Ghosts holiday specials | CBS | [476] | |
| December | The Price Is Right Live | [477] | |
| TBA | Untitled Marvel's Spidey and Iron Man special | Disney Jr. | [88] |
| Untitled Paw Patrol specials | Nickelodeon | [403] | |
| Clash of the Thundermans | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [478] | |
| Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True | Hallmark Channel | [479] | |
| Untitled A Biltmore Christmas sequel | [480] | ||
| Barbie in the Nutcracker | Netflix | [481] | |
| 102 Minutes Inside the Towers | History Channel | [482] | |
| Untitled The Kitchen special | Food Network | [483] |
Milestone episodes and anniversaries
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spidey and His Amazing Friends | Disney Jr. | 100th episode | "A Helping Handful/Adventures Down the Drain" | January 9 | [484] |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 1,000th episode | "Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B" | January 31 | [485] |
| The Muppet Show | ABC/Disney+ | 50th anniversary | "Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen" | February 4 | [407][408] |
| The Loud House | Nickelodeon | 300th episode | "Living the Dream Boat" | February 27 | [citation needed] |
| Family Guy | Fox | 450th episode | "Bringing Up Brady"[note 2] | March 1 | [486] |
| PAW Patrol | Nickelodeon | 300th episode | "Pups Solve a Snap-N-Wrap Problem" | March 9 | [citation needed] |
| "Pups Save Helga and the Dingers" | March 10 | ||||
| Hannah Montana | Disney+ | 20th anniversary | Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special | March 24 | [425] |
| NCIS | CBS | 500th episode | "All Good Things" | [487] | |
| Bar Rescue | Paramount Network | 300th episode | "Hair of the Big Dog" | April 26 | [citation needed] |
| Outlander | Starz | 100th episode | "Pharos" | May 8 | [citation needed] |
| American Dad! | Fox | 400th episode | TBA | TBA | [488] |
| Snapped | Oxygen | 700th episode | [489] | ||
| Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network | 450th episode | [citation needed] | ||
| Abbott Elementary | ABC | 100th episode | [490] |
Shows returning in 2026
| Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska State Troopers | 2015 | Revival | Nat Geo | A&E | January 7 | [491] |
| My Strange Addiction | New season | TLC | same | [492] | ||
| Primal | 2022 | Adult Swim | January 11 | [493] | ||
| The Night Manager | 2016 | Revival | AMC | Amazon Prime Video | [494][495][496] | |
| Fear Factor (as Fear Factor: House of Fear) |
2018 | MTV | Fox | [497][78][498] | ||
| Star Search | 2004 | Reboot | CBS | Netflix | January 20 | [499][500] |
| Scrubs | 2010 | Revival | ABC | same | February 25 | [501] |
| Ladies of London (as Ladies of London: The New Reign) |
2017 | Bravo | March 5 | [502] | ||
| Jury Duty | 2023 | New season | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | March 20 | [394] |
| The Comeback | 2014 | HBO | same | March 22 | [503][504][505] | |
| Malcolm in the Middle (as Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair) |
2006 | Revival | Fox | Hulu | April 10 | [506][507] |
| Euphoria | 2022 | New season | HBO | same | April 12 | [508][509] |
| Beef | 2023 | Netflix | April 16 | [510] | ||
| American Gladiators | 2008 | Reboot | NBC | Amazon Prime Video | April 17 | [511] |
| Running Wild with Bear Grylls (as Bear Grylls Is Running Wild) |
2023 | New season | Nat Geo | Fox | April 21 | [512][513] |
| The Terror (as The Terror: Devil in Silver) |
2019 | AMC | AMC+/Shudder | May 7 | [514] | |
| Regular Show (as Regular Show: The Lost Tapes) |
2017 | Revival | Cartoon Network | same | May 11 | [515] |
| WNBA on NBC | 2002 | NBC | May 17 | [516][517][518] | ||
| House of the Dragon | 2024 | New season | HBO | June 21 | [519][520][521] | |
| Ted Lasso | 2023 | Apple TV | August 5 | [522][523] | ||
| Untold Stories of the E.R. | 2020 | Revival | Discovery Life | TLC | August 19 | [166] |
| The Big Break | 2015 | Golf Channel | same | August | [524] |
Shows ending in 2026
Notes:
- On July 17, 2025, Stephen Colbert announced on The Late Show that the show would be ending in May 2026, which received some controversy. Although some sources and CBS claim that the network ended the show for financial reasons, other sources claim that the show was canceled for political reasons due to Colbert's comments regarding the second Trump administration as well as Paramount's settlement with Donald Trump's lawsuit regarding Kamala Harris' October 2024 60 Minutes interview (which also came as the Paramount-Skydance merger still awaited to be closed), with Colbert's comments occurring just three days before his announcement of the show's cancellation.[592][593]
Entering syndication in 2026
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication or basic cable runs.
| Show | Seasons | In production | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 36 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets of Alfonso Ribeiro's hosting run | [354] |
Networks and services
Launches
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripps Sports Network | FAST | March 24 | On March 24, the E. W. Scripps Company announced the launch of its free streaming network Scripps Sports Network, which relies on content that Scripps has acquired for Ion Television and its local stations, including the Professional Women's Hockey League, National Women's Soccer League, Major League Volleyball, and replays of the Women's National Basketball Association, along with the National Arena League. | [594][595] |
Conversions and rebrandings
| Old network name |
New network name |
Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Trend | Discovery Turbo | Cable/satellite | January 9 | Following the December 2024 sale of Motor Trend Group to Hearst Magazines, Warner Bros. Discovery quietly renamed the MotorTrend television network Discovery Turbo, a brand otherwise used in overseas markets. | [596] |
| Get | Great Entertainment Television | Over-the-air television network | February 16 | Without fanfare, the Sony Pictures Television-owned digital network quietly removes the GET acronym in favor of the full name "Great Entertainment Television." The network was called getTV from its 2014 launch until rebranding to GET in 2023. | [597] |
Closures
| Network/ service |
Type | End date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root Sports Northwest | Regional sports network | January 1 | On September 26, 2025, days before the end of the Mariners' regular season, the team announced that Root Sports would close, with MLB Local Media serving as the team's distribution rights starting in 2026. | [598] |
| Fave TV | Over-the-air television network | February 2 | Fave TV, which launched as an exclusive subchannel for CBS-owned stations in December 2020, quietly shut down on this date as a result of CBS agreeing to carry either Outlaw or 365BLK (both owned by Free TV Networks) on several of its owned stations. Although no public announcement officially confirmed the closure, the network's website stated that no programming would air after 6AM ET. | [599] |
| Merit TV | Over-the-air television network | March 21 | The digital multicast network owned by Phil McGraw quietly closed on or around this date, without explanation or fanfare, as a result of a court order to convert the company to Chapter 7 liquidation in October 2025. Shortly before closure, McGraw moved his focus to his new network, Envoy TV, which launched in mid-2025. | [600][601] |
| FanDuel Sports Network | Regional sports networks | Late April/Early May | On February 1, Main Street Sports Group informed the teams to which it held rights that it had begun the process of shutting down the remaining regional sports networks in its portfolio, with Sports Business Journal reporting on April 2 that Main Street's lenders signed to a closure plan that would begin with the end of the NBA's regular season on April 12 and last through the end of Round 1 of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs in late April/early May, in order to fulfill the remaining contracts Main Street held with those leagues' teams. The closure of the channels, except for FanDuel Sports Network West (which the Los Angeles Angels acquired in full on March 9), will end a regional sports service that was originally established as Prime Sports in 1989; rebranded to Fox Sports Networks in 1996 (subsequently acquiring the assets of SportsChannel and three independent networks); and, after Main Street was formed in 2019, as the Sinclair/Allen Media joint venture Diamond Sports Group (the result of regulators requiring ESPN owner The Walt Disney Company to sell FSN during its acquisition of 21st Century Fox), rebranded through promotional partnerships to Bally Sports in 2021, and to FanDuel Sports Network in 2024. In recent years, Main Street encountered financial difficulties operating the channels due to cable subscription revenue declines (compounded by carriage disputes under Sinclair/Allen ownership, with the Bally/FanDuel networks losing their linear streaming pay television distribution), resulting in bankruptcies, missed rights payments, and the termination of team broadcast contracts (most notably the termination of FanDuel Sports' relationships with nine Major League Baseball teams on January 8). | [602][603] |
| BET+ | Over-the-top streaming service | June | On March 13, Paramount Skydance announced that they had acquired Tyler Perry Studios' stake in BET+, will shut down the service and merge its programming into Paramount+ in June. | [604] |
Television stations
Subchannel launches
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho | KPIF | 15.13 | Newsmax2 | [605] | |
| February 26 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23.4 | Charge! | Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KTUL (channel 8), began operating KOKI on this date. | |
| 23.5 | Comet | |||||
| 23.6 | The Nest | |||||
| April 1 | New York City, New York | WNET | 13.3 | World Channel | As part of WNET's sister station, WLIW-TV, adding NHK World-Japan, the station moved the World Channel from WLIW to a new subchannel of WNET. | [606] |
Stations changing network affiliations
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho | KIDK | 3.1 | Dabl | MeTV | [605] | |
| KXPI-LD | |||||||
| March 2 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23.1 | Fox | Roar | On February 6, it was announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owned local ABC affiliate KTUL) acquired the Fox affiliation, owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group. On February 9, KOKI's main Fox affiliation moved to KTUL-DT2, with a simulcast on 23.1 continuing until March 1, when KOKI's main station switched to Roar. | [607] |
| March 19 | San Diego, California | KUSI-TV | 51.1 | Independent | The CW | On that date, Nexstar Media Group completed its acquisition of Tegna Inc., owner of KFMB-TV. After the sale, some of The CW's programming had started to air and later move to KUSI-TV. KUSI became a sole CW outlet on March 23, when KFMB-DT2 ended its nearly nine-year affiliation with the network. | [608] |
| March 31 | New York City, New York | WASA-LD | 24.1 | Estrella TV | Hot 97 TV | On March 30, MediaCo has announced that WASA-LD would remove Estrella TV in favor of the company's new network Hot 97 TV, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel produced by New York City sister urban contemporary radio station WQHT that features programming on hip-hop music and culture. This made WASA-LD the second television station in the United States overall to affiliate with Hot 97 TV; the first was CNZ Communications-owned WHOT-TV in Atlanta. | [609] |
| April 1 | Pendleton, Oregon Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington |
KFFX-TV | 11.1 | Fox | Roar | [610] | |
| Yakima, Washington | KCYU-LD | 41.1 | |||||
| June 30 | Bowling Green, Ohio | WBGU-TV | 27.1 | PBS | The Ohio Channel | WBGU will disaffiliate from PBS due to federal budget cuts and the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | [611] |
| July 1 | Vincennes, Indiana | WVUT | 22.1 | Educational independent | On April 4, 2026, Vincennes University announced that WVUT would end its PBS membership on June 30, 2026, following a review of operations and sustainability prompted by the 2025 end of federal public broadcasting funding. | [612] | |
| TBA | Pensacola, Florida | WSRE-TV | 23.1 | WSRE is set to disaffiliate from PBS after a board decision by the Pensacola State College trustees in September 2025, due to cuts in state and federal funding to public media. | [613] |
Subchannels changing network affiliations
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Seattle–Tacoma, Washington | KSTW | 11.3 | Fave TV | Outlaw | See Fave TV entry on "Closures" | |
| January 29 | Atlanta, Georgia | WUPA | 69.5 | 365BLK | |||
| Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KTVT | 11.4 | Outlaw | ||||
| St. Petersburg–Tampa, Florida | WTOG | 44.3 | |||||
| February 2 | Baltimore, Maryland | WJZ-TV | 13.4 | 365BLK | |||
| Boston, Massachusetts | WBZ-TV | 4.4 | Outlaw | ||||
| Chicago, Illinois | WBBM-TV | 2.4 | 365BLK | ||||
| Detroit, Michigan | WWJ-TV | 62.4 | |||||
| Los Angeles, California | KCBS-TV | 2.4 | |||||
| Miami, Florida | WFOR-TV | 4.4 | Outlaw | ||||
| Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota | WCCO-TV | 4.4 | |||||
| New York City | WCBS-TV | 2.4 | 365BLK | ||||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPSG | 57.5 | |||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | KDKA-TV | 2.4 | |||||
| Sacramento–Stockton, California | KOVR | 13.4 | Outlaw | ||||
| San Francisco, California | KPIX-TV | 5.4 | 365BLK | ||||
| Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto, California | KVIE | 6.3 | World Channel (full-time) | Create / World Channel (both part-time) | |||
| February 5 | Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho | KPIF | 15.4 | MeTV | WEST | [605] | |
| 15.9 | Antenna TV | Jewelry Television | |||||
| 15.12 | Newsmax2 | Ace TV | |||||
| KVUI | 31.11 | RVTV | Antenna TV | ||||
| 31.13 | Ventana TV | Shop LC | |||||
| February 9 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KTUL | 8.2 | Charge! | Fox | See KOKI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" | [607] |
| 8.4 | Roar | Rewind TV | |||||
| 8.5 | Comet | N/a | |||||
| 8.6 | The Nest | N/a | |||||
| 8.7 | Rewind TV | N/a | |||||
| March 23 | San Diego, California | KFMB-TV | 8.2 | The CW (primary) MyNetworkTV (secondary) |
MyNetworkTV (sole primary) | See KUSI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" | |
| April 1 | New York City, New York | WLIW | 21.3 | World Channel | NHK World | Originally on NJ PBS, NHK World moved to WLIW. As a consequence of the changes, most viewers of NJ PBS in Southern and parts of Central New Jersey, including in the Philadelphia area, lost access to NHK World, requiring viewers to view it via the internet. | [606][614] |
| Yakima, Washington | KIMA-TV | 29.3 | Roar | Fox | See KFFX-TV and KCYU-LD entries on "Stations changing network affiliations" | [610] | |
| Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington | KEPR-TV | 19.3 |
Station closures
| Station | Channel | Affiliation | Market | Date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEIU-TV | 51.1 | Educational independent | Charleston, Illinois | May 15 | On April 26, 2026, the station announced that they were shutting down the broadcast station effective May 15, 2026, due to budget cuts and the station's disaffiliation with PBS in September 2025. Some of the station's programming will continue online after that date. | [615] |
| NJ PBS | .1 | PBS | New Jersey | July 30 | On September 23, 2025, the WNET Group, which operates NJ PBS, announced that it would not renew its contract with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, the owner of the transmitters of NJ PBS, citing cuts from both the Federal and New Jersey State Governments over public broadcasting. While the WNET will air its newscast via WNET in Northern and Central New Jersey, the non-renewal would lead to the station disaffiliating with PBS or shutting down completely unless a new operator is found. WNET will support the state during the transition and would partner with other New Jersey-based institutions who are interested in operating NJ PBS. | [616] |
Deaths
January
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Victoria Jones | 34 | Actress and daughter of Tommy Lee Jones. She made a guest appearance on One Tree Hill. | [617] |
| January 2 | Edith Renfrow Smith | 111 | Supercentenarian. She was featured on Today during a segment on superagers. | [618] |
| January 4 | Michael Reagan | 80 | Conservative commentator. He was an actor during the 1980s (including on Falcon Crest alongside his mother Jane Wyman) and hosted the first season of the game show Lingo. | [619] |
| January 5 | Tom Cherones | 86 | Director and producer best known for his work on Seinfeld. | [620] |
| Elle Simone | 49 | Chef best known for hosting America's Test Kitchen. | [621] | |
| January 8 | Guy Moon | 63 | Composer best known for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cow and Chicken, Grim & Evil, Back at the Barnyard, and Big Time Rush. | [622] |
| January 9 | T. K. Carter | 69 | Actor (Just Our Luck, Punky Brewster, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, The Sinbad Show) | [623][624] |
| Ted Nichols | 97 | Composer for Hanna-Barbera cartoons. | [625] | |
| January 10 | Manolo Villaverde | 91 | Cuban-American actor best known as Pepe Peña on ¿Qué Pasa, USA? | [626] |
| January 11 | Thomas Causey | 76 | Sound engineer (Dallas and Police Story) | [627] |
| Erich von Daniken | 90 | Swiss author and ancient alien astronaut theorist (Ancient Aliens) | [628] | |
| January 13 | Scott Adams | 68 | Creator and executive producer of the UPN animated series Dilbert, which was adapted from his comic strip of the same name. | [629] |
| Doug McConnell | 80 | Journalist best known for hosting Bay Area Backroads on KRON. | [630] | |
| January 16 | Bruce Bilson | 97 | Director (worked on Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, Barney Miller, and several other television programs) | [631] |
| Mark Jones | 72 | Writer, director, and producer (Ark II, The Skatebirds, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) | [632] | |
| January 17 | Roger Allers | 76 | Director, writer, animator, and storyboard artist (Animalympics) | [633] |
| January 22 | Guy Hovis | 84 | Singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) | [634] |
| Floyd Vivino | 74 | Actor and musician best known for hosting The Uncle Floyd Show on public access television. | [635] | |
| January 23 | Ed Bernard | 86 | Actor (Police Woman, The White Shadow) | [636] |
| Yvonne Lime | 90 | Actress (Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Happy) | [637] | |
| January 25 | Geoffrey Mason | 85 | Television sports producer (several networks, most notably for ABC and its coverage of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics) | [638] |
| January 26 | Frederick King Keller | 75 | Director, producer, and screenwriter (Hey Dude, New York Undercover, The Pretender) | [639] |
| Produce Pete | 80 | Television personality (WNBC and WCAU) and commercial spokesperson (Pathmark Supermarkets) | [640] | |
| January 30 | Catherine O'Hara | 71 | Canadian-born actress (Schitt's Creek, Second City Television, The Studio), Emmy winner (1982, 2020) | [641] |
| Demond Wilson | 79 | Actor (Sanford and Son, Baby... I'm Back!, The New Odd Couple) | [642] |
February
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | Chuck Negron | 83 | Singer-songwriter and founding member of Three Dog Night. He was featured in a season 2 episode of Intervention about his son Chuckie. | [643] |
| February 3 | Lamonte McLemore | 90 | Singer and founding member of The 5th Dimension. He and his groupmates made numerous television appearances, including on The Ed Sullivan Show. | [644] |
| February 6 | John Wheeler | 95 | Actor (various recurring or guest roles, notably the "Journey to Babel" episode of Star Trek, as well as the 1971 "Grab a Bucket and a Mop" commercial for McDonald's) | [645] |
| February 7 | Brad Arnold | 47 | Lead vocalist and founding member of 3 Doors Down. He and his bandmates made numerous television appearances. | [646] |
| February 10 | Shelly Desai | 90 | Indian-born actor (Men of a Certain Age, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) | [647] |
| February 11 | Bud Cort | 77 | Actor (Columbo, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Brave New World) | [648] |
| James Van Der Beek | 48 | Actor best known as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek and as a fictionalized version of himself in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | [649] | |
| February 14 | Tom Noonan | 74 | Actor (Tales from the Darkside, The Equalizer, Monsters) | [650] |
| February 15 | Robert Duvall | 95 | Actor best known as Augustus "Gus" McCrae on Lonesome Dove | [651] |
| February 16 | Jane Baer | 91 | Animator (Hot Wheels, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, The Smurfs) | [652] |
| February 17 | Jesse Jackson | 84 | Civil rights activist, politician, ordained minister, and host of CNN's Both Sides with Jesse Jackson (1992–2000) | [653] |
| February 19 | Eric Dane | 53 | Actor (Charmed, Grey's Anatomy, Euphoria) | [654] |
| February 20 | Ismael Kanater | 69 | Moroccan actor (Babylon 5, Alias, Sleeper Cell) | [655] |
| February 21 | Willie Colón | 75 | Salsa musician and social activist. He guest starred in a season 3 episode of Miami Vice. | [656] |
| February 23 | Robert Carradine | 71 | Actor best known as Sam McGuire on Lizzie McGuire | [657] |
| Gary Dontzig | 79 | Actor (guest roles on The Waltons, Chico and the Man, and other series) and writer/producer (Murphy Brown, Suddenly Susan, State of Grace) | [658] | |
| Sondra Lee | 97 | Actress (Starlit Time, The Voice of Firestone, Hansel and Gretel) | [659] | |
| Monti Rock | 86 | Hairdresser best known for his "famous for being famous" guest appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; appeared on The Midnight Special as his alter-ego Disco-Tex | [660] | |
| February 24 | Lauren Chapin | 80 | Actress best known as Kathy "Kitten" Anderson on Father Knows Best | [661] |
| Maria O'Brien | 75 | Actress and acting coach for Days of Our Lives | [662] | |
| February 27 | Neil Sedaka | 86 | Singer-songwriter. He made appearances as himself on shows like The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Midnight Special, The Carol Burnett Show, American Idol, and The King of Queens and created and hosted the web series Today's Mini-Concert | [663] |
| February 28 | Annabel Schofield | 62 | Welsh-born model and actress best known as Laurel Ellis on Dallas. | [664] |
March
April
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1 | Tom Valenti | 67 | Chef. He made television appearances on shows like The Martha Stewart Show, Today, and The Early Show. | [687] |
| April 2 | Dee Freeman | 66 | Actress (The Young and the Restless, Seinfeld, Sistas) | [688] |
| James Gadson | 86 | Drummer and session musician. He was featured in an episode of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back about his niece's restaurant. | [689] | |
| April 4 | Arne Olsen | 64 | Canadian screenwriter (Escape from Atlantis, Hybrid) | [690] |
| April 6 | Angela Pleasence | 84 | English actress (A Christmas Carol) | [691] |
| Nick Pope | 60 | English journalist and television personality. He was a regular guest on Ancient Aliens. | [692] | |
| April 7 | Barbara Gordon | 90 | Producer and filmmaker. She worked on shows for NBC, WCBS, NET, and PBS. | [693] |
| Michael Patrick | 35 | Irish actor (Game of Thrones) | [694] | |
| April 8 | Mario Adorf | 95 | German actor (Marco Polo) | [695] |
| April 9 | Afrika Bambaataa | 68 | DJ and rapper. He did voice-over work for Kung Faux. | [696] |
| April 10 | Harry Kim | 74 | Trumpeter. He acted as horn section leader and arranger for the five seasons of American Idol, as well as for America's Got Talent and Celebrity Duets. | [697] |
| Sid Krofft | 96 | Canadian producer and puppeteer. Through Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures, he and his younger brother Marty created shows like H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. | [698] | |
| April 11 | John Nolan | 87 | English actor (Masterpiece Theatre, Person of Interest, Dune: Prophecy) | [699] |
| April 13 | Jean Walkinshaw | 99 | Producer. She produced content for History Channel, KING-TV, and KCTS. | [700] |
| April 14 | Joy Harmon | 85 | Actress (Gidget, Batman, The Monkees) | [701] |
| April 16 | Garret Anderson | 53 | Professional baseball player. He was a Los Angeles Angels pregame and postgame reporter during home games and some road games on Fox Sports West in 2012. | [702] |
| April 17 | Nathalie Baye | 77 | French actress (And the Band Played On) | [703] |
| Mariclare Costello | 90 | Actress best known as Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons. | [704] | |
| Nadia Farès | 57 | French actress (The Exile) | [705] | |
| Bob Kevoian | 75 | Radio host. His radio program, The Bob & Tom Show, aired on WGN America from 2008 to 2010. | [706] | |
| April 18 | Van Hammer | 66 | Professional wrestler (WCW, WWF) | [707] |
| Rif Hutton | 70 | Actor best known as Dr. Ron Welch on Doogie Howser, M.D.. | [708] | |
| April 19 | Patrick Muldoon | 57 | Actor (Saved by the Bell, Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place) | [709] |
| April 20 | Alan Osmond | 76 | Musician and member of The Osmonds. Voiced himself on the animated series of the same name. He also appeared alongside three of his brothers on episodes of shows like Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Andy Williams Show, The Osmond Family Show and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. | [710] |
| David Wilcock | 53 | Paranormal writer and media personality. He was a regular guest on Ancient Aliens. | [711] | |
| April 21 | Luis Puenzo | 80 | Argentine director, producer, and screenwriter (Broken Silence) | [712] |
| April 22 | Darrell Sheets | 67 | Television personality best known for appearing on Storage Wars. | [713] |
| Michael Tilson Thomas | 81 | Conductor, composer, and pianist. He made numerous television appearances, including on Great Performances, Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals, and Keeping Score. | [714] | |
| April 25 | Matt DeCaro | 70 | Actor best known as Roy Geary on Prison Break. | [715] |
| April 26 | Nedra Talley | 80 | Singer and member of The Ronettes. She performed alongside her groupmates on shows like Shindig!, American Bandstand, and Hullabaloo. | [716] |
| April 27 | Gerry Conway | 73 | Comic book writer, television writer, and producer (Father Dowling Mysteries, Diagnosis: Murder, Matlock) | [717] |
| April 30 | Gwen Farrell | 93 | Actress and boxing referee. She played various nurses in recurring roles on M*A*S*H throughout the show’s run. | [718] |
| Bobby Murray | 72 | Guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He performed with Etta James’ Roots Band on shows like The Tonight Show, Austin City Limits, and Late Night with David Letterman. | [719] |
May
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2 | David Kendall | 68 | Writer, producer, and director (Growing Pains, Boy Meets World, Smart Guy) | [720] |
| May 4 | John Sterling | 87 | Sportscaster (SportsChannel New York, WOR-TV, YES Network) | [721] |
| May 6 | Ted Turner | Founder and namesake of the Turner Broadcasting System and its constituent channels TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, Turner South, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. He also created the 24-hour news cycle for his creations CNN and Headline News; as well as created the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and founded the wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling. | [722] | |
| May 7 | Pat Caputo | 67 | Sportswriter and broadcaster. He regularly contributed to the Detroit Tigers round table segment on WDIV-TV and hosted a segment called Caputo’s Corner on PASS Sports from 1990 to 1992. | [723] |
| Joni Lamb | 65 | Christian broadcaster and co-founder and president of the Daystar Television Network. | [724] | |
| May 8 | Jo Ann Castle | 86 | Pianist (The Lawrence Welk Show) | [citation needed] |
| Joe Sedelmaier | 92 | Director of several TV ads, notably "Where's the Beef?" for Wendy's and "Fast Talking Man" for Federal Express | [725] | |
| May 9 | Jennifer Harmon | 82 | Actress (How to Survive a Marriage, One Life to Live, Loving, Guiding Light) | [726] |
| May 10 | John Barbour | 93 | Canadian-American comedian, writer, actor (roles on Sanford & Son, Get Smart, and other series), and host (KABC-TV's AM Los Angeles, Real People) | [727] |
| May 12 | Donald Gibb | 71 | Actor (1st & Ten, Stand By Your Man) | [728] |
| May 14 | Claudine Longet | 84 | French singer and actress best known for appearing on The Andy Williams Show alongside her ex-husband Andy Williams and their children. | [729] |
| May 16 | Dennis Locorriere | 76 | Singer. He appeared with his band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show on The Midnight Special. | [730] |
| James Robison | 82 | Televangelist (Life Today) | [731] | |
| May 18 | Tom Kane | 64 | Voice actor (The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) | [732] |
| May 20 | Jeffrey Lane | 71 | Writer (Lou Grant, Ryan's Hope, Cagney & Lacey) | [733] |
| May 21 | Kyle Busch | 41 | Race car driver (NASCAR). Appeared as himself on Good Morning America, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and others. | [734] |
| May 22 | Grizz Chapman | 52 | Actor best known as Grizz on 30 Rock. | [735] |
| Charles Cioffi | 90 | Actor (Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Get Christie Love!) | [736] | |
| May 26 | Howard Storm | 94 | Actor (The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Rhoda, Sanford and Son) and director (Laverne & Shirley, Busting Loose, Joanie Loves Chachi) | [737] |
Notes
- The Seattle Mariners will also have their local broadcasts distributed by MLB Local Media beginning in 2026; the Mariners announced their move in 2025, as the network that carried their games, Root Sports Northwest, shut down.
- "The Edible Arrangement", which aired on February 15 two weeks earlier, was publicized as the 450th episode.