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 (formerly MSNBC), 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 arrest of its president Nicolás Maduro, 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 would 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 to Washington, D.C. in 2005, 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 were absent in support. 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] |
| KGO-TV/San Francisco rebrands its newscasts as ABC 7 Eyewitness News and (along with co-owned Los Angeles station KABC-TV) switches over to using an updated, unified version of the Circle 7 logo in line with their fellow owned-and-operated stations WABC-TV/New York City and WLS-TV/Chicago, marking the first time that the ABC-owned station used the Eyewitness News or Action News brand for its newscasts (The Eyewitness News branding was first used by CBS station KPIX-TV from 1965 to 1994 and again from 1995 to 2013). | [18] | |
| 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 would 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, would also join MLB Local Media. | [19][20] |
| 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. | [21] |
| 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 men's ice hockey game (the first gold medal for the men's Team USA since 1980) having 26 million American viewers, ranking among the most-watched hockey telecasts in American history, while the women's game peaked at over seven million viewers during its overtime period, a record for a women's hockey telecast. | [22][23] [24] |
| 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. | [25][26] [27] |
| 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. | [28] |
| Charter Communications announces it would purchase New England Cable News from NBCUniversal, and that it would merge NECN's operations with Spectrum News channels in New England (including those in Massachusetts and Maine) under the name Spectrum News NECN. | [29] | |
| 13 | Following the death of James Van Der Beek due to colorectal cancer, Fox announces it would reair 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. | [30] |
| With the sale of its last remaining broadcast license, WTVH/Syracuse, New York, to Deerfield Media, Granite Broadcasting discontinues operations. | [31] | |
| 16 | Anderson Cooper departs as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after contributing to the news program since 2006. His departure came amidst turbulence within CBS's news division. | [32] |
| 26 | Hours after the board of Warner Bros. Discovery declares an increased competing bid by Paramount Skydance superior, Netflix, Inc. announces it would 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). | [33] |
| 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. | [34] |
March
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) streams live on Netflix. | [35] |
| 9 | Instead of aligning with MLB Local Media as other teams formerly seen on FanDuel Sports Network had done (see 2/2 entry), Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels announce they would instead buy Main Street Sports Group's portion of FanDuel Sports Network West, which would continue operation under that name and serve as local television home to the Angels and, through at least its 2026–2027 season, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. | [36] |
| 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 Daily) 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 continued to be released to stations through September, and reruns from the NBCU library continuing to be available to stations. | [37][38] |
| 15 | The 98th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O'Brien returning as host for the second consecutive year. | [39] |
| 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. | [40] |
| 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 fourteen-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. | [41][42] [43] |
| 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. | [44] | |
| 26 | The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards airs on Fox from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre with Ludacris as host. | [45][46] |
| 31 | A carriage dispute begins between Xfinity and the E. W. Scripps Company, causing affiliate stations owned by Scripps to be removed from Xfinity. | [47] |
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. | [48] |
| 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. | [49] |
| 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. | [50] | |
| 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. | [51][52] |
| 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. | [53] |
| 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). | [54] |
May
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 12–16 | The 70th anniversary edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria) streams live on Peacock and YouTube, marking the first time that the song competition is broadcast via live streaming on the video streaming platform in the United States in almost a decade. The move comes after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (to which Peacock's sister broadcast network and major content provider NBC is among the alliance of public service media organizations' American associate member broadcasters) addressed several controversies, including Israel's participation in the context of the Gaza and Iran wars, that led to five countries withdrawing from the competition, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and "Big Five" member country Spain, who participated each year since 1961. As a result, this is the largest number of non-participating countries in the contest's history since the 1970 edition. Bulgaria (represented by singer-songwriter Dara with the song "Bangaranga") wins the competition with 516 points, marking the country's first Eurovision win and the first entry to win both the jury vote and televote since Portugal (represented by Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois") in 2017, as well as setting the record for the largest winning margin at 173 points, surpassing Norway's margin of 169 points with Alexander Rybak's "Fairytale" in 2009. | [55][56] |
| 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. | [57][58] |
| 21 | After eleven 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. | [59][60] [61] |
| 25 | The 52nd American Music Awards airs on CBS from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena, with Queen Latifah hosting for the first time since 1995. | [62][63] |
| 27 | Sharyn Alfonsi reveals that CBS News would not renew her contract and dismiss her once it expires. Alfonsi had been a correspondent with 60 Minutes, and had been critical of CBS leadership over 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 was pulled hours before it was scheduled to air in December 2025. Although 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 described 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). | [64][65] |
| 31 | Fifty-four local television stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company are removed from DirecTV over a retransmission dispute. | [66] [note 2] |
June
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Scott Pelley reveals that he was fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News after having a verbal confrontation with the program's new executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the direction of the show. | [67] |
| 7 | The 79th Tony Awards airs on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall, with Pink as host. | [68][69] |
| 11–July 19 | The 2026 FIFA World Cup airs on Fox and FS1 (English language) as well as Telemundo (Spanish language). Jointly hosted in 16 cities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the 23rd edition of the tournament is the first to feature three host nations, the first since 1994 to be held in North America, and the first to feature 48 teams. | [70] |
| 12 | Longtime WABC-TV/New York City news anchor Bill Ritter announces his retirement from the anchor desk following an early stage Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Ritter joined the station in September 1999, as an evening anchor, after six years working at ABC News. | [71] |
| 14 | UFC Freedom 250 airs on Paramount+ from the South Lawn of the White House. | [72] |
| 15 | Fox announces that it plans to acquire streaming device and content provider Roku for $22 billion. | [73] |
| 19 | KWQC-TV/Davenport, Iowa morning news anchor Dustin Nolan announces on-air his resignation from the Gray Media-owned NBC affiliate and departure from the television news industry, stating that he believes local news stations "have to be more than trends or sanitized news". Although initially reported as a spur-of-the-moment decision on his part, Nolan later states that his departure had been planned for some time, and that KWQC had been working to fill his role for several weeks prior. | [74][75] |
| 26 | MS NOW announces a restructuring of its weekend programming that features an emphasis on video podcasts and taped programming during primetime hours and content from outside partners, as well as the departure of longtime anchor Alex Witt from the network later in the year. | [76] |
| Linda Cohn anchors her final SportsCenter episode on ESPN before retiring from the network four days later. | [77] | |
| 28 | The 26th BET Awards airs on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with Druski as host. | [78][79] |
| 29 | Comcast announces a plan to split into two companies, with Comcast retaining its cable and technology operations and NBCUniversal splitting into a separate entity (owned by Comcast shareholders) that includes the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, streaming services Peacock and Hayu, as well as cable network Bravo and other related media properties. | [80] |
| 30 | Dish DBS, the operator of Dish Network and Sling TV, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | [81] |
July
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NJ PBS transfers operations from WNET to Montclair State University after the university made a successful bid to acquire operations from The WNET Group (the original operator of NJ PBS), which announced in 2025, that it would not be able to reach an agreement with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to renew their agreement. | [82][83] |
| 3–4 | The Walt Disney Company celebrates the United States Semiquincentennial with Disney Celebrates America, an over-24-hour commemoration that airs across Disney-owned networks; including ABC, as well as Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. David Muir serves as primary anchor of the round-the-clock coverage that began at 10 PM (ET) on July 3, and ran through 11 PM on July 4. | [84][85] |
| 7 | The New York City studios of WPIX and NewsNation (both operated by Nexstar Media Group) are among several buildings evacuated after debris falls from a building across the street, the result of support structures buckling and floors partially collapsing during a remodeling project. The stations are given the "all clear" to return to their studios later that night, but not before WPIX spends much of its day originating from news vehicles temporarily set up on streets outside the cordoned-off area (NewsNation's daytime programming originated as normal from its base in Chicago). | [86][87] |
| 15 | The 2026 ESPY Awards airs on ABC and ESPN from the David H. Koch Theater in New York City, with Marcello Hernández as host. | [88] |
| Optimum announces that it would consolidate News 12 Networks' news bureaus in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Connecticut, and Westchester County, resulting in approximately thirty employees being dismissed. | [89] | |
| 30 | The Walt Disney Company announces that it plans to sell its 50% stake in A+E Global Media to Hearst Communications for $1 billion. | [90] |
| 31 | Eight days after his arrest in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, CBS Sports announces that its lead NFL game analyst Tony Romo had taken an indefinite leave from the network. | [91] |
August
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | In a 2–1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission repeals the longstanding television station ownership cap that prevented a single owner from controlling stations that covered more than 39% of U.S. television households. While the repeal would result in open sales or consolidation among station ownership groups, the decision may face legal challenges based on the belief that Congress and not the FCC has the authority to remove the restriction. | [92] |
| 18 | ABC files a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that the Trump administration, through investigative and regulatory actions by the FCC (including an early renewal review of the network's broadcast licenses), is retaliating against ABC and its free speech rights based on critiques of President Donald Trump by network personalities (in particular Jimmy Kimmel and the host panel of The View). | [93] |
| 20 | Cable television companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications close their $34.5 billion merger, with the combined company transitioning to the Cox Communications corporate name and adopting Charter's Spectrum brand for its cable/internet services to 37 million customers across 45 states. | [94] |
| 21 | Less than a week before they were to air both events, The CW removes the 2026 editions of the Miss USA and the Miss Teen USA pageants from its broadcast schedule. The network does not provide a reason for the change, while the pageants, in a statement, cite only "a contractual issue with our production arrangements" that occurred two weeks earlier "could not be resolved within the necessary time frame". | [95] |
| 27 | Two days after originally postponing its premiere at the last minute (from August 25 to September 1), Golf Channel announces that the revival of reality competition series The Big Break (titled The Big Break × Good Good) would be canceled. The initial delay was to remove references to a presenting sponsor (reportedly equipment retailer Golf Galaxy) that requested its branding be withdrawn from the show following a commercial for Callaway Golf Company featuring Garrett Clark and other figures from Good Good (the digital media company co-producing Big Break) that included a woman being shoved to the ground; the commercial and scene were criticized as being misogynist in tone and promoting violence against women. | [96] |
September
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony Pictures Television suspends Jim Thornton from his role as announcer for Wheel of Fortune amid an investigation stemming from allegations relating to a reported incident involving him and a passenger on an American Airlines flight in May 2026. Three days later, on September 4, he was fired from the show after photos, taken by a passenger who was sitting near Thornton on the Charlotte-to-Los Angeles flight, were released showing a chatroom for pedophilic individuals on his laptop, featuring explicit conversations about children and other sexual material, which he was alleged to have been in for at least 57 minutes. (Thornton’s attorney claimed that, as a suicide prevention advocate, he regularly visited the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s chat forum, which has a domain similar to the site that Thornton was allegedly seen visiting, which he claimed was sent to him by an acquaintance.) Thornton had served as a guest announcer in 2010, following the death of longtime announcer Charlie O'Donnell, before assuming the role on a permanent basis in 2011. In addition to Thornton's role being recast, the voiceovers he had already recorded for the show's 44th season at the time of his firing would also be re-recorded. | [97][98][99] |
| For the first time since 2020, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson returns to America's Got Talent as a guest judge, filling for main judge Simon Cowell, who was absent following back surgery. | [100] | |
| 2 | Six National Hockey League teams—the Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and St. Louis Blues—announce they would partner with Amazon Prime Video for local, in-market game broadcasts beginning with the 2026–2027 season. The agreement replaces each team’s former media partners as a result of financial difficulties that led to those services’ closure: the Ducks and Stars join Prime Video from another streaming service, Victory+, while the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues join after terminating their respective contracts with FanDuel Sports Network (see Closures). | [101] |
| 3 | Fox News dismisses Maria Bartiromo from the company, a move the network states was a "business decision". Bartiromo reportedly violated guidance given to employees by Fox News senior staff—stemming from a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems that Fox settled in 2023 for $787.5 million, concerning claims made by the network’s hosts and guests of election fraud in 2020 involving the company’s voting machines—to avoid validating President Donald Trump’s claims of foreign interference directed towards his campaign during the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections—despite him winning two of the three, and his longstanding claims that his 2020 loss was the result of rigging being debunked—by communicating to White House officials of the network’s decision to limit coverage of Trump’s July 16 prime time address, in which he made the election tampering claims to help advocate for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 after two decades at CNBC, and primarily served as the titular anchor of Fox Business' Mornings with Maria (which was renamed to Mornings with Fox Business following her dismissal) and Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. | [102][103] [104] |
| 14 | The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards airs on NBC from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress Mariska Hargitay hosted the ceremony, and in doing so became the first woman to host the Primetime Emmys since Jane Lynch in 2011; as well as the first host who was not a comedian, comedy series actor, reality host, or news personality since Angela Lansbury in 1993. | [105][106] |
| 15 | An Airbus AS350 B2 news-gathering helicopter utilized by NBC and Telemundo’s Los Angeles owned-and-operated stations, KNBC and KVEA, crashes between two buildings in an industrial storage area in the city’s Chatsworth neighborhood around 6:55 p.m. PT, while covering a fatal accident that occurred at a nearby intersection approximately two hours earlier in which an SUV collided into a Los Angeles Metro Bus, killing at least two people and injuring six others. The chopper crash killed reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, who worked for the NBCUniversal-owned West Coast flagship stations under a helicopter leasing agreement with Pacoima-based aerial production services firm Angel City Air, along with at least one person on the ground; four cars and two storage containers in the vicinity of the crash site were damaged due to the resulting fire. | [107][108] [109][110] |
| 19 | CNN and MS NOW journalists have been denied access to The White House, a day after President Donald Trump announced that he would banning both networks, as well as Politico from the White House. | [111] |
Future events
September
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will simulcast on CBS and MTV from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with streaming on Paramount+. Snoop Dogg is set to host the ceremony. | [112][113] |
October
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 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, and had aired almost annually on broadcast television until moving exclusively to cable television beginning in 1999. MeTV will air The Wizard of Oz several times as part of its Halloween lineup. | [114] |
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. | [112] |
| 18 | The 60th Annual Country Music Association Awards will air on ABC from Nashville, Tennessee. Lainey Wilson is set to return for her third consecutive year as host. | [115][116] |
| 27 | The Soul Train Music Awards will air on television for the first time since 2023. It will simulcast on BET and CBS, making it the first Soul Train Music Awards ceremony to air on CBS and the first to air on broadcast television since 2007, and the return of Soul Train branded content to over-the-air television 20 years after its flagship series ended on first run syndication in 2006. | [117] |
December
Television shows
Shows debuting in 2026
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Cult of the Real Housewife | TLC | [118] |
| Second Chance Love | Hallmark+ | [119] | |
| Crime in Progress | A&E | [120] | |
| January 3 | Donkey King | Weekend Adventure (ABC stations) |
[121] |
| January 4 | Best Medicine | Fox | [122][123][124] |
| January 5 | Baking Championship: Next Gen | Food Network | [125] |
| January 6 | The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story | Investigation Discovery | [126] |
| January 7 | Harlan Coben's Final Twist | CBS | [127][128] |
| Leader's Playbook | CNBC | [129] | |
| Neighborhood Watch | HGTV | [130][131] | |
| January 8 | His & Hers | Netflix | [132] |
| The Valley: Persian Style | Bravo | [133] | |
| January 10 | Maxxed Out | OWN | [134] |
| January 13 | Hey A.J.! | Disney Jr. | [135][136] |
| Suddenly Amish | TLC | [137] | |
| Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger | Investigation Discovery | [138] | |
| Pole to Pole with Will Smith | Disney+ | [139] | |
| January 14 | Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV | ABC | [140] |
| January 15 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ | [141][142] |
| Ponies | Peacock | [143] | |
| January 17 | Iyanla: The Inside Fix | OWN | [144] |
| January 18 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | HBO | [145][146][147] |
| The Hillside Strangler | MGM+ | [148] | |
| The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins | NBC | [149][150][151] | |
| January 19 | 120 Hours Behind Bars | Discovery Channel | [152] |
| January 20 | Handsome Devil: Charming Killer | Paramount+ | [153][154] |
| January 21 | The Beauty | FX/Hulu | [155][156] |
| January 22 | Free Bert | Netflix | [157][158] |
| Finding Her Edge | [159] | ||
| Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! | HBO | [160] | |
| January 25 | Memory of a Killer | Fox | [161][123][124] |
| It's Not Like That | Amazon Prime Video | [162] | |
| January 26 | History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames | History Channel | [163] |
| January 27 | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [164][165] |
| January 30 | On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing | ESPN | [166] |
| February 1 | L.A. Firestorm: Inside the Inferno | Reelz | [167] |
| Rise of the 49ers | AMC/AMC+ | [168] | |
| Vanished | MGM+ | [169][170] | |
| February 2 | Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [171][172] |
| February 3 | Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History | PBS | [173] |
| February 4 | The Coach Vick Experience | BET | [174] |
| February 6 | The White House | Fox Nation | [175] |
| February 8 | The 'Burbs | Peacock | [176][177][178] |
| February 11 | Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League | ESPN | [179] |
| The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story | Hulu | [180] | |
| February 12 | Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association | Amazon Prime Video | [181] |
| Love Story | FX/Hulu | [182][183] | |
| February 13 | Neighbors | HBO | [184] |
| February 15 | Love, Ted Bundy | Oxygen | [185] |
| February 16 | Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | Netflix | [186][187] |
| February 18 | 56 Days | Amazon Prime Video | [188] |
| Wild Boys: Strangers in Town | Paramount+ | [189] | |
| February 19 | Murder in Glitterball City | HBO | [190] |
| Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman | Hulu | [191] | |
| February 20 | Strip Law | Netflix | [192] |
| February 22 | History's Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe | History Channel | [193] |
| February 23 | CIA | CBS | [194][195][128] |
| The CEO Club | Amazon Prime Video | [196] | |
| February 25 | The Greatest Average American | ABC | [197] |
| February 26 | The Gray House | Amazon Prime Video | [198] |
| David: King of Israel | Fox Nation | [199][200] | |
| February 28 | Crooked on MS NOW | MS NOW | [201] |
| March 1 | Marshals | CBS | [127][128] |
| American Classic | MGM+ | [202] | |
| DTF St. Louis | HBO | [203] | |
| Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown | CNN | [204] | |
| March 2 | Bachelor Mansion Takeover | HGTV | [205][206] |
| Wild Vacation Rentals | [207] | ||
| BeddyByes | Disney Jr. | [208] | |
| Bedtime Stories with Ryan | Nick Jr. | [209] | |
| March 3 | R.J. Decker | ABC | [210][211] |
| March 4 | America's Culinary Cup | CBS | [127][128] |
| Flavortown Food Fight | Food Network | [212] | |
| Dirty Rotten Scandals | E! | [213] | |
| Body Bizarre | TLC | [214] | |
| March 5 | Vladimir | Netflix | [215] |
| Predator Hunters | A&E | [216] | |
| This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga | AMC+ | [217] | |
| March 6 | Friends Like These | Disney+/Hulu | [218] |
| The Dinosaurs | Netflix | [219] | |
| March 8 | Rooster | HBO | [220][221] |
| March 9 | The Ultimate Baking Championship | Food Network | [222] |
| March 11 | Scarpetta | Amazon Prime Video | [223] |
| Age of Attraction | Netflix | [224] | |
| March 13 | Dynasty: The Murdochs | [225] | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars | ABC | [226] | |
| March 14 | The Madison | Paramount+ | [227] |
| March 15 | Rooster Fighter | Adult Swim | [228][229] |
| Property Brothers: Under Pressure | HGTV | [230][231] | |
| March 16 | Born to Bowl | HBO | [232] |
| March 18 | Imperfect Women | Apple TV | [233] |
| Bad Foot Clinic | TLC | [214] | |
| March 19 | That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer | Freeform | [234] |
| March 21 | Hope Valley: 1874 | Hallmark+ | [235][236] |
| March 22 | The Faithful: Women of the Bible | Fox | [237][238][239] |
| Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia | CNN | [240] | |
| March 23 | Magicampers | Disney Jr. | [208] |
| March 25 | K9 PD with Jim Belushi | A&E | [241] |
| March 26 | Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen | Netflix | [242][243] |
| Love Overboard | Hulu | [244][245] | |
| March 27 | Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time | PBS | [246] |
| March 31 | Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer | Investigation Discovery | [247] |
| Secrets of the Bees | Nat Geo | [248] | |
| April 1 | Conspiracies & Coverups | Discovery Channel | [249] |
| April 2 | The Real Housewives of Rhode Island | Bravo | [250][251] |
| April 4 | Made for March | Paramount+ | [252] |
| April 6 | Maul – Shadow Lord | Disney+ | [253][254] |
| Foul Play with Anthony Davis | TBS | [255] | |
| April 7 | Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution | PBS | [256] |
| April 8 | The Testaments | Hulu | [257][258] |
| April 9 | The Miniature Wife | Peacock | [259] |
| Big Mistakes | Netflix | [260] | |
| April 10 | Belle Collective: Birmingham | OWN | [261] |
| April 11 | Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever | CNN | [262][263] |
| Building Back America's Trades | Magnolia Network | [264] | |
| Million Dollar Mountain Homes | A&E | [265] | |
| April 12 | The Audacity | AMC/AMC+ | [266][267] |
| Eva Longoria: Searching for France | CNN | [268] | |
| April 13 | Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event | Investigation Discovery | [269] |
| April 14 | You Don't Know Where I'm From, Dawg | Paramount+ | [270] |
| The Dark Wizard | HBO | [271] | |
| World's Bargain Dream Homes | HGTV | [130][272] | |
| April 15 | Margo's Got Money Troubles | Apple TV | [273] |
| One Day in My Body | TLC | [214] | |
| April 20 | Kevin | Amazon Prime Video | [274] |
| 4X20: Quick Hits | Hulu | [275] | |
| Funny AF with Kevin Hart | Netflix | [276] | |
| April 22 | Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders | Amazon Prime Video | [277] |
| This Is a Gardening Show | Netflix | [278] | |
| Hulk Hogan: Real American | [279] | ||
| April 23 | Stranger Things: Tales from '85 | [280][281] | |
| Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries | UPtv | [282] | |
| April 24 | My Brother the Minotaur | Apple TV | [283] |
| April 27 | This First House | The Roku Channel | [284] |
| April 28 | My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders | Paramount+ | [285] |
| The Cult of Natureboy | Hulu | [286] | |
| April 29 | Widow's Bay | Apple TV | [287][288][289] |
| Shared Planet | PBS | [290] | |
| April 30 | Man on Fire | Netflix | [291] |
| May 5 | Designed to Last | Hulu | [292] |
| May 7 | M.I.A. | Peacock | [293] |
| Mom's the Bride | Hallmark+ | [294][295] | |
| May 10 | Home Town: Inn This Together | HGTV | [296][297] |
| May 12 | U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men's National Soccer Team | HBO | [298] |
| Chopped Castaways | Food Network | [299] | |
| Squatters | A&E | [300] | |
| Last Train to North America | ESPN | [301] | |
| May 13 | The Face Doctors | TLC | [214] |
| Off Campus | Amazon Prime Video | [302][303] | |
| May 14 | Nemesis | Netflix | [304] |
| The Old Stories: Moses | Amazon Prime Video | [305][306] | |
| May 15 | Dutton Ranch | Paramount+ | [307] |
| May 17 | Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown | Discovery Channel | [308] |
| In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers | [309] | ||
| May 18 | You're Killing Me | Acorn TV | [310][311] |
| May 19 | In the City | Bravo | [312][313] |
| The Nightmare Upstairs: What Happened to Ty and Bryn? | Hulu | [314] | |
| May 20 | Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed | Apple TV | [315] |
| May 21 | The Boroughs | Netflix | [316][242][317] |
| May 22 | Mating Season | [318][319] | |
| America's Awesome Kids | PBS Kids | [320] | |
| May 24 | The Vampire Lestat: After Dark | AMC+ | [321] |
| May 25 | Sofia the First: Royal Magic | Disney Jr. | [322][323] |
| Spider-Noir | MGM+ | [324][325][326] | |
| The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle | Investigation Discovery | [327] | |
| Food Network's Top 10 | Food Network | [328] | |
| May 27 | The Other Football | Tubi | [329] |
| May 28 | I Gotta Ask | Amazon Prime Video | [330] |
| May 29 | Star City | Apple TV | [331] |
| Calabasas Confidential | Netflix | [332][333] | |
| This Is Poly | We TV/All Reality | [334] | |
| May 30 | Zombie House Flipping: Family Business | A&E | [265] |
| Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose | CNN | [335][336] | |
| June 1 | Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult | HBO | [337] |
| June 2 | Not Suitable for Work | Hulu | [338] |
| June 3 | Michael Jackson: The Verdict | Netflix | [339] |
| Toon World Express | Tubi | [340][341] | |
| June 4 | Deestroying the Pitch | [342] | |
| Squatters: Get the F*** Out of My House | Hulu | [343] | |
| The Witness | Netflix | [344][345][346] | |
| June 5 | Cape Fear | Apple TV | [347] |
| Among Us | Paramount+ | [348] | |
| June 7 | 100 Cooks | Food Network | [349] |
| June 9 | Dragon Striker | Disney XD | [350] |
| June 10 | Every Year After | Amazon Prime Video | [351] |
| Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise | Investigation Discovery | [352] | |
| Outlast: The Jungle | Netflix | [353] | |
| June 11 | Surviving Earth | NBC | [354][355] |
| FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Corden | Fox Sports | [356] | |
| Mark vs. The Mountain | Great American Pure Flix | [357] | |
| June 12 | City Island: USA! | PBS Kids | [320] |
| June 15 | Little Singles | TLC | [358] |
| June 17 | Million Dollar Nannies | Freeform | [359] |
| OG Stories | BET | [360] | |
| June 24 | The American Experiment | Netflix | [361] |
| June 26 | Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness | HBO | [362] |
| The Doomies | Disney+ | [363] | |
| June 29 | Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal | Fox Nation | [364] |
| June 30 | Lot Patrol | BET | [365] |
| July 1 | Elle | Amazon Prime Video | [366][367] |
| Road to the Show | Peacock | [368] | |
| July 8 | ER: Off the Charts | TLC | [214] |
| Guy's Grocery Games: Global Games | Food Network | [369] | |
| Kitchen Chaos | |||
| July 9 | Little House on the Prairie | Netflix | [370][371] |
| The Five-Star Weekend | Peacock | [372][373] | |
| The Man Will Burn | HBO | [374][375] | |
| July 12 | The Westies | MGM+ | [376] |
| July 13 | Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro | ABC | [377][378] |
| Pitmasters | Food Network | [369] | |
| Murder 101 | Amazon Prime Video | [379] | |
| Hot Ones: Extra Heat | Netflix | [380] | |
| Rabbit Hole | Hulu | [381][382] | |
| July 14 | Homestead Rescue: Intervention | Discovery Channel | [383] |
| The Real Wolf of Wall Street | Paramount+ | [384][385] | |
| July 15 | Lucky | Apple TV | [386] |
| Nation's Dumbest | Fox | [387] | |
| Ride or Die | Amazon Prime Video | [388] | |
| July 16 | The Hawk | Netflix | [389][390][391] |
| Scott Peterson: The New Evidence | A&E | [392] | |
| July 23 | Stuart Fails to Save the Universe | HBO Max | [393][394][395] |
| July 24 | Roast My Rental | HGTV | [396] |
| Breaking Bear | Tubi | [397] | |
| July 26 | President Curtis | Adult Swim | [398][399][400] |
| July 27 | Furious | Hulu | [401] |
| July 28 | Kitchen Undercover | Food Network | [369][402] |
| July 29 | House of Stassi | Freeform | [403] |
| The Trade with Kelley L. Carter | ESPN+ | [404] | |
| The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare | Netflix | [405] | |
| July 30 | Paris Is Always a Good Idea | Hallmark+ | [406][407] |
| July 31 | Fightland | Starz | [408] |
| Put a Ring on It: Cheathab | OWN | [409] | |
| August 2 | Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked | Discovery Channel | [410] |
| August 5 | Let's Marry Harry | Netflix | [411] |
| Sterling Point | Amazon Prime Video | [412] | |
| Star Wars: Visions Presents | Disney+ | [413][414] | |
| The Shards | FX/Hulu | [415][416] | |
| How to Catch a Dirtbag | Discovery Channel | [417] | |
| August 6 | Monsters of God | HBO | [374][418] |
| August 7 | Anna Pigeon | USA Network | [419][420] |
| Age Inappropriate | We TV/All Reality | [421][422] | |
| August 9 | The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls | Amazon Prime Video | [423] |
| Double Lives of Suburban Wives | TLC | [424] | |
| NASCAR Americana | USA Network | [425] | |
| August 10 | Somebody Knows Something | Freeform | [426] |
| State of Play with Peter Alexander | MS NOW | [427] | |
| August 12 | Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes | Netflix | [428] |
| August 13 | Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou | Great American Pure Flix | [429][430] |
| August 16 | Lanterns | HBO | [431][432] |
| August 18 | Cocktail Wars | E! | [433][434] |
| August 19 | ER: Caught on Camera | TLC | [435] |
| Lion | Nat Geo | [436] | |
| August 21 | The Dynasty: UConn Huskies | Apple TV | [437] |
| The Girls: A Khloé Kardashian Project | Hulu | [438] | |
| 9/11 Reunited | Nat Geo | [439] | |
| August 24 | NFL Hometown Eats | The Roku Channel | [440] |
| August 26 | Death of the Pastor's Wife | Netflix | [441] |
| August 29 | Totally '90s House | HGTV | [442] |
| September 1 | The Varnell Hill Show | Paramount+ | [443] |
| September 2 | Botched Homes | HGTV | [130][444] |
| September 4 | Earle Meets World | Netflix | [445][446] |
| September 8 | The Drop: A Snowfall Saga | FX/Hulu | [447][448][449] |
| Bobby Flay's The Line | Food Network | [450] | |
| Dang! | Netflix | [451][452] | |
| September 9 | NFL Play Action | Paramount+ | [453] |
| September 10 | A Killer Story | HBO | [454] |
| September 12 | The Assignment with Antonia Hylton | MS NOW | [455] |
| September 13 | High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam | TNT | [456][457][458] |
| The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza | Adult Swim | [459] | |
| September 14 | Adam's Law | Syndication | [460][461] |
| September 15 | A Very Haunted Renovation | HGTV | [462] |
| September 16 | Neagley | Amazon Prime Video | [463] |
| Ages of Ice | PBS | [464] | |
| Golden Axe | Paramount+ | [465][466] | |
| The Great American Road Rally | The CW | [467][468][469] | |
| September 17 | The Traitors: New Blood | NBC | [470] |
| Building Buffalo | ESPN | [471] | |
| September 18 | Jay-Z in 8 | HBO | [472][473] |
| September 19 | American Mayhem | Syndication | [474][461][475] |
| September 20 | American Hostage | MGM+ | [476] |
| The Detour with David Chang | CNN | [477] | |
| Youth | HBO | [374][478] | |
| Setting the Tempo | ESPN | [479] | |
| September 21 | Line of Fire | NBC | [480][481] |
| September 22 | House Shock | HGTV | [482] |
| September 23 | Brothers | Apple TV | [483] |
| The Golden Ticket | Netflix | [484] | |
| September 24 | Team Moms: Baseball | Paramount+ | [485][486] |
| September 25 | S.W.A.T. Exiles | Starz | [487] |
| September 28 | Still Flipping Out | Bravo | [488] |
| September 29 | Secret Life of a Vegas Casino | Discovery Channel | [489] |
| October 1 | War | HBO | [374][490] |
| Coven Academy | Freeform | [491][492] | |
| East of Eden | Netflix | [493][494] | |
| Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena | AMC+/All Reality/Sundance TV | [495] | |
| October 2 | Love After Lockup: Relationship Rehab | We TV/All Reality | [496][497] |
| Bite Size Terror | Tubi | [498] | |
| October 3 | Get Jiro | Adult Swim | [499] |
| October 5 | Super Why's Comic Book Adventures | PBS Kids | [172][500] |
| Sweet Deceit | Food Network | [501] | |
| October 6 | NCIS: New York | CBS | [502][503] |
| October 7 | Carrie | Amazon Prime Video | [504][505] |
| The Serial Killer Connection | Investigation Discovery | [506] | |
| October 8 | Eternally Yours | CBS | [507][503] |
| Cupertino | |||
| Saban | ESPN | [508][509] | |
| October 9 | Avatar: Seven Havens | Paramount+ | [510] |
| October 11 | Treasure Island | MGM+ | [511] |
| October 13 | Tyson | Netflix | [512] |
| October 14 | VisionQuest | Disney+ | [165][513] |
| October 15 | Crystal Lake | Peacock | [514][515] |
| Hollywood Arts | Netflix | [516][517] | |
| October 20 | The Golden Life | E! | [518][519][520] |
| October 23 | Newlyweds | NBC | [480][481] |
| October 25 | A Course Called Ireland | Paramount+ | [521] |
| October 26 | The Mob | Hulu | [522] |
| Minimum Wage | Netflix | [523][524] | |
| October 27 | The One About Matthew Perry | [525] | |
| November 3 | Bass X Machina | [526][527] | |
| November 4 | The Greatest | Amazon Prime Video | [528] |
| November 11 | The Body | Netflix | [529] |
| The Vow | Fox Nation | [530][531] | |
| November 12 | The Good Daughter | Peacock | [515] |
| November 16 | Crime and Punishment in America | PBS | [532] |
| November 19 | The Altruists | Netflix | [533] |
| November 23 | Dig | Peacock | [534][535] |
| November 25 | Blade Runner 2099 | Amazon Prime Video | [536][537] |
| November | The Airport | Tubi | [538] |
| Fall | Win the Mall | Netflix | [539] |
| America's Next Top Cryptid | Tubi | [340] | |
| Love & Hip Hop: The Final Chapter | VH1 | [540] | |
| Megan and Cupcake Ready for Preschool | Disney Jr. | [541] | |
| December 10 | The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey | Netflix | [542] |
| December 17 | Unaccustomed Earth | [543] | |
| December 25 | Harry Potter | HBO | [544] |
| December | Sunshine Girls | Netflix | [545] |
| Late | Untitled Nick Cannon docuseries | [546] | |
| Untitled Gabby's Dollhouse competition series | [547] | ||
| Untitled Universal Music Group docuseries | CNN | [548] | |
| The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County | Hulu | [549] | |
| TBA | The Undertow | Netflix | [344][550] |
Shows changing networks
Television films and specials
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | CNN | [571] |
| January 3 | Stolen Girl | Lifetime | [572] |
| Lost in Paradise | Hallmark Channel | [573] | |
| January 8 | Golden Eve | CBS | [574] |
| January 10 | A Melbourne Match | Hallmark Channel | [573] |
| Accused: The Karen Read Story | Lifetime | [572] | |
| January 16 | Phineas and Ferb: VENDPOCALYPSE: THE MUSICAL | Disney Channel | [575] |
| January 17 | I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco | Lifetime | [572] |
| Love on the Amazon | Hallmark Channel | [573] | |
| January 22 | Disneyland Handcrafted | Disney+ | [576] |
| January 24 | Caught by Love | Hallmark Channel | [573] |
| Skyscraper Live | Netflix | [577] | |
| January 30 | Paw Patrol: Rocky's Cat-astrophe | Nickelodeon | [578][579] |
| January 31 | Missing the Boat | Hallmark Channel | [573] |
| Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love | Lifetime | [580] | |
| February 3 | The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event | ABC | [581] |
| February 4 | The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen | ABC/Disney+ | [582][583] |
| Is It Cake? Valentines | Netflix | [584][585] | |
| February 7 | The Way to You | Hallmark Channel | [586] |
| February 12 | Huz: Drawn to Life | PBS | [587] |
| February 14 | Because of Cupid | Hallmark Channel | [586] |
| The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story | Lifetime | [588] | |
| February 17 | John and Carolyn – Love, Beauty and Loss | ABC | [589] |
| February 18 | Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words | BET | [590] |
| February 19 | Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special | Disney Channel | [591] |
| TMZ Presents: Michael Jackson: 30 Fatal Seconds | Fox | [592] | |
| February 21 | The Stars Between Us | Hallmark Channel | [586] |
| Double Double Trouble | Lifetime | [588] | |
| A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey | CNN | [593] | |
| February 27 | Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace | HBO | [594] |
| February 28 | Romance at Hope Ranch | Hallmark Channel | [586] |
| Pushed off a Plane and Survived | Lifetime | [588] | |
| March 1 | Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran | ABC | [595] |
| March 7 | Vanished In an Instant | Lifetime | [588] |
| Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hallmark Channel | [596] | |
| March 10 | Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare | HBO | [597] |
| March 12 | OWN Spotlight: Roberta | OWN | [598] |
| March 14 | The Boy with My Son's Face | Lifetime | [588] |
| March 15 | The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose | ABC/Hulu | [599] |
| March 21 | I Killed Him in My Sleep | Lifetime | [588] |
| March 24 | Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special | Disney+ | [600] |
| March 27 | Color Theories by Julio Torres | HBO | [601] |
| March 28 | The Man in the Window | Lifetime | [588] |
| April 4 | Rescued By Faith: The Connie and Larry Van Oosten Story | [602] | |
| April 5 | Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic | HBO | [603] |
| HBCU AWAREFEST Benefit Concert Special | BET | [604] | |
| April 6 | The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special | CBS | [605] |
| April 10 | The Reunion: Laguna Beach | The Roku Channel | [606] |
| CBS News: Artemis II Return to Earth | CBS | [607] | |
| April 16 | Artemis II: To the Moon and Back | Discovery Channel | [608] |
| April 17 | Ramy Youssef: In Love | HBO | [609] |
| April 24 | America Laughs with Matt Friend | CNN | [610] |
| May 1 | Wowsabout | PBS Kids | [611][320] |
| May 2 | Kentucky Roses | Hallmark Channel | [612] |
| Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story | Lifetime | [602] | |
| May 4 | Weather Hunters: Mother's Day Rainbow | PBS Kids | [613] |
| May 7 | We Are Jeni | Investigation Discovery | [614] |
| May 9 | Love, Again | Lifetime | [615][616] |
| May 10 | Messi: The Forgotten Tape | ESPN | [617] |
| May 12 | The Punisher: One Last Kill | Disney+ | [618] |
| The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special | ABC | [619] | |
| May 13 | The A List: 15 Stories From Asia And Pacific Diasporas | HBO | [620] |
| May 14 | Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 1 | Fox | [621] |
| May 16 | The 500: Immortality at Indy | [622] | |
| Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story | Lifetime | [616] | |
| May 19 | Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live | CBS/Paramount+ | [623] |
| May 21 | Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 2 | Fox | [621] |
| May 22 | Josh Johnson: Symphony | HBO | [624][620] |
| May 23 | Summer of '94 | Fox | [625] |
| When I Said I Do | Lifetime | [615][626] | |
| May 25 | Why We Dream | CNN | [627] |
| May 29 | Miss You, Love You | HBO | [628] |
| WWE: Made in America | USA Network | [629] | |
| May 30 | Where the Heart Lands | Lifetime | [616] |
| June 6 | Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery | [630] | |
| The Greek Aisle | Hallmark Channel | [631] | |
| June 7 | Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World) | HBO | [632][633] |
| June 13 | The Jealous Bride | Lifetime | [634] |
| Texas Two-Step | Hallmark Channel | [631] | |
| June 17 | The Simpsons: Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition | Disney+ | [635] |
| June 19 | The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling | History Channel | [636] |
| June 20 | Don't Trust the Girls Upstairs | Lifetime | [634] |
| The Love Heist | Hallmark Channel | [631] | |
| June 21 | Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe | Fox | [637] |
| June 22 | All American: The Final Season Special | The CW | [638] |
| June 23 | The Welcome Table | HBO | [639] |
| June 25 | CMA Fest Presented by SoFi | ABC | [640] |
| June 27 | Single Black Tenant | Lifetime | [641] |
| A Castle of Our Own | Hallmark Channel | [631] | |
| June 29 | Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness | ABC | [84][642] |
| June 30 | Presidential 1776 Award | CBS | [643] |
| July 2 | The Americas: A Wild 250th | NBC | [644] |
| July 3 | The Simpsons: Simpsley | Disney+ | [635] |
| Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250 | CNN | [645] | |
| July 4 | The Great American Block Party 250 | CBS | [646] |
| Christmas Under Construction | Hallmark Channel | [647] | |
| July 10 | This Is UFC: McGregor vs. Holloway | CBS | [648] |
| July 11 | Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes | Cartoon Network | [649][650] |
| O Little Christmas Market | Hallmark Channel | [647] | |
| He Couldn't Let Go | Lifetime | [651] | |
| July 13 | Alma's Way: Alma in Oz: The Musical! | PBS Kids | [652] |
| July 16 | Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | Disney Channel | [653][654][655] |
| July 18 | Crowning at the Prom | Lifetime | [651] |
| Snowbound for the Holidays | Hallmark Channel | [647] | |
| July 25 | Love Under the Mistletoe | ||
| Girl in the Coffin | Lifetime | [651] | |
| July 26 | KPop Shark Heroes | Discovery Channel | [656][657] |
| July 30 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+: Mickey's Country Farm | Disney Jr. | [658] |
| July 31 | Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy | Apple TV | [659] |
| Adults: Marathon Day | FXX/Hulu | [660] | |
| August 1 | Killer Clown | Lifetime | [651] |
| August 3 | Storm on Sesame Street | Netflix/PBS Kids | [661] |
| August 6 | SuperKitties: The New SuperKitty | Disney Jr. | [662] |
| August 7 | The Day You Begin | PBS Kids | [663] |
| August 8 | She Stole My Son's Heart | Lifetime | [651] |
| August 13 | Camp Rock 3 | Disney Channel | [664][665][666] |
| August 14 | Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes | HBO | [667] |
| August 20 | Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana | Fox | [668] |
| Disney Worldbuilders | Disney+ | [669] | |
| August 22 | The Run for a Million | CBS | [670] |
| August 25 | A CBS News Special: Dolly Parton - An American Icon | [671] | |
| Dolly Parton: An American Original - Special Edition of 20/20 | ABC | [672] | |
| August 26 | The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror | Disney+ | [635] |
| Dolly: An NBC News Special | NBC | [673] | |
| August 29 | Much About Love | Hallmark Channel | [674] |
| August 30 | Robot Chicken Adult Swim 25th Anniversary Special | Adult Swim | [675] |
| Entertainment Tonight: Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life | CBS | [676] | |
| September 1 | 9/11: United We Stand – 25 Years Later | ABC | [439][677] |
| September 2 | LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Disney+ | [678] |
| September 3 | Clash of the Thundermans | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [679][680] |
| September 5 | Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story | Lifetime | [681] |
| Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Prelude to a Wedding | Hallmark Channel | [674] | |
| September 11 | 102 Minutes Inside the Towers | History Channel | [682][683] |
| 9/11: We Remember | CBS | [684] | |
| Daughters of 9/11 | [685] | ||
| September 12 | Falling Into Place | Hallmark Channel | [674] |
| Robin Roberts Presents Angel in the Rubble: The Genelle Guzman Story | Lifetime | [686][683] | |
| September 13 | Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances | CBS | [687] |
| September 15 | 14 Days in Gainesville | ESPN | [688] |
| September 19 | Sole Survivor of Flight 119 | Lifetime | [689] |
| Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage | Hallmark Channel | [674] | |
| September 20 | Kimora Lee: On Her Own | Lifetime | [690] |
| Best of VMAs: Unforgettable Moments | CBS | [687] | |
| September 22 | Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable | [691] | |
| Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie | HBO | [692] | |
| September 24 | Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up | Disney Jr. | [135][693][694] |
| September 26 | The Ocean Between Them | Lifetime | [689] |
| Pumpkin Regatta Romance | Hallmark Channel | [674] | |
| September 29 | LEGO One Piece | Netflix | [695] |
| Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special | CBS | [696] | |
| The Amazing Race: 25 Years Around the World | [697] | ||
| October 3 | A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story | Lifetime | [698] |
| A Knight to Remember | Hallmark Channel | [674] | |
| October 10 | The Spirit of Halloween | ||
| The Monster She Married | Lifetime | [698] | |
| October 16 | 'Tis the Season for Setups | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| Kate Berlant: Parmesan | HBO | [700] | |
| October 17 | Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story | Hallmark Channel | [701] |
| Super Scam Me | Nat Geo | [702] | |
| Sins of an Amish Husband | Lifetime | [698] | |
| October 18 | Mr. & Mrs. Christmas | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| October 21 | CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton | ABC | [703] |
| October 23 | Winter Wonderlanes | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| October 24 | Forgotten Holiday | ||
| Secrets of Mercy Hospital | Lifetime | [698] | |
| October 25 | What If Christmas | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| October 29 | Untitled Ghosts Halloween special | CBS | [704][503] |
| October 30 | Who's Coming for Christmas? | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| October 31 | Adopting St. Nick | ||
| November 1 | A Danish Christmas | ||
| November 6 | Merry Memories | ||
| November 7 | Holiday Unplugged | ||
| November 8 | A Season of Promises | ||
| November 10 | We Chose to Go to the Moon | PBS | [705] |
| November 13 | My Christmas Cowboy | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| November 14 | One Last Shot | Lifetime | [706] |
| The Nights Before Christmas | Hallmark Channel | [699] | |
| November 15 | Mistletoe and Mimosas | ||
| November 16 | Carnival of the Animals | PBS Kids | [707] |
| November 20 | Our Holiday Playbook | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| November 21 | Christmas in Blue Dog Valley | ||
| November 22 | Double Booked for the Holidays | ||
| November 26 | The JLO Show: Live in Las Vegas | CBS/Paramount+ | [708] |
| Christmas Delivered | Hallmark Channel | [699] | |
| November 27 | The Christmas Eve Feast | ||
| Return to Santa | |||
| November 28 | The Most Wonderful Secret | ||
| Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True | [709][710][699] | ||
| November 29 | Eight Nights for Love | [699] | |
| Miles to Christmas | |||
| November | Barbie in the Nutcracker | Netflix | [711][712] |
| Fall | Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You | Lifetime | [615] |
| The Patrick Star Show: Scary Tales | Nickelodeon | [713] | |
| Family Guy: Happy Hell-o-ween | Hulu | [714] | |
| Family Guy: The Peter Clause | |||
| December 4 | The Snowflake Effect | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| December 5 | A Grand Biltmore Christmas | [715][699] | |
| December 6 | An Angel in My Stocking | [699] | |
| December 10 | Untitled Ghosts holiday special | CBS | [704][503] |
| Untitled NBC 100th anniversary special | NBC | [716] | |
| December 11 | Christmas in Canterbury | Hallmark Channel | [699] |
| December 12 | Snow Globe Town | ||
| December 13 | Noelle Nomads | ||
| December 18 | Hearts All Aglow | ||
| December 19 | Barking All the Way | ||
| December 20 | Save the Date for Christmas | ||
| December | The Price Is Right Live | CBS | [717] |
| Late | Alan Jackson: The Last Show | NBC | [718] |
| A Proud Family Wizmas | Disney+ | [719] | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton | Nickelodeon | [713] | |
| TBA | Mickey's Home Alone | Disney Jr./Disney+ | [720] |
| Untitled Paw Patrol specials | Nickelodeon | [578] | |
| Untitled The Kitchen special | Food Network | [721] | |
| Christmas Everyday Again | Lifetime | [722] |
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 | [723] |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 1,000th episode | "Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B" | January 31 | [724] |
| The Muppet Show | ABC/Disney+ | 50th anniversary | "Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen" | February 4 | [582][583] |
| The Loud House | Nickelodeon | 300th episode | "Living the Dream Boat" | February 27 | [citation needed] |
| Family Guy | Fox | 450th episode | "Bringing Up Brady"[note 3] | March 1 | [725] |
| 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 | [600] |
| NCIS | CBS | 500th episode | "All Good Things" | [726] | |
| Bar Rescue | Paramount Network | 300th episode | "Hair of the Big Dog" | April 26 | [citation needed] |
| Outlander | Starz | 100th episode | "Pharos" | May 8 | [citation needed] |
| Snapped | Oxygen | 700th episode | "Jacqueline Johnson-Cabrera" | July 26 | [727] |
| Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network | 450th episode | "TV Knight 10" | August 1 | [728] |
| Big Brother | CBS | 1,000th episode | "Episode 25" | August 27 | [729] |
| American Dad! | Fox | 400th episode | "400?!" | September 13 | [730][731] |
| Comics Unleashed | CBS | 20th anniversary | Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special | September 29 | [696][732] |
| Abbott Elementary | ABC | 100th episode | "One Hundred" | TBA | [733] |
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 | [734] |
| My Strange Addiction | New season | TLC | same | [735] | ||
| Primal | 2022 | Adult Swim | January 11 | [736] | ||
| The Night Manager | 2016 | Revival | AMC | Amazon Prime Video | [737][738][739] | |
| Fear Factor (as Fear Factor: House of Fear) |
2018 | MTV | Fox | [740][123][741] | ||
| Star Search | 2004 | Reboot | CBS | Netflix | January 20 | [742][743] |
| Scrubs | 2010 | Revival | ABC | same | February 25 | [744] |
| Ladies of London (as Ladies of London: The New Reign) |
2017 | Bravo | March 5 | [745] | ||
| Jury Duty | 2023 | New season | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | March 20 | [568] |
| The Comeback | 2014 | HBO | same | March 22 | [746][747][748] | |
| Malcolm in the Middle (as Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair) |
2006 | Revival | Fox | Hulu | April 10 | [749][750] |
| Euphoria | 2022 | New season | HBO | same | April 12 | [751][752] |
| Beef | 2023 | Netflix | April 16 | [753] | ||
| American Gladiators | 2008 | Reboot | NBC | Amazon Prime Video | April 17 | [754] |
| Running Wild with Bear Grylls (as Bear Grylls Is Running Wild) |
2023 | New season | Nat Geo | Fox | April 21 | [755][756] |
| The Terror (as The Terror: Devil in Silver) |
2019 | AMC | AMC+/Shudder | May 7 | [757] | |
| Regular Show (as Regular Show: The Lost Tapes) |
2017 | Revival | Cartoon Network | same | May 11 | [758] |
| Everyone Is Doing Great | 2021 | New season | Hulu | Netflix | [759] | |
| WNBA on NBC | 2002 | Revival | NBC | same | May 17 | [760][761][762] |
| House of the Dragon | 2024 | New season | HBO | June 21 | [763][764][765] | |
| Adventure Time (as Adventure Time: Side Quests) |
2018 | Reboot | Cartoon Network | Hulu | June 29 | [766] |
| Restaurant: Impossible (as Restaurant Impossible: Last Call) |
2023 | Food Network | same | July 23 | [369] | |
| Ted Lasso | New season | Apple TV | August 5 | [767][768] | ||
| Untold Stories of the E.R. | 2020 | Revival | Discovery Life | TLC | August 19 | [214] |
| NFL Total Access | 2024 | NFL Network | same | September 8 | [769] | |
| A Different World | 1993 | NBC | Netflix | September 24 | [770][771] | |
| P-Valley | 2022 | New season | Starz | same | December 4 | [772] |
| Rescue 911 | 1996 | Revival | CBS | Discovery Channel | Late | [773] |
Shows ending in 2026
| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | PBS News Weekend | PBS | 2013 | Canceled | [774] |
| January 14 | Palm Royale | Apple TV | 2024 | [775] | |
| January 15 | The Upshaws | Netflix | 2021 | Ended | [776][777] |
| Ponies | Peacock | 2026 | Canceled | [778] | |
| January 16 | Banfield | NewsNation | 2021 | Ended | [779] |
| Power Book IV: Force | Starz | 2022 | [780][781][782] | ||
| January 21 | Queer Eye | Netflix | 2018 | [783][784] | |
| January 27 | Wonder Man | Disney+ | 2026 | Canceled | [785] |
| February 6 | Spartacus: House of Ashur | Starz | 2025 | [786] | |
| February 17 | Tell Me Lies | Hulu | 2022 | Ended | [787] |
| February 20 | Strip Law | Netflix | 2026 | Canceled | [788] |
| March 5 | Ted | Peacock | 2024 | [789][790] | |
| March 8 | It's Not Like That | Amazon Prime Video | 2026 | [791] | |
| March 13 | Stumble | NBC | 2025 | [792] | |
| March 25 | Heartbreak High | Netflix | 2022 | Ended | [793][794] |
| March 26 | Love Overboard | Hulu | 2026 | Canceled | [795] |
| April 12 | Smiling Friends | Adult Swim | 2022 | Ended | [796] |
| April 20 | Kevin | Amazon Prime Video | 2026 | Canceled | [797] |
| April 23 | The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets | Peacock | 2025 | Ended | [798] |
| Going Dutch | Fox | Canceled | [799] | ||
| May 3 | Watson | CBS | [800] | ||
| May 7 | The Hunting Party | NBC | [801] | ||
| M.I.A. | Peacock | 2026 | [802] | ||
| May 10 | The Comeback | HBO | 2005 | Ended | [746][803] |
| May 11 | The Neighborhood | CBS | 2018 | [804][805][806] | |
| DMV | 2025 | Canceled | [800] | ||
| May 13 | Good Omens | Amazon Prime Video | 2019 | Ended | [807][808][809] |
| May 15 | Outlander | Starz | 2014 | [810][811] | |
| May 19 | Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta | MTV | 2012 | [812] | |
| May 20 | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video | 2019 | [813][814] | |
| May 21 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 2015 | Canceled | [59][815][60] |
| Sherri | Syndication | 2022 | [816][817] | ||
| The Boroughs | Netflix | 2026 | [818] | ||
| May 22 | The Yogurt Shop Murders | HBO | 2025 | Ended | [620] |
| May 25 | Spider-Noir | MGM+ | 2026 | Canceled | [819] |
| May 26 | Karamo | Syndication | 2022 | [37][820] | |
| May 28 | Hacks | HBO Max | 2021 | Ended | [821][822] |
| Deli Boys | Hulu | 2025 | Canceled | [823] | |
| May 31 | Euphoria | HBO | 2019 | Ended | [824] |
| June 11 | Sweet Magnolias | Netflix | 2020 | Canceled | [825] |
| June 14 | Rugrats | Nickelodeon Global | 2021 | Ended | [826] |
| June 21 | The Way Home | Hallmark Channel | 2023 | [827][828][829] | |
| June 23 | Not Suitable for Work | Hulu | 2026 | Canceled | [830] |
| June 25 | The Bear | FX on Hulu | 2022 | Ended | [831][832] |
| July 1 | Brilliant Minds | NBC | 2024 | Canceled | [792][833] |
| July 2 | Survival of the Thickest | Netflix | 2023 | Ended | [834][835] |
| July 15 | Ride or Die | Amazon Prime Video | 2026 | Canceled | [836] |
| July 23 | Ransom Canyon | Netflix | 2025 | [837] | |
| July 26 | The Chi | Showtime | 2018 | Ended | [838][839][840] |
| July 29 | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | Disney+ | 2022 | [719] | |
| August 4 | Wizards Beyond Waverly Place | Disney Channel | 2024 | [841][842] | |
| August 7 | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | Starz | 2021 | [843][844][845] | |
| August 20 | Outer Banks | Netflix | 2020 | [846][847][848] | |
| August 31 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Syndication | 2019 | [38][849] | |
| September 3 | Jersey Shore: Family Vacation | MTV | 2018 | [850][851] | |
| September 10 | Access Daily with Mario & Kit | Syndication | 2010 | Canceled | [37] |
| September 11 | Access Hollywood | 1996 | |||
| September 28 | All American | The CW | 2018 | Ending | [852][638][853] |
| September | The Steve Wilkos Show | Syndication | 2007 | Canceled | [37] |
| October 14 | The Oval | BET | 2019 | Ending | [854][855] |
| October 22 | Judy Justice | Amazon Prime Video | 2021 | [856] | |
| December 24 | Emily in Paris | Netflix | 2020 | [857][858] | |
| TBA | Ridiculousness | MTV | 2011 | Canceled | [859] |
| Yellowjackets | Showtime | 2021 | Ending | [860][861] | |
| All the Queen's Men | Paramount+ | [862] | |||
| Mayor of Kingstown | [863] | ||||
| House of David | Amazon Prime Video | 2025 | [864] |
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.[865][866]
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 | [867] |
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. | [868][869] |
| Hasbro Legends | FAST, over-the-air multicast | July 13 | On April 13, Get After It Media announced a deal with Hasbro to launch a new channel based on the company's television properties, including content that was produced under license from Hasbro for the syndication market and for its previous linear offering, the Hub Network, which was rebranded as Discovery Family in October 2014, and Hasbro had since divested. To fill in open slot for the network among its suite of networks, GAI merged the programming of automotive channel Rev'n and the Action Channel into one feed, rebranded as Rev'n Action. | [870] |
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 Motor Trend television network Discovery Turbo, a brand otherwise used in international markets. | [871] |
| 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. | [872] |
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. | [873] |
| 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. | [874] |
| Merit TV | March 21 | The digital multicast network owned by Phil McGraw quietly closed on or around this date without any notice, as a result of a court order to convert the company to Chapter 7 liquidation in October 2025, though it had effectively existed in limbo as McGraw had moved onto a new channel, Envoy TV in mid-2025, and former production/distribution partner Trinity Broadcasting Network contractually maintained a feed of previously-recorded programming until the agreement's ultimate termination. TBN-owned stations that previously carried Merit replaced it with a mostly unbranded infomercial channel known as TV Deals (similar to the ministry’s prior replacement of its in-house children’s network, Smile, with OnTV4U upon the former’s closure in January 2025). | [875][876] | |
| FanDuel Sports Network | Regional sports networks | June 30 | 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 April 30, the day of the last game in the first round NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs that featured a team to which the network held rights, in order to fulfill the remaining contracts Main Street held with those leagues' teams. The closure of the channels ended 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). With no live sports programs remaining, Xfinity removed the channels on May 7. One of the channels remains operational: its first channel, the Los Angeles-based Prime Ticket (FDSN West at the time of the closure), came under the ownership of the Los Angeles Angels and became Angels Broadcast Television. | [877][878] [879] |
| BET+ | Over-the-top streaming service | July 22 | On March 13, Paramount Skydance announced that they had acquired Tyler Perry Studios' stake in BET+, and would shut down the service and merge its programming into Paramount+. | [880] |
| Victory+ | September 1 | Launched in 2024 with the NHL's Dallas Stars as its first rights deal (the team was a part-owner in the venture), Victory+ was a FAST service that carried several local-level pro and high school teams. The service would encounter financial and funding difficulties, missed payments to teams and leagues (notably to the Anaheim Ducks, Texas Rangers, and National Women's Soccer League) and subsequent termination of rights deals. The Dallas Morning News reported that Victory+ dissolved on September 1, with Sports Business Journal later reporting that the service had terminated its staff one day earlier. A Parent Media Company, Victory+'s Alberta-based parent, would be placed into receivership on September 4 at the request of its primary lender. | [881][882][883] |
Television stations
Subchannel launches
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho | KPIF | 15.13 | Newsmax2 | [884] | |
| February 26 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23.4 | Charge! | Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KTUL, began operating KOKI on this date, and three subchannels launched on the station. | |
| 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, adding NHK World-Japan, the station moved the World Channel from WLIW to a new subchannel of WNET. | [885] |
| August 1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KOAT-TV | 7.4 | CBS | See CBS entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" | |
| Birmingham, Alabama | WVTM-TV | 13.4 | ||||
| Greenville, South Carolina | WYFF | 4.3 | ||||
| Jackson, Mississippi | WAPT | 16.4 | ||||
| September 1 | Nashville, Tennessee | WTVF | 5.4 | Ion Plus | ||
| St. Louis, Missouri | KMOV | 32.2 | MyNetworkTV | |||
| September 4 | Rochester, New York | WBGT-CD | 46.8 | Jewelry TV |
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 | [884] | |
| 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. | [886] |
| 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. | [887] |
| March 31 | New York City, New York | WASA-LD | 24.1 | Estrella TV | Hot 97 TV | On March 30, MediaCo 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. | [888] |
| April 1 | Pendleton, Oregon Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington |
KFFX-TV | 11.1 | Fox | Roar | Sinclair and Rincon entered into a joint sales agreement involving KEPR-TV, KFFX, and KYCU in February 2026. As part of the agreement, the entire schedules of KFFX and KYCU would be moved to a digital subchannel of KEPR-TV. | [889] |
| Yakima, Washington | KCYU-LD | 41.1 | |||||
| June 29 | Franklin–Nashville, Tennessee | WNPX-TV | 28.1 | Ion Television | Independent | WNPX returns to independence for the first time since 1995 (and adopts "The Spot" identity seen on other Scripps-owned independents) in preparation to becoming the new television home of the NHL's Nashville Predators. | [890] |
| July 1 | Vincennes, Indiana | WVUT | 22.1 | PBS | 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. | [891] |
| Pensacola, Florida | WSRE | 23.1 | WSRE disaffiliated 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. | [892] | |||
| August 1 | Birmingham, Alabama | WIAT | 42.1 | CBS | Independent | In July 2026, Nexstar renewed the majority of its affiliation contracts with CBS, but was unable to reach an agreement in six markets. Forum Communications Company and Hearst Television reached affiliation agreements with the network which featured a gain in carriage on their stations' digital subchannels in those areas. | [893] |
| Greenville, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina | WYCW | 62.1 | The CW | ||||
| WSPA-TV | 7.1 | CBS | The CW | ||||
| Jackson, Mississippi | WJTV | 12.1 | |||||
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | KRQE | 13.1 | Fox | ||||
| Roswell, New Mexico | KBIM-TV | 10.1 | |||||
| Durango, Colorado | KREZ-TV | 6.1 | |||||
| Bismarck, North Dakota | KXMB-TV | 12.1 | The CW | ||||
| Rapid City, South Dakota | KCLO-TV | 15.1 | |||||
| September 1 | Bessemer, Alabama | WDBB | 17.1 | The CW | Independent | ||
| Birmingham, Alabama | WTTO | 21.1 | |||||
| WIAT | 42.1 | Independent | The CW | ||||
| St. Louis, Missouri | KDNL-TV | 30.1 | ABC | Independent | KDNL, which had served as the market's ABC affiliate from August 1995, disaffilied with the network as it moved to a digital subchannel of KMOV. Outside of ABC network newscasts and syndicated news programming provided by Sinclair, the station had not aired traditional news programming since the closure of its local news operation in October 2001. | [894] | |
| Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, Texas | KGBT-TV | 4.1 | MyNetworkTV | The CW Plus | In August 2026, it was reported that KGBT would become a CW affiliation, effective September 1, moving MyNetworkTV to the 4.2 subchannel. | [895] |
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, New York | 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 | [884] | |
| 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" | [886] |
| 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. Most viewers of NJ PBS in Southern and parts of Central New Jersey, including in the Philadelphia area, could no longer access NHK World by over-the-air television, requiring viewers to watch it via the internet. | [885][896] |
| Yakima, Washington | KIMA-TV | 29.3 | Roar | Fox | See KFFX-TV and KCYU-LD entries on "Stations changing network affiliations" | [889] | |
| Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington | KEPR-TV | 19.3 | |||||
| June 29 | Nashville, Tennessee | WTVF | 5.2 | Independent | Ion Television | See WNPX-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" | [890] |
| August 1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KRQE | 13.2 | Fox | Independent | See CBS entry in "Stations changing network affiliations" | |
| Roswell, New Mexico | KBIM-TV | 10.2 | |||||
| Durango, Colorado | KREZ-TV | 6.2 | |||||
| Bismarck, North Dakota | KXMB-TV | 12.2 | The CW Plus | Antenna TV | |||
| KBMY | 17.2 | True Crime Network | CBS | ||||
| Rapid City, South Dakota | KNBN | 21.2 | MyNetworkTV | ||||
| KCLO-TV | 15.2 | The CW Plus | Independent | ||||
| September 1 | St. Louis, Missouri | KMOV | 32.1 | MyNetworkTV | ABC | See KDNL entry in "Stations changing network affiliations" | |
| Nashville, Tennessee | WNPX-TV | 28.5 | Ion Plus | Outlaw | |||
| West Palm Beach, Florida | WPXP-TV | 67.7 | HSN2 | QVC 365 | |||
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WPXL-TV | 49.8 | |||||
| Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KPXD-TV | 68.7 | |||||
| Salt Lake City, Utah | KUPX-TV | 16.9 | |||||
| Peoria–Bloomington–Normal, Illinois | WMBD-TV | 31.3 | Laff | Grit | |||
| Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, Texas | KGBT-TV | 4.2 | Rewind TV | MyNetworkTV | See KGBT-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations" | ||
| 4.4 | Estrella TV | Antenna TV | |||||
| September 4 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KGEB | 53.2 | Shop LC | Jewelry TV |
Station closures
| Date | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Market | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 | WEIU-TV | 51.1 | Educational independent | Charleston, Illinois | 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 continues online after that date. | [897] |
Deaths
Notes
- The Seattle Mariners also had 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.
- KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas, WFLX in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ion Television, Grit, and Bounce TV were not affected from the dispute as they were carried on a different contract.
- "The Edible Arrangement", which aired on February 15 two weeks earlier, was publicized as the 450th episode.