2026 TV Premiere Calendar: Outer Banks, Rings of Power
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- Deadline published its annual, daily-updated list of 2026 premiere dates for hundreds of new and returning broadcast, cable, and streaming series spanning August through December and beyond, with many dates still listed as TBA.
- Netflix anchors August 20 with 'Outer Banks' Season 5 — billed as its final season — plus new dramas 'Blood Sacrifice' and 'S&X,' then adds 'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' Season 4 (Sept 17) and 'The Golden Ticket' (Sept 23).
- Apple TV+ stacks 'Dark Matter' Season 2 (Aug 28), 'Slow Horses' Season 6 (Sept 16), new drama 'Last Seen' (Sept 9), comedy 'Brothers' (Sept 23), and 'Nocturne' (Oct 30) into the fall slate.
- Broadcast networks launch the traditional fall schedule: ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 35 (Sept 15), 'Grey's Anatomy' Season 23 and '9-1-1' Season 10 (Oct 15); CBS's 'Survivor' Season 51 (Sept 23) and '60 Minutes' Season 59 (Sept 13); NBC's 'The Voice' Season 30 (Sept 21) and the live Primetime Emmy Awards (Sept 14).
- Prime Video anchors the November slate with 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 3 (Nov 11), 'The Chosen' Season 6 (Nov 15), and 'Blade Runner 2099' (Nov 25).
- NFL and college football saturate September: college football debuts August 29 across ABC, NBC/Peacock, ESPN, Fox, and The CW; the NFL regular season opens September 9-13 across CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN/ABC, and Prime Video's Thursday Night Football.
- Disney+ books 'VisionQuest' (Oct 14), 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Season 3 (Nov 20), and 'Rivals' Season 2B (November TBA), while the revival era brings 'Scrubs' Season 2 to ABC (Sept 30) and 'A Different World' to Netflix (Sept 24).
Why it matters: Netflix leans on returning franchises (Outer Banks final season, Monster), Apple TV+ stacks prestige drama (Dark Matter, Slow Horses, Brothers), and Prime Video bets on tentpole IP (Rings of Power S3, Blade Runner 2099). The NFL's five-network launch across Sept 9-13 is the calendar's densest weekend — five partners splitting one sport's audience.
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