| List of years in American television: |
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| 2025–26 United States network television schedule |
| 2026–27 United States network television schedule |
| List of American television programs currently in production |
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.
| Date | Event | Ref. |
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| 11 | The 83rd Golden Globe Awards will air on CBS from The Beverly Hilton with Nikki Glaser as host. | [1] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS from Crypto.com Arena. | [2] |
| 6–22 | The 2026 Winter Olympics will air on NBC and its streaming service Peacock. | [3] |
| 8 | Super Bowl LX will be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara and will air on NBC along with Spanish language coverage on Telemundo and streaming on Peacock. Mike Tirico will become the second African-American sportscaster to call the game after Greg Gumbel. | [4] [5] [6] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 32nd Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Netflix. | [7] |
| 15 | The 98th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ABC. Conan O'Brien will return to host. | [8] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 18–19 | WrestleMania 42 will broadcast from the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on ESPN. It will be the only second time WrestleMania will be held at the same venue in consecutive years, after WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V in 1988 and 1989, which were held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. | [9] [10] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end its 11-year run and with it CBS will discontinue its franchise originating with David Letterman in 1993. CBS cites the cancellation was due to financial reasons and a decline in advertising revenue for its late-night programming. The move comes one year after CBS canceled After Midnight (which aired in the slot following The Late Show) and sold that airtime to Byron Allen for Comics Unleashed . | [11] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 11–July 19 | 2026 FIFA World Cup will take place. It will be the 23rd edition of the tournament but the first to feature 48 teams. It will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations and the first North American World Cup since 1994. It is scheduled to air on Fox along Spanish language coverage on Telemundo. | [12] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 | The Walt Disney Company will air a 24-hour simulcast across several of its linear networks and streaming services (including Disney+, Hulu, and ABC) to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial. David Muir will present the daylong coverage. | [13] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 8 | His & Hers | Netflix | [14] |
| January 15 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ | [15] [16] |
| January 18 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | HBO | [17] [18] [19] |
| January 27 | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [20] [21] |
| January | Harlan Coben's Final Twist | CBS | [22] |
| The Beauty | FX | [23] | |
| Memory of a Killer | Fox | [24] | |
| Best Medicine | [25] | ||
| February 2 | Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [26] [27] |
| February 20 | Strip Law | Netflix | [28] |
| February | Love Story | FX | [29] |
| Vanished | MGM+ | [30] | |
| March 22 | The Faithful | Fox | [31] [32] |
| Early | Guy's Flavortown Games | Food Network/HBO Max | [33] |
| Lanterns | HBO | [34] [35] | |
| Spring | America's Culinary Cup | CBS | [22] |
| Y: Marshals | |||
| Summer | Elle | Amazon Prime Video | [36] |
| Late | VisionQuest | Disney+ | [37] [38] [21] |
| TBA | Spider-Noir | MGM+ | [39] |
| Blade Runner 2099 | Amazon Prime Video | [40] | |
| Maul – Shadow Lord | Disney+ | [41] | |
| Star Wars: Visions Presents | [42] | ||
| Half Man | HBO | [43] | |
| Mating Season | Netflix | [44] | |
| The Boroughs | [45] [46] | ||
| Something Very Bad is Going to Happen | [46] | ||
| Hollywood Arts | [47] | ||
| Stranger Things: Tales From '85 | [48] | ||
| Love Overboard | Hulu | [49] | |
| Rabbit Hole | [50] | ||
| CIA | CBS | [51] [52] | |
| Hey AJ | Disney Jr. | [53] [54] | |
| Coven Academy | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [55] | |
| Bachelor Mansion Takeover | HGTV | [56] | |
| Home Town: Inn This Together | [57] | ||
| Property Brothers: Under Pressure | [58] | ||
| Botched Homes | [59] | ||
| Neighborhood Watch | |||
| World's Bargain Dream Homes | |||
| Super Why's Comic Book Adventures | PBS Kids | [27] | |
| Anna Pigeon | USA Network | [60] | |
| The Audacity | AMC | [61] | |
| Untitled Snowfall spinoff | FX/Hulu | [62] |
| Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of Villains | E! | Peacock | [63] |
| American Dad! | TBS | Fox | [64] [65] |
| Pop Culture Jeopardy! | Amazon Prime Video | Netflix | [66] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| June | Untitled ABC News Studios primetime special | ABC | [13] |
| TBA | Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | Disney+/Disney Channel | [67] |
| Untitled Marvel's Spidey and Iron Man special | Disney Jr. | [54] | |
| Untitled Paw Patrol specials | Nickelodeon | [68] | |
| Untitled The Muppet Show reboot special | Disney+ | [69] | |
| Untitled Earth, Wind & Fire documentary | HBO | [70] |
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 1,000th episode | TBA | February | [ citation needed ] |
| The Simpsons | Fox | 800th episode | [71] | ||
| Family Guy | 450th episode | TBA | [72] | ||
| American Dad! | 400th episode | [73] | |||
| The Muppet Show | Disney+ | 50th anniversary | [69] |
| Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fear Factor (as Fear Factor: House of Fear) | 2018 | Revival | MTV | Fox | January | [74] |
| Scrubs | 2010 | ABC | same | February 25 | [75] | |
| The Big Break | 2015 | Golf Channel | August | [76] | ||
| The Comeback | 2014 | New season | HBO | TBA | [77] | |
| Sofia the First (as Sofia the First: Royal Magic) | 2018 | Revival | Disney Jr. | [78] [79] |
| End date | Show | Channel | First aired | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Power Book IV: Force | Starz | 2022 | Ending | [80] [81] |
| May | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | CBS | 2015 | Canceled | [82] [83] [84] |
| TBA | The Comeback | HBO | 2005 | Ending | [77] |
| Ridiculousness | MTV | 2011 | Canceled | [85] | |
| Outlander | Starz | 2014 | Ending | [86] [87] | |
| All American | The CW | 2018 | [88] | ||
| The Neighborhood | CBS | [89] | |||
| Good Omens | Amazon Prime Video | 2019 | [90] [91] | ||
| The Boys | [92] | ||||
| Outer Banks | Netflix | 2020 | [93] | ||
| Yellowjackets | Showtime | 2021 | [94] | ||
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Netflix | 2024 | [95] [96] | ||
Notes:
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 |
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| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
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| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
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| Network/ service | Type | End date | Notes | Source |
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| Hulu [a] | Over-the-top streaming service | TBA | On August 6, 2025, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would be shutting down its standalone Hulu app sometime during the following year; with plans to fully merge Hulu with Disney+, though it will remain as its own brand as a part of that service. | [99] |
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