Eternally Yours is a 2026 vampire sitcom from Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, the creative duo behind the hit CBS comedy Ghosts. Airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+, it applies the warm, broad family-comedy sensibility that made their adaptation of Ghosts a staple to a household of centuries-old vampires living in the modern world.
The series centers on Charles and Liz, a vampire couple who have been married for five hundred years and now share a present-day Seattle home with their coven. Their once-passionate marriage has gone stale with the centuries, and everything is upended when their daughter Emma's very human boyfriend Max moves into their lives, forcing the ancient pair to reckon with whether their love can survive eternity. Ed Weeks and Allegra Edwards lead as Charles and Liz, with Jaren Lewison as Max and Helen J. Shen as Emma.
Premiering October 8, 2026, in the Thursday-night slot long held by Ghosts, Eternally Yours extends Port and Wiseman's brand of supernatural domestic comedy to a new undead family. Trent O'Donnell, a key Ghosts director, helmed the premiere, grounding the fangs-and-forever premise in the same relatable marital bickering. It is streaming on Paramount+.
Bait is a surreal, sharply personal comedy created by and starring Riz Ahmed, released on Prime Video. A British-American meta-satire, it unfolds over four days in the life of a British Pakistani actor who lands the audition of a lifetime, a shot at playing James Bond, and promptly spirals into a crisis of identity, representation and self-worth as the opportunity collides with public backlash and family expectations.
Ahmed anchors the show with a raw, comic performance, supported by a cast that includes Guz Khan, Ritu Arya and Sheeba Chaddha, and the series is unafraid to break from realism, filtering its protagonist's shame and ambition through flights of absurdist fancy. The tone swings between tender character study and outright strangeness, using the trappings of a career-defining audition to interrogate how a public persona and a private self drift apart.
Premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival before arriving on Prime Video, Bait earned strong reviews for Ahmed's fearless turn and its compassionate, humor-filled dissection of ambition and shame. Inventive and unlike almost anything else on television, Bait is streaming on Prime Video.
The Bear Season 4 continues FX's acclaimed, high-intensity comedy-drama from creator Christopher Storer, following a fine-dining chef who returns home to Chicago to run his late brother's chaotic sandwich shop. One of the most decorated series of its era, the show has swept the Emmys in the comedy categories and built a devoted following for its kinetic style and raw emotional stakes.
Jeremy Allen White returns as Carmy Berzatto, alongside Ayo Edebiri as chef Sydney and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the volatile Cousin Richie, as the team fights to keep their ambitious restaurant financially afloat while the pressure tests every relationship in the kitchen. The season's deep ensemble and guest cast include a final television performance from Rob Reiner as a business consultant.
All ten episodes dropped at once on FX and Hulu in June 2025, drawing strong reviews at around 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and marking a rebound from the more divisive third season. Praised in particular for its stripped-down, theatrical finale, the season reaffirmed the show's place among television's most ambitious character studies. Streaming on Hulu.
Youth is a 2026 HBO comedy created by, written by, and starring Sharon Horgan, the Irish writer-performer behind Catastrophe and the Emmy-nominated Bad Sisters. It is a sharp, bittersweet midlife comedy about a woman rebuilding her life on multiple fronts at once.
Horgan plays Alex, a fifty-year-old divorcee thrown back into the worlds of dating and desire just as she is raising her teenage son and taking on the care of her aging parents — the classic "sandwich generation" squeeze, mined here for both laughs and ache. Rupert Friend, Sharlene Whyte, and Aran Murphy co-star, with Harriet Walter, Anne Reid, and Freddie Fox among the ensemble. The series is a production of Merman, the company Horgan co-founded, and every episode is directed by Dawn Shadforth.
Premiering September 20, 2026 and rolling out weekly across eight episodes, Youth arrived with the pedigree of one of television's most reliable comic voices and a marquee slot on HBO's schedule. It is streaming on HBO Max.
Brothers is a 2026 Apple TV+ comedy that turns one of Hollywood's most famous friendships into a meta odd-couple sitcom. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star as heightened, fictionalized versions of themselves, real-life best friends who end up living together and confronting a wild possibility: that they might actually be half-brothers.
When Harrelson's screen life falls apart, the two decamp to McConaughey's Texas ranch, where the collision of their opposite temperaments — and the hunt for the truth about their possible blood tie — drives the comedy. Holland Taylor, Natalie Martinez, and Brittany Ishibashi co-star. The series was created by McConaughey, Harrelson, and Schitt's Creek writer David West Read, with Lee Eisenberg serving as showrunner.
Premiering September 23, 2026 with eight episodes rolling out weekly, Brothers drew mixed-to-warm reviews: critics singled out the effortless chemistry between its two leads even when they found the show around them slight. It is streaming on Apple TV+.
A Different World is Netflix's 2026 continuation of the beloved 1987–1993 sitcom, itself a spin-off of The Cosby Show that became a landmark portrait of life at a historically Black college. The revival returns to the fictional Hillman College and hands the story to a new generation while welcoming back many of the faces that made the original a cultural touchstone.
Newcomer Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah Wayne, the college-age daughter of Dwayne Wayne and Whitley Gilbert-Wayne, as she begins her freshman year and tries to forge her own identity out from under her famous parents' shadow. Kadeem Hardison and Jasmine Guy reprise their signature roles as Dwayne and Whitley, with Cree Summer returning as Freddie Brooks and Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson; Jada Pinkett Smith also returns in her original-series role. Felicia Pride serves as showrunner, with original-series director Debbie Allen back behind the camera and as an executive producer.
Premiering September 24, 2026, the ten-episode first season updates the original's HBCU setting for a Gen Z student body, drawing generally favorable reviews for its warm, legacy-minded ensemble while inviting inevitable comparisons to its predecessor. It is streaming on Netflix.
Chad Powers Season 2 is the six-episode continuation of Hulu’s sports comedy, released in full on September 3, 2026. Glen Powell returns as former college quarterback Russ Holliday, who rebuilt his career by hiding beneath prosthetics and joining the struggling South Georgia Catfish as the eccentric Chad Powers. The new season begins with Russ’s secret under greater pressure: Ricky knows who he is, Gerry remains suspicious, and the Catfish are trying to survive the regular season and reach the College Football Playoff. Perry Mattfeld, Quentin Plair, Wynn Everett, Frankie A. Rodriguez and Steve Zahn return alongside Powell, while Gillian Jacobs, Colin Woodell, Carey O’Donnell and Nate Varrone join as guest stars. Powell and Michael Waldron co-created the half-hour series; Tony Yacenda serves as director and executive producer, while Eli Manning is among its executive producers. The premise expands the undercover quarterback character Manning introduced in a 2022 ESPN segment, but the scripted series follows Russ’s continuing double life and its consequences for his team. This page covers Season 2; start with our Chad Powers series guide for the first season.
Where to watch (checked October 9, 2026): All six episodes of Chad Powers Season 2 are streaming on Hulu in the United States. Hulu availability and subscription requirements vary by location.
Official sources: Hulu Season 2 guide; Hulu Press show page.
The Paper returns for its second season on Peacock, continuing the mockumentary comedy set in the same universe as The Office. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, the series follows the very documentary crew that once immortalized Dunder Mifflin as they keep their cameras trained on a new subject: the Toledo Truth Teller, a withering Midwestern newspaper fighting to stay alive.
Domhnall Gleeson returns as earnest editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, alongside Sabrina Impacciatore as managing editor Esmeralda Grand and Oscar Nuñez, reprising accountant Oscar Martinez from the original Office. Season 2 deepens the ensemble of volunteer reporters and newsroom eccentrics, with Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, and Alex Edelman among the returning staff, and a run of guest turns from comic ringers including Jon Lovitz and Andy Richter.
The first season won warm reviews for finding its own rhythm while honoring the DNA of its predecessor, and Peacock renewed it well ahead of the second season's arrival. By anchoring its workplace comedy to a dying local newspaper, the show keeps a bittersweet, timely edge beneath the laughs. The Paper Season 2 premiered on September 9, 2026, and is streaming on Peacock.
