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+.
Étoile is a comedy-drama from Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, the married creative team behind Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Set in the rarefied world of professional ballet, the series follows two storied but struggling dance companies — one in New York, one in Paris — that hatch an audacious plan to survive: they will swap some of their most gifted stars for a season, hoping the exchange generates the publicity and artistic spark each institution desperately needs.
Luke Kirby and Charlotte Gainsbourg lead as the harried directors on either side of the Atlantic, with Gideon Glick, Lou de Laâge, Simon Callow, and newcomer Taïs Vinolo among the dancers and staff swept up in the scheme. True to the Palladinos' signature style, the show pairs rapid-fire, literate dialogue with a genuine reverence for its milieu, casting real professional dancers and staging extended performance sequences alongside its backstage comedy.
Released on Prime Video in the spring of 2025, Étoile was mounted as an ambitious, bilingual production shot across two countries. Despite an initial two-season order, Prime Video ultimately declined to continue the series beyond its first season, leaving its single run as a distinctive, globe-spanning ode to the art form. It streams on Prime Video.
Leanne is a multi-camera Netflix sitcom built around stand-up comedian Leanne Morgan, who created the series with television legend Chuck Lorre and writer Susan McMartin. A deliberate throwback to classic broadcast sitcoms, complete with a studio-audience feel, it channels Morgan's warm, Southern comic voice into a story of starting over in midlife.
Morgan stars as a Tennessee woman whose husband of more than three decades abruptly leaves her for another woman, forcing her to rebuild her life with the help of her tart-tongued, twice-divorced sister (Kristen Johnston) and her close-knit family. Celia Weston, Blake Clark, and Ryan Stiles round out an ensemble that leans into big, relatable laughs about marriage, family, and second acts.
Netflix released all sixteen first-season episodes at once in July 2025, and the show's easygoing charm and Morgan's likability earned it a 71% Rotten Tomatoes score. The streamer's confidence was immediate: it renewed the series for a second season barely a month after the premiere.
Government Cheese is a surreal family comedy created by Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr for Apple TV+, set in the San Fernando Valley in 1969. Whimsical and visually stylized, the series filters an African American family's story through a dreamlike, almost fable-like sensibility that sets it apart from conventional period sitcoms.
David Oyelowo stars as Hampton Chambers, a dreamer and recently released ex-convict who returns home determined to reinvent himself as an inventor, pinning his hopes on a self-sharpening drill he calls the "Bit Magician." But the family he left behind has moved on without him, and his comeback is complicated by debts, dangerous acquaintances, and moments of seemingly divine intervention. Simone Missick plays his wife Astoria, with Bokeem Woodbine among the supporting cast.
Premiering in April 2025, Government Cheese earned generally favorable reviews, holding a 73% Rotten Tomatoes score, with critics praising its offbeat writing and warm, tangy performances even when its tone proved divisive. It stands as one of the more idiosyncratic comedies in the Apple TV+ catalog.
Wonder Man is a Marvel Studios series that trades the usual superhero spectacle for a sharp, affectionate satire of Hollywood itself. Created by Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest, with Cretton directing the opening episodes, it plays less like a comic-book epic than a wry showbiz comedy about ambition, ego, and the strange machinery of modern moviemaking.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as Simon Williams, a struggling actor with a secret store of ionic energy powers who is chasing the role of a lifetime: the lead in an in-universe reboot of a superhero film called Wonder Man. Ben Kingsley returns as the gloriously hammy actor Trevor Slattery, last seen in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, guiding Simon through a world of auditions, agents, and self-sabotage.
Released in early 2026 with all episodes at once, Wonder Man debuted at number one on Disney+ across dozens of countries and drew strong reviews as a fresh, low-key change of pace for the franchise. Reportedly made on one of the leanest budgets of any Marvel series, it is streaming on Disney+.
Stick is an easygoing, warmhearted sports comedy from Apple TV+ that feels tailor-made for Owen Wilson's laid-back charm. Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, a former professional golfer whose career flamed out decades ago and whose life has since drifted into disrepair — a marriage in tatters, a job selling equipment at a sporting-goods store, and a lot of unfinished business with himself. When he stumbles upon a raw, extraordinarily gifted teenager on a driving range, he sees one last chance to matter, and talks his way into becoming the kid's unofficial coach.
Created by Jason Keller, the series follows Pryce and the prickly prodigy Santi (Peter Dager) as they hit the road chasing amateur tournaments, assembling a makeshift family of misfits along the way. Marc Maron is a highlight as Pryce's acerbic best friend and caddie, with Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, and Judy Greer rounding out the ensemble, and Timothy Olyphant turning up in a memorable supporting turn. Beneath the easy laughs, the show is really about second chances, mentorship, and learning to forgive yourself.
Critics welcomed Stick as ideal summer comfort viewing — gentle, character-driven, and anchored by Wilson's effortless likability — and Apple renewed it for a second season within weeks of its debut. It is the kind of unhurried, feel-good series streaming does not make often enough. Stick is streaming on Apple TV+.
Boots is a Netflix comedy-drama series created by Andy Parker, adapted from Greg Cope White's memoir The Pink Marine. Set in 1990, it follows a directionless young man who impulsively joins the United States Marine Corps alongside his best friend and must survive the brutal crucible of boot camp while carrying a secret about who he is. Executive produced by the legendary Norman Lear in one of his final projects, it balances raw military rigor with warmth and humor.
Miles Heizer stars as Cameron Cope, an aimless teenager with no obvious prospects who signs up largely on a whim and finds himself utterly unprepared for the punishing world of Marine training. Vera Farmiga plays his loving but overbearing mother, and Max Parker, Liam Oh, and Angus O'Brien fill out the ensemble of recruits and drill instructors who become Cameron's unlikely found family. The series mines both comedy and genuine drama from the pressure cooker of basic training and the secrets its recruits carry.
Critics responded enthusiastically, and the show earned a strong 92% Rotten Tomatoes score along with a top-ten streaming run, praised for its heart, its period specificity, and Heizer's grounded lead performance. Though Netflix ultimately did not renew it beyond its first season, Boots was widely embraced as a standout dramedy. It streams on Netflix.
Chad Powers is a Hulu sports comedy series co-created by and starring Glen Powell, expanding a viral comedy bit into a full six-episode showcase for one of Hollywood's fastest-rising stars. Developed by Powell with Michael Waldron, the writer behind Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the series premiered in September 2025 and leans fully into big-hearted, broad sports-movie comedy.
Powell plays Russ Holliday, a spectacularly arrogant college quarterback whose career self-destructs in a moment of infamy that makes him a national punchline. Years later, desperate for redemption and unrecognizable under heavy prosthetics, he reinvents himself as Chad Powers, an earnest, goofy walk-on who tries out for a struggling college football team without anyone knowing who he really is. As Chad becomes the heart of the team, Russ must reckon with the ego that ruined him. Steve Zahn and Perry Mattfeld co-star.
The show grew out of a character Powell originally created with Eli Manning for an ESPN Eli's Places segment, in which Manning donned a disguise to secretly try out for a college team. Audiences responded warmly to the series' underdog charm and Powell's game, prosthetic-aided performance, and Hulu renewed it for a second season. Chad Powers is streaming on Hulu.
