| 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. |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The spinoff of cable channels previously owned by NBCUniversal (among them CNBC, MS NOW, 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 capture of its president, 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 Congress, at President Donald Trump's urging, passed a rescission act 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 will 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 upcoming 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 in 2005 to Washington, D.C, 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] |
| 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. | [11] |
| 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. | [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
| 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 will partner with MLB Local Media for production and distribution of their local telecasts beginning in 2026. The Detroit Tigers would follow suit on February 9, announcing both they and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, both of which are owned by Ilitch Holdings, will join MLB Local Media. | [17] [18] |
| 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 would mark the first time that Guthrie and Melvin missed NBC's Olympics coverage since 2014 and 2016 respectively. | [19] |
| 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 latter game (the first gold medal for the men's Team USA since 1980) drawing 26 million American viewers, ranking among the most-watched hockey telecasts in American history, while the women's contest peaked at over 7 million viewers during its overtime period, a record for a women's hockey telecast. | [20] [21] [22] |
| 8 | The Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots 29–13 to win Super Bowl LX, which is 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. | [23] [24] [25] |
| 11 | On the day Rehab Addict was scheduled to return on HGTV with new episodes, the network announces the show's immediate cancellation and pulling 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. | [26] |
| Charter Communications announces it will purchase New England Cable News from NBCUniversal, and that it will merge NECN's operations with its existing Spectrum News channels in New England (including those in Massachusetts and Maine) under the new name Spectrum News NECN. | [27] | |
| 13 | Following the death of James Van Der Beek due to colorectal cancer, Fox announces it will re-air 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 visible throughout the broadcast to encourage viewers to donate to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. | [28] |
| 16 | Anderson Cooper ends his tenure as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after he'd been contributing to the news program since 2006. His decision comes amidst turbulence within CBS's news division. | [29] |
| 26 | Hours after the board of Warner Bros. Discovery declares an increased competing bid by Paramount Skydance superior, Netflix, Inc. announces it will decline to add to the $83 billion purchase price it struck in a December 2025 agreement with WBD and not match Paramount's bid. It clears the way, pending regulatory approval, for Paramount to acquire all of WBD including its film & TV production operations and cable networks including CNN, TBS, and TNT (Netflix had sought to acquire just WBD's film & 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). | [30] |
| 28 | While anchoring CNN and CNN International's overnight breaking news coverage on the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, via 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. | [31] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) stream live on Netflix. | [32] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | The 98th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on ABC. Conan O'Brien will return to host. | [33] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 18–19 | WrestleMania 42 will broadcast from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on ESPN. It was originally set to be held in New Orleans, but was moved to Las Vegas. 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 Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. | [34] [35] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 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 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 comes 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 . | [36] [37] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | The 79th Tony Awards will air on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall. | [38] |
| 11–July 19 | 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held. 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. | [39] |
| 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. | [40] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on NBC from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. | [41] |
| Date | Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | 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 has been a television tradition that dates to 1956 but had been exclusive to cable television from 1999 to early 2026. MeTV will air The Wizard of Oz several times as part of its Halloween lineup. | [42] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Cult of the Real Housewife | TLC | [43] |
| Second Chance Love | Hallmark+ | [44] | |
| Crime in Progress | A&E | [45] | |
| January 3 | Donkey King | ABC | [46] |
| January 4 | Best Medicine | Fox | [47] [48] [49] |
| January 5 | Baking Championship: Next Gen | Food Network | [50] |
| January 6 | The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story | Investigation Discovery | [51] |
| January 7 | Harlan Coben's Final Twist | CBS | [52] [53] |
| Leader's Playbook | CNBC | [54] | |
| January 8 | His & Hers | Netflix | [55] |
| The Valley: Persian Style | Bravo | [56] | |
| January 10 | Maxxed Out | OWN | [57] |
| January 13 | Hey A.J.! | Disney Jr. | [58] [59] |
| Suddenly Amish | TLC | [60] | |
| Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger | Investigation Discovery | [61] | |
| Pole to Pole with Will Smith | Disney+ | [62] | |
| January 14 | Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV | ABC | [63] |
| January 15 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Paramount+ | [64] [65] |
| Ponies | Peacock | [66] | |
| January 17 | Iyanla: The Inside Fix | OWN | [67] |
| January 18 | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | HBO | [68] [69] [70] |
| The Hillside Strangler | MGM+ | [71] | |
| The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins | NBC | [72] [73] [74] | |
| January 19 | 120 Hours Behind Bars | Discovery Channel | [75] |
| January 20 | Handsome Devil: Charming Killer | Paramount+ | [76] [77] |
| January 21 | The Beauty | FX/Hulu | [78] [79] |
| January 22 | Free Bert | Netflix | [80] [81] |
| Finding Her Edge | [82] | ||
| Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! | HBO | [83] | |
| January 25 | Memory of a Killer | Fox | [84] [48] [49] |
| It's Not Like That | Amazon Prime Video | [85] | |
| January 26 | History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames | History Channel | [86] |
| January 27 | Wonder Man | Disney+ | [87] [88] |
| January 30 | On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing | ESPN | [89] |
| February 1 | Rise of the 49ers | AMC/AMC+ | [90] |
| Vanished | MGM+ | [91] [92] | |
| February 2 | Phoebe & Jay | PBS Kids | [93] [94] |
| February 3 | Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History | PBS | [95] |
| February 4 | The Coach Vick Experience | BET | [96] |
| February 6 | The White House | Fox Nation | [97] |
| February 8 | The 'Burbs | Peacock | [98] [99] [100] |
| February 11 | Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League | ESPN | [101] |
| The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story | Hulu | [102] | |
| February 12 | Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association | Amazon Prime Video | [103] |
| Love Story | FX/Hulu | [104] [105] | |
| February 13 | Neighbors | HBO | [106] |
| February 15 | Love, Ted Bundy | Oxygen | [107] |
| February 16 | Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model | Netflix | [108] [109] |
| February 18 | 56 Days | Amazon Prime Video | [110] |
| Wild Boys: Strangers in Town | Paramount+ | [111] | |
| February 19 | Murder in Glitterball City | HBO | [112] |
| Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman | Hulu | [113] | |
| February 20 | Strip Law | Netflix | [114] |
| February 22 | History's Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe | History Channel | [115] |
| February 23 | CIA | CBS | [116] [117] [53] |
| The CEO Club | Amazon Prime Video | [118] | |
| February 25 | The Greatest Average American | ABC | [119] |
| February 26 | The Gray House | Amazon Prime Video | [120] |
| March 1 | Marshals | CBS | [52] [53] |
| American Classic | MGM+ | [121] | |
| DTF St. Louis | HBO | [122] | |
| Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown | CNN | [123] | |
| March 2 | Bachelor Mansion Takeover | HGTV | [124] [125] |
| Wild Vacation Rentals | [126] | ||
| BeddyByes | Disney Jr. | [127] | |
| Bedtime Stories with Ryan | Nick Jr. | [128] | |
| March 3 | RJ Decker | ABC/Hulu | [129] [130] |
| March 4 | America's Culinary Cup | CBS | [52] [53] |
| Flavortown Food Fight | Food Network | [131] | |
| Dirty Rotten Scandals | E! | [132] | |
| Body Bizarre | TLC | [133] | |
| March 5 | Vladimir | Netflix | [134] |
| Predator Hunters | A&E | [135] | |
| This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga | AMC+ | [136] | |
| March 6 | Friends Like These | Disney+/Hulu | [137] |
| March 8 | Rooster | HBO | [138] [139] |
| March 9 | The Ultimate Baking Championship | Food Network | [140] |
| March 11 | Scarpetta | Amazon Prime Video | [141] |
| Age of Attraction | Netflix | [142] | |
| March 13 | Dynasty: The Murdochs | [143] | |
| Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars | ABC | [144] | |
| March 14 | The Madison | Paramount+ | [145] |
| March 15 | Rooster Fighter | Adult Swim | [146] [147] |
| Property Brothers: Under Pressure | HGTV | [148] [149] | |
| March 18 | Imperfect Women | Apple TV | [150] |
| Bad Foot Clinic | TLC | [133] | |
| March 19 | That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer | Freeform | [151] |
| March 21 | Hope Valley: 1874 | Hallmark+ | [152] [153] |
| March 22 | The Faithful | Fox | [154] [155] |
| Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia | CNN | [156] | |
| March 23 | Magicampers | Disney Jr. | [127] |
| March 26 | Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen | Netflix | [157] [158] |
| March 27 | Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time | PBS | [159] |
| April 2 | The Real Housewives of Rhode Island | Bravo | [160] [161] |
| April 4 | Made for March | Paramount+ | [162] |
| April 6 | Maul – Shadow Lord | Disney+ | [163] [164] |
| Foul Play with Anthony Davis | TBS | [165] | |
| April 8 | The Testaments | Hulu | [166] [167] |
| April 9 | The Miniature Wife | Peacock | [168] |
| April 12 | The Audacity | AMC/AMC+ | [169] [170] |
| April 15 | Margo's Got Money Troubles | Apple TV | [171] |
| One Day in my Body | TLC | [133] | |
| April 20 | Kevin | Amazon Prime Video | [172] |
| April 23 | Stranger Things: Tales from '85 | Netflix | [173] [174] |
| Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries | UPtv | [175] | |
| April 29 | Widow's Bay | Apple TV | [176] [177] [178] |
| Early | Guy's Flavortown Games | Food Network/HBO Max | [179] |
| Lanterns | HBO | [180] [181] | |
| David: King of Israel | Fox Nation | [182] | |
| May 7 | M.I.A. | Peacock | [183] |
| May 13 | The Great American Road Rally: Celebrity Edition | The CW | [184] |
| The Face Doctors | TLC | [133] | |
| May 20 | Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed | Apple TV | [185] |
| May 21 | The Boroughs | Netflix | [186] [157] [187] |
| May 22 | Mating Season | [188] [189] | |
| May 25 | Spider-Noir | MGM+ | [190] [191] [192] |
| May | Mom's the Bride | Hallmark+ | [193] |
| Off Campus | Amazon Prime Video | [194] | |
| Spring | Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever | CNN | [195] |
| June 5 | Cape Fear | Apple TV | [196] |
| July 1 | Elle | Amazon Prime Video | [197] [198] |
| July 8 | ER: Off the Charts | TLC | [133] |
| July 15 | Lucky | Apple TV | [199] |
| Summer | Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro | Hulu | [200] |
| October 6 | Bass X Machina | Netflix | [201] |
| Late | In The City | Bravo | [202] |
| VisionQuest | Disney+ | [203] [204] [88] | |
| Untitled Alix Earle reality show | Netflix | [205] | |
| The Real Wolf of Wall Street | Paramount+ | [206] | |
| Untitled Universal Music Group docuseries | CNN | [207] | |
| Craig Ferguson: American On Purpose | [208] | ||
| TBA | Blade Runner 2099 | Amazon Prime Video | [209] |
| Star Wars: Visions Presents | Disney+ | [210] | |
| Stuart Fails to Save the Universe | HBO Max | [211] | |
| Calabasas Confidential | Netflix | [212] | |
| Hollywood Arts | [213] | ||
| The Undertow | [214] [215] | ||
| Little House on the Prairie | [216] [217] | ||
| The Witness | [214] [218] | ||
| Golf | [219] [220] | ||
| DANG! | [221] | ||
| Love Overboard | Hulu | [222] | |
| Rabbit Hole | [223] | ||
| Coven Academy | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [224] | |
| Home Town: Inn This Together | HGTV | [225] | |
| Botched Homes | [226] | ||
| Neighborhood Watch | |||
| World's Bargain Dream Homes | |||
| Super Why's Comic Book Adventures | PBS Kids | [94] | |
| Anna Pigeon | USA Network | [227] | |
| Untitled Snowfall spinoff | FX/Hulu | [228] | |
| Go-Go Mystery Machine | Cartoon Network | [229] | |
| Golden Axe | Comedy Central | [230] | |
| High Value Target | TNT | [231] [232] | |
| The Savant | Apple TV | [233] [234] | |
| Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou | Great American Pure Flix | [235] | |
| Adam's Law | Syndication | [236] | |
| American Mayhem | [237] | ||
| Saban | ESPN | [238] | |
| The Golden Life | E! | [239] |
| Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of Villains | E! | Peacock | [240] |
| American Dad! | TBS | Fox | [241] [242] |
| Pop Culture Jeopardy! | Amazon Prime Video | Netflix | [243] |
| Sunday Night Baseball | ESPN/ESPN2 | NBC/Peacock | [244] |
| MLB Sunday Leadoff | The Roku Channel | ||
| TNA Impact! | AXS TV | AMC/AMC+ | [245] |
| Dana White's Contender Series | ESPN+ | Paramount+ | [246] |
| The Ultimate Fighter | |||
| Jury Duty | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | [247] |
| First aired | Title | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | CNN | [248] |
| January 3 | Stolen Girl | Lifetime | [249] |
| Lost in Paradise | Hallmark Channel | [250] | |
| January 8 | Golden Eve | CBS | [251] |
| January 10 | A Melbourne Match | Hallmark Channel | [250] |
| Accused: The Karen Read Story | Lifetime | [249] | |
| January 16 | Phineas and Ferb: VENDPOCALYPSE: THE MUSICAL | Disney Channel | [252] |
| January 17 | I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco | Lifetime | [249] |
| Love on the Amazon | Hallmark Channel | [250] | |
| January 22 | Disneyland Handcrafted | Disney+ | [253] |
| January 24 | Caught by Love | Hallmark Channel | [250] |
| Skyscraper Live | Netflix | [254] | |
| January 30 | Paw Patrol: Rocky's Cat-astrophe | Nickelodeon | [255] [256] |
| January 31 | Missing the Boat | Hallmark Channel | [250] |
| Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love | Lifetime | [257] | |
| February 3 | The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event | ABC | [258] |
| February 4 | The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen | ABC/Disney+ | [259] [260] |
| Is It Cake? Valentines | Netflix | [261] [262] | |
| February 7 | The Way to You | Hallmark Channel | [263] |
| February 12 | Huz: Drawn to Life | PBS | [264] |
| February 14 | Because of Cupid | Hallmark Channel | [263] |
| The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story | Lifetime | [265] | |
| February 17 | John and Carolyn – Love, Beauty and Loss | ABC | [266] |
| February 18 | Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words | BET | [267] |
| February 19 | Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special | Disney Channel | [268] |
| TMZ Presents: Michael Jackson: 30 Fatal Seconds | Fox | [269] | |
| February 21 | The Stars Between Us | Hallmark Channel | [263] |
| Double Double Trouble | Lifetime | [265] | |
| A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey | CNN | [270] | |
| February 27 | Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace | HBO | [271] |
| February 28 | Romance at Hope Ranch | Hallmark Channel | [263] |
| Pushed off a Plane and Survived | Lifetime | [265] | |
| March 7 | Vanished In an Instant | ||
| Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hallmark Channel | [272] | |
| March 10 | Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare | HBO | [273] |
| March 14 | The Boy with My Son's Face | Lifetime | [265] |
| March 15 | The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose | ABC/Hulu | [274] |
| March 21 | I Killed Him in My Sleep | Lifetime | [265] |
| March 24 | Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special | Disney+ | [275] |
| March 28 | The Man in the Window | Lifetime | [265] |
| May 2 | Kentucky Roses | Hallmark Channel | [276] |
| June | Untitled ABC News Studios primetime special | ABC | [40] |
| Summer | Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes | Cartoon Network/HBO Max | [277] |
| Camp Rock 3 | Disney Channel/Disney+ | [278] [279] | |
| Descendants: Wicked Wonderland | [280] [281] | ||
| Late | Wowsabout | PBS Kids | [282] |
| TBA | Untitled Marvel's Spidey and Iron Man special | Disney Jr. | [58] |
| Untitled Paw Patrol specials | Nickelodeon | [255] | |
| Clash of the Thundermans | Nickelodeon/Paramount+ | [283] | |
| Untitled Earth, Wind & Fire documentary | HBO | [284] | |
| Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True | Hallmark Channel | [285] | |
| Untitled A Biltmore Christmas sequel | [286] | ||
| Barbie in the Nutcracker | Netflix | [287] |
| 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 | [ citation needed ] |
| Saturday Night Live | NBC | 1,000th episode | "Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B" | January 31 | [ citation needed ] |
| The Muppet Show | ABC/Disney+ | 50th anniversary | "Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen" | February 4 | [259] [260] |
| Family Guy | Fox | 450th episode | "Bringing Up Brady" [note 2] | March 1 | [288] |
| Paw Patrol | Nickelodeon | 300th episode | "Pups Solve a Snap-N-Wrap Problem" | March 9 | [ citation needed ] |
| Hannah Montana | Disney+ | 20th anniversary | Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special | March 24 | [275] |
| American Dad! | Fox | 400th episode | TBA | TBA | [289] |
| Snapped | Oxygen | 700th episode | [290] |
| Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | New/returning/same channel | Return date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Strange Addiction | 2015 | New season | TLC | same | January 7 | [291] |
| Primal | 2022 | Adult Swim | January 11 | [292] | ||
| The Night Manager | 2016 | Revival | AMC | Amazon Prime Video | [293] [294] [295] | |
| Fear Factor (as Fear Factor: House of Fear) | 2018 | MTV | Fox | [296] [48] [297] | ||
| Star Search | 2004 | Reboot | CBS | Netflix | January 20 | [298] [299] |
| Scrubs | 2010 | Revival | ABC | same | February 25 | [300] |
| Ladies of London (as Ladies of London: The New Reign) | 2017 | Bravo | March 5 | [301] | ||
| Jury Duty | 2023 | New season | Amazon Freevee | Amazon Prime Video | March 20 | [247] |
| The Comeback | 2014 | HBO | same | March 22 | [302] [303] [304] | |
| Malcolm in the Middle (as Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair ) | 2006 | Revival | Fox | Hulu | April 10 | [305] [306] |
| Euphoria | 2022 | New season | HBO | same | April 12 | [307] [308] |
| Running Wild with Bear Grylls | 2023 | Nat Geo | Fox | April 21 | [309] [310] | |
| Sofia the First (as Sofia the First: Royal Magic) | 2018 | Revival | Disney Jr. | Disney Jr./Disney+ | May | [311] [312] |
| Untold Stories of the E.R. | 2020 | Discovery Life | TLC | August 19 | [133] | |
| The Big Break | 2015 | Golf Channel | same | August | [313] | |
| Ted Lasso | 2023 | New season | Apple TV | Summer | [314] | |
| House of the Dragon | 2024 | HBO | [315] | |||
| WNBA on NBC | 2002 | Revival | NBC | NBC/Peacock | TBA | [316] |
| The Terror (as The Terror: Devil in Silver) | 2019 | New season | AMC | same | [317] [318] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Funniest Home Videos | 36 | Yes | Broadcast syndication in local markets of Alfonso Ribeiro's hosting run | [237] |
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
|---|
| 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 MotorTrend television network Discovery Turbo, a brand otherwise used in overseas markets. | [364] |
| 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 becoming the team's distribution rights starting in 2026. | [365] |
| 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 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. | [366] |
| FanDuel Sports Network | Regional sports networks | April 16 | On February 1, Main Street Sports Group informed the teams to which it held rights that it had begun winding down the operations of the remaining regional sports networks in its portfolio. The closure of the networks will occur after the NHL and NBA regular seasons conclude in April, so as to fulfill the remaining major league contracts the networks hold. Major League Baseball, which had been about to start spring training at the time of the announcement, will bring regional telecasts of its teams in-house via MLB Advanced Media, which will stream the games in-market. The closure brings an end to the network after 37 years; originally established as Prime Sports Network in 1989, it became Fox Sports Net in 1996, after which the network was divested in 2019, but a plan to sell the network to ESPN was vetoed by antitrust regulators. Subsequent owners lacked the funding to maintain the stations as cable subscription revenue declined, resulting in missed payments, bankruptcies and the termination of its rights contracts. | [367] |
| 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 2026; with plans to fully merge Hulu with Disney+, though it will remain as its own brand as a part of that service. | [368] |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho | KPIF | 15.13 | Newsmax2 | [369] | |
| February 23 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23.4 | Charge! | These networks moved from KTUL as Sinclair currently operates KOKI as of February 2026. | |
| 23.5 | Comet | |||||
| 23.6 | The Nest |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho | KIDK | 3.1 | Dabl | MeTV | [369] | |
| KXPI-LD | |||||||
| March 2 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | KOKI-TV | 23.1 | Fox | Roar | On February 6, 2026, 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 will switch to the network, Roar. | [370] |
| June 30 | Bowling Green, Ohio | WBGU-TV | 27.1 | PBS | The Ohio Channel | WBGU will disaffiliate from PBS due to federal budget cuts and the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | [371] |
| July 1 | Arkansas statewide | Arkansas TV | .1 | Educational independent | After federal funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that helped pay for its PBS member dues and other operational expenses were eliminated as a result of the Rescissions Act of 2025, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission (AETN), operators of the statewide service branded as Arkansas PBS, voted on December 11, 2025, to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1 (the start of its 2027 fiscal year), and become an independent educational network. The network had rebranded to Arkansas TV one day after the vote on December 12. | [372] | |
| TBA | Pensacola, Florida | WSRE-TV | 23.1 | WSRE is set to disaffiliate 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. | [373] |
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | First air date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 30 | New Jersey | NJ PBS | .1 | PBS | On September 23, 2025, the WNET Group, which operates NJ PBS, announced that it would not renew its contract with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, the owner of the transmitters of NJ PBS, citing cuts from both the Federal and New Jersey State Governments over public broadcasting. While the WNET will air its newscast via WNET in Northern and Central New Jersey, the non-renewal would lead to the station disaffiliating with PBS or shutting down completely unless a new operator is found. WNET will support the state during the transition and would partner with other New Jersey-based institutions who are interested in operating NJ PBS. | 2011 | [374] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Victoria Jones | 34 | Actress and daughter of Tommy Lee Jones. She made a guest appearance on One Tree Hill . | [375] |
| January 2 | Edith Renfrow Smith | 111 | Supercentenarian. She was featured on Today during a segment on superagers. | [376] |
| January 4 | Michael Reagan | 80 | Conservative commentator. He acted for a time in the 1980s (including on Falcon Crest alongside his mother Jane Wyman) and hosted the first season of the game show Lingo . | [377] |
| January 5 | Tom Cherones | 86 | Director and producer best known for his work on Seinfeld . | [378] |
| Elle Simone | 49 | Chef best known for hosting America's Test Kitchen . | [379] | |
| January 8 | Guy Moon | 63 | Composer best known for Oh Yeah! Cartoons , The Fairly OddParents , Danny Phantom , 2 Stupid Dogs , Cow and Chicken , Grim & Evil , Back at the Barnyard , and Big Time Rush . | [380] |
| January 9 | T. K. Carter | 69 | Actor ( Just Our Luck , Punky Brewster , Good Morning, Miss Bliss , The Sinbad Show ) | [381] [382] |
| Ted Nichols | 97 | Composer for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons | [383] | |
| January 10 | Manolo Villaverde | 91 | Cuban-American actor best known as Pepe Peña on ¿Qué Pasa, USA? | [384] |
| January 11 | Thomas Causey | 76 | Sound engineer ( Dallas and Police Story ) | [385] |
| Erich von Daniken | 90 | Swiss author and ancient alien astronaut theorist ( Ancient Aliens ) | [386] | |
| January 13 | Scott Adams | 68 | Creator and executive producer of the UPN animated series Dilbert , which was adapted from his comic strip of the same name. | [387] |
| Doug McConnell | 80 | Journalist best known for hosting Bay Area Backroads on KRON. | [388] | |
| January 16 | Bruce Bilson | 97 | Director (work on Get Smart , Hogan's Heroes , Barney Miller , and several other television programs) | [389] |
| Mark Jones | 72 | Writer, director, and producer ( Ark II , The Skatebirds , Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels ) | [390] | |
| January 17 | Roger Allers | 76 | Director, writer, animator, and storyboard artist ( Animalympics ) | [391] |
| January 22 | Guy Hovis | 84 | Singer ( The Lawrence Welk Show ) | [392] |
| Floyd Vivino | 74 | Actor and musician best known for hosting The Uncle Floyd Show on public access television. | [393] | |
| January 23 | Yvonne Lime | 90 | Actress ( Father Knows Best , The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , Happy ) | [394] |
| January 25 | Geoffrey Mason | 85 | Television sports producer (several networks, most notably for ABC and its coverage of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics) | [395] |
| January 26 | Frederick King Keller | 75 | Director, producer, and screenwriter ( Hey Dude , New York Undercover , The Pretender ) | [396] |
| Produce Pete | 80 | Television personality (WNBC and WCAU) and commercial spokesperson (Pathmark Supermarkets) | [397] | |
| January 30 | Catherine O'Hara | 71 | Canadian-born actress ( Schitt's Creek , Second City Television , The Studio ), Emmy winner (1982, 2020) | [398] |
| Demond Wilson | 79 | Actor ( Sanford and Son , Baby... I'm Back! , The New Odd Couple ) | [399] |
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | Chuck Negron | 83 | Singer-songwriter and founding member of Three Dog Night. He was featured in a Season 2 episode of Intervention about his son Chuckie. | [400] |
| February 3 | Lamonte McLemore | 90 | Singer and founding member of The 5th Dimension. He and his groupmates made numerous television appearances, including on The Ed Sullivan Show . | [401] |
| February 6 | John Wheeler | 95 | Actor (various recurring or guest TV roles, notably the "Journey to Babel" episode of Star Trek , as well as 1971's "Grab a Bucket and a Mop" commercial for McDonald's) | [402] |
| February 7 | Brad Arnold | 47 | Lead vocalist and founding member of 3 Doors Down. He and his bandmates made numerous television appearances. | [403] |
| February 10 | Shelly Desai | 90 | Indian-born actor ( Men of a Certain Age , It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ) | [404] |
| February 11 | Bud Cort | 77 | Actor ( Columbo , Bernice Bobs Her Hair , Brave New World ) | [405] |
| James Van Der Beek | 48 | Actor best known as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek and as a fictionalized version of himself in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | [406] | |
| February 14 | Tom Noonan | 74 | Actor ( Tales from the Darkside , The Equalizer , Monsters ) | [407] |
| February 15 | Robert Duvall | 95 | Actor best known as Augustus "Gus" McCrae on Lonesome Dove | [408] |
| February 16 | Jane Baer | 91 | Animator ( Hot Wheels , The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang , The Smurfs ) | [409] |
| February 17 | Jesse Jackson | 84 | Civil rights activist, politician, ordained minister, and host of CNN's Both Sides with Jesse Jackson (1992-2000) | [410] |
| February 19 | Eric Dane | 53 | Actor ( Charmed , Grey's Anatomy , Euphoria ) | [411] |
| February 20 | Ismael Kanater | 69 | Moroccan actor ( Babylon 5 , Alias , Sleeper Cell ) | [412] |
| February 21 | Willie Colón | 75 | Salsa musician and social activist. He guest-starred in a Season 3 episode of Miami Vice . | [413] |
| February 23 | Robert Carradine | 71 | Actor best known as Sam McGuire on Lizzie McGuire | [414] |
| Sondra Lee | 97 | Actress ( Starlit Time , The Voice of Firestone , Hansel and Gretel ) | [415] | |
| Monti Rock | 86 | Hairdresser best known for his "famous for being famous" guest appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ; appeared on The Midnight Special as his alter-ego Disco-Tex | [416] | |
| February 24 | Lauren Chapin | 80 | Actress best known as Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on Father Knows Best | [417] |
| February 27 | Neil Sedaka | 86 | Singer-songwriter. He made appearances as himself on shows like The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour , The Midnight Special , The Carol Burnett Show , American Idol , and The King of Queens and created and hosted the Web series Today's Mini-Concert | [418] |
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