Summer 2026 TV Preview: 45 Shows To Watch, ‘House Of The Dragon,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Lanterns’ & More

From “House of the Dragon” and “The Bear” to “Spider-Noir,” “Lanterns,” “Silo,” “Sugar,” “Ted Lasso,” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” summer 2026 TV is packed with dragons, detectives, kitchens, superheroes, and returning favorites.

Spider-Noir
Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot serve as showrunners on “Spider-Noir,” with Nicolas Cage starring as Ben Reilly, a down-on-his-luck private investigator in 1930s New York forced to confront his past as the city’s lone superhero. Lamorne Morris, Brendan Gleeson, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Abraham Popoola, and Jack Huston co-star. The series premieres first on MGM+ before all episodes drop on Prime Video, and it will be available in both black and white and color versions.
Premiere Date: May 25, 2026, via MGM+; May 27, 2026, via Prime Video.

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Emma Myers returns as Pip Fitz-Amobi in Season 2 of Netflix’s “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” based on Holly Jackson’s bestselling YA mystery series. Poppy Cogan developed the adaptation and returned as the key writer, with the new season continuing Pip’s amateur-sleuth story after the first season’s local murder investigation. The series remains built around teen investigation, social fallout, and Pip’s inability to leave a case alone. All episodes release at once.
Premiere Date: May 27, 2026, via Netflix.

Criminal Minds: Evolution
Showrunner Erica Messer continues the long-running BAU franchise with another season of “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Kirsten Vangsness return, with the Paramount+ continuation keeping the procedural alive in a more serialized streaming format. At this point, the draw is familiar: profilers, serial killers, office-family dynamics, and a crime brand that has survived multiple TV eras.
Premiere Date: May 28, 2026, via Paramount+.

Deli Boys
Abdullah Saeed created Hulu’s “Deli Boys,” with Michelle Nader serving as showrunner and Nisha Ganatra among the executive producers. Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Poorna Jagannathan return for Season 2, with Alfie Fuller, Brian George, and Fred Armisen also part of the ensemble. The crime comedy follows two spoiled Pakistani-American brothers who discover that their late father’s convenience-store empire was tied to organized crime. All episodes release at once.
Premiere Date: May 28, 2026, via Hulu.

The Four Seasons
Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield created Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” based on the 1981 film. Fey returns for Season 2 alongside Will Forte, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Erika Henningsen, and Marco Calvani. The comedy follows longtime friends as they navigate vacations, marriages, aging, and shifting relationships throughout the year. Season 1 leaned on the ensemble’s timing and middle-aged discomfort, and the quick return gives Netflix another star-heavy adult comedy for late May.
Premiere Date: May 28, 2026, via Netflix.

Star City
The “For All Mankind” universe expands with “Star City,” a Soviet-side space-race drama from creators Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, and Ronald D. Moore. Rhys Ifans stars as the Chief Designer driving the Soviet space program, with Anna Maxwell Martin, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Solly McLeod, Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, and Priya Kansara in the cast. Rather than continuing the American side of “For All Mankind,” the spinoff reframes the alternate history from inside the Soviet program.
Premiere Date: May 29, 2026, via Apple TV.

June

Not Suitable for Work
Mindy Kaling produces Hulu’s “Not Suitable for Work,” a workplace comedy about five ambitious twenty-somethings trying to make it professionally and personally in Manhattan’s Murray Hill. Ella Hunt, Avantika, Will Angus, Jack Martin, and Nicholas Duvernay star. Kaling has built much of her TV career around workplace dynamics, romantic confusion, and high-achieving characters who are not as put together as they want to appear. This one puts that formula into a younger New York ensemble.
Premiere Date: June 2, 2026, via Hulu.

Cape Fear
Nick Antosca created, showruns, and executive produces Apple TV’s “Cape Fear,” with Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson starring as married attorneys Anna and Tom Bowden. Javier Bardem plays Max Cady, the dangerous man they helped put behind bars, while Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg serve as executive producers. The eight-episode limited series revisits the premise that powered the 1962 and 1991 films, with Antosca bringing the psychological-horror sensibility he used on “Channel Zero” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor.
Premiere Date: June 5, 2026, via Apple TV.

Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat
Showrunner Rolin Jones continues AMC’s Anne Rice Immortal Universe with “The Vampire Lestat,” following the acclaimed “Interview With the Vampire” seasons. Sam Reid returns as Lestat, with Jacob Anderson, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, and Delainey Hayles also expected back, and Sheila Atim joining as Akasha. The new chapter moves into “The Vampire Lestat” and “Queen of the Damned” territory, with Lestat stepping into public view as a performer.
Premiere Date: June 7, 2026, via AMC/AMC+.

Every Year After
Leila Gerstein serves as showrunner on “Every Year After,” Prime Video’s adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel “Every Summer After.” Sadie Soverall stars as Percy Fraser, Matt Cornett plays Sam Florek, and the cast also includes Aurora Perrineau, Abigail Cowen, and Michael Bradway. The story follows a childhood friendship and first love that fractured years earlier, then resurfaces when Percy returns to the lake town where everything began. All eight episodes release at once.
Premiere Date: June 10, 2026, via Prime Video.

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