Netflix is building its 2026 TV calendar like a rolling takeover: returning flagships, a middle of reality and fandom engines, and just enough “new pillar” swings to make the year feel exciting. The headline items in the preview underline that exact balance—“Beef” season 2 is one of the few big scripted returns with a firm date, “3 Body Problem” season 2 stays positioned as a major sci-fi follow-up on the “coming soon” board, and the platform keeps expanding its franchise footprint with the animated “Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.”
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The dated portion of the slate gets loud fast. “Bridgerton” season 4 rolls out as a two-part event at the end of January and February, while “The Night Agent” season 3 and “The Lincoln Lawyer” season 4 land in February, stacking two of Netflix’s most reliable “page-turner” lanes—espionage paranoia and slick legal comfort—back-to-back. Then spring turns into the streamer’s sports-and-unscripted muscle flex, with “Full Swing” returning, plus a run of live programming (MLB and awards) designed to keep Netflix feeling like a place you show up at a specific time, not just a library you dip into.
But the preview is also clear about where Netflix wants to grow. “Man on Fire” sits on the 2026 board as a marquee new series—another attempt to convert a recognizable title into a durable serialized engine—while the “coming soon” list is packed with the streamer’s modern pillars: prestige-leaning drama, glossy romance, competition formats, and global hits that keep the service from being purely U.S.-centric. If the strategy looks blunt, that’s because it is: keep the floor high with returning brands, and keep the ceiling open with new ones.
On the franchise side, the animated “Stranger Things: Tales From ’85” signals Netflix’s commitment to making Hawkins a multi-format universe, not a single flagship series with an end date. Even before you get into the deeper bench—more “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, more “The Witcher,” more “Emily in Paris”—Netflix is already mapping out what “after the finale” looks like for its biggest IP.
And sitting right in the middle of that continuation plan is Guy Ritchie‘s “The Gentlemen” season 2, starring Theo James, also listed for 2026 without a specific date. The point isn’t the details (Netflix doesn’t offer any here); it’s the placement. The series stays in the same bucket as the streamer’s other returning engines—proof-of-life in a slate built around recognizable brands, with the scheduling specifics saved for later when the calendar needs another spike.
Below is the full project list from Netflix’s 2026 TV preview.
Full list of projects (as announced)
Release dates / windows
- “WWE Monday Night Raw” — LIVE every Monday on Netflix 2026
- “Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing” — On Netflix February 1, 2026
- “Is It Cake? Valentines” — On Netflix February 4, 2026
- “The Lincoln Lawyer S4” — On Netflix February 5, 2026
- “Love Is Blind S10” — On Netflix February 11, 2026
- “The Night Agent S3” — On Netflix February 19, 2026
- “Strip Law” — On Netflix February 20, 2026
- “Bridgerton S4 Part 2” — On Netflix February 26, 2026
- “The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA” — LIVE on Netflix March 1, 2026 at 5pmPT / 8pmET
- “One Piece: Into the Grand Line” — On Netflix March 10, 2026
- “Virgin River S7” — On Netflix March 12, 2026
- “Steel Ball Run JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” — On Netflix March 19, 2026
- “Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black S2, Part 2” — On Netflix March 19, 2026
- “MLB Opening Night” — LIVE on Netflix March 25, 2026
- “Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole” — On Netflix March 26, 2026
- “Full Swing S4” — On Netflix April 2026
- “Beef S2” — Coming to Netflix April 16, 2026
- “Devil May Cry S2” — On Netflix May 12, 2026
- “Sweet Magnolias S5” — On Netflix June 11, 2026
- “MLB T-Mobile Home Run Derby” — LIVE on Netflix July 13, 2026
- “MLB Field of Dreams Game” — LIVE on Netflix August 13, 2026
- “Six Kings Slam” — LIVE on Netflix October 2026
- “Lupin S4” — On Netflix Fall 2026
- “Win the Mall” — On Netflix Fall 2026
- “NFL Christmas Gameday” — LIVE on Netflix December 25, 2026
- “Beastars Final Season Part 2” — On Netflix March 2026
- “Dinosaurs” — On Netflix Q1 2026
- “His & Hers” — On Netflix January 8, 2026
- “The Boyfriend S2” — On Netflix January 13, 2026
- “Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials” — On Netflix January 15, 2026
- “The Upshaws, Part 7” — On Netflix January 15, 2026
- “Can This Love Be Translated?” — On Netflix January 16, 2026
- “The Rip” is film; ignore in TV list
- “Star Search” — LIVE on Netflix January 20, 2026 (Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 9pmET / 6pmPT)
- “WWE: Unreal S2” — On Netflix January 20, 2026
- “Queer Eye S10” — On Netflix January 21, 2026
- “Finding Her Edge” — On Netflix January 22, 2026
- “Free Bert” — On Netflix January 22, 2026
- “Skyscraper Live” — LIVE on Netflix January 23, 2026 at 5pmPT / 8pmET
- “Mike Epps: Delusional” — On Netflix January 27, 2026
- “Bridgerton S4 Part 1” — On Netflix January 29, 2026
- “Formula 1: Drive to Survive S8” — On Netflix February 2026
Now playing (listed without a 2026 date in the preview)
- “Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish”
- “Run Away”
- “Pokemon Horizons: S3: Rising Hope”
- “Marcello Hernández: American Boy”
- “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment S2”
Coming soon (alphabetical, On Netflix 2026)
- “3 Body Problem S2”
- “A Different World”
- “Age of Attraction”
- “Alley Cats”
- “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders S3”
- “Avatar: The Last Airbender S2”
- “Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai”
- “Big Mistakes”
- “Being Gordon Ramsey”
- “Black Doves S2”
- “The Body”
- “The Boroughs”
- “Boyfriend on Demand”
- “Brazil 70”
- “Calabasas Confidential”
- “The Chestnut Man S2: Hide and Seek”
- “The Diplomat S4”
- “East of Eden”
- “The East Palace”
- “Emily in Paris S6”
- “The Empress S3 (Final Season)”
- “The Four Seasons S2”
- “The Gentlemen S2”
- “The Golden Ticket”
- “Hollywood Arts”
- “Human Vapor”
- “The Hunting Wives S2”
- “I Will Find You”
- “Kylie”
- “Let’s Marry Harry”
- “Little House on the Prairie”
- “Long Story Short S2”
- “Love on the Spectrum S4”
- “Lovesick”
- “Man on Fire”
- “Mating Season”
- “Million Dollar Secret S2”
- “Mis Muertos Tristes”
- “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story”
- “My Life with the Walter Boys S3”
- “Nemesis”
- “Nobody Wants This S3”
- “North of North S2”
- “One Hundred Years of Solitude Part 2”
- “Operation Safed Saagar”
- “Outer Banks S5 (Final Season)”
- “Perfect Match S4”
- “Pride and Prejudice”
- “Rafa”
- “Running Point S2”
- “Sesame Street”
- “Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen”
- “Stranger Things: Tales From ’85”
- “Survival of the Thickest S3”
- “Temptation Island S2”
- “Tires S3”
- “Unaccustomed Earth”
- “Untitled Kevin Hart Competition Series”
- “Untitled Newfoundland Project”
- “Untold”
- “Vladimir”
- “The Witcher S5 (Final Season)”
- “The Wonderfools”
- “XO, Kitty S3”
