The 75 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2026

60. “12 12 12
Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, reuniting from their sci-fi indie “Synchronic,” lead this Apple TV+ heist drama, joined by Jack Kesy, Kali Reis, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Agathe Rousselle, and Sallie Harmsen. Created (and written) by Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble, the series is structured around three interlocking timelines: the 12 months of planning, the 12 hours of execution, and the 12 days after the job—tracking both the crew’s fallout and an FBI pursuit across Europe. Kari Skogland directs the pilot and executive produces, with Mackie and Dornan also serving as executive producers. 
Premiere Date: TBD on Apple TV+. 

59. “Phony”
Hulu’s upcoming comedy-mystery is a two-hander led by Connie Britton and Sam Nivola. The premise is clean and unsettling: after a car accident, a teenage boy wakes up convinced his mother has been replaced by an impostor—turning grief, memory, and adolescence into a paranoid puzzle. Nick Paley created the series, wrote it, and directed the pilot, and he executive produces alongside co-showrunner Anthony King. Britton is also an executive producer, with additional EPs including Charlie Alderman, Drew Goddard, and Sarah Esberg. Produced by 20th Television, it was ordered to series after a pilot.
Premiere Date: TBD on Hulu.

58. “The Greatest”
Prime Video’s ambitious limited series centers on the life and legend of Muhammad Ali, with Jaalen Best starring as Ali across his rise, exile, and cultural reckoning. Forest Whitaker anchors the cast as trainer Angelo Dundee, Sullivan Jones as rival-turned-foil Sonny Liston, Shamier Anderson as Ali confidant Bundini Brown, and Omari Hardwick as activist Malcolm X, whose influence shapes Ali’s political awakening. The ensemble also includes Dana Gourrier, Michael Ealy, and Kai Parham, filling out Ali’s personal and professional orbit. The series was created by Michael B. Jordan, and Ben Watkins (“Hand of God”) serves as showrunner. Jordan executive produces through Outlier Society.
Premiere Date: TBD on Prime Video.

57. “The Good Daughter”
Peacock’s upcoming adaptation of Karin Slaughter’s novel is cast-first and stacked: Rose Byrne plays Samantha Quinn opposite Meghann Fahy as her sister Charlotte, with Brendan Gleeson, Harper Steele, Paula Malcomson, Jake McDorman, Olivia Williams, and Michael Dorman rounding out the adult ensemble. Younger versions include Audrey Grace Marshall as young Sam and Drew Cheek as young Charlie. Slaughter adapts her own book and executive produces, while Steph Green directs and executive produces all episodes (and Byrne is also an EP). The premise centers on two lawyers forced to confront a violent incident from their shared past.
Premiere Date: TBD on Peacock.

56. “Amadeus”
Actor/writer/director Will Sharpe has become quite the creative force in the last few years and has popped even more thanks to a role on “The White Lotus” and the writing and directing of “The Electric Life of Louis Wain.” His latest starring role is in a mini-series written by Joe Barton (“Black Doves”), which chronicles a fictional version of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s life. Paul Bettany stars as his rival Salieri, and the series also includes Gabrielle Creevy, Rory Kinnear, Lucy Cohu, and more. 
Premiere Date: The series has already premiered on Sky Max in the U.K., and it’s unclear who will pick it up in the U.S.

55. “Your Friends & Neighbors” (Season 2)
Jon Hamm returns as the divorced and unemployed New York hedge fund manager Andrew Cooper, alongside Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Gravitt, and Donovan Colan. Season 2’s big new addition is James Marsden, arriving as a new neighbor whose presence threatens to crack open Cooper’s carefully compartmentalized life. The series is created and showrun by Jonathan Tropper, who also directs and executive produces; Hamm remains an executive producer as well, with Stephanie Laing directing six episodes. The season runs 10 episodes, debuting with a single-episode premiere followed by weekly releases through early June.
Premiere Date: April 3, on Apple TV+.

54.Neuromancer
Apple TV+ adapts William Gibson’s foundational cyberpunk novel as a 10-episode series, following burned-out hacker Case (Callum Turner), who is dragged back into a high-risk job alongside razor-edged mercenary Molly (Briana Middleton). Created by Graham Roland (who also serves as showrunner) with J. D. Dillard co-creating and directing the pilot, the ensemble also includes Joseph Lee, Mark Strong, Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, and Emma Laird, with recurring roles for Dane DeHaan, Max Irons, André De Shields, and Marc Menchaca.
Premiere Date: TBD on Apple TV+

53. “Undertow”
An adaptation of the Norwegian crime drama series “Twin,”​​ the concept of this one is wild. It centers on a young mother who persuades her dead husband’s identical twin to take his identity following his accidental death, which she is responsible for. Jamie Dornan plays the twins, and Mackenzie Davis plays the mother.  Other actors in the cast include Iain De Caestecker and Gary Lewis. Jeremy Lovering directs, and Sarah Dollard is one of the head writers. 
Airdate: TBD via Netflix. 

52. “The Terror: Devil in Silver”
Dan Stevens stars and executive produces this third installment of AMC’s horror anthology, joined by an ensemble that includes Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, Aasif Mandvi, and Marin Ireland (with additional cast rounding out the patients and staff trapped inside the story’s pressure-cooker setting). The season is written and executive produced by Chris Cantwell (“Halt and Catch Fire”), adapting Victor LaValle’s novel into a modern, institutional nightmare set in a New York psychiatric hospital. Karyn Kusama (“The Invitation,” “Yellowjackets”) directs and executive-produces, bringing a filmmaker’s eye for dread, power dynamics, and claustrophobia. Built around performance and atmosphere, the story hinges on what happens when authority can’t be trusted, reality fractures under confinement, and the possibility of something supernatural becomes impossible to dismiss.
Premiere Date: TBD on AMC / AMC+.

51. Prodigies
Ayo Edebiri and Will Sharpe star as former child prodigies now in their early 30s, still together, quietly panicking that their “extraordinary” promise has curdled into a very ordinary life. The ensemble also includes Sophia Di Martino, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Yumi Asō, Tobias Menzies, Reece Shearsmith, Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal, and Lolly Adefope, with Rina Sawayama recurring as Ren’s sister, Hana, and John Malkovich appearing as a guest star. Sharpe created, wrote, and directs the seven-episode romantic comedy, with both Sharpe and Edebiri executive producing (alongside Jane Featherstone, Naomi de Pear, and Katie Carpenter) for SISTER.
Premiere Date: TBD on Apple TV+.

Rodrigo Perez
Rodrigo Perez
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.

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