Major television premieres in September 2026 include the Reacher spinoff Neagley, Jon Hamm thriller American Hostage, and comedy series Brothers starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The autumn television calendar also brings new seasons of returning hits such as The Gentlemen, Chad Powers, The Paper, Slow Horses, Monsters, MobLand, and American Horror Story.
Guy Ritchie crime comedy series The Gentlemen returns to Netflix for its second season on September 3. Former UN peacekeeper Eddie Horniman, known as The Duke, inherited a business linked to a drug empire in season one and now aims to expand his criminal operations internationally by taking on the Italian mafia. All eight episodes will drop simultaneously, and a third season has already been ordered.
Theo James returns to lead the cast alongside Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones, Daniel Ings, Ray Winstone, and Giancarlo Esposito. New cast members joining the series include Hugh Bonneville, Michele Morrone, Sergio Castellitto, and Benjamin Clementine.
Sports comedy series Chad Powers debuts its six-episode second season on Hulu on September 3, with all episodes available at launch. Created by and starring Glen Powell, the show follows former star quarterback Russ Holliday as he tries to revive his career under an assumed identity on a provincial team, leading to further complications as his deception deepens.
Historical and Workplace Dramas
Historical costume drama A Tale of Two Cities premieres on BBC One and MGM+ on September 6. Adapted from the classic Charles Dickens novel set during the French Revolution, the four-episode miniseries airs weekly. The story follows lawyer Sydney Carton and aristocrat Charles Darnay, who uses the alias Charles D'Erbles, as their paths intersect with banker daughter Lucie Manette. Kit Harington, François Civil, and Mirren Mack star in the lead roles.
Australian detective thriller Last Seen premieres on Apple TV on September 9, launching with two episodes of its six-episode season. Patrick Brammall stars as Ian Ridley, a former police detective turned emergency dispatcher whose daughter Maggie disappeared ten years earlier. Ridley sets out to find her after receiving a distress call from a teenage girl he believes is his missing child.
Mockumentary sitcom The Paper returns to Peacock for a ten-episode second season on September 10. The spinoff of comedy series The Office stars Domhnall Gleeson and follows the newsroom team at the Toledo Truth Teller newspaper as a documentary crew records their efforts to rescue the publication. All ten episodes will launch at once.
Political Thrillers and Spy Drama
Political thriller series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam premieres on TNT on September 13 with its first two episodes. Inspired by the memoirs of former CIA analyst John Nixon, the eight-episode season stars Joel Kinnaman and Waleed Zuaiter. The story details Nixon's initial interrogation of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein following his capture in December 2003 and the complex consequences that followed.
Spy thriller series Slow Horses returns to Apple TV+ for its six-episode sixth season on September 16, releasing episodes weekly until the finale on October 21. Gary Oldman leads the cast as MI5 agent Jackson Lamb, whose team of disgraced spies attempts to identify who is hunting past and current members of their department. Returning cast members include Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, Hugo Weaving, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Tom Brooke, and Olivia Cooke, joined by new cast members Harry Lloyd, Kyle Soller, and MyAnna Buring.
Crime action series Neagley premieres on Amazon on September 16 with all eight episodes. Maria Sten stars as corporate security professional Frances Neagley in the spinoff of action series Reacher. Neagley sets out to uncover the truth after an old friend dies under suspicious circumstances, with Reacher actor Alan Ritchson also set to appear.
True Crime and Sci-Fi Releases
Crime thriller anthology Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story premieres its eight-episode fourth season on Netflix on September 17. The new installment marks the first time Ryan Murphy's true crime series focuses on a female subject, with Ella Beatty starring as 32-year-old Lizzie Borden, who was tried and acquitted for the 1892 murders of her father and stepmother. The cast also features Vicky Krieps, Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd, and Sarah Paulson.
Animated sci-fi series Stranger Things: Tales From '85 debuts its ten-episode second season on Netflix on September 17, with all episodes dropping together. Set in Hawkins during the winter of 1985, the spinoff features a new voice cast as the town's characters face fresh mysteries and strange creatures.
Crime drama MobLand returns to Paramount+ for a ten-episode second season on September 18, releasing episodes weekly. Tom Hardy stars as Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family who must manage escalating internal conflict before rival gangs intervene. The cast also includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Paddy Considine, and a third season is already in development.
Romance, True Crime, and Comedy Premieres
Historical fantasy romance Outlander: Blood of My Blood returns for its ten-episode second season on Starz on September 18 with weekly releases. Based on novels by Diana Gabaldon, the prequel series stars Hermione Corfield, Harriet Slater, Jeremy Irvine, and Jamie Roy, following the time-traveling parents of original leads Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser across multiple timelines.
True crime thriller American Hostage premieres on MGM+ on September 20 with its first two episodes. Jon Hamm stars as Indianapolis radio reporter Fred Heckman, who becomes involved in a hostage situation when captor Tony Kiritsis, played by Giovanni Ribisi, demands an interview on his radio program. The first season runs for eight episodes.
Comedy series Brothers debuts on Apple TV on September 23, launching with two episodes of its eight-episode season. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star as fictionalized versions of themselves living together on McConaughey's Texas ranch after Harrelson's daughter's wedding is canceled, leading them to discover a secret that they are brothers.
Horror anthology series American Horror Story returns to FX for its 13-episode 13th season on September 24, releasing three episodes on premiere day. Creator Ryan Murphy described the season as a crossover bringing together storylines from past seasons including Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Cult, and Apocalypse. Returning actors playing multiple roles include Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Frances Conroy, Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett.
