This Week in TV

The Primetime Emmys Lead a Packed Week of TV

Slow Horses returns, The Traitors welcomes civilians, and Sharon Horgan has a messy new comedy.

Week of 2026-09-14
The Primetime Emmys lead Monday, Dancing with the Stars and R.J. Decker return Tuesday, and Reacher hands the baton to Neagley on Wednesday. Howard Stern brings his SiriusXM show to HBO Max before a weekend that brings MobLand, Outlander, Youth, American Hostage, and the Lioness finale. Catch up below on last week’s cancellation news, a planned farewell, returning imports, and the Dead City finale.

The Week’s Big Events

Season 35 opens with a two-night premiere September 15–16, live on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu. Jenna Dewan, Harry Shum Jr., Julia Stiles, and Tatyana Ali are among the celebrities chasing the Mirrorball.

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Slow HorsesApple TV

Season 6 begins September 16 on Apple TV, with one episode a week through October 21. Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb and the Slough House misfits go on the run as Diana Taverner pulls them into a dangerous game of revenge.

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NeagleyPrime Video

Reacher’s Season 4 finale hands the baton to its first spinoff on September 16, when all eight Neagley episodes arrive on Prime Video. Maria Sten’s Chicago private investigator pursues an old friend’s suspicious death, with Alan Ritchson guest-starring as Reacher.

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Alan Cumming welcomes 22 everyday Americans to the castle in a new civilian edition premiering with two episodes September 17 on NBC. Episodes stream the next day on Peacock. Without a celebrity résumé to read, everyone has to size up the strangers across the table.

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Midweek Mysteries and Mayhem

Scott Speedman’s South Florida private investigator returns for Season 2 on September 15 on ABC, with next-day streaming on Hulu. An old prison acquaintance draws Decker into a string of bank heists in the opener.

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Golden AxeParamount+

The Sega game becomes an animated comedy September 16 on Paramount+, with all 10 episodes available at once. Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead reunite to battle Death Adder; Matthew Rhys, Lisa Gilroy, and Danny Pudi lead the voice cast.

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Route 187Paramount+

A journalist investigates a deadly bus ride and uncovers a serial killer in Route 187, a new limited series from Tyler Perry. All four episodes arrive September 16 on Paramount+.

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South ParkComedy Central

Season 29 starts September 16 on Comedy Central, with next-day streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. New episodes arrive every other Wednesday.

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Netflix’s Monster anthology dramatizes the Lizzie Borden story on September 17, with Ella Beatty playing the woman accused in the notorious axe-murder case.

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The animated Hawkins adventure returns for Season 2 on September 17. Ghostly apparitions and mysterious flowers disrupt the kids’ Valentine’s Day plans, giving the Hawkins Investigators Club another supernatural mystery to unravel.

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Thursday Through Sunday

Howard Stern brings a filmed version of his SiriusXM show to HBO Max on September 17. New streaming episodes arrive Thursdays, adapting his Monday radio show and bringing its interviews, comedy, and conversations to a new audience.

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MobLandParamount+

Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren return September 18 on Paramount+. Season 2 puts fixer Harry da Souza between the fractured Harrigan family and its rising rivals, with new episodes weekly through November 20.

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Season 2 begins September 18 on STARZ. The Outlander prequel continues the love stories of Jamie and Claire’s parents, with two couples fighting to stay together across the centuries.

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Sharon Horgan’s new comedy premieres with two episodes September 20 on HBO and HBO Max. She plays a 50-year-old divorcee looking for sex and love while caring for aging parents and a son who should be more grown-up—a crowded life with little room for a clean restart.

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LionessParamount+

Season 3 concludes September 20 on Paramount+. Taylor Sheridan’s espionage drama, led by Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman, gives the weekend a major finale alongside its new arrivals.

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Jon Hamm plays an Indianapolis radio reporter drawn into a hostage crisis in this 1970s-set thriller. American Hostage opens with two episodes September 20 on MGM+, with Giovanni Ribisi as the hostage-taker who demands an interview.

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In Case You Missed It

Netflix canceled the Josh Duhamel–Minka Kelly romantic Western after two seasons, TVLine reported September 10, citing Deadline. There will be no third season for the Texas ranching drama.

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STARZ announced September 10 that Season 3 will be P-Valley’s last, with the final run beginning December 4. Creator Katori Hall described the ending as her choice, giving the Pynk a planned farewell after more than four years off-screen.

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The British edition’s Season 2 opener reached Peacock in the U.S. on September 13, following its UK broadcast. Jeff Goldblum hosts, CMAT performs, and all 11 original cast members return. It is a fresh dose of sketch comedy while the American show’s new season approaches.

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Season 5 arrived September 8 on Netflix in the U.S. Lior Raz’s Doron is drawn into a dangerous undercover operation in Marseille after an old friend launches an unauthorized revenge mission, taking the Israeli thriller into new territory.

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Season 3 concluded September 13 on AMC and AMC+. Maggie and Negan’s Manhattan spinoff now has another complete season to catch up on, with Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan leading the cast.

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Dang!Netflix

This new adult animated comedy debuted September 8 on Netflix. Stephanie Hsu voices Ruthie, whose carefully arranged life comes apart; her siblings Andrew and Eunice, voiced by Andrew Law and Poppy Liu, help her embrace being less than perfect.

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Start with the Primetime Emmys, leave room for Neagley, and save Sunday for Sharon Horgan.