Entertainment previews from late 2025 highlight a packed slate of returning series and new dramas set for 2026 across major platforms. From sci-fi epics to period romances, the year promises diverse storytelling on Netflix, BBC, Prime Video, and more. Highlights include sequels to hits like The Boys and Bridgerton.
As 2025 ends, outlets like Virgin Media, Analytics Insight, and Collider outline an ambitious TV landscape for 2026. The Virgin Media guide spotlights BBC's Small Prophets, a comedy by Mackenzie Crook about a DIY worker encountering magical spirits, and Prime Video's Elle, a Legally Blonde prequel starring Lexi Minetree as teenage Elle Woods. BBC's Dear England adapts James Graham's play on Gareth Southgate, with Joseph Fiennes in the lead role.
ITV's Adultery features Dominic Cooper and Romola Garai in a romance drama exploring class and social media. Netflix's How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee, follows three friends investigating a death. Bridgerton season 4 on Netflix centers on Benedict Bridgerton's masquerade encounter with a mysterious lady.
Sci-fi fans can look to Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099, with Michelle Yeoh as an aging replicant, produced by Ridley Scott. Netflix's 3 Body Problem season 2 expands on an alien invasion, while Apple TV+'s Silo season 3 delves deeper into underground mysteries with Rebecca Ferguson. FX/Hulu's Alien: Earth brings the franchise to our planet in a survival horror tale by Noah Hawley.
The Boys season 5 on Prime Video escalates the superhero satire, with Homelander in power and Butcher plotting a virus. Apple TV+ anticipates Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2, Shrinking season 3, and Ted Lasso season 4. These previews signal a year of bold narratives, blending nostalgia with innovation on streaming services.
Reality TV also features, per Screenrant, with top premieres across platforms, though specifics remain forthcoming.