2026 in American television

Certain American television events in 2026 have been scheduled. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and rebrandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.

Notable events

January

Date	Event	Ref.
2	The spinoff of cable channels previously owned by NBCUniversal (among them CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and USA Network) into a separate publicly traded company controlled by Comcast shareholders called Versant formally completes just before midnight (ET). Bravo remained under the NBCUniversal umbrella, due to the channel being a major content provider to Peacock.
3	Two days before he was originally scheduled to do so, and in order to cover the U.S. attack on Venezuela and arrest of its president Nicolás Maduro, Tony Dokoupil makes his first appearance as anchor of the CBS Evening News.
4	The 31st Critics' Choice Awards airs on E! and USA Network from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Chelsea Handler returns for her fourth consecutive year as host.
5	The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting formally votes to dissolve the organization, a move that comes six months after a rescission act was signed into law by president Donald Trump that withdrew $1.1 billion in funding to CPB, which it used to fund PBS, radio counterpart NPR, and most notably local member stations and their parent organizations who relied more heavily on federal funds to cover the costs of station operations and programs.
8	Nine Major League Baseball teams (the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, as well as both Florida teams) announce they have terminated their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network and would explore transitioning to other unspecified platforms. The move comes as FDSN parent Main Street Sports Group, which exited a lengthy bankruptcy process at the beginning of 2025, reportedly missed a rights payment deadline for at least one team (the Cardinals) among the 29 MLB, NBA, and NHL teams whose games are carried by FDSN, and a proposal to sell itself to British-based streaming service DAZN (and avoid a shutdown of operations) reportedly failed.
11	The 83rd Golden Globe Awards airs on CBS from The Beverly Hilton with Nikki Glaser as host.
12	Three days before it was scheduled to air, an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit guest starring Timothy Busfield is postponed after an arrest warrant was issued for the actor following allegations of child sexual abuse made against him by the parents of child actors from Fox's The Cleaning Lady, a series cancelled several months before where he served as a director and executive producer.
14	The Washington Nationals announce they would become the seventh Major League Baseball team to join the league's in-house service, MLB Local Media, for production and distribution of their local television broadcasts beginning with the 2026 season. The move means an end to the Nationals' 21-year relationship with MASN, the regional network primarily owned by the Baltimore Orioles that involuntarily controlled the Nats' television rights since that club relocated from Montreal to Washington, D.C. in 2005, which had long been part of the Orioles' home territory.
26	Amid the ongoing effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and the potential split of its cable assets, the company signs a six-year contract ensuring WBD-owned Turner Classic Movies access to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography, which began airing on the channel on February 2.
30	Amid the national shutdown by the University of Minnesota, the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy pauses production for the day after its crew members were absent in support. Filming resumed the following day.
31	The Walt Disney Company and the National Football League announce that, with federal regulators having granted approval, they have completed a deal to have the NFL acquire a 10% stake in Disney's ESPN, in exchange for NFL Network and NFL RedZone becoming ESPN-owned-and-operated networks.

February

Date	Event	Ref.
1	The 68th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS from Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, and streams on Paramount+. Notable winners include Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos (for Album of the Year), Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" (for Record of the Year), and Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's "Wildflower" (for Song of the Year). Trevor Noah returned as the host for the sixth consecutive year, and according to producer Ben Winston, it was Noah's final time hosting the event. It was also the final Grammys ceremony to be broadcast by CBS, ending a 53-year run for the network that began in 1973; Disney-ABC is set to begin a ten-year contract to carry the Grammys with the next ceremony starting in 2027.
	KGO-TV/San Francisco rebrands its newscasts as ABC 7 Eyewitness News and (along with co-owned Los Angeles station KABC-TV) switches over to using an updated, unified version of the Circle 7 logo in line with their fellow owned-and-operated stations WABC-TV/New York City and WLS-TV/Chicago, marking the first time that the ABC-owned station used the Eyewitness News or Action News brand for its newscasts (The Eyewitness News branding was first used by CBS station KPIX-TV from 1965 to 1994 and again from 1995 to 2013).
2	Less than a month after terminating their contracts with FanDuel Sports Network (see 1/8 entry), Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Tampa Bay Rays announce they would partner with MLB Local Media for production and distribution of their local telecasts beginning in 2026. The Detroit Tigers would announce on February 9, that both they and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, both of which are owned by Ilitch Holdings, would also join MLB Local Media.
5	NBC News and Today co-host Savannah Guthrie announces she would take a leave of absence, in the search of her mother Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing during the week and later revealed to have been kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1. Guthrie withdrew from her hosting duties for the opening ceremony of NBC's live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. She was replaced by Mary Carillo for the live coverage, while Today co-host Craig Melvin would also withdraw from his co-hosting duties for NBC's Olympics coverage on this date in help for the search. It marked the first time that Guthrie and Melvin missed NBC's Olympics coverage since 2014 and 2016 respectively.
6–22	The 2026 Winter Olympics airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Highlights include the American women's and men's ice hockey teams winning the gold medals over their Canadian counterparts in overtime, with the men's ice hockey game (the first gold medal for the men's Team USA since 1980) having 26 million American viewers, ranking among the most-watched hockey telecasts in American history, while the women's game peaked at over seven million viewers during its overtime period, a record for a women's hockey telecast.
8	The Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots 29–13 to win Super Bowl LX, which was broadcast at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on NBC, with Spanish language coverage on Telemundo and streaming on Peacock. The game drew particular attention for its halftime show with Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny as its headliner, who performed his set almost entirely in Spanish (a first for the event); opposition to the selection led to a competing halftime counterprogram, the All-American Halftime Show, featuring country musicians and drawing several million viewers against the official broadcast.
11	On the day Rehab Addict was scheduled to return on HGTV with new episodes, the network announces the show's immediate cancellation and removal from HBO Max and Discovery+, as well as the firing of its host, Nicole Curtis, following a video being posted online of Curtis using a racial slur during filming for the series.
	Charter Communications announces it would purchase New England Cable News from NBCUniversal, and that it would merge NECN's operations with Spectrum News channels in New England (including those in Massachusetts and Maine) under the name Spectrum News NECN.
13	Following the death of James Van Der Beek due to colorectal cancer, Fox announces it would reair the special The Real Full Monty on February 18 to honor the actor, replacing repeats of The Masked Singer and Fear Factor: House of Fear. A QR code was displayed throughout the broadcast to encourage viewers to donate to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance.
	With the sale of its last remaining broadcast license, WTVH/Syracuse, New York, to Deerfield Media, Granite Broadcasting discontinues operations.
16	Anderson Cooper departs as a correspondent for 60 Minutes after contributing to the news program since 2006. His departure came amidst turbulence within CBS's news division.
26	Hours after the board of Warner Bros. Discovery declares an increased competing bid by Paramount Skydance superior, Netflix, Inc. announces it would decline to add to the $83 billion purchase price it struck in a December 2025 agreement with WBD and not match Paramount's bid. Pending regulatory approval, this leads to Paramount to acquire all of WBD including its film and television production operations and cable networks including CNN, TBS, and TNT (Netflix had intended to only acquire WBD's film and television studios as well as the HBO premium channels and HBO Max, while the cable networks would have been spun off to a separate company).
28	While anchoring CNN and CNN International's overnight breaking news coverage on the strikes in Iran by Israeli and the United States on CNN Newsroom, at the network's studio in Abu Dhabi, host Becky Anderson was forced to evacuate as the tones of the city's emergency sirens became audible in the background of the studio feed.

March

Date	Event	Ref.
1	The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards) streams live on Netflix.
9	Instead of aligning with MLB Local Media as other teams formerly seen on FanDuel Sports Network had done (see 2/2 entry), Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels announce they would instead buy Main Street Sports Group's portion of FanDuel Sports Network West, which would continue operation under that name and serve as local television home to the Angels and, through at least its 2026–2027 season, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.
13	NBCUniversal announces that it would discontinue producing first-run content for broadcast syndication, resulting in the cancellations of its remaining programming, including the entertainment newsmagazine Access Hollywood (and its daytime counterpart Access Daily) and the daytime talk shows Karamo, and The Steve Wilkos Show. The decision comes a month after The Kelly Clarkson Show (also produced by NBCU) was announced to end after its seventh season. New episodes of the cancelled shows continued to be released to stations through September, and reruns from the NBCU library continuing to be available to stations.
15	The 98th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, with Conan O'Brien returning as host for the second consecutive year.
16	Reruns of the 1985–1992 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls return to broadcast television for the first time since the end of its off-network syndication run in 1997, as Weigel's classic television service MeTV begins carrying the series, which had been exclusive to pay television channels and services during that period and remained popular among viewers of all ages in that time span. The Golden Girls continues to be available on pay television channels and streaming services, in addition to its return to broadcast television.
19	The FCC votes to approve Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition of fellow station operator Tegna. Hours later, the companies announce their merger was complete, creating a company that owns and operates 265 stations in 44 states and D.C. The deal, however, is met with criticism by attorney generals in eight states, along with satellite operator DirecTV, who on March 20, file temporary restraining orders to block the merger out of concerns over job losses in markets where the combined Nexstar–Tegna own multiple stations, as well as the increased leverage the company would exert on cable and satellite distributors to pay more in retransmission fees to carry their channels. On March 26, U.S. District judge Troy Nunley of California's Eastern District orders a fourteen-day temporary restraining order on the merger, saying that "private benefits Nexstar could obtain by acquiring Tegna are outweighed by the harm to" DirecTV; the judge orders Nexstar and Tegna to pause integration efforts and operate separately, and also sets an April 7 hearing on whether a more permanent injunction to halt the deal should be made.
	Three days before its twenty-second season was scheduled to premiere on March 22, ABC pulls The Bachelorette from its lineup amid a domestic assault investigation against star Taylor Frankie Paul.
26	The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards airs on Fox from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre with Ludacris as host.
31	A carriage dispute begins between Xfinity and the E. W. Scripps Company, causing affiliate stations owned by Scripps to be removed from Xfinity.

April

Date	Event	Ref.
10	Paramount Skydance announces that Nickelodeon Animation Studio would no longer operate as a separate company and would be a label of CBS Eye Animation Productions with Alec Botnick serving as president.
17	QVC Group, owner of the QVC and HSN shopping channels, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which company CEO David Rawlinson states it was made to ease into a transition from television to social media retailing.
	Ten days after a hearing on the Nexstar–Tegna merger (see 3/19 entry), U.S. District Court Judge for Eastern California Troy Nunley issues a preliminary injunction, effective April 21, that halts the merger on grounds that it would hinder competition and violate antitrust laws. Nexstar indicates that they would appeal the ruling.
18–19	WrestleMania 42 broadcasts from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on ESPN. It was originally set to be held in New Orleans, but was moved to Las Vegas. This was the second time WrestleMania was held at the same venue in consecutive years, after WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V in 1988 and 1989, which were held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
19	Hours before it was to premiere on ESPN2, the documentary Rachel, Breathe is removed from the schedule, with the film's director/co-producer, Frank Marshall, indicating on social media that the reason was a disagreement with ESPN over rights to the film, which documents the story of Rachel Foster's recovery from a lengthy coma to compete in, and finish, the 2023 Boston Marathon five months later.
25	Kenny Albert calls TNT Sports' broadcast of a National Hockey League playoff game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers; this marks Albert's 1,545th national television game assignment among the four major North American pro sports leagues (NHL, NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball), setting the record for a play-by-play announcer (surpassing Dick Stockton's 1,544).

May

Date	Event	Ref.
12–16	The 70th anniversary edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (held at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria) streams live on Peacock and YouTube, marking the first time that the song competition is broadcast via live streaming on the video streaming platform in the United States in almost a decade. The move comes after the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) (to which Peacock's sister broadcast network and major content provider NBC is among the alliance of public service media organizations' American associate member broadcasters) addressed several controversies, including Israel's participation in the context of the Gaza and Iran wars, that led to five countries withdrawing from the competition, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and "Big Five" member country Spain, who participated each year since 1961. As a result, this is the largest number of non-participating countries in the contest's history since the 1970 edition. Bulgaria (represented by singer-songwriter Dara with the song "Bangaranga") wins the competition with 516 points, marking the country's first Eurovision win and the first entry to win both the jury vote and televote since Portugal (represented by Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois") in 2017, as well as setting the record for the largest winning margin at 173 points, surpassing Norway's margin of 169 points with Alexander Rybak's "Fairytale" in 2009.
17	The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards streams live on Prime Video from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with Shania Twain as host.
21	After eleven years, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert airs its final episode, and with it, CBS discontinues its franchise that originated with David Letterman in 1993, and producing original programming in the 11:30 p.m. (ET) time slot that follows local news. CBS cites the cancellation was due to financial reasons and a decline in advertising revenue for its late-night programming. The move came one year after CBS canceled After Midnight (which aired in the slot following The Late Show) and sold that airtime to Allen Media Group for Comics Unleashed. Following Late Show's conclusion, Comics Unleashed was moved to the time slot, as Allen purchased another hour of late-night airtime from CBS and used it for the 2017 revival of Funny You Should Ask in the 12:35 a.m. (ET) time slot.
25	The 52nd American Music Awards airs on CBS from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena, with Queen Latifah hosting for the first time since 1995.
27	Sharyn Alfonsi reveals that CBS News would not renew her contract and dismiss her once it expires. Alfonsi had been a correspondent with 60 Minutes, and had been critical of CBS leadership over her report that examined poor conditions at El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, where Venezuelan migrants to the U.S. (some of whom were in the country legally) were being deported was pulled hours before it was scheduled to air in December 2025. Although it would air one month later mostly unaltered (with a new intro and outro by Alfonsi that included statements from White House and DHS officials), Alfonsi defended the report as thoroughly vetted by CBS' Standards and Practices, and described the decision to pull it from air as a political appeasement to the Trump administration (officials of whom declined to participate in the original story).
31	Fifty-four local television stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company are removed from DirecTV over a retransmission dispute.

June

Date	Event	Ref.
2	Scott Pelley reveals that he was fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News after having a verbal confrontation with the program's new executive producer, Nick Bilton, over the direction of the show.
7	The 79th Tony Awards airs on CBS from New York's Radio City Music Hall, with Pink as host.
11–July 19	The 2026 FIFA World Cup airs on Fox and FS1 (English language) as well as Telemundo (Spanish language). Jointly hosted in 16 cities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the 23rd edition of the tournament is the first to feature three host nations, the first since 1994 to be held in North America, and the first to feature 48 teams.
12	Longtime WABC-TV/New York City news anchor Bill Ritter announces his retirement from the anchor desk following an early stage Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Ritter joined the station in September 1999, as an evening anchor, after six years working at ABC News.
14	UFC Freedom 250 airs on Paramount+ from the South Lawn of the White House.
15	Fox announces that it plans to acquire streaming device and content provider Roku for $22 billion.
19	KWQC-TV/Davenport, Iowa morning news anchor Dustin Nolan announces on-air his resignation from the Gray Media-owned NBC affiliate and departure from the television news industry, stating that he believes local news stations "have to be more than trends or sanitized news". Although initially reported as a spur-of-the-moment decision on his part, Nolan later states that his departure had been planned for some time, and that KWQC had been working to fill his role for several weeks prior.
26	MS NOW announces a restructuring of its weekend programming that features an emphasis on video podcasts and taped programming during primetime hours and content from outside partners, as well as the departure of longtime anchor Alex Witt from the network later in the year.
	Linda Cohn anchors her final SportsCenter episode on ESPN before retiring from the network four days later.
28	The 26th BET Awards airs on BET from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with Druski as host.
29	Comcast announces a plan to split into two companies, with Comcast retaining its cable and technology operations and NBCUniversal splitting into a separate entity (owned by Comcast shareholders) that includes the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, streaming services Peacock and Hayu, as well as cable network Bravo and other related media properties.
30	Dish DBS, the operator of Dish Network and Sling TV, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

July

Date	Event	Ref.
1	NJ PBS transfers operations from WNET to Montclair State University after the university made a successful bid to acquire operations from The WNET Group (the original operator of NJ PBS), which announced in 2025, that it would not be able to reach an agreement with the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to renew their agreement.
3–4	The Walt Disney Company celebrates the United States Semiquincentennial with Disney Celebrates America, an over-24-hour commemoration that airs across Disney-owned networks; including ABC, as well as Freeform, FX, and National Geographic; and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. David Muir serves as primary anchor of the round-the-clock coverage that began at 10 PM (ET) on July 3, and ran through 11 PM on July 4.
7	The New York City studios of WPIX and NewsNation (both operated by Nexstar Media Group) are among several buildings evacuated after debris falls from a building across the street, the result of support structures buckling and floors partially collapsing during a remodeling project. The stations are given the "all clear" to return to their studios later that night, but not before WPIX spends much of its day originating from news vehicles temporarily set up on streets outside the cordoned-off area (NewsNation's daytime programming originated as normal from its base in Chicago).
15	The 2026 ESPY Awards airs on ABC and ESPN from the David H. Koch Theater in New York City, with Marcello Hernández as host.
	Optimum announces that it would consolidate News 12 Networks' news bureaus in The Bronx, Brooklyn, Connecticut, and Westchester County, resulting in approximately thirty employees being dismissed.
30	The Walt Disney Company announces that it plans to sell its 50% stake in A+E Global Media to Hearst Communications for $1 billion.
31	Eight days after his arrest in Milwaukee on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, CBS Sports announces that its lead NFL game analyst Tony Romo had taken an indefinite leave from the network.

August

Date	Event	Ref.
6	In a 2–1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission repeals the longstanding television station ownership cap that prevented a single owner from controlling stations that covered more than 39% of U.S. television households. While the repeal would result in open sales or consolidation among station ownership groups, the decision may face legal challenges based on the belief that Congress and not the FCC has the authority to remove the restriction.
18	ABC files a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, claiming that the Trump administration, through investigative and regulatory actions by the FCC (including an early renewal review of the network's broadcast licenses), is retaliating against ABC and its free speech rights based on critiques of President Donald Trump by network personalities (in particular Jimmy Kimmel and the host panel of The View).
20	Cable television companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications close their $34.5 billion merger, with the combined company transitioning to the Cox Communications corporate name and adopting Charter's Spectrum brand for its cable/internet services to 37 million customers across 45 states.
21	Less than a week before they were to air both events, The CW removes the 2026 editions of the Miss USA and the Miss Teen USA pageants from its broadcast schedule. The network does not provide a reason for the change, while the pageants, in a statement, cite only "a contractual issue with our production arrangements" that occurred two weeks earlier "could not be resolved within the necessary time frame".
27	Two days after originally postponing its premiere at the last minute (from August 25 to September 1), Golf Channel announces that the revival of reality competition series The Big Break (titled The Big Break × Good Good) would be canceled. The initial delay was to remove references to a presenting sponsor (reportedly equipment retailer Golf Galaxy) that requested its branding be withdrawn from the show following a commercial for Callaway Golf Company featuring Garrett Clark and other figures from Good Good (the digital media company co-producing Big Break) that included a woman being shoved to the ground; the commercial and scene were criticized as being misogynist in tone and promoting violence against women.

September

Date	Event	Ref.
1	Sony Pictures Television suspends Jim Thornton from his role as announcer for Wheel of Fortune amid an investigation stemming from allegations relating to a reported incident involving him and a passenger on an American Airlines flight in May 2026. Three days later, on September 4, he was fired from the show after photos, taken by a passenger who was sitting near Thornton on the Charlotte-to-Los Angeles flight, were released showing a chatroom for pedophilic individuals on his laptop, featuring explicit conversations about children and other sexual material, which he was alleged to have been in for at least 57 minutes. (Thornton’s attorney claimed that, as a suicide prevention advocate, he regularly visited the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s chat forum, which has a domain similar to the site that Thornton was allegedly seen visiting, which he claimed was sent to him by an acquaintance.) Thornton had served as a guest announcer in 2010, following the death of longtime announcer Charlie O'Donnell, before assuming the role on a permanent basis in 2011. In addition to Thornton's role being recast, the voiceovers he had already recorded for the show's 44th season at the time of his firing would also be re-recorded.
	For the first time since 2020, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson returns to America's Got Talent as a guest judge, filling for main judge Simon Cowell, who was absent following back surgery.
2	Six National Hockey League teams—the Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, and St. Louis Blues—announce they would partner with Amazon Prime Video for local, in-market game broadcasts beginning with the 2026–2027 season. The agreement replaces each team’s former media partners as a result of financial difficulties that led to those services’ closure: the Ducks and Stars join Prime Video from another streaming service, Victory+, while the Hurricanes, Blue Jackets, Wild, and Blues join after terminating their respective contracts with FanDuel Sports Network (see Closures).
3	Fox News dismisses Maria Bartiromo from the company, a move the network states was a "business decision". Bartiromo reportedly violated guidance given to employees by Fox News senior staff—stemming from a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems that Fox settled in 2023 for $787.5 million, concerning claims made by the network’s hosts and guests of election fraud in 2020 involving the company’s voting machines—to avoid validating President Donald Trump’s claims of foreign interference directed towards his campaign during the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections—despite him winning two of the three, and his longstanding claims that his 2020 loss was the result of rigging being debunked—by communicating to White House officials of the network’s decision to limit coverage of Trump’s July 16 prime time address, in which he made the election tampering claims to help advocate for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 after two decades at CNBC, and primarily served as the titular anchor of Fox Business' Mornings with Maria (which was renamed to Mornings with Fox Business following her dismissal) and Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures.
14	The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards airs on NBC from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actress Mariska Hargitay hosted the ceremony, and in doing so became the first woman to host the Primetime Emmys since Jane Lynch in 2011; as well as the first host who was not a comedian, comedy series actor, reality host, or news personality since Angela Lansbury in 1993.
15	An Airbus AS350 B2 news-gathering helicopter utilized by NBC and Telemundo’s Los Angeles owned-and-operated stations, KNBC and KVEA, crashes between two buildings in an industrial storage area in the city’s Chatsworth neighborhood around 6:55 p.m. PT, while covering a fatal accident that occurred at a nearby intersection approximately two hours earlier in which an SUV collided into a Los Angeles Metro Bus, killing at least two people and injuring six others. The chopper crash killed reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, who worked for the NBCUniversal-owned West Coast flagship stations under a helicopter leasing agreement with Pacoima-based aerial production services firm Angel City Air, along with at least one person on the ground; four cars and two storage containers in the vicinity of the crash site were damaged due to the resulting fire.
19	CNN and MS NOW journalists have been denied access to The White House, a day after President Donald Trump announced that he would banning both networks, as well as Politico from the White House.

Future events

September

Date	Event	Ref.
27	The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will simulcast on CBS and MTV from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with streaming on Paramount+. Snoop Dogg is set to host the ceremony.

October

Date	Event	Ref.
2	The Wizard of Oz will air on broadcast television for the first time since 1998, as the Weigel-owned classic terrestrial television network MeTV acquires broadcast rights to the film, which first aired on television in 1956, and had aired almost annually on broadcast television until moving exclusively to cable television beginning in 1999. MeTV will air The Wizard of Oz several times as part of its Halloween lineup.

November

Date	Event	Ref.
14	The 2026 Kids' Choice Awards will simulcast on CBS and Nickelodeon from Los Angeles, making it the first Kids' Choice Awards ceremony to air on CBS and on broadcast television, as well as the first ceremony to be held in November since 1992.
18	The 60th Annual Country Music Association Awards will air on ABC from Nashville, Tennessee. Lainey Wilson is set to return for her third consecutive year as host.
27	The Soul Train Music Awards will air on television for the first time since 2023. It will simulcast on BET and CBS, making it the first Soul Train Music Awards ceremony to air on CBS and the first to air on broadcast television since 2007, and the return of Soul Train branded content to over-the-air television 20 years after its flagship series ended on first run syndication in 2006.

Television shows

Shows debuting in 2026

First aired	Title	Channel	Source
January 1	The Cult of the Real Housewife	TLC
	Second Chance Love	Hallmark+
	Crime in Progress	A&E
January 3	Donkey King	Weekend Adventure (ABC stations)
January 4	Best Medicine	Fox
January 5	Baking Championship: Next Gen	Food Network
January 6	The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story	Investigation Discovery
January 7	Harlan Coben's Final Twist	CBS
	Leader's Playbook	CNBC
	Neighborhood Watch	HGTV
January 8	His & Hers	Netflix
	The Valley: Persian Style	Bravo
January 10	Maxxed Out	OWN
January 13	Hey A.J.!	Disney Jr.
	Suddenly Amish	TLC
	Killer Confessions: Case Files of a Texas Ranger	Investigation Discovery
	Pole to Pole with Will Smith	Disney+
January 14	Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV	ABC
January 15	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	Paramount+
	Ponies	Peacock
January 17	Iyanla: The Inside Fix	OWN
January 18	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	HBO
	The Hillside Strangler	MGM+
	The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins	NBC
January 19	120 Hours Behind Bars	Discovery Channel
January 20	Handsome Devil: Charming Killer	Paramount+
January 21	The Beauty	FX/Hulu
January 22	Free Bert	Netflix
	Finding Her Edge
	Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!	HBO
January 25	Memory of a Killer	Fox
	It's Not Like That	Amazon Prime Video
January 26	History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames	History Channel
January 27	Wonder Man	Disney+
January 30	On the Edge: World Cup Ski Racing	ESPN
February 1	L.A. Firestorm: Inside the Inferno	Reelz
	Rise of the 49ers	AMC/AMC+
	Vanished	MGM+
February 2	Phoebe & Jay	PBS Kids
February 3	Black & Jewish America: An Interwoven History	PBS
February 4	The Coach Vick Experience	BET
February 6	The White House	Fox Nation
February 8	The 'Burbs	Peacock
February 11	Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League	ESPN
	The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story	Hulu
February 12	Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association	Amazon Prime Video
	Love Story	FX/Hulu
February 13	Neighbors	HBO
February 15	Love, Ted Bundy	Oxygen
February 16	Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model	Netflix
February 18	56 Days	Amazon Prime Video
	Wild Boys: Strangers in Town	Paramount+
February 19	Murder in Glitterball City	HBO
	Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman	Hulu
February 20	Strip Law	Netflix
February 22	History's Greatest Picks with Mike Wolfe	History Channel
February 23	CIA	CBS
	The CEO Club	Amazon Prime Video
February 25	The Greatest Average American	ABC
February 26	The Gray House	Amazon Prime Video
	David: King of Israel	Fox Nation
February 28	Crooked on MS NOW	MS NOW
March 1	Marshals	CBS
	American Classic	MGM+
	DTF St. Louis	HBO
	Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown	CNN
March 2	Bachelor Mansion Takeover	HGTV
	Wild Vacation Rentals
	BeddyByes	Disney Jr.
	Bedtime Stories with Ryan	Nick Jr.
March 3	R.J. Decker	ABC
March 4	America's Culinary Cup	CBS
	Flavortown Food Fight	Food Network
	Dirty Rotten Scandals	E!
	Body Bizarre	TLC
March 5	Vladimir	Netflix
	Predator Hunters	A&E
	This City Is Ours: A Crime Family Saga	AMC+
March 6	Friends Like These	Disney+/Hulu
	The Dinosaurs	Netflix
March 8	Rooster	HBO
March 9	The Ultimate Baking Championship	Food Network
March 11	Scarpetta	Amazon Prime Video
	Age of Attraction	Netflix
March 13	Dynasty: The Murdochs
	Celebrity Jeopardy! All-Stars	ABC
March 14	The Madison	Paramount+
March 15	Rooster Fighter	Adult Swim
	Property Brothers: Under Pressure	HGTV
March 16	Born to Bowl	HBO
March 18	Imperfect Women	Apple TV
	Bad Foot Clinic	TLC
March 19	That Thrifting Show with Lara Spencer	Freeform
March 21	Hope Valley: 1874	Hallmark+
March 22	The Faithful: Women of the Bible	Fox
	Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia	CNN
March 23	Magicampers	Disney Jr.
March 25	K9 PD with Jim Belushi	A&E
March 26	Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen	Netflix
	Love Overboard	Hulu
March 27	Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time	PBS
March 31	Evil Lives Here: My Child the Killer	Investigation Discovery
	Secrets of the Bees	Nat Geo
April 1	Conspiracies & Coverups	Discovery Channel
April 2	The Real Housewives of Rhode Island	Bravo
April 4	Made for March	Paramount+
April 6	Maul – Shadow Lord	Disney+
	Foul Play with Anthony Davis	TBS
April 7	Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution	PBS
April 8	The Testaments	Hulu
April 9	The Miniature Wife	Peacock
	Big Mistakes	Netflix
April 10	Belle Collective: Birmingham	OWN
April 11	Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever	CNN
	Building Back America's Trades	Magnolia Network
	Million Dollar Mountain Homes	A&E
April 12	The Audacity	AMC/AMC+
	Eva Longoria: Searching for France	CNN
April 13	Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event	Investigation Discovery
April 14	You Don't Know Where I'm From, Dawg	Paramount+
	The Dark Wizard	HBO
	World's Bargain Dream Homes	HGTV
April 15	Margo's Got Money Troubles	Apple TV
	One Day in My Body	TLC
April 20	Kevin	Amazon Prime Video
	4X20: Quick Hits	Hulu
	Funny AF with Kevin Hart	Netflix
April 22	Killing Grounds: The Gilgo Beach Murders	Amazon Prime Video
	This Is a Gardening Show	Netflix
	Hulk Hogan: Real American
April 23	Stranger Things: Tales from '85
	Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries	UPtv
April 24	My Brother the Minotaur	Apple TV
April 27	This First House	The Roku Channel
April 28	My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders	Paramount+
	The Cult of Natureboy	Hulu
April 29	Widow's Bay	Apple TV
	Shared Planet	PBS
April 30	Man on Fire	Netflix
May 5	Designed to Last	Hulu
May 7	M.I.A.	Peacock
	Mom's the Bride	Hallmark+
May 10	Home Town: Inn This Together	HGTV
May 12	U.S. Against the World: Four Years with the Men's National Soccer Team	HBO
	Chopped Castaways	Food Network
	Squatters	A&E
	Last Train to North America	ESPN
May 13	The Face Doctors	TLC
	Off Campus	Amazon Prime Video
May 14	Nemesis	Netflix
	The Old Stories: Moses	Amazon Prime Video
May 15	Dutton Ranch	Paramount+
May 17	Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown	Discovery Channel
	In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers
May 18	You're Killing Me	Acorn TV
May 19	In the City	Bravo
	The Nightmare Upstairs: What Happened to Ty and Bryn?	Hulu
May 20	Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed	Apple TV
May 21	The Boroughs	Netflix
May 22	Mating Season
	America's Awesome Kids	PBS Kids
May 24	The Vampire Lestat: After Dark	AMC+
May 25	Sofia the First: Royal Magic	Disney Jr.
	Spider-Noir	MGM+
	The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle	Investigation Discovery
	Food Network's Top 10	Food Network
May 27	The Other Football	Tubi
May 28	I Gotta Ask	Amazon Prime Video
May 29	Star City	Apple TV
	Calabasas Confidential	Netflix
	This Is Poly	We TV/All Reality
May 30	Zombie House Flipping: Family Business	A&E
	Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose	CNN
June 1	Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult	HBO
June 2	Not Suitable for Work	Hulu
June 3	Michael Jackson: The Verdict	Netflix
	Toon World Express	Tubi
June 4	Deestroying the Pitch
	Squatters: Get the F*** Out of My House	Hulu
	The Witness	Netflix
June 5	Cape Fear	Apple TV
	Among Us	Paramount+
June 7	100 Cooks	Food Network
June 9	Dragon Striker	Disney XD
June 10	Every Year After	Amazon Prime Video
	Big Girls Wanted: Escaping Pearadise	Investigation Discovery
	Outlast: The Jungle	Netflix
June 11	Surviving Earth	NBC
	FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Corden	Fox Sports
	Mark vs. The Mountain	Great American Pure Flix
June 12	City Island: USA!	PBS Kids
June 15	Little Singles	TLC
June 17	Million Dollar Nannies	Freeform
	OG Stories	BET
June 24	The American Experiment	Netflix
June 26	Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness	HBO
	The Doomies	Disney+
June 29	Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal	Fox Nation
June 30	Lot Patrol	BET
July 1	Elle	Amazon Prime Video
	Road to the Show	Peacock
July 8	ER: Off the Charts	TLC
	Guy's Grocery Games: Global Games	Food Network
	Kitchen Chaos
July 9	Little House on the Prairie	Netflix
	The Five-Star Weekend	Peacock
	The Man Will Burn	HBO
July 12	The Westies	MGM+
July 13	Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro	ABC
	Pitmasters	Food Network
	Murder 101	Amazon Prime Video
	Hot Ones: Extra Heat	Netflix
	Rabbit Hole	Hulu
July 14	Homestead Rescue: Intervention	Discovery Channel
	The Real Wolf of Wall Street	Paramount+
July 15	Lucky	Apple TV
	Nation's Dumbest	Fox
	Ride or Die	Amazon Prime Video
July 16	The Hawk	Netflix
	Scott Peterson: The New Evidence	A&E
July 23	Stuart Fails to Save the Universe	HBO Max
July 24	Roast My Rental	HGTV
	Breaking Bear	Tubi
July 26	President Curtis	Adult Swim
July 27	Furious	Hulu
July 28	Kitchen Undercover	Food Network
July 29	House of Stassi	Freeform
	The Trade with Kelley L. Carter	ESPN+
	The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare	Netflix
July 30	Paris Is Always a Good Idea	Hallmark+
July 31	Fightland	Starz
	Put a Ring on It: Cheathab	OWN
August 2	Naked and Afraid: Shipwrecked	Discovery Channel
August 5	Let's Marry Harry	Netflix
	Sterling Point	Amazon Prime Video
	Star Wars: Visions Presents	Disney+
	The Shards	FX/Hulu
	How to Catch a Dirtbag	Discovery Channel
August 6	Monsters of God	HBO
August 7	Anna Pigeon	USA Network
	Age Inappropriate	We TV/All Reality
August 9	The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls	Amazon Prime Video
	Double Lives of Suburban Wives	TLC
	NASCAR Americana	USA Network
August 10	Somebody Knows Something	Freeform
	State of Play with Peter Alexander	MS NOW
August 12	Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes	Netflix
August 13	Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou	Great American Pure Flix
August 16	Lanterns	HBO
August 18	Cocktail Wars	E!
August 19	ER: Caught on Camera	TLC
	Lion	Nat Geo
August 21	The Dynasty: UConn Huskies	Apple TV
	The Girls: A Khloé Kardashian Project	Hulu
	9/11 Reunited	Nat Geo
August 24	NFL Hometown Eats	The Roku Channel
August 26	Death of the Pastor's Wife	Netflix
August 29	Totally '90s House	HGTV
September 1	The Varnell Hill Show	Paramount+
September 2	Botched Homes	HGTV
September 4	Earle Meets World	Netflix
September 8	The Drop: A Snowfall Saga	FX/Hulu
	Bobby Flay's The Line	Food Network
	Dang!	Netflix
September 9	NFL Play Action	Paramount+
September 10	A Killer Story	HBO
September 12	The Assignment with Antonia Hylton	MS NOW
September 13	High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam	TNT
	The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza	Adult Swim
September 14	Adam's Law	Syndication
September 15	A Very Haunted Renovation	HGTV
September 16	Neagley	Amazon Prime Video
	Ages of Ice	PBS
	Golden Axe	Paramount+
	The Great American Road Rally	The CW
September 17	The Traitors: New Blood	NBC
	Building Buffalo	ESPN
September 18	Jay-Z in 8	HBO
September 19	American Mayhem	Syndication
September 20	American Hostage	MGM+
	The Detour with David Chang	CNN
	Youth	HBO
	Setting the Tempo	ESPN
September 21	Line of Fire	NBC
September 22	House Shock	HGTV
September 23	Brothers	Apple TV
	The Golden Ticket	Netflix
September 24	Team Moms: Baseball	Paramount+
September 25	S.W.A.T. Exiles	Starz
September 28	Still Flipping Out	Bravo
September 29	Secret Life of a Vegas Casino	Discovery Channel
October 1	War	HBO
	Coven Academy	Freeform
	East of Eden	Netflix
	Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena	AMC+/All Reality/Sundance TV
October 2	Love After Lockup: Relationship Rehab	We TV/All Reality
	Bite Size Terror	Tubi
October 3	Get Jiro	Adult Swim
October 5	Super Why's Comic Book Adventures	PBS Kids
	Sweet Deceit	Food Network
October 6	NCIS: New York	CBS
October 7	Carrie	Amazon Prime Video
	The Serial Killer Connection	Investigation Discovery
October 8	Eternally Yours	CBS
	Cupertino
	Saban	ESPN
October 9	Avatar: Seven Havens	Paramount+
October 11	Treasure Island	MGM+
October 13	Tyson	Netflix
October 14	VisionQuest	Disney+
October 15	Crystal Lake	Peacock
	Hollywood Arts	Netflix
October 20	The Golden Life	E!
October 23	Newlyweds	NBC
October 25	A Course Called Ireland	Paramount+
October 26	The Mob	Hulu
	Minimum Wage	Netflix
October 27	The One About Matthew Perry
November 3	Bass X Machina
November 4	The Greatest	Amazon Prime Video
November 11	The Body	Netflix
	The Vow	Fox Nation
November 12	The Good Daughter	Peacock
November 16	Crime and Punishment in America	PBS
November 19	The Altruists	Netflix
November 23	Dig	Peacock
November 25	Blade Runner 2099	Amazon Prime Video
November	The Airport	Tubi
Fall	Win the Mall	Netflix
	America's Next Top Cryptid	Tubi
	Love & Hip Hop: The Final Chapter	VH1
	Megan and Cupcake Ready for Preschool	Disney Jr.
December 10	The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey	Netflix
December 17	Unaccustomed Earth
December 25	Harry Potter	HBO
December	Sunshine Girls	Netflix
Late	Untitled Nick Cannon docuseries
	Untitled Gabby's Dollhouse competition series
	Untitled Universal Music Group docuseries	CNN
	The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County	Hulu
TBA	The Undertow	Netflix

Shows changing networks

Show	Moved from	Moved to	Source
House of Villains	E!	Peacock
American Dad!	TBS	Fox
Adults	FX	FXX
Welcome to Wrexham		FXX/Hulu
Pop Culture Jeopardy!	Amazon Prime Video	Netflix
Sunday Night Baseball	ESPN/ESPN2	NBC/Peacock
MLB Sunday Leadoff	The Roku Channel
TNA Impact!	AXS TV	AMC/AMC+
Dana White's Contender Series	ESPN+	Paramount+
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ms. Pat Show	BET+
Divorced Sistas
Zatima
All the Queen's Men
Ruthless
Diarra from Detroit
Average Joe
The Agency	Showtime
The Challenge	MTV
Jury Duty	Amazon Freevee	Amazon Prime Video
NASCAR: Full Speed	Netflix
Conan O'Brien Must Go	HBO Max	HBO

Television films and specials

First aired	Title	Channel	Source
January 1	I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not	CNN
January 3	Stolen Girl	Lifetime
	Lost in Paradise	Hallmark Channel
January 8	Golden Eve	CBS
January 10	A Melbourne Match	Hallmark Channel
	Accused: The Karen Read Story	Lifetime
January 16	Phineas and Ferb: VENDPOCALYPSE: THE MUSICAL	Disney Channel
January 17	I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco	Lifetime
	Love on the Amazon	Hallmark Channel
January 22	Disneyland Handcrafted	Disney+
January 24	Caught by Love	Hallmark Channel
	Skyscraper Live	Netflix
January 30	Paw Patrol: Rocky's Cat-astrophe	Nickelodeon
January 31	Missing the Boat	Hallmark Channel
	Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love	Lifetime
February 3	The Turpins: A New House of Horror – A Diane Sawyer Special Event	ABC
February 4	The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen	ABC/Disney+
	Is It Cake? Valentines	Netflix
February 7	The Way to You	Hallmark Channel
February 12	Huz: Drawn to Life	PBS
February 14	Because of Cupid	Hallmark Channel
	The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story	Lifetime
February 17	John and Carolyn – Love, Beauty and Loss	ABC
February 18	Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words	BET
February 19	Descendants/ZOMBIES Worlds Collide: Concert Special	Disney Channel
	TMZ Presents: Michael Jackson: 30 Fatal Seconds	Fox
February 21	The Stars Between Us	Hallmark Channel
	Double Double Trouble	Lifetime
	A CNN & Variety Town Hall Event: Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey	CNN
February 27	Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace	HBO
February 28	Romance at Hope Ranch	Hallmark Channel
	Pushed off a Plane and Survived	Lifetime
March 1	Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran	ABC
March 7	Vanished In an Instant	Lifetime
	Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery	Hallmark Channel
March 10	Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare	HBO
March 12	OWN Spotlight: Roberta	OWN
March 14	The Boy with My Son's Face	Lifetime
March 15	The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose	ABC/Hulu
March 21	I Killed Him in My Sleep	Lifetime
March 24	Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special	Disney+
March 27	Color Theories by Julio Torres	HBO
March 28	The Man in the Window	Lifetime
April 4	Rescued By Faith: The Connie and Larry Van Oosten Story
April 5	Finding Harry: The Craft Behind The Magic	HBO
	HBCU AWAREFEST Benefit Concert Special	BET
April 6	The Neighborhood: A Farewell Special	CBS
April 10	The Reunion: Laguna Beach	The Roku Channel
	CBS News: Artemis II Return to Earth	CBS
April 16	Artemis II: To the Moon and Back	Discovery Channel
April 17	Ramy Youssef: In Love	HBO
April 24	America Laughs with Matt Friend	CNN
May 1	Wowsabout	PBS Kids
May 2	Kentucky Roses	Hallmark Channel
	Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story	Lifetime
May 4	Weather Hunters: Mother's Day Rainbow	PBS Kids
May 7	We Are Jeni	Investigation Discovery
May 9	Love, Again	Lifetime
May 10	Messi: The Forgotten Tape	ESPN
May 12	The Punisher: One Last Kill	Disney+
	The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special	ABC
May 13	The A List: 15 Stories From Asia And Pacific Diasporas	HBO
May 14	Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 1	Fox
May 16	The 500: Immortality at Indy
	Faith & Forgiveness: A Duck Dynasty Love Story	Lifetime
May 19	Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live	CBS/Paramount+
May 21	Fear Factor: 48 Hours of Fear Part 2	Fox
May 22	Josh Johnson: Symphony	HBO
May 23	Summer of '94	Fox
	When I Said I Do	Lifetime
May 25	Why We Dream	CNN
May 29	Miss You, Love You	HBO
	WWE: Made in America	USA Network
May 30	Where the Heart Lands	Lifetime
June 6	Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery
	The Greek Aisle	Hallmark Channel
June 7	Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World)	HBO
June 13	The Jealous Bride	Lifetime
	Texas Two-Step	Hallmark Channel
June 17	The Simpsons: Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition	Disney+
June 19	The Clash of Nations: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling	History Channel
June 20	Don't Trust the Girls Upstairs	Lifetime
	The Love Heist	Hallmark Channel
June 21	Celebrity Crime Scene: Marilyn Monroe	Fox
June 22	All American: The Final Season Special	The CW
June 23	The Welcome Table	HBO
June 25	CMA Fest Presented by SoFi	ABC
June 27	Single Black Tenant	Lifetime
	A Castle of Our Own	Hallmark Channel
June 29	Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness	ABC
June 30	Presidential 1776 Award	CBS
July 2	The Americas: A Wild 250th	NBC
July 3	The Simpsons: Simpsley	Disney+
	Independence Eve Live with Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250	CNN
July 4	The Great American Block Party 250	CBS
	Christmas Under Construction	Hallmark Channel
July 10	This Is UFC: McGregor vs. Holloway	CBS
July 11	Iyanu: The War of Twin Princes	Cartoon Network
	O Little Christmas Market	Hallmark Channel
	He Couldn't Let Go	Lifetime
July 13	Alma's Way: Alma in Oz: The Musical!	PBS Kids
July 16	Descendants: Wicked Wonderland	Disney Channel
July 18	Crowning at the Prom	Lifetime
	Snowbound for the Holidays	Hallmark Channel
July 25	Love Under the Mistletoe
	Girl in the Coffin	Lifetime
July 26	KPop Shark Heroes	Discovery Channel
July 30	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+: Mickey's Country Farm	Disney Jr.
July 31	Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy	Apple TV
	Adults: Marathon Day	FXX/Hulu
August 1	Killer Clown	Lifetime
August 3	Storm on Sesame Street	Netflix/PBS Kids
August 6	SuperKitties: The New SuperKitty	Disney Jr.
August 7	The Day You Begin	PBS Kids
August 8	She Stole My Son's Heart	Lifetime
August 13	Camp Rock 3	Disney Channel
August 14	Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes	HBO
August 20	Celebrity Crime Scene: Princess Diana	Fox
	Disney Worldbuilders	Disney+
August 22	The Run for a Million	CBS
August 25	A CBS News Special: Dolly Parton - An American Icon
	Dolly Parton: An American Original - Special Edition of 20/20	ABC
August 26	The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror	Disney+
	Dolly: An NBC News Special	NBC
August 29	Much About Love	Hallmark Channel
August 30	Robot Chicken Adult Swim 25th Anniversary Special	Adult Swim
	Entertainment Tonight: Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life	CBS
September 1	9/11: United We Stand – 25 Years Later	ABC
September 2	LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian	Disney+
September 3	Clash of the Thundermans	Nickelodeon/Paramount+
September 5	Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story	Lifetime
	Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Prelude to a Wedding	Hallmark Channel
September 11	102 Minutes Inside the Towers	History Channel
	9/11: We Remember	CBS
	Daughters of 9/11
September 12	Falling Into Place	Hallmark Channel
	Robin Roberts Presents Angel in the Rubble: The Genelle Guzman Story	Lifetime
September 13	Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances	CBS
September 15	14 Days in Gainesville	ESPN
September 19	Sole Survivor of Flight 119	Lifetime
	Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder Takes the Stage	Hallmark Channel
September 20	Kimora Lee: On Her Own	Lifetime
	Best of VMAs: Unforgettable Moments	CBS
September 22	Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable
	Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie	HBO
September 24	Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up	Disney Jr.
September 26	The Ocean Between Them	Lifetime
	Pumpkin Regatta Romance	Hallmark Channel
September 29	LEGO One Piece	Netflix
	Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special	CBS
	The Amazing Race: 25 Years Around the World
October 3	A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story	Lifetime
	A Knight to Remember	Hallmark Channel
October 10	The Spirit of Halloween
	The Monster She Married	Lifetime
October 16	'Tis the Season for Setups	Hallmark Channel
	Kate Berlant: Parmesan	HBO
October 17	Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story	Hallmark Channel
	Super Scam Me	Nat Geo
	Sins of an Amish Husband	Lifetime
October 18	Mr. & Mrs. Christmas	Hallmark Channel
October 21	CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton	ABC
October 23	Winter Wonderlanes	Hallmark Channel
October 24	Forgotten Holiday
	Secrets of Mercy Hospital	Lifetime
October 25	What If Christmas	Hallmark Channel
October 29	Untitled Ghosts Halloween special	CBS
October 30	Who's Coming for Christmas?	Hallmark Channel
October 31	Adopting St. Nick
November 1	A Danish Christmas
November 6	Merry Memories
November 7	Holiday Unplugged
November 8	A Season of Promises
November 10	We Chose to Go to the Moon	PBS
November 13	My Christmas Cowboy	Hallmark Channel
November 14	One Last Shot	Lifetime
	The Nights Before Christmas	Hallmark Channel
November 15	Mistletoe and Mimosas
November 16	Carnival of the Animals	PBS Kids
November 20	Our Holiday Playbook	Hallmark Channel
November 21	Christmas in Blue Dog Valley
November 22	Double Booked for the Holidays
November 26	The JLO Show: Live in Las Vegas	CBS/Paramount+
	Christmas Delivered	Hallmark Channel
November 27	The Christmas Eve Feast
	Return to Santa
November 28	The Most Wonderful Secret
	Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True
November 29	Eight Nights for Love
	Miles to Christmas
November	Barbie in the Nutcracker	Netflix
Fall	Terry McMillan Presents: Paradise with You	Lifetime
	The Patrick Star Show: Scary Tales	Nickelodeon
	Family Guy: Happy Hell-o-ween	Hulu
	Family Guy: The Peter Clause
December 4	The Snowflake Effect	Hallmark Channel
December 5	A Grand Biltmore Christmas
December 6	An Angel in My Stocking
December 10	Untitled Ghosts holiday special	CBS
	Untitled NBC 100th anniversary special	NBC
December 11	Christmas in Canterbury	Hallmark Channel
December 12	Snow Globe Town
December 13	Noelle Nomads
December 18	Hearts All Aglow
December 19	Barking All the Way
December 20	Save the Date for Christmas
December	The Price Is Right Live	CBS
Late	Alan Jackson: The Last Show	NBC
	A Proud Family Wizmas	Disney+
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton	Nickelodeon
TBA	Mickey's Home Alone	Disney Jr./Disney+
	Untitled Paw Patrol specials	Nickelodeon
	Untitled The Kitchen special	Food Network
	Christmas Everyday Again	Lifetime

Milestone episodes and anniversaries

Show	Network	Episode #	Episode title	Episode airdate	Source
Spidey and His Amazing Friends	Disney Jr.	100th episode	"A Helping Handful/Adventures Down the Drain"	January 9
Saturday Night Live	NBC	1,000th episode	"Alexander Skarsgård/Cardi B"	January 31
The Muppet Show	ABC/Disney+	50th anniversary	"Sabrina Carpenter with Seth Rogen"	February 4
The Loud House	Nickelodeon	300th episode	"Living the Dream Boat"	February 27
Family Guy	Fox	450th episode	"Bringing Up Brady"	March 1
PAW Patrol	Nickelodeon	300th episode	"Pups Solve a Snap-N-Wrap Problem"	March 9
			"Pups Save Helga and the Dingers"	March 10
Hannah Montana	Disney+	20th anniversary	Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special	March 24
NCIS	CBS	500th episode	"All Good Things"
Bar Rescue	Paramount Network	300th episode	"Hair of the Big Dog"	April 26
Outlander	Starz	100th episode	"Pharos"	May 8
Snapped	Oxygen	700th episode	"Jacqueline Johnson-Cabrera"	July 26
Teen Titans Go!	Cartoon Network	450th episode	"TV Knight 10"	August 1
Big Brother	CBS	1,000th episode	"Episode 25"	August 27
American Dad!	Fox	400th episode	"400?!"	September 13
Comics Unleashed	CBS	20th anniversary	Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special	September 29
Abbott Elementary	ABC	100th episode	"One Hundred"	TBA
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	NBC	600th episode	TBA

Shows returning in 2026

Show	Last aired	Type of return	Previous channel	New/returning/same channel	Return date	Source
Alaska State Troopers	2015	Revival	Nat Geo	A&E	January 7
My Strange Addiction		New season	TLC	same
Primal	2022		Adult Swim		January 11
The Night Manager	2016	Revival	AMC	Amazon Prime Video
Fear Factor (as Fear Factor: House of Fear)	2018		MTV	Fox
Star Search	2004	Reboot	CBS	Netflix	January 20
Scrubs	2010	Revival	ABC	same	February 25
Ladies of London (as Ladies of London: The New Reign)	2017		Bravo		March 5
Jury Duty	2023	New season	Amazon Freevee	Amazon Prime Video	March 20
The Comeback	2014		HBO	same	March 22
Malcolm in the Middle (as Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair)	2006	Revival	Fox	Hulu	April 10
Euphoria	2022	New season	HBO	same	April 12
Beef	2023		Netflix		April 16
American Gladiators	2008	Reboot	NBC	Amazon Prime Video	April 17
Running Wild with Bear Grylls (as Bear Grylls Is Running Wild)	2023	New season	Nat Geo	Fox	April 21
The Terror (as The Terror: Devil in Silver)	2019		AMC	AMC+/Shudder	May 7
Regular Show (as Regular Show: The Lost Tapes)	2017	Revival	Cartoon Network	same	May 11
Everyone Is Doing Great	2021	New season	Hulu	Netflix
WNBA on NBC	2002	Revival	NBC	same	May 17
House of the Dragon	2024	New season	HBO		June 21
Adventure Time (as Adventure Time: Side Quests)	2018	Reboot	Cartoon Network	Hulu	June 29
Restaurant: Impossible (as Restaurant Impossible: Last Call)	2023		Food Network	same	July 23
Ted Lasso		New season	Apple TV		August 5
Untold Stories of the E.R.	2020	Revival	Discovery Life	TLC	August 19
NFL Total Access	2024		NFL Network	same	September 8
A Different World	1993		NBC	Netflix	September 24
P-Valley	2022	New season	Starz	same	December 4
Rescue 911	1996	Revival	CBS	Discovery Channel	Late

Shows ending in 2026

End date	Show	Channel	First aired	Status	Source
January 11	PBS News Weekend	PBS	2013	Canceled
January 14	Palm Royale	Apple TV	2024
January 15	The Upshaws	Netflix	2021	Ended
	Ponies	Peacock	2026	Canceled
January 16	Banfield	NewsNation	2021	Ended
	Power Book IV: Force	Starz	2022
January 21	Queer Eye	Netflix	2018
January 27	Wonder Man	Disney+	2026	Canceled
February 6	Spartacus: House of Ashur	Starz	2025
February 17	Tell Me Lies	Hulu	2022	Ended
February 20	Strip Law	Netflix	2026	Canceled
March 5	Ted	Peacock	2024
March 8	It's Not Like That	Amazon Prime Video	2026
March 13	Stumble	NBC	2025
March 25	Heartbreak High	Netflix	2022	Ended
March 26	Love Overboard	Hulu	2026	Canceled
April 12	Smiling Friends	Adult Swim	2022	Ended
April 20	Kevin	Amazon Prime Video	2026	Canceled
April 23	The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets	Peacock	2025	Ended
	Going Dutch	Fox		Canceled
May 3	Watson	CBS
May 7	The Hunting Party	NBC
	M.I.A.	Peacock	2026
May 10	The Comeback	HBO	2005	Ended
May 11	The Neighborhood	CBS	2018
	DMV		2025	Canceled
May 13	Good Omens	Amazon Prime Video	2019	Ended
May 15	Outlander	Starz	2014
May 19	Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta	MTV	2012
May 20	The Boys	Amazon Prime Video	2019
May 21	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	CBS	2015	Canceled
	Sherri	Syndication	2022
	The Boroughs	Netflix	2026
May 22	The Yogurt Shop Murders	HBO	2025	Ended
May 25	Spider-Noir	MGM+	2026	Canceled
May 26	Karamo	Syndication	2022
May 28	Hacks	HBO Max	2021	Ended
	Deli Boys	Hulu	2025	Canceled
May 31	Euphoria	HBO	2019	Ended
June 11	Sweet Magnolias	Netflix	2020	Canceled
June 14	Rugrats	Nickelodeon Global	2021	Ended
June 21	The Way Home	Hallmark Channel	2023
June 23	Not Suitable for Work	Hulu	2026	Canceled
June 25	The Bear	FX on Hulu	2022	Ended
July 1	Brilliant Minds	NBC	2024	Canceled
July 2	Survival of the Thickest	Netflix	2023	Ended
July 15	Ride or Die	Amazon Prime Video	2026	Canceled
July 23	Ransom Canyon	Netflix	2025
July 26	The Chi	Showtime	2018	Ended
July 29	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Disney+	2022
August 4	Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Disney Channel	2024
August 7	Power Book III: Raising Kanan	Starz	2021
August 20	Outer Banks	Netflix	2020
August 31	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Syndication	2019
September 3	Jersey Shore: Family Vacation	MTV	2018
September 10	Access Daily with Mario & Kit	Syndication	2010	Canceled
September 11	Access Hollywood		1996
September 28	All American	The CW	2018	Ending
September	The Steve Wilkos Show	Syndication	2007	Canceled
October 14	The Oval	BET	2019	Ending
October 22	Judy Justice	Amazon Prime Video	2021
December 24	Emily in Paris	Netflix	2020
TBA	Ridiculousness	MTV	2011	Canceled
	Yellowjackets	Showtime	2021	Ending
	All the Queen's Men	Paramount+
	Mayor of Kingstown
	House of David	Amazon Prime Video	2025

Notes:

• On July 17, 2025, Stephen Colbert announced on The Late Show that the show would be ending in May 2026, which received some controversy. Although some sources and CBS claim that the network ended the show for financial reasons, other sources claim that the show was canceled for political reasons due to Colbert's comments regarding the second Trump administration as well as Paramount's settlement with Donald Trump's lawsuit regarding Kamala Harris' October 2024 60 Minutes interview (which also came as the Paramount-Skydance merger still awaited to be closed), with Colbert's comments occurring just three days before his announcement of the show's cancellation.

Entering syndication in 2026

A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication or basic cable runs.

Show	Seasons	In production	Notes	Source
America's Funniest Home Videos	36	Yes	Broadcast syndication in local markets of Alfonso Ribeiro's hosting run

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Sources
Scripps Sports Network	FAST	March 24	On March 24, the E. W. Scripps Company announced the launch of its free streaming network Scripps Sports Network, which relies on content that Scripps has acquired for Ion Television and its local stations, including the Professional Women's Hockey League, National Women's Soccer League, Major League Volleyball, and replays of the Women's National Basketball Association, along with the National Arena League.
Hasbro Legends	FAST, over-the-air multicast	July 13	On April 13, Get After It Media announced a deal with Hasbro to launch a new channel based on the company's television properties, including content that was produced under license from Hasbro for the syndication market and for its previous linear offering, the Hub Network, which was rebranded as Discovery Family in October 2014, and Hasbro had since divested. To fill in open slot for the network among its suite of networks, GAI merged the programming of automotive channel Rev'n and the Action Channel into one feed, rebranded as Rev'n Action.

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion date	Notes	Source
Motor Trend	Discovery Turbo	Cable/satellite	January 9	Following the December 2024 sale of Motor Trend Group to Hearst Magazines, Warner Bros. Discovery quietly renamed the Motor Trend television network Discovery Turbo, a brand otherwise used in international markets.
Get	Great Entertainment Television	Over-the-air television network	February 16	Without fanfare, the Sony Pictures Television-owned digital network quietly removes the GET acronym in favor of the full name "Great Entertainment Television." The network was called getTV from its 2014 launch until rebranding to GET in 2023.

Closures

Network/ service	Type	End date	Notes	Source
Root Sports Northwest	Regional sports network	January 1	On September 26, 2025, days before the end of the Mariners' regular season, the team announced that Root Sports would close, with MLB Local Media serving as the team's distribution rights starting in 2026.
Fave TV	Over-the-air television network	February 2	Fave TV, which launched as an exclusive subchannel for CBS-owned stations in December 2020, quietly shut down on this date as a result of CBS agreeing to carry either Outlaw or 365BLK (both owned by Free TV Networks) on several of its owned stations. Although no public announcement officially confirmed the closure, the network's website stated that no programming would air after 6AM ET.
Merit TV		March 21	The digital multicast network owned by Phil McGraw quietly closed on or around this date without any notice, as a result of a court order to convert the company to Chapter 7 liquidation in October 2025, though it had effectively existed in limbo as McGraw had moved onto a new channel, Envoy TV in mid-2025, and former production/distribution partner Trinity Broadcasting Network contractually maintained a feed of previously-recorded programming until the agreement's ultimate termination. TBN-owned stations that previously carried Merit replaced it with a mostly unbranded infomercial channel known as TV Deals (similar to the ministry’s prior replacement of its in-house children’s network, Smile, with OnTV4U upon the former’s closure in January 2025).
FanDuel Sports Network	Regional sports networks	June 30	On February 1, Main Street Sports Group informed the teams to which it held rights that it had begun the process of shutting down the remaining regional sports networks in its portfolio, with Sports Business Journal reporting on April 2 that Main Street's lenders signed to a closure plan that would begin with the end of the NBA's regular season on April 12 and last through April 30, the day of the last game in the first round NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs that featured a team to which the network held rights, in order to fulfill the remaining contracts Main Street held with those leagues' teams. The closure of the channels ended a regional sports service that was originally established as Prime Sports in 1989; rebranded to Fox Sports Networks in 1996 (subsequently acquiring the assets of SportsChannel and three independent networks); and, after Main Street was formed in 2019, as the Sinclair/Allen Media joint venture Diamond Sports Group (the result of regulators requiring ESPN owner The Walt Disney Company to sell FSN during its acquisition of 21st Century Fox), rebranded through promotional partnerships to Bally Sports in 2021, and to FanDuel Sports Network in 2024. In recent years, Main Street encountered financial difficulties operating the channels due to cable subscription revenue declines (compounded by carriage disputes under Sinclair/Allen ownership, with the Bally/FanDuel networks losing their linear streaming pay television distribution), resulting in bankruptcies, missed rights payments, and the termination of team broadcast contracts (most notably the termination of FanDuel Sports' relationships with nine Major League Baseball teams on January 8). With no live sports programs remaining, Xfinity removed the channels on May 7. One of the channels remains operational: its first channel, the Los Angeles-based Prime Ticket (FDSN West at the time of the closure), came under the ownership of the Los Angeles Angels and became Angels Broadcast Television.
BET+	Over-the-top streaming service	July 22	On March 13, Paramount Skydance announced that they had acquired Tyler Perry Studios' stake in BET+, and would shut down the service and merge its programming into Paramount+.
Victory+		September 1	Launched in 2024 with the NHL's Dallas Stars as its first rights deal (the team was a part-owner in the venture), Victory+ was a FAST service that carried several local-level pro and high school teams. The service would encounter financial and funding difficulties, missed payments to teams and leagues (notably to the Anaheim Ducks, Texas Rangers, and National Women's Soccer League) and subsequent termination of rights deals. The Dallas Morning News reported that Victory+ dissolved on September 1, with Sports Business Journal later reporting that the service had terminated its staff one day earlier. A Parent Media Company, Victory+'s Alberta-based parent, would be placed into receivership on September 4 at the request of its primary lender.

Television stations

Subchannel launches

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Notes	Source
February 5	Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho	KPIF	15.13	Newsmax2
February 26	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KOKI-TV	23.4	Charge!	Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KTUL, began operating KOKI on this date, and three subchannels launched on the station.
			23.5	Comet
			23.6	The Nest
April 1	New York City, New York	WNET	13.3	World Channel	As part of WNET's sister station, WLIW, adding NHK World-Japan, the station moved the World Channel from WLIW to a new subchannel of WNET.
August 1	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KOAT-TV	7.4	CBS	See CBS entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
	Birmingham, Alabama	WVTM-TV	13.4
	Greenville, South Carolina	WYFF	4.3
	Jackson, Mississippi	WAPT	16.4
September 1	Nashville, Tennessee	WTVF	5.4	Ion Plus
	St. Louis, Missouri	KMOV	32.2	MyNetworkTV
September 4	Rochester, New York	WBGT-CD	46.8	Jewelry TV

Stations changing network affiliations

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
February 5	Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho	KIDK	3.1	Dabl	MeTV
		KXPI-LD
March 2	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KOKI-TV	23.1	Fox	Roar	On February 6, it was announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owned local ABC affiliate KTUL) acquired the Fox affiliation, owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group. On February 9, KOKI's main Fox affiliation moved to KTUL-DT2, with a simulcast on 23.1 continuing until March 1, when KOKI's main station switched to Roar.
March 19	San Diego, California	KUSI-TV	51.1	Independent	The CW	On that date, Nexstar Media Group completed its acquisition of Tegna Inc., owner of KFMB-TV. After the sale, some of The CW's programming had started to air and later move to KUSI-TV. KUSI became a sole CW outlet on March 23, when KFMB-DT2 ended its nearly nine-year affiliation with the network.
March 31	New York City, New York	WASA-LD	24.1	Estrella TV	Hot 97 TV	On March 30, MediaCo announced that WASA-LD would remove Estrella TV in favor of the company's new network Hot 97 TV, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel produced by New York City sister urban contemporary radio station WQHT that features programming on hip-hop music and culture. This made WASA-LD the second television station in the United States overall to affiliate with Hot 97 TV; the first was CNZ Communications-owned WHOT-TV in Atlanta.
April 1	Pendleton, Oregon Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington	KFFX-TV	11.1	Fox	Roar	Sinclair and Rincon entered into a joint sales agreement involving KEPR-TV, KFFX, and KYCU in February 2026. As part of the agreement, the entire schedules of KFFX and KYCU would be moved to a digital subchannel of KEPR-TV.
	Yakima, Washington	KCYU-LD	41.1
June 29	Franklin–Nashville, Tennessee	WNPX-TV	28.1	Ion Television	Independent	WNPX returns to independence for the first time since 1995 (and adopts "The Spot" identity seen on other Scripps-owned independents) in preparation to becoming the new television home of the NHL's Nashville Predators.
July 1	Vincennes, Indiana	WVUT	22.1	PBS	Educational independent	On April 4, 2026, Vincennes University announced that WVUT would end its PBS membership on June 30, 2026, following a review of operations and sustainability prompted by the 2025 end of federal public broadcasting funding.
	Pensacola, Florida	WSRE	23.1			WSRE disaffiliated from PBS after a board decision by the Pensacola State College trustees in September 2025, due to cuts in state and federal funding to public media.
August 1	Birmingham, Alabama	WIAT	42.1	CBS	Independent	In July 2026, Nexstar renewed the majority of its affiliation contracts with CBS, but was unable to reach an agreement in six markets. Forum Communications Company and Hearst Television reached affiliation agreements with the network which featured a gain in carriage on their stations' digital subchannels in those areas.
	Greenville, South Carolina/Asheville, North Carolina	WYCW	62.1	The CW
		WSPA-TV	7.1	CBS	The CW
	Jackson, Mississippi	WJTV	12.1
	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KRQE	13.1		Fox
	Roswell, New Mexico	KBIM-TV	10.1
	Durango, Colorado	KREZ-TV	6.1
	Bismarck, North Dakota	KXMB-TV	12.1		The CW
	Rapid City, South Dakota	KCLO-TV	15.1
September 1	Bessemer, Alabama	WDBB	17.1	The CW	Independent
	Birmingham, Alabama	WTTO	21.1
		WIAT	42.1	Independent	The CW
	St. Louis, Missouri	KDNL-TV	30.1	ABC	Independent	KDNL, which had served as the market's ABC affiliate from August 1995, disaffilied with the network as it moved to a digital subchannel of KMOV. Outside of ABC network newscasts and syndicated news programming provided by Sinclair, the station had not aired traditional news programming since the closure of its local news operation in October 2001.
	Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, Texas	KGBT-TV	4.1	MyNetworkTV	The CW Plus	In August 2026, it was reported that KGBT would become a CW affiliation, effective September 1, moving MyNetworkTV to the 4.2 subchannel.

Subchannels changing network affiliations

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Prior affiliation	New affiliation	Notes	Source
January 26	Seattle–Tacoma, Washington	KSTW	11.3	Fave TV	Outlaw	See Fave TV entry on "Closures"
January 29	Atlanta, Georgia	WUPA	69.5		365BLK
	Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas	KTVT	11.4		Outlaw
	St. Petersburg–Tampa, Florida	WTOG	44.3
February 2	Baltimore, Maryland	WJZ-TV	13.4		365BLK
	Boston, Massachusetts	WBZ-TV	4.4		Outlaw
	Chicago, Illinois	WBBM-TV	2.4		365BLK
	Detroit, Michigan	WWJ-TV	62.4
	Los Angeles, California	KCBS-TV	2.4
	Miami, Florida	WFOR-TV	4.4		Outlaw
	Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota	WCCO-TV	4.4
	New York City, New York	WCBS-TV	2.4		365BLK
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	WPSG	57.5
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	KDKA-TV	2.4
	Sacramento–Stockton, California	KOVR	13.4		Outlaw
	San Francisco, California	KPIX-TV	5.4		365BLK
	Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto, California	KVIE	6.3	World Channel (full-time)	Create / World Channel (both part-time)
February 5	Pocatello–Idaho Falls, Idaho	KPIF	15.4	MeTV	WEST
			15.9	Antenna TV	Jewelry Television
			15.12	Newsmax2	Ace TV
		KVUI	31.11	RVTV	Antenna TV
			31.13	Ventana TV	Shop LC
February 9	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KTUL	8.2	Charge!	Fox	See KOKI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
			8.4	Roar	Rewind TV
			8.5	Comet	—N/a
			8.6	The Nest	—N/a
			8.7	Rewind TV	—N/a
March 23	San Diego, California	KFMB-TV	8.2	The CW (primary) MyNetworkTV (secondary)	MyNetworkTV (sole primary)	See KUSI-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
April 1	New York City, New York	WLIW	21.3	World Channel	NHK World	Originally on NJ PBS, NHK World moved to WLIW. Most viewers of NJ PBS in Southern and parts of Central New Jersey, including in the Philadelphia area, could no longer access NHK World by over-the-air television, requiring viewers to watch it via the internet.
	Yakima, Washington	KIMA-TV	29.3	Roar	Fox	See KFFX-TV and KCYU-LD entries on "Stations changing network affiliations"
	Pasco–Richland–Kennewick, Washington	KEPR-TV	19.3
June 29	Nashville, Tennessee	WTVF	5.2	Independent	Ion Television	See WNPX-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
August 1	Albuquerque, New Mexico	KRQE	13.2	Fox	Independent	See CBS entry in "Stations changing network affiliations"
	Roswell, New Mexico	KBIM-TV	10.2
	Durango, Colorado	KREZ-TV	6.2
	Bismarck, North Dakota	KXMB-TV	12.2	The CW Plus	Antenna TV
		KBMY	17.2	True Crime Network	CBS
	Rapid City, South Dakota	KNBN	21.2	MyNetworkTV
		KCLO-TV	15.2	The CW Plus	Independent
September 1	St. Louis, Missouri	KMOV	32.1	MyNetworkTV	ABC	See KDNL entry in "Stations changing network affiliations"
	Nashville, Tennessee	WNPX-TV	28.5	Ion Plus	Outlaw
	West Palm Beach, Florida	WPXP-TV	67.7	HSN2	QVC 365
	New Orleans, Louisiana	WPXL-TV	49.8
	Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas	KPXD-TV	68.7
	Salt Lake City, Utah	KUPX-TV	16.9
	Peoria–Bloomington–Normal, Illinois	WMBD-TV	31.3	Laff	Grit
	Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, Texas	KGBT-TV	4.2	Rewind TV	MyNetworkTV	See KGBT-TV entry on "Stations changing network affiliations"
			4.4	Estrella TV	Antenna TV
September 4	Tulsa, Oklahoma	KGEB	53.2	Shop LC	Jewelry TV

Station closures

Date	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Market	Notes	Source
May 15	WEIU-TV	51.1	Educational independent	Charleston, Illinois	On April 26, 2026, the station announced that they were shutting down the broadcast station effective May 15, 2026, due to budget cuts and the station's disaffiliation with PBS in September 2025. Some of the station's programming continues online after that date.

Deaths

Main article: 2026 deaths in American television

External links

• List of 2026 American television series at IMDb