New TV series to watch in early 2026, from Game of Thrones spin-off to Bridgerton Season 4
There’s also The Pitt Season 2, The Night Manager Season 2, Nicole Kidman crime thriller Scarpetta and more to look for in early 2026
The overriding theme defining television in recent years has been a fear of the new. This is why reboots and spin-offs continue apace, with old titles brought back from the dead or from the not-so-distant past and intellectual property milked within an inch of its life (somehow HBO has yet another Game of Thrones series coming our way).
It is as if everyone in Hollywood ran out of new ideas all at once. Do not blame writers, but executives who are rapidly shepherding their industry towards irrelevance with an over-reliance on reworked IP, while original ideas are left unproduced.
Here is some of what is coming up on TVs in the next couple of months.
1. The Pitt Season 2
The Pittsburgh-set medical drama from ER showrunner John Wells is back for a second season, premiering almost exactly a year after it debuted. Imagine, a streaming series returning on a reliable schedule!
Dr Robby (ER veteran Noah Wyle) is back once again, overseeing the managed chaos, student doctors and medical residents of his emergency department.
The series is one of the best examples of competency as comfort, something we could all use more of at the moment in real life.
From January 8 on HBO Max.