- Primary Subject: August 2026 Streaming & TV Premieres
- Key Update: This guide rounds up the most anticipated new premieres and returning television seasons debuting across major streaming platforms and networks in August 2026.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: July 28, 2026
- Quick Answer: August 2026 features anticipated TV premieres including DCU’s Lanterns, Ted Lasso Season 4, Reacher Season 4, and the final season of Outer Banks.
August will see the premieres of highly anticipated TV shows and new seasons of beloved returning shows that fans have been waiting for. They vary across different streamers, networks, and genres, including a new series in the DCU featuring the Green Lantern Corps and the return of a beloved sports comedy series.
Here is our list of the most anticipated new and returning TV shows to help guide your next binge-watch plans in August 2026.
Lioness Season 3 (Paramount+) - August 2
In the third season of Lioness, as hidden networks, foreign operatives, and personal betrayals collide, Joe McNamara walks the line between duty and home as unseen forces circle her world, leaving her to reckon with a war that now reaches into every part of her life.
Zoe Saldaña, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, and Nicole Kidman are reprising their roles from the previous seasons. Creator Taylor Sheridan's frequent collaborator, Ian Bohen, joins the cast as a series regular.
Futurama Season 14 (Hulu) - August 3
According to the synopsis for the 14th season of Futurama: "The future is about to get a whole lot stranger! It's a non-stop onslaught of swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meats, sexy scams... plus the shocking return of Dr. Zoidberg's lost love! You didn't see that coming, prior to being told about it just now!"
The voice cast includes John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil Lamar, and David Herman, reprising their fan-favorite roles. The first two episodes will premiere before releasing new episodes every Monday.
Ted Lasso Season 4 (Apple TV) - August 5
In the fourth season of Ted Lasso, Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women's football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would.
Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Jeremy Swift are returning for the new season, alongside new additions Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern, and Grant Feely.
The Shards (FX/Hulu) - August 5
Based on the acclaimed best-selling novel by Bret Easton Ellis and set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, The Shards follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession, and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence.
The series stars Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Homer Gere, Hayes Warner, Graham Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, Wes Bentley, and Jordan Roth. Ryan Murphy and Ellis serve as the creators and executive producers.
Reacher Season 4 (Prime Video) - August 12
In the fourth season of Reacher, when a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Jack Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power. It is based on the 13th book in Lee Child's global best-selling series, Gone Tomorrow.
Joining the cast for the upcoming season are Sydelle Noel, Chris Marquette, AGNEZ MO, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan, and Kathleen Robertson.
Lanterns (HBO) - August 16
Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery with cosmic ties as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. It is part of the DCU franchise.
The cast includes Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Laura Linney, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, Nathan Fillion, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 18 (FXX) - August 17
Season 18 of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia finds the Gang returning to their roots through ten jam-packed new adventures. Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Dee, and Frank tackle modern headaches ranging from workplace automation and conspiracy theories to shifting public attitudes around drinking.
Their misadventures also feature battles with the McPoyle clan at a Renaissance Faire and a scheme to sportswash their image by sponsoring a Little League team. Through it all, the group desperately struggles to keep order as Paddy's Pub devolves into pure lawlessness.
Outer Banks Season 5 (Netflix) - August 20
The fifth and final season of Outer Banks finds the Pogues at their absolute breaking point following the tragic loss of JJ in Morocco. Stranded far from home and mourning the heart of their crew, they've lost the Blue Crown and continue to face a gauntlet of familiar threats.
With Chandler Groff still at large, Dalia and the Corsairs closing in, and the Kooks ensuring the Pogues have no home to return to, John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo must rely on their scrappy instincts and an uneasy alliance with Rafe to keep from falling apart for good.
Their mission is now a desperate race to reclaim their future and finally win the freedom they've been chasing since the beginning. It's the Pogues against the world as they seek to avenge their best friend and bring it on home one final time.
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