Overview
In the modern world of entertainment, content can feel a little bit non-stop. There are always new things to watch, but a lot of it is better than ever. Each month, we're cutting through the streaming noise and helping you figure out what's worth bingeing on release day and what you can save for some downtime later in the year. Here are the new seasons and series we'll be watching in September.
Prefer something with a longer runtime? Check out our guide to the movies releasing in theatres and on streaming this month instead.
Ted Lasso: Season Four — Sports, Feel-Good
Apple TV's Ted Lasso couldn't have premiered at a better time. Bringing some much-needed sunshine into the dark times of the pandemic, the story of an American football coach taking over the downtrodden Richmond FC in London was apparently just what the world needed. If 2026's TV choices have been a little grim for you so far, Coach Lasso's back for a surprise fourth season, this time coaching Richmond FC's women's team.
Streaming weekly on Apple TV now.
The Shards — High School, Murder Mystery
1980's Los Angeles would have been a hell of a place to grow up. The glitz, the glamour, status that people could, would and did kill for. It's the sun-baked powder keg where this new series takes place, adapting the murder-mystery novel of the same name by the author of American Psycho. In The Shards, a group of privileged high school students navigate their futures, sexualities, social circles and more as a deadly serial killer starts to strike around the city.
Streaming weekly on Hulu via Disney+ now.
Lanterns — Sci-Fi, Superhero
It's been 15 years since DC Comics' colour-coded space cops were seen in the starring role on-screen, following a film so universally unliked that it damn near killed the Green Lantern outside of comic books. But they're back for DC Studios' third streaming series, grounding the spacegoing Lantern Corps in a mostly Earth-based mystery while the aged and imperfect local Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) trains his backup, possibly replacement-to-be, John Stewart (Aaron Pierre).
Streaming weekly on HBO Max now.
Adults: Season Two — Comedy, Feel-Good
It's been called the Friends of Gen Z. And...that's not entirely inaccurate, but it feels a little pejorative nonetheless. Adults is about the thrills of being in your 20s in the 2020s, the incredible highs and lows for first jobs, sex lives, figuring out how to function within society and not screw it all up spectacularly. It's still not Friends. No further comment.
Streaming weekly on Hulu via Disney+ now.
Dark Matter: Season Two — Sci-Fi, Thriller
Based on the bestselling novel by Blake Crouch, Dark Matter isn't your average multiverse story. In season one of the Apple TV series, quantum physicist Jason Dessen is kidnapped and forced into a mysterious box, plunging him into the multiverse (sigh) to face alternate versions of himself. Season two expands on the story of the original novel, picking up on the Dessens after they find a seemingly safe world to live in, now debating destroying the box to prevent mysterious forces and other Jasons from hunting them down.
Streaming weekly on Apple TV now.
Chad Powers: Season Two — Sports, Comedy
Glen Powell has to be one of the great eye-candy actors of our time. You might've seen his good looks in films like Hit Man, Anyone But You, Twisters and How to Make a Killing. But in Chad Powers, he plays a failed college football player masquerading under unflattering prosthetics as a prodigious newcomer player, Chad Powers. Now entering a second season, Powers is set to take his team to the championships, but his coaches are suspect, and his elaborate scheme to stay in the game is coming apart at the seams.
Streaming weekly on Hulu via Disney+ from Wednesday, September 3.
The Gentlemen: Season Two — Crime, Dark Comedy
It shares a whole lot of qualities with its namesake, but no, The Gentlemen is not actually tied to the Guy Ritchie feature film, despite also being about aristocratic drug kingpins. In the series version, which is about to kick off its second season, a young noble with ambition that matches the size of his estate is climbing the ranks of the global drug trade — hoping to restore his family's former glory and wrestle control of the underworld all at once. It's punchy, it's grimy, it's all very Guy Ritchie, and it's streaming this September.
Streaming on Netflix from Wednesday, September 3.
Last Seen — Australian, Crime
Australian television doesn't often end up on the big streaming platforms, but Last Seen is making an exception on Apple TV. It follows Ian Ridley (Patrick Brammall), a former detective-turned 000 dispatcher who receives a call from a young woman in distress — a young woman he believes is his missing daughter, last seen over a decade prior. With only moments to gather evidence before the call is disconnected, he drops everything to find her and reopen a cold case that could fix or ruin everything it touches.
Streaming weekly on Apple TV from Wednesday, September 9.
Slow Horses: Season Six — Espionage, Dark Comedy
When you think British spies, you think tailored suits, Aston Martins, smooth jazz and tiny pistols concealed alongside elaborate gadgets. Slow Horses isn't that. In fact, that's why it works so well. Well enough to make it to a sixth season, with Gary Oldman still leading MI5's misfits in Slough House. For season six, their heads are all on the chopping block, with agents turning up dead one by one, and a few surprising faces turning up alive as well.
Streaming weekly on Apple TV from Wednesday, September 16.
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story — Crime, True Story
Netflix's anthology series Monster has been covering some of America's most notorious murderers for four years, and it's turning the clock back to the 19th century for its fourth season. So far we've seen Jeffrey Dahmer, Ed Gein and the Menendez brothers, but this season is hacking its way through the story of Lizzie Borden: the infamous young socialite who was accused of murdering her abusive father and stepmother with an axe in 1892.
Streaming on Netflix from Thursday, September 17.
MobLand: Season Two — Crime, Drama
As if The Gentlemen didn't provide enough British gang drama for you, Paramount's crowd favourite equivalent also returns for a second season this month. MobLand stars Tom Hardy as Harry, a fixer for the Harrigan crime family, headed by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve (Helen Mirren). The cast is golden, and the action is juicy enough to fix any criminal appetite you might have on your streaming queue. And if you're wondering, yes, Guy Richie is also credited as a creator for this series — the man can't get enough of the English underworld.
Streaming weekly on Paramount+ from Friday, September 18.
Brothers — Comedy, Satire
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have always been two of a kind as celebrities go. Co-stars, friends, A-listers and even rumoured brothers. This new comedy series from Apple TV expands on that last point, starring the two Texan superstars as fictionalised versions of themselves who discover a huge family secret. Yes, they are biological brothers. Alright alright, alright.
Streaming weekly on Apple TV from Thursday, September 24.
American Horror Story: Season 13 — Horror, Anthology
Few television series make it into double-digit seasons without losing any steam. Even fewer horror series, but American Horror Story is an all-timer, and it's coming back for its "lucky thirteen" this September with a lot of familiar faces. The trailer is light on details but heavy on returning stars, so we at least know to expect the return of Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Jessica Lange, Matt Fraser, Frances Conroy, Emma Roberts and more.
Streaming on Hulu via Disney+ from Friday, September 25.
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