Your Guide to September 2026's Must-Watch & Read

by Aponte Group

Fall entertainment is arriving with plenty to keep your watchlist and reading list busy. September brings new and returning series across Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, HBO, and more, along with major TV events like the Primetime Emmy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and plenty of new movies hitting theaters. Book lovers also have a strong lineup to explore, with new releases from Rebecca Yarros, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, Leigh Bardugo, Madeline Miller, and other bestselling authors. Whether you're looking for your next binge, planning a movie night, or searching for a new book to pick up, there's plenty of entertainment to discover this month. And when you're ready to get out and explore, don't miss our roundup of September events happening around Orlando.

September Must-Watch

September 1st
The Varnell Hill Show, Paramount+
9/11: United We Stand: 25 Years Later, ABC
Jared Freid: The Family Plan, Netflix
Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, Hulu
Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, Netflix

September 2nd
Botched Homes, HGTV
Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Disney+
Lovesick, Disney+
Turning Point: Generation 9/11, Netflix
The Runner, Prime Video
The Mandalorian and Grogu, Disney+
Fall 2: Deadpoint, in theaters

September 3rd
The Gentlemen, Netflix
Chad Powers, Hulu
Fito Páez: The World Within a Song, Netflix
The Gentlemen, Netflix
Clash of the Thundermans, Paramount+
The President’s Cake, Netflix
Scary Movie 6, Paramount+

September 4th
Earle Meets World, Netflix
The Program: Texas Tech, Paramount+
The Grand Tour, Prime Video
The Program: Texas Tech, Paramount+
Teenage Wasteland, Netflix
Onslaught, in theaters
Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass, in theaters
Mayday, Apple TV
By Any Means, in theaters
Cars: 20th Anniversary, in theaters

September 5th
Big Ten Saturday Night, NBC
Surviving the Silence: The Roxane Gay Story, Lifetime

September 7th
America's Tailgate on CBS, CBS
The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift, Oxygen
O.J. Unseen: Exploitation of Evil, ID

September 8th
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, FX
The Real Housewives of New York City, Bravo
Bobby Flay's The Line, Food Network
Dang!, Netflix
Fauda, Netflix
Untold: Mr. T: I Pity the Fool, Netflix

September 9th
Last Seen, Apple TV
Made in Korea, Hulu
The Paper, Peacock
Why Did I Get Married Again?, Netflix

September 10th
The Crew, Netflix
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Hulu
Crew Girl, Netflix
A Killer Story, HBO
Colin From Accounts, Paramount+
The Perfect Lie, Netflix
Call My Agent, Netflix

September 11th
9/11 Tribute in Light: Live From Lower Manhattan, ABC
Physical 100: Italy, Netflix
9/11: We Remember, CBS
Daughters of 9/11, CBS
Stolen Heartbeats, Netflix
Go Team!, Netflix
Runner, in theaters
Practical Magic 2, in theaters
Don’t Look Back in Anger, in theaters
The Uprising, in theaters

September 12th
Love & Marriage: Huntsville, OWN

September 13th
60 Minutes, CBS
The Floor, FOX
Halloween Wars, Food Network
Best of VMAs: Iconic Vanguard Performances, CBS

September 14th
78th Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC
Gabby’s Dollhouse, Netflix
Halloween Baking Championship, Food Network

September 15th
A Very Haunted Renovation, HGTV
Dancing With the Stars, ABC
R.J. Decker, ABC
Toxic, ID
Jo Koy: Blue in the Face, Netflix

September 16th
South Park, Comedy Central
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Bravo
Neagley, Prime Video
Slow Horses, Apple TV
Golden Axe, Paramount+
Unexpected Loves, Hulu
The Doll, Netflix
City of Blood, Hulu
Minimum Security, Hulu
Physical: 100, Netflix
Route 187, Paramount+

September 17th
The Traitors: New Blood, NBC
The Fixers, Netflix
The Howard Stern Show, HBO Max
Not a Stranger, Netflix
Plastic Beauty, Netflix
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Netflix

September 18th
JAŸ-Z in 8, HBO
Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Starz
MobLand, Paramount+
The Scandal, Netflix
Scariest House in America, HGTV
Best of the Best, Netflix
The Weight, in theaters
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, in theaters
The Musical, in theaters
If I Go Will They Miss Me, in theaters
Resident Evil, in theaters

September 20th
Youth, HBO
Cold as Balls, Netflix
Kimora Lee: On Her Own, Lifetime

September 21st
Line of Fire, NBC
The Voice, NBC
Celebrity Name That Tune, FOX
Celebrity Weakest Link, FOX
Line of Fire, NBC

September 22nd
Doc, FOX
Best Medicine, FOX
House Shock, HGTV

September 23rd
Survivor, CBS
The Floor, FOX
America’s Got Talent, NBC
Brothers, Apple TV
99 to Beat, FOX
Wonka’s The Golden Ticket, Netflix
The Love Hypothesis, Prime Video
LifeHack, Netflix
Toy Story 5, Disney+

September 24th
American Horror Story, FX
A Different World, Netflix
Team Moms: Baseball, Paramount+
Hells’ Kitchen, FOX
Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, FOX
Delusion, FX
Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story, Netflix

September 25th
20/20, ABC
SWAT Exiles, Starz
Dateline, NBC
4 Blocks Zero, HBO
The Final Problem, Netflix
Tribeca 25, Netflix
Unabomber, Netflix
Backrooms, HBO
Heart of the Beast, in theaters
Forgotten Island, in theaters
Charlie Harper, in theaters
Avengers: Endgame - Encore, in theaters

September 26th
Saturday Night Live, NBC

September 27th
The Simpsons, FOX
MTV Video Music Awards, MTV
The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC
America’s Funniest Home Videos, ABC
Grimsburg, FOX
Universal Basic Guys, FOX
Animal Control, FOX

September 28th
Still Flipping Out, Bravo
Outside, Netflix

September 29th
Comics Unleashed 20th Anniversary Special, CBS
LEGO One Piece, Netflix
Mononoke The Movie: Chapter III – The Curse of the Serpent, Netflix

September 30th
Scrubs, ABC
The Amazing Race, CBS
Shark Tank, ABC
Sacrifice, Paramount+
Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos, ID
The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part, Netflix