February 2026
Sports
The 2026 Winter Olympics start Friday, February 6th. The opening ceremony is at 2 PM local time, and it will air again on NBC at 8 PM. You can stream on Peacock.
From Bustle: The 5 Biggest Things To Watch At The 2026 Winter Olympics
From NBC: The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Complete Schedule: Where to Watch Every Event
🔥The Super Bowl: on Sunday, February 8th at 6:30 PM.
From Deadline: Super Bowl LX: How To Watch The 2026 Game On Broadcast, Cable TV & Streaming
If you’re not into football, the Super Bowl offers live music and funny commercials. There is also The Puppy Bowl, Don’t Forget About the Puppy Bowl on Sunday—Here’s How to Tune In
Don’t forget your snacks:
From Food & Wine: The Most Popular Super Bowl Snacks Across the US, According to Instacart and Food: 101 Super Bowl Snacks That Will Carry You to Victory
The Music:
Green Day is set to kick off Super Bowl LX with an opening ceremony performance that will celebrate six decades of the NFL event.
Charlie Puth will perform the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones will deliver “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
🔥Bad Bunny will headline the much-anticipated Halftime show.
🔥The Commercials:
A 30-second commercial during Super Bowl 2026 (Super Bowl LX) costs an average of $8 million. Companies hire big-name celebrities to help sell their products, including Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, and Bradley Cooper. These commercials can be very entertaining, and there is buzz about the ones airing this Sunday.
From Delish: I Watched Every Super Bowl Commercial—Here’s My Official Ranking (So Far)
Movies In Theaters
From The Hollywood Reporter: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
From Purewow: The 8 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026 (6 of Them Have Something in Common…)
From The New York Times: 65 Movies to See This Winter (November and December) *Includes streaming movies
Visit Fandango to see all the movies in theaters. See the full list of 2026 releases: https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2025/
Streaming: Movies and Series
I started this newsletter because there were too many shows and streaming services to keep track of. I wanted to organize the lists and recommendations. I’ve just discovered there are apps to help people like me!
Read from Wired: How to Quickly Find Out What’s Streaming on Multiple Services at Once and from PC Where Is That Streaming? The Best Apps to Help You Find What You Want to Watch
The Lists: February releases by streaming service.
From The New York Times: The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Disney+, Amazon, HBO Max, Peacock and More in February
Amazon Prime: See the full list from Amazon.
Apple TV+: New Apple TV from Apple TV Press.
Apple TV sets must-see 2026 lineup of star-studded original series, films and live sports
Disney+: See the full list from Vulture
Max (HBO): See the full list from Vulture
Hulu: See the full list from Vulture
Netflix: See the full list Tulum and from Vulture.
Paramount+: New On Paramount+. From Vulture
Peacock: See the full list from Vulture and Peacock.
Movies: New and Noteworthy
From USA Today: From ‘One Battle After Another’ to ‘Bugonia,’ 25 movies to stream now
Movies and series with a ⭐️ have won an award, or were nominated for an award. 🚨indicates a thriller, mystery 🕵🏼♂️, or police procedural. 🎥is a classic worth rewatching, 🔥indicates a movie or series that will be trending, ❤️indicates a love story (rom-com or drama).
⭐️Bugonia (2025 film on Peacock)
⭐️Sinners (2025 film on Max)
⭐️One Battle After Another (2025 film on Max)
⭐️If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025 on Max)
❤️Relationship Goals (2026 ‧ Rom-com on Prime Video on February 4), When TV producer Leah Caldwell aims to become the first woman running New York’s top morning show, her ex Jarrett Roy competes for the same role. Leah stays focused on her career, until chemistry with her ex challenges her priorities.
❤️Eternity (2025 rom-com on Apple TV on February 13th), In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
The Bluff (R 2026 ‧ Action/Adventure on Prime Video on February 25th), When her tranquil life on a remote island is shattered by the return of her vengeful former captain, a skilled ex-pirate (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) must confront her bloody past and unleash her deadly talents to save her family from a ruthless siege (Karl Urban).
Series: New and Returning
New:
From Buzzfeed: A “Legally Blonde” Prequel, A New Duffer Brothers Series, And 15 More Highly-Anticipated TV Shows Coming In 2026
🚨Unfamiliar — Netflix Series on February 5th, When the past catches up with two former spies, their biggest challenge isn’t car chases, shootouts or fistfights — it’s telling each other the truth.
🕵🏼♂️🔥The ’Burbs (dark comedy on Peacock, February 8th on Peacock), based on the Tom Hanks 1989 film. When a mysterious man moves in across the street, a young couple and their quirky neighbors uncover dark secrets about their quiet suburban town.
🕵🏼♂️🔥How To Get To Heaven From Belfast — Netflix Series on February 12th, From the wild imagination of Lisa McGee (Derry Girls) comes a not-so-wee mystery series about three best pals on a frantic mission to unearth the truth.
Can You Keep A Secret? (comedy on Paramount+ on February 12th), Comedy mystery about the cruel circle of life, which means that just as you have children, your parents start to regress too, leaving you sandwiched between two generations of irrational, dribbling halfwits.
FX
❤️🔥Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (3-episode series premiere on Hulu February 13th. Episodes released on Thursdays, the finale is on March 26th), a limited series, based on the whirlwind romance between one of the 20th century’s most iconic couples. It is based on the book “Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy” by Elizabeth Beller.
🚨56 Days (mystery series on Prime Video on February 18th), the series follows Oliver (Avan Jogia) and Ciara (Dove Cameron), who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body—brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him?
🚨🔥The Last Thing He Told Me (season 2 premiere on February 20th on Apple TV, episodes released weekly on Fridays ending on April 10th)
🔥The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ (Season 1, starts streaming: Feb. 24 on Peacock and NBC, episodes released on Tuesdays), Tracy Morgan plays the title character, a disgraced former N.F.L. superstar who tries to rehabilitate his reputation by paying for a documentary about himself. Daniel Radcliffe plays Arthur Tobin, a formerly acclaimed filmmaker whose career tanked when he botched his chance to make a Marvel movie. “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” combines scenes from the documentary with scenes from it being made, and generates much of its comedy from the tension between the hard-hitting expose Arthur wants to make and the puff piece Reggie is hoping for.
🔥Scrubs: Revival, (series premiere on ABC and Hulu on February 26th, episodes released on Thursdays. The finale is in April. 16) Years after that reboot, the show is rebooting again, but this time with more of a focus on the original characters, and a few new faces. The “Scrubs” narrator Dr. John Dorian (Zach Braff), known as J.D., returns to Sacred Heart hospital, alongside his best bud Dr. Christopher Turk (Donald Faison); his sometime romantic partner, Dr. Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke); and his cranky mentor Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley). The creator Bill Lawrence serves as the executive producer, while the showrunner is Aseem Batra, a writer and actor on the earlier series.
The Gray House (drama mini-series on Prime Video on February 26th), from producers Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman, this eight-episode series focuses on the true story of a group of unsung women who operate deep inside the corridors of Confederate power and transform an underground railroad into an effective underground spy network, risking life and liberty.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (season 2 premiere on Apple TV on February 27th, episodes released weekly on Fridays. The finale is on May 1st)
Returning scripted series
Weekly series that are coming to a close in February, or have just wrapped up.
- Palm Royale (season finale on Wed, January 28th on Apple TV+)
- The Night Manager (season 2 finale on Prime Video on February 1)
- Coldwater (season 1 finale on Showtime/Paramount+ on February 13th)
- Tell Me Lies (season 3 finale on February 17th on Hulu)
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (season 1 finale on Max February 22nd)
- Tehran (season 3 finale on Apple TV on February 27th)
The Way Home, season 3 on Netflix February 1st
🕵🏼♂️🔥The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 4 on Netflix on February 4th)
🚨Cross (season 2 on Prime Video on February 6th, episodes released on Wednesdays. The finale is on March 18th)
🚨🔥The Night Agent, season 3 — Netflix Series on February 19th
🔥Dreaming Whilst Black, season 2 (Paramount+ Original) on February 20th
🚨Paradise, three-episode season 2 premiere (Hulu Original) on February 23rd, episodes released on Sundays. The finale is on March 30th.
❤️🔥Bridgerton, season 4, part 2, on Netflix February 26th.
Reality, Special Programming, and Award Shows
⭐️The Grammy Awards on Paramount+/CBS on February 1st.
Mo Gilligan: In The Moment — Netflix Comedy Special on February 3rd
🔥The Muppet Show is a half-hour special featuring Sabrina Carpenter, Seth Rogen and Maya Rudolph, premiering Wednesday, February 4th on Disney+. It will also air that night at 9 p.m., on ABC.
❤️Love Is Blind season 10 on Netflix February 11th. Filmed in Ohio.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 13 (HBO Original) premieres on February 15th, episodes released weekly on Sundays.
🔥The Traitors, season 4 finale and reunion (Peacock Original) on February 26th
🔥Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans on CBS and Paramount+ on February 25th.
Documentary (films and series)
Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing — Netflix Documentary on February 1st, go inside the high-stakes, high-drama world of ice dancing as the sport’s top couples skate for gold and glory.
Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision (documentary on Prime Video on February 6th), The documentary will tell the story of His Majesty The King’s lifelong commitment to the philosophy of harmony and the environment, urging viewers to protect our planet and create a more sustainable future for the next generation. Academy Award winner Kate Winslet narrates this journey through the King’s Foundation’s vital work.
Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association (docuseries on Prime Video on February 12th), This documentary explores the league’s foundational influence on the modern NBA and its lasting contributions to the sport. The film features interviews with prominent players and figures who shaped the ABA era, providing firsthand accounts of the league’s innovation and cultural significance. Through archival footage and expert analysis, Soul Power delivers an authoritative look at one of basketball’s most transformative periods.
🔥Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model — (Netflix Series on February 16th), Tyra Banks, staff, and former contestants will speak on the varying levels of drama and abuse suffered on- and behind-the-scenes in this three-part series.
Sommore: Chandelier Fly — Netflix Comedy Special on February 17th
Wild Boys: Strangers in Town (mini-series on Paramount+ Original) on February 18th, In 2003, two young men emerge from the forests of British Columbia claiming to have been raised entirely off the grid; as a small town tries to help them, a mystery unfolds, testing how far people will go to believe the unbelievable.
Being Gordon Ramsay — Netflix Documentary on February 18th, Follow celeb chef Gordon Ramsay behind the scenes as he juggles family life, global empire and his biggest launch yet in this all-you-can-eat documentary.
The CEO Club (documentary series on Prime Video on February 23rd), A behind-the-scenes look at female CEOs, from Serena Williams to Winnie Harlow, as they navigate their empires across sports, fashion, beauty, music and business ventures.
Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter — Netflix Comedy Special on February 24th
Man on the Run (on Prime Video on February 27th), this documentary takes viewers on an intimate journey through Paul McCartney’s extraordinary life following the breakup of the Beatles and the formation of Wings with his wife Linda. From Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville, the film chronicles the arc of McCartney’s solo career as he faces down a myriad of challenges while creating new music to define a new decade.
Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix February 27th, Offering unprecedented access, this new season will once again take fans behind the scenes, to witness first-hand how the drivers and teams prepare to battle it out for the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship.
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