Winter TV Preview 2026: Bridgerton, Traitors, Y: Marshals and more

The winter TV schedule is full of hotly anticipated premieres and returns, including Y: Marshals, Bridgerton, Better Medicine and more

based on Julia Quinnbook series, every season of Bridgerton focuses on a different member of the titular family as they try to find love in 19th century London. The hit Netflix show is expected to run for eight seasons based on the eight novels written by Quinn about each Bridgerton sibling.

Season 4 is based on A gentleman’s offerwhich centers around the love story of Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie (Yerin Ha).

Meanwhile, on CBS, Y: Marshals is a new addition to the Yellowstone universe Peacock returns for another season of The Traitorsand HBO The Pitt is preparing a 4th of July shift.

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Scroll down to see more new and returning shows this winter:

“America’s Worst Cooks: Reality Check” (Food Network)

Among the latest cooking blunders: Salt Lake City Housewife Lisa Barlow, the challenge‘s CT Tambourine i Dancing with the stars‘ Val Chmerkovskiy. (January 4)

“Best Medicine” (Fox)

Based on the British series Doctor Martin (IYKYK), this dramatic transplant a heart surgeon from Boston (Josh Charles) in a small town. The curmudgeon is welcomed with whoopie pies and a lack of protocol – he can’t wait to leave. (January 4/6)

‘The Rookie’ (ABC)

Field trip! LA cop John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the team goes to Prague, with badass ginger Monica Stevens (Bridget Regan) in tow. (January 6)

‘Harlan Coben’s Final Twist’ (CBS)

The mega mystery writer presents some true crime stories. (January 7)

“The Masked Singer” (Fox)

Season 14 celebrates the Spice Girls and cluelessand costumed competitors include eggplant and croissants. (January 7)

‘The Traitors’ (Peacock)

Alan Cumming spirits plus stars, incl Add the chest i Donna Kelceaway in the Scottish Highlands to carve. (January 8)

“The Valley: Persian Style” (Bravo)

Yes, it’s a mashup of The Valley i Shahs of the sunset. (Pray! GG! MJ!) (January 8)

‘The Pitt’ (HBO)

Season 2 of this freshman hit begins with a 10 month time jump as a dedicated ER doctor Robby (Noah Wyle) does a shift on the 4th of July weekend. It is also when resident Langdon (Patrick Ball) returns to work after a period of rehabilitation, and then Tracy Ifeachorthe departure of Collins. (January 8)

‘Girl Taken’ (Paramount+)

Alfie Allenaka Theon Greyjoy, oozes creepiness as a kidnapper/teacher. (January 8)

“Industry” (HBO)

After Kit Harington joined last season, the drama set in London’s financial world has signed on with more stars we love: Kal Penn, strange things‘ Charlie Heaton, Kiernan Shipka i The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Max Minghella. (January 11)

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (ABC)

In a role created just for her, Jamie-Lynn Sigler guest stars as Dr. Laura Kaplan, a urologist who, like Sigler, lives with multiple sclerosis. She comes to Gray Sloan to share her experience with surgeon Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) in one case. (January 15)

‘Ponies’ (peacock)

Former Daenerys Targaryen, Emilia Clarkeis combined with Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) in Ponies. Widowed in 1977 in Moscow, they seek answers as secretaries at the US Embassy. (January 15)

“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight” (HBO)

more game of thrones! Baratheons and Targaryens abound here, a century before our first glimpse of Westeros, but the names to watch are “Dunk” (Peter Claffey) and “Egg” (Dexter Sol Ansell). His adventures as a knight and squire are comical but full of courage. (January 18)

“The Beauty” (FX)

guest stars like Bella Hadid Help put a bold concept: A virus, sexually transmitted, may make you hot, but then it gets you dirty. The dead models draw the FBI (Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall), who start looking Ashton Kutchethe billionaire from r. (January 21)

“Steal” (Prime Video)

Sophie “Sansa Stark” Turner he plays an office drone caught up in a major heist. (January 21)

“American Idol” (ABC)

The gang is back together! (January 26)

‘Bridgerton’ (Netflix)

it is a true Cinderella season for the beloved period piece. Benedict Bridgerton (Thompson) is in love with a mysterious lady at a masquerade ball, but he is also attracted to the maid Sophie (Ha). You just need to connect the dots. (January 29 and February 26)

‘Summer House’ (Bravo)

The nonsense continues with Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula, Lindsay Hubbard, Carl Radke and more (February 3)

The Olympics (NBC and Peacock)

Start putting in the supplies I can’t look away for a second to get through the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. There’s plenty of talent on Team USA to ski, skate and sled to a medal or even a “moment.” (from February 6 to 22)

‘The ‘Burbs’ (peacock)

With a glance Tom Hanks‘ 1989 horror comedy, Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall play newlyweds who move into their childhood home. Too bad a new neighbor prefers secrets to the proverbial cup of sugar! Still, we’ll visit any cul-de-sac with Paula Pell (Girls5eva) and Mark Proksch (What We Do in the Shadows)! (February 8)

‘CIA’ (CBS)

Despite the shake-ups in front of and behind the camera, CBS and Dick Wolf they are pros at this kind of crime drama. Nick Gehlfuss (Chicago Med) i Tom Ellis (Lucifer) stars the classic odd-couple colleagues: one from the FBI; the other, the CIA. (February 23)

‘The Voice: Battle of Champions’ (NBC)

A trio of winning coaches: Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine i John Legend – go to war (February 23)

“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC)

A Venn diagram 30 Rock fans and Potterheads would reveal an insanely excited overlap of viewers for this sitcom. from Tina Fey i Robert CarlockReggie presents the image rehabilitation of an NFL pro (Tracy Morgan) by a respected documentary filmmaker (Daniel Radcliffe). (February 23)

“Scrubs” (ABC)

The irreverent Sacred Heart docs first entered our television lives a quarter of a century ago! And call it a medical miracle, but the bromance between JD (Zach Braff) and Turkish (Donald Faison) is as healthy as ever, even though they haven’t rubbed shoulders in a while. For John C. McGinleyalso known as Dr. Cox, reviving the show was easy: “Like riding a bike. Like falling out of bed. We’ve all stayed close over the years.” Sarah Chalke i Judy Reyes also return, with new faces like SNL vet Vanessa Bayerthe booty Joel Kim Booster — and a bunch of interns. (February 25)

‘Survivor 50’

The landmark season brings the presence of celebrities (Jimmy Fallon, Hellie Hell) and our all-time favorite player, The White Lotus creator Mike White. (February 25)

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“Love Story” (FX)

The short-lived but eternally brilliant romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. (Paul Anthony Kelly) and Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon) – killed in a plane crash in 1999 – is played in a Ryan Murphy limited series Whether you aim to examine or just get carried away, you can’t help but look. (February)

“Y: Marshals” (CBS and Paramount+)

Yellowstone rides again in this latest spin-offgetting stuck Luke Grimes like Kayce Dutton. Let’s not forget that he has Navy SEAL experience to complement his cowboy skills as he joins the US Marshals in Montana. On your team: And so’s Logan Marshall-Green i Rescue: HI-Surf‘s Ariel”.. (March 1)

“Outlander” (Starz)

Yeah, that’s goodbye, right? It’s the final season for soul mates Claire (Catherine Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan). (March 6)

‘Scarpetta’ (Prime Video)

“I can’t even tell you how many millions of people have bought these books!” Jamie Lee Curtis he says we of Patricia Cornwellthe rich thriller series of 29 titles. Nicole Kidman stars forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta. (Curtis is Sister Dorothy.) Dr. Scarpetta seems infallible, but a 28-year-old case raises some doubts. (March 11)

‘The Comeback’ (HBO)

Note to self: We need to see this! Here’s another worthwhile revival, with Lisa Kudrow reprising her role as actress actress Valerie Cherish for a third and final season. (March)

‘Rooster’ (HBO)

national treasure Steve Carell! In this comedy set on a college campus, fictional author Greg Russo (Carell) can’t solve all the problems life throws like hand grenades at his grown daughter (Charlie Clive). Scrubs pros Bill Lawrence i Matt Tarses they run the show and keep the laughs going. (March)