What to Watch in November 2026: Printable TV Calendar

November 2026 is shaping up to be a remote-control endurance test. From the return of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and The Gilded Age to new thrillers, star-packed movies, and a full-blown Christmas takeover, there are plenty of reasons to cancel your plans. TVLine’s November viewing guide rounds up a curated selection of premieres, returning favorites, finales, and specials across broadcast, cable, and streaming.

Here are the biggest attractions worth making room for, plus the release details that could save you from planning a binge around a weekly rollout by mistake.

The Returning Shows Already Fighting for Your Attention

November brings back several established favorites, with fantasy, period drama, espionage, and comedy all competing for priority. Not every returning series arrives with an entire season ready to watch, so those opening episode counts matter.

Middle-earth Returns With a Generous Opening

Prime Video launches Season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power with a four-episode premiere. It’s a substantial opening stretch, but not the whole season in one go.

Also returning are HBO’s The Gilded Age for Season 4 and Hulu’s Rivals for Season 2, Part 2, which opens with three episodes. Hulu also brings back All’s Fair for Season 2 with a three-episode launch, while Apple TV kicks off Season 2 of Stick with two episodes.

Netflix Has Two Ready-Made Binge Sessions

For viewers who prefer fewer cliffhanger interruptions, Netflix delivers all six episodes of Black Doves Season 2 and all eight episodes of North of North Season 2. Elsewhere, Blue Lights returns for Season 4 on BritBox, The Institute begins Season 2 on MGM+, and NBC welcomes back St. Denis Medical and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.

The New Thrillers With Seriously Dangerous Premises

November’s new dramas lean into fractured families, criminal investigations, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. If your ideal evening involves suspecting absolutely everyone, these are strong picks for your watchlist.

Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy Confront a Shattered Past

Peacock’s The Good Daughter stars Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne as estranged sisters whose family was devastated by violence 20 years earlier. When another attack hits their small town, they’re forced to confront long-buried secrets. All six episodes are available together.

Apple TV’s 12 12 12 pairs Anthony Mackie as a disgraced FBI agent with Jamie Dornan as a career criminal. Their cat-and-mouse struggle centers on a daring Zurich bank heist, and the series starts with two episodes.

Netflix Gets Supernatural—and Steampunk

In the eight-episode binge The Body, a disastrous dance-team initiation leads to prophetic visions among badly behaved Catholic school girls, sending their town into mass hysteria. Bass x Machina takes a different route, with Brian Tyree Henry voicing a father protecting his family in a steampunk West full of outlaws, machines, and supernatural threats. All six episodes arrive together.

The Star-Powered Stories Beyond the Usual Crime Drama

Not every major November arrival revolves around solving a murder. Some of the most intriguing projects explore sporting greatness, disability rights, family dysfunction, and the intimidating business of learning to cook.

Muhammad Ali and Judy Heumann Get the Spotlight

Prime Video’s The Greatest casts Jaalen Best as Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, in the first authorized scripted series about the boxing champion, humanitarian, and global icon. Apple TV’s film Being Heumann stars Ruth Madeley as disability rights activist Judy Heumann, who leads protesters in the longest occupation of a federal building in American history.

Mark Ruffalo plays the government bureaucrat they pressure to act. Netflix also offers Heartland, starring Jessica Chastain as a former country superstar investigating her niece’s disappearance in Nashville. For something lighter, Apple TV’s Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook follows a culinary road trip to improve her cooking and revive her family’s Chinese restaurant.

Friendships and Family Bonds Get Messy

Paramount+ releases the six-episode comedy It Gets Worse, following three university friends facing disappointing jobs, empty love lives, and adulthood itself. Meanwhile, The Walsh Sisters arrives on Howdy via Roku, exploring addiction, relationships, and family conflict among five Irish sisters.

Christmas TV Is Arriving at Full Speed

Anyone hoping to put off festive viewing until December faces considerable resistance. Hallmark Channel, Great American Family, UPtv, Netflix, and Apple TV are all adding to November’s holiday takeover.

Time Loops, Copenhagen Inns, and Familiar Faces

Hallmark’s The Nights Before Christmas gives Tyler Hynes a romantic predicament: he keeps reliving Christmas Eve, while the journalist he falls for, played by Laci J Mailey, forgets him with every reset. A Danish Christmas sends Emilie Ullerup to a Copenhagen family inn, where mistaken identity complicates her encounter with Corey Sevier.

Other Hallmark offerings include My Christmas Cowboy with Amy Acker and Luke Macfarlane, Holiday Unplugged with Nikki DeLoach and Juan Pablo Di Pace, and A Season of Promises, featuring Brooke D’Orsay, Ali Liebert, and James Denton.

Streaming Has Its Own Festive Heavy Hitters

Netflix’s A Dog’s Perfect Christmas brings together Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia, Jennifer Tilly, and Mary Steenburgen. Its Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas follows a struggling pastor trying to save his family’s church and community, with Fantasia Barrino, Tank, Shirley Caesar, and Yolanda Adams starring.

Younger viewers get Apple TV’s Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy and the Disney+ special A Proud Family Wizmas. Great American Family adds romances including The Christmas Yes List and Christmas at Moose Lake.

Reality, Documentaries, and Finales You Should Not Overlook

Scripted premieres are only part of the November picture. The schedule also includes reality expansions, documentary investigations, and several endings that existing fans will want to flag.

Reality TV Expands Its Territory

Hulu drops all 10 episodes of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, introducing an Orange County group building its own answer to #MomTok. Fox Nation’s Chris Harrison’s The Vow begins with two episodes, following a bachelor seeking a relationship grounded in shared values, faith, and commitment.

Food fans get Season 13 of Holiday Baking Championship and Season 3 of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking. Documentary options include Netflix’s Taken: Natalee Holloway, Ron Howard’s Avedon, and Prime Video’s Terrell Owens profile Terrell & T.O..

Leave Room for the Endings

VisionQuest on Disney+ and Treasure Island on MGM+ reach their series finales. Season finales include American Hostage, Youth, Brothers, Small Prophets, Love Is Blind, and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.

Your best strategy: prioritize returning favorites, check launch episode counts, and leave a little breathing room. TVLine’s guide is curated rather than exhaustive, and additional listings, including Thanksgiving staples, will be added as broadcast details are confirmed. November’s watchlist is already crowded, and it’s still growing.