Snow is falling outside and your watchlist is swelling inside—welcome to Winter 2026, when streaming feels less like leisure and more like a cultural weather front rolling through. Whether you crave a slow-burn drama to melt into under a blanket or a bright, buzzy miniseries to spark watercooler conversations, this season’s releases promise to reshape evenings, commutes, and group chat debates. The sheer volume of options can be thrilling and paralyzing at once, which is exactly why a smart guide matters.
Snow is falling outside and your watchlist is swelling. In our Winter 2026 streaming guide, we’ll identify the shows worthy of your attention.
Whether you crave a slow-burn drama to melt into under a blanket or a bright, buzzy miniseries to spark watercooler conversations, this season’s releases promise to reshape evenings, commutes, and group chat debates.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – Winter 2026 Streaming Guide
Streaming Service: HBOMax
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy
Plot: A spin-off of “Game of the Thrones,” a “Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” follows the unlikely partnership between Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk), a massive but unseasoned hedge knight, and his diminutive, bald-headed squire, Egg. While the realm is technically at peace under the Targaryen dynasty, the shadows of past rebellions still loom large. Dunk, a lowborn man of honor, often finds himself stumbling into trouble that his sword alone can’t fix, while Egg hides a secret that could shake the foundations of the Iron Throne, as he is actually Prince Aegon Targaryen (later, Aegon the Unlikely). Together, they wander the countryside, offering a “boots-on-the-ground” look at Westeros that focuses on chivalry, class divides, and the small acts of heroism that shape history long before the White Walkers ever stir.
Shrinking: Season 3
Streaming Service: Apple TV
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot: “Shrinking,” Apple’s hit comedy-drama returns for a 3rd season, with Jimmy (Jason Segal) and Paul (Harrison Ford) navigating the messy intersection of professional ethics and personal grief.
In Season 3, Jimmy continues his “psychological vigilantism,” but the focus has pivoted to the long-term consequences of his radical honesty. As Jimmy grapples with the realization that his daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell) is preparing for college, he must learn to define himself outside of his role as a grieving widower.
Meanwhile, Paul’s battle with Parkinson’s disease becomes more central to the story, bringing a poignant vulnerability to his character. This season also introduces Michael J. Fox in a recurring role, adding a layer of authentic gravity to Paul’s journey. The show remains a masterclass in balancing “sad-com” elements, exploring how a makeshift family of therapists and patients can find joy in the middle of a beautiful, chaotic mess.
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf – Winter 2026 Streaming Guide
Streaming Service: Amazon
Genre: Action, Drama
Plot: Before viewing “Dark Wolf,” it might be wise to first view “Terminal List,” the show’s predecessor, which follows the vengeful actions of a Navy SEAL, James Reece, portrayed by Chris Pratt, who is terminally wronged by the intersection of government and corporate interests in America.
Reece’s chosen brother, in his original platoon, is Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch). “Dark Wolf” is an origin story that explores the moral descent of Ben Edwards from a decorated Navy SEAL to a CIA paramilitary operator. Set in 2015, the series follows Edwards as he navigates a botched mission in Iraq that leads to his discharge from the military.
Recruited by a shadowy CIA spymaster, Edwards and his teammate Raife Hastings (Tom Hopper) pulled into a clandestine world of “black ops” where the lines between friend and enemy are permanently blurred. The show provides the essential backstory for the betrayal that fueled the first season of “TheTerminal List,” focusing on the psychological toll of warfare and the “dark wolf” that exists inside every operator.
Fallout: Season 2
Streaming Service: Amazon
Genre: Science Fiction
Plot: “Fallout,” based on the popular video game, is a show set against the repercussions of a fictional nuclear war in the 1950’s. For safety, a corporation known as Vault-Tec, constructs subterranean vaults to guard against the complete annihilation of mankind. Once nuclear bombs are eventually detonated against America, an upper-class of US citizens are safeguarded in these vaults, constructing an “ideal” society that contrasts sharply against the terrain above them, which is essentially a nuclear wasteland.
Season 2 of “Fallout,” begins with Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) tracking Lucy’s father, Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), as he flees toward New Vegas. Along the way, they encounter iconic factions like the Great Khans and Caesar’s Legion, while The Ghoul uses a computerized version of Robert House (Justin Theroux) to uncover the whereabouts of his family.
Night Manager: Season 2 – Winter 2026 Streaming Guide
Streaming Service: Amazon
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Plot: Nearly ten years after the first season, Tom Hiddleston returns as Jonathan Pine. While the world believes the arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) is dead, the shadows of the past have a long reach, pulling Pine out of his quiet life and into a new web of international danger.
The season opens with Pine living under a new identity, “Alex Goodwin,” working a desk job for an MI6 surveillance unit called the Night Owls. However, his peace is shattered when he recognizes a former associate of Roper’s, leading him to uncover a new conspiracy involving Colombian traffickers led by the suave Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva). To infiltrate this circle, Pine assumes the persona of playboy banker Matthew Ellis and heads to Medellín, where he forms a volatile alliance with a businesswoman named Roxana (Camila Morrone). As the mission escalates, Pine discovers that Teddy is actually Roper’s illegitimate son—and in a massive mid-season twist, it is revealed that Richard Roper is actually alive, having survived his supposed execution to pull the strings of a new global arms empire from the shadows.
The Traitors: Season 4
Streaming Service: Peacock
Genre: Reality
Plot: The first season of “The Traitors” began in 2023, hosted by the venerable, if slightly strange, Alan Cummings. It features a variety of “celebrities” competing in a high-stakes reality competition.
Season 4 of “The Traitors” kicked off on January 8, 2026, with a cast that includes “Real Housewives” icon Lisa Rinna, Olympic duo Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, and even Donna Kelce. The core remains a high-stakes version of “Mafia”: a small group of “Traitors” must “murder” their fellow contestants (the “Faithful”) one by one under the cover of night. Meanwhile, the Faithful must attempt to identify and “banish” the Traitors during the daily Round Table ceremonies.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 2 – Winter 2026 Streaming Guide
Streaming Service: Disney Plus
Genre: Fantasy
Plot: The first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians follows Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old who discovers he is a demigod and the son of the Greek god Poseidon. After being attacked by a Fury and losing his mother to a Minotaur, Percy is brought to Camp Half-Blood, a sanctuary for children of the gods. There, he is accused of stealing Zeus’s Master Bolt, an act of cosmic theft that threatens to trigger a catastrophic war among the Big Three gods.
To clear his name and rescue his mother from the Underworld, Percy embarks on a cross-country quest alongside his best friend Grover Underwood, a satyr, and Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena. Throughout their journey, the trio faces iconic mythological threats—including Medusa, Procrustes, and Ares—while uncovering a deeper conspiracy involving the rise of the Titan King, Kronos.
Season 2 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” begins with Camp Half-Blood in a state of emergency: the magical tree that protects the camp, containing the spirit of Thalia Grace, has been poisoned, leaving the demigods vulnerable to monster attacks. To save their home, Percy (Walker Scobell) and Annabeth (Leah Sava’ Jeffries) must retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece, the only artifact capable of healing the tree. Their journey takes them into the Bermuda Triangle—the titular Sea of Monsters—where they encounter the sorceress Circe, the cyclops Polyphemus, and a betrayal by their former friend Luke, who is actively working to resurrect the Titan Lord, Kronos.
The Pitt: Season 2
Streaming Service: HBOMax
Genre: Drama
Plot: Season 2 picks up 10 months after the Season 1 finale, plunging the staff of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center into the chaos of July 4th weekend. The setting serves as a “perfect storm” for the ER: a combination of heatstroke cases, gruesome firework accidents, and alcohol-related mishaps, all while a nearby hospital has been shuttered, doubling their patient load.
The central arc follows Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (Wyle) on his final shift before a planned three-month motorcycle sabbatical—a trip his colleagues view with irony given the trauma they see from bike crashes. The season also features the return of Dr. Langdon (Patrick Ball) following a stint in rehab, and Nurse Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), who is back on the floor after her assault in Season 1. Tensions rise as Robby clashes with his temporary replacement, Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, a tech-forward newcomer whose idealism grates against Robby’s jaded pragmatism.