Film · News
Whalefall opens in theaters with a survival story inside a whale
Austin Abrams leads Brian Duffield’s adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s novel, with Josh Brolin playing his father.
October 16, 2026VERIFIED DEVELOPMENTS / OCTOBER 16, 2026
News & Dates
Original summaries grounded in the organizations’ published announcements. Check each source for later schedule changes.
Television · News
9-1-1’s tenth season reaches Hulu after its ABC premiere
The 118 returns for a new Los Angeles emergency, with next-day streaming beginning today.
October 16, 2026Music · News
Ashe releases The Girl of Your Dreams
The singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album marks her first with Atlantic Records.
October 16, 2026Stage · News
The Who’s Tommy begins a Denver weekend engagement
The rock musical is scheduled for five performances at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre.
October 16, 2026Streaming · News
Norm Macdonald documentary arrives on Netflix
Judd Apatow’s film draws on archival material and personal recordings to trace the comedian’s career.
October 16, 2026Film · News
Tallgrass Film Festival opens four days of independent cinema
The Wichita event brings 25 features and 83 shorts into a walkable downtown program.
October 15, 2026Stage · News
Wanted begins Broadway previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre
The new musical about the Clarke sisters starts performances ahead of a November opening.
October 15, 2026Music · News
Charles Wesley Godwin headlines Red Rocks tonight
Michael Marcagi and Noeline Hofmann are billed as special guests for the Colorado concert.
October 15, 2026Streaming · News
Crystal Lake arrives on Peacock as a binge release
Linda Cardellini leads the Friday the 13th prequel series from Peacock and A24.
October 15, 2026Television · News
The Lowdown returns with a two-episode season premiere
Ethan Hawke’s Tulsa investigator takes on a new case as Betty Gilpin and Tommy Lee Jones join the cast.
October 14, 2026Film · News
Five Hunger Games films join Hulu’s October lineup
The four-film original saga and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes arrive together in the U.S. catalog.
October 14, 2026Music · News
Smashing Pumpkins bring a two-part show to Chicago
The Rats in a Cage concert divides its program between Mellon Collie and a career-spanning set.
October 14, 2026Celebrity · News
The Diplomat cast gathers for a Season 4 preview at PaleyFest
Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell and creator Debora Cahn are scheduled for an advance screening and conversation in New York.
October 14, 2026Streaming · News
Love Is Blind opens its Boston season on Netflix
Five episodes start Season 11 today, with weekly batches carrying the experiment into November.
October 14, 2026Television · News
Ludwig returns for a second season on BritBox
David Mitchell’s puzzle setter becomes an official police consultant while continuing the search for his missing brother.
October 13, 2026Film · News
Devour reaches on-demand audiences
Epic Pictures’ heavy-metal horror story follows a stranded band into a town crowded with supernatural dangers.
October 13, 2026Stage · News
Hadestown: The Musical begins its international cinema run
The filmed West End performance brings the original Broadway stars to big screens in multiple countries today.
October 13, 2026Music · News
The Pussycat Dolls bring PCD Forever to The O2
Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts reunite in London with Lil’ Kim and Deja Vu as special guests.
October 13, 2026Celebrity · News
Jeff Goldblum brings Night Blooms to the Colorado Symphony
The actor and jazz pianist joins the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for an orchestral concert in Denver tonight.
October 13, 2026Industry · News
Golden Drum closes its 2026 festival with the awards show
The international creativity competition announces its principal winners in Portorož, Slovenia, tonight.
October 13, 2026Awards · News
UK Theatre Awards convene as Jodie Comer receives a new honor
The London ceremony celebrates work on and off stages across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland today.
October 12, 2026Film · News
Always Lalisa begins a worldwide cinema engagement
Sue Kim’s documentary about LISA opens in IMAX and conventional theaters today ahead of a later streaming release.
October 12, 2026Television · News
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia closes its 18th season
The comedy’s ten-episode season reaches its scheduled finale on Hulu tonight.
October 12, 2026Music · News
The World of Hans Zimmer brings A New Dimension to The O2
Matt Dunkley leads orchestral and choral performers through newly arranged film-score suites in London tonight.
October 12, 2026Streaming · News
Free Leonard Peltier arrives on Netflix
The documentary about the Native American activist and the campaign for his release begins streaming today.
October 12, 2026Film · News
Tom McCarthy’s A Statement has its world premiere at NYFF
The historical drama recreates a 1980 climate-policy conference with an ensemble led by Paul Rudd and Amy Ryan.
October 11, 2026Television · News
The Pet Cemetery Murders begins its HBO run
Philip Cairney’s three-part documentary series revisits a Louisiana cold case beginning tonight.
October 11, 2026Streaming · News
Prosecuting Evil season three joins Peacock
The Kelly Siegler true-crime series reaches the streaming service after beginning its Oxygen television run.
October 11, 2026Music · News
Habibi Festival closes with Laura Elkeslassy and Rasha Nahas
Joe’s Pub presents the sixth edition’s final program of music from the Arab world and SWANA diaspora tonight.
October 11, 2026Stage · News
The Metropolitan Opera presents a Sunday Macbeth matinee
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Lise Davidsen and Quinn Kelsey in Verdi’s Shakespeare adaptation today.
October 11, 2026Film · News
Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut receives its New York premiere
The theater-world comedy led by Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti screens at the New York Film Festival today.
October 10, 2026Awards · News
The DARCYS hold their inaugural awards ceremony
Easterseals’ renamed program gathers the disability arts and entertainment community in Santa Monica today.
October 10, 2026Music · News
Bonnie Raitt brings her Live 2026 tour to San Francisco
The singer, songwriter and guitarist is scheduled at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium tonight with Jon Cleary’s band.
October 10, 2026Streaming · News
Cartoonified! with Kiff starts its second season on Disney+
The animated shorts return today with Kiff and Barry meeting more familiar guest characters.
October 10, 2026Film · News
FocusFest returns with repertory screenings and two advance looks
Focus Features’ film celebration pairs library titles with early screenings of Sense and Sensibility and Elsinore today.
October 10, 2026Streaming · News
Matchbox The Movie begins its global Apple TV run
John Cena leads the toy-inspired adventure, which arrives on the streaming service today.
October 9, 2026Television · News
Avatar: Seven Havens opens its first book on Paramount+
The animated sequel series launches globally with three episodes and a weekly October rollout.
October 9, 2026Music · News
Pet Shop Boys release A man from the future
The revised eight-part work about Alan Turing is available today on vinyl, CD and digital services.
October 9, 2026Film · News
Ava DuVernay’s 14th receives its world premiere at NYFF
The documentary closes the festival tonight with screenings, introductions and a scheduled discussion.
October 9, 2026Celebrity · News
Stephen Curry documentary opens exclusively in IMAX
Gotham Chopra’s film centers on the night Curry became the first NBA player to reach 4,000 three-pointers.
October 9, 2026Industry · News
BFI allocates more than £1.7 million in new global-screen awards
The latest UK fund round supports seven co-productions and international distribution activity.
October 9, 2026Television · News
Cupertino opens a Silicon Valley legal drama on CBS
Mike Colter and Rachel Keller play dismissed attorneys who form a firm in tonight’s series premiere.
October 8, 2026Stage · News
Benjamin Button musical begins its North American premiere
The Public Theater starts performances tonight for Jethro Compton and Darren Clark’s actor-musician adaptation.
October 8, 2026Film · News
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York premieres at NYFF
Noah Segan’s film screens with John Turturro and fellow cast members in a festival Q&A today.
October 8, 2026Awards · News
Seoul International Drama Awards presents its 2026 ceremony
The broadcast honors programs and performers from Korea and the wider international television field today.
October 8, 2026Streaming · News
Abbott Elementary season six reaches Hulu
The ABC comedy’s new season moves to next-day streaming as the series approaches its 100th episode.
October 8, 2026Streaming · News
Disney+ joins ESPN and ABC for Super Bowl LXI
The February 2027 game will stream for U.S. Disney+ subscribers and in more than 55 international markets.
October 7, 2026Television · News
Small Prophets arrives on Apple TV
Mackenzie Crook's six-part comedy begins its international rollout today after an earlier BBC premiere.
October 7, 2026Film · News
Rose receives its New York premiere at NYFF
Markus Schleinzer's historical drama, led by Sandra Hüller, screens in the festival's Main Slate today.
October 7, 2026Stage · News
La Bohème returns to the Metropolitan Opera tonight
Ramón Tebar conducts the October 7 performance of Franco Zeffirelli's long-running production.
October 7, 2026Industry · News
BET brings a vertical microseries to linear television
Her Baby begins four weekly half-hour broadcasts tonight as the first title in BET's aTwist partnership.
October 7, 2026Film · News
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial receives its NYFF world premiere
The New York Film Festival pairs today’s screening with a filmmaker-and-cast conversation.
October 6, 2026Television · News
CBS schedules three NCIS premieres for Tuesday night
NCIS returns for season 24, NCIS: New York debuts, and NCIS: Origins begins its third season.
October 6, 2026Music · News
Queen Budapest prepares for worldwide cinema opening
The restored 1986 concert film begins a limited global theatrical and IMAX engagement on October 7.
October 6, 2026Streaming · News
Netflix adds four titles to its October calendar
Today’s additions include returning series, a comedy special and a genre-film catalog arrival.
October 6, 2026Streaming · News
Hulu adds Private Eyes and Reasonable Doubt seasons
The U.S. schedule lists six complete Private Eyes seasons and the fourth season of the Hulu original today.
October 6, 2026Streaming · News
ABC News adds Verts video feed to its mobile app
The first phase places a vertical feed of reporting and analysis in the app’s main navigation.
October 5, 2026Television · News
CBS opens its Monday season with three premieres
FBI, CIA and Harlan Coben’s Final Twist begin new seasons in a three-hour lineup tonight.
October 5, 2026Film · News
Pedro Almodóvar and Sofia Coppola discuss creative process at NYFF
The directors meet today for a conversation connecting two festival films about filmmaking.
October 5, 2026Industry · News
Disney says Avengers: Endgame has reclaimed the global box-office record
The studio credits the Encore rerelease with moving the 2019 film ahead of Avatar worldwide.
October 5, 2026Film · News
Tenzing sets October cinema and Apple TV dates
Jennifer Peedom’s Everest drama will open in select theaters before its global streaming debut.
October 4, 2026Television · News
Apple TV previews Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook
The eight-part docuseries follows Nora Lum on a culinary road trip beginning November 6.
October 4, 2026Streaming · News
Two complete Bachelorette seasons join Hulu
Hulu’s October calendar adds seasons 20 and 21 of the dating series today.
October 4, 2026Industry · News
NYFF panel examines the edges of contemporary cinema
Erika Balsom joins Peggy Ahwesh, Éric Baudelaire and Tiffany Sia for a Currents conversation today.
October 4, 2026Film · News
Verity opens in theaters worldwide
Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
October 3, 2026Television · News
Prime Video renews Neagley for a second season
Maria Sten will continue the Reacher-world action series after its eight-episode first season.
October 3, 2026Streaming · News
Africa: Earth’s Wild Home arrives on Hulu
Hulu’s October schedule adds the complete first season of the nature series today.
October 3, 2026Music · News
Daniil Trifonov completes his musical journey across the Americas
Mi Historia Americana – Sur pairs solo works with new orchestral arrangements and a same-weekend stream.
October 3, 2026Celebrity · News
Shakira’s Madrid concert receives a global livestream
The final tour stop streams today on Prime Video, Amazon Music, Fire TV and Twitch without a paid subscription.
October 3, 2026Film · News
Andrew Haigh and Ira Sachs discuss queer cinema at NYFF
The directors connect their new festival films with naturalism, melodrama and the legacy of 1990s New Queer Cinema.
October 3, 2026Industry · News
Disney’s new chief technology officer begins expanded role
Karandeep Anand will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data, AI platforms, product and engineering.
October 2, 2026Film · News
The Last First: Winter K2 arrives on Apple TV
Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary follows a 2021 winter expedition on the world’s second-highest mountain.
October 2, 2026Music · News
Victoria Monét releases Frequency of Love
The singer-songwriter’s official site now lists the album for streaming and physical purchase.
October 2, 2026Television · News
Big Brother names season 28 winner and earns two-season renewal
CBS crowned Rick Devens in the live finale and renewed the competition series through season 30.
October 2, 2026Stage · News
Le Corsaire returns to the Hungarian State Opera stage
The three-act ballet is scheduled for an October 2 performance in Budapest.
October 2, 2026Television · News
CBS orders three unscripted series
A new Undercover Boss edition will join two competition formats, with premiere details still to come.
October 1, 2026Music · News
Sony and Berlin Phil Media form performing-arts technology partnership
The collaboration covers concert production, archival remastering and new digital ways to reach listeners.
October 1, 2026Awards · News
International Feature Film submissions reach 99th Oscars deadline
The Academy’s calendar placed the category’s submission cutoff on September 30, with other deadlines continuing into November.
October 1, 2026Film · News
Sundance Collab and Merrell expand short-film program
Six filmmakers will receive production support before a planned panel at the 2027 Sundance Film Festival.
October 1, 2026Streaming · News
Scoobtober programming begins across television and streaming
Warner Bros. Discovery has set October marathons and themed collections for several services and channels.
October 1, 2026Music · News
Jazz saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins named a MacArthur Fellow
The foundation recognizes the Brooklyn-based musician for compositions that connect jazz and historical memory.
September 30, 2026Film · News
New York Film Festival to premiere Gone to Earth restoration
A new 4K version of Powell and Pressburger’s 1950 film joins the festival’s Revivals program.
September 30, 2026Streaming · News
Disney reports 20 million views for Toy Story 5 on Disney+
The company says the film reached that total globally during its first five days on the service.
September 30, 2026Industry · News
Shawn Levy and 21 Laps sign television deal with 20th Television
Disney says the multiyear agreement covers series development and production across its entertainment platforms.
September 30, 2026Television · News
Netflix lists two September 30 nonfiction arrivals
The Arena and The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part appear in the service’s weekly release schedule.
September 30, 2026Film · News
New York Film Festival brings screenings across all five boroughs
Festival venues in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx add screenings October 2–9.
September 29, 2026Television · News
Netflix lists East of Eden for October 1
Florence Pugh leads the new adaptation in the service’s published weekly lineup.
September 29, 2026Awards · News
Academy sets March 14, 2027 for the 99th Oscars
The Academy’s calendar also names January 21 for nominations and December 15 for shortlists.
September 29, 2026Industry · News
SXSW Film & TV submissions reach October 1 deadline
The festival’s final deadline covers features, shorts, TV projects, XR and music videos.
September 29, 2026