TV Trailers of the Week: Hijack: S2, The Night Manager: S2, His & Hers, Avatar: The Last Airbender: S2 and More!
📺 Take a peek at some of the latest trailers for upcoming TV shows.
If you haven’t noticed, Christmas is practically just around the corner. Boy! Where has the time gone? And believe it or not, that means 2026 will be here before you know it. And for TV watchers, that means a new year slate of brand-new shows and returning favorites will soon be hitting our TV screens. To get viewers warmed up and excited for what’s ahead, both HBO and Apple TV+ are already starting to roll out first looks, releasing their 2026 sizzle reels. So give them a look; we’re sure there’s plenty here to get you excited for the year ahead.
📺 HBO: Coming in 2026
The Pitt: Season 2 — Thurs, Jan 8th
Industry: Season 4 — Sun, Jan 11
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — Sun, Jan 18
DTF St. Louis (starring David Harbour and Jason Bateman)
The Comeback: Season 3 - The Revival (starring Lisa Kudrow)
Rooster (starring Steve Carell)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year-Old-Man! (2-part doc)
Untitled Larry David Project
Euphoria: Season 3 — in April
Half Man (created by and starring Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd)
Hacks: Season 5
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (The Big Bang Theory spinoff)
House of the Dragon: Season 3
The Gilded Age: Season 4
War (starring Sienna Miller and Dominic West)
Dune Prophecy: Season 2
Lanterns (DC’s Green Lantern series starring Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler)
📺 Apple TV: Coming in 2026
Hijack: Season 2 — Wed, Jan 14th
The Last Thing He Told Me: Season 2
Shrinking: Season 3
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Season 2 — Fri, Feb 27th
📺 “Hijack: Season 2” Trailer: Idris Elba Trades the Skies for the Rails in Apple’s High-Stakes Hostage Thriller Series — Premieres Wed, January 14th on Apple TV
If you happen to be taking some form of public transit and spot Idris Elba sitting in the back row, leave as soon as possible, because it can only mean one thing: a hijack is in progress. And it’s not that you can’t trust Elba’s London lawyer and master negotiator Sam Nelson; he has a knack for talking his way out of some of the most intense situations and taking control of them. It’s just that whenever Sam Nelson shows up, bad things tend to follow.
Season 2 of Elba’s hit hostage series Hijack ups the stakes with a new setting, a new crisis, and a fresh pressure cooker for Sam Nelson to deal with. This time, Sam finds himself at the center of an elaborate hijacking operation taking place aboard a Berlin subway train speeding through Germany’s underground rail system, with hundreds of commuters taken hostage. After surviving one of the most nerve-shredding hijacked flights in recent memory, Sam knows all too well that situations like this rarely stay under control for long.
But here’s the thing: because of his history, Sam isn’t seen by authorities as a hero or a solution; he’s viewed as a wildcard, a complication, and a potential liability they can’t fully control. Worse yet, he just might be the mastermind behind the entire operation, or at least someone who knows far more than he’s letting on.
Created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, the series keeps its trademark real-time intensity intact, doubling down on moral dilemmas, razor-thin margins, and the creeping fear that one wrong move could doom everyone onboard. Elba, who earned an Emmy nomination for his commanding Season 1 performance, remains the engine driving the show’s edge-on-your-seat suspense. He’s calm under pressure, calculated, and perpetually one step ahead... until he isn’t.
Season 2 reunites Elba with returning cast members Christine Adams, Max Beesley, and Archie Panjabi, while welcoming an impressive slate of new faces, including Toby Jones, Christian Näthe, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Lisa Vicari, Karima McAdams, and Christiane Paul.
If Season 1 proved that Hijack could turn a single flight into must-watch television, Season 2 looks ready to derail expectations all over again. Hijack: Season 2 premieres Wednesday, January 14th on Apple TV.
📺 “The Night Manager: Season 2” Trailer: Tom Hiddleston Goes Deeper Undercover in New Season of the Emmy-winning Espionage Thriller Miniseries with Diego Calva, Camila Morrone & Olivia Colman — Premieres Sun, January 11th on Prime Video
The problem of being in the spy game is that one could lose their identity if they go too deep and lose sight of who they really are. The thing is, in order to be a good spy, one must shed everything they know and become someone else entirely... to the point where the mission rewires your instincts, and friend and enemy start to feel dangerously interchangeable.
Tom Hiddleston finds himself caught in exactly that dilemma as he returns for the long-awaited second season of the Emmy-winning espionage thriller series The Night Manager. Here, the Loki star is back as Jonathan Pine, a gentleman MI6 spy who once worked undercover as a hotel night manager to infiltrate an international gun-running operation, which turned sideways and left lasting consequences in its wake.
Now with his former identity burned and erased, he takes on the alias of Alex Goodwin, who is called back into action, once again tasked with infiltrating the inner circle of Teddy Dos Santos (played by Babylon’s Diego Calva), a charming Colombian businessman with lethal ambitions and even deadlier connections. As “Alex” finds himself sinking deeper into Teddy’s orbit, he becomes intimately involved with Teddy’s seductive and alluring partner, Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone, of Amazon’s Daisy Jones & the Six).
The entanglement only deepens the danger, as Alex begins to lose himself while descending further into a globe-spanning arms network that threatens to destabilize Latin America. Now the question is, how much of the old Jonathan Pine is still left beneath his new alias? And if he can’t trust who he has become, can he trust anyone at all?
Olivia Colman also reprises her fan-favorite role as MI6 handler Angela Burr in a guest-starring turn, while director Georgi Banks-Davies takes on helming duties for the new season.
The Night Manager: Season 2 promises a sleeker, more ruthless descent into John le Carré’s espionage world when it debuts Sunday, January 11th on Prime Video.
📺 “His & Hers” Trailer: Tessa Thompson & Jon Bernthal Face Off in a Twisty Dual-Perspective Murder Mystery Miniseries Based on Alice Feeney’s Best-Seller — Premieres Thurs, January 8th on Netflix
They say there are two sides to every story. What people don’t account for is that every side comes with its share of connections, characters, and consequences. But if one side is the truth, then the other is the lie. And the crazy thing is, sometimes both sides may look and sound a lot alike.
This new Netflix miniseries drops viewers into the suffocating heat of Atlanta, where truth feels slippery and motives are always suspect. But the story might not be so clear-cut. In fact, it all depends on who’s telling it.
Based on Alice Feeney’s best-selling 2020 mystery thriller novel, His & Hers stars Tessa Thompson as Anna, a once-rising news anchor now quietly retreating from her career and personal life. But when a murder rocks Dahlonega, the small town she thought she left behind, Anna is pulled back in, latching onto the case with an intensity that suggests the story may be circling her as much as she’s chasing it.
Standing in her way is Detective Jack Harper, played by Jon Bernthal, who leads the investigation and views Anna’s sudden interest with deep suspicion. Not only is she his ex-wife, but the murder victim is a woman Jack knew quite well, making her involvement feel anything but coincidental.
Anna wants to break the story. Jack wants to solve the case. But the more the murder investigation opens old wounds and digs deeper into their personal lives, the more suspicion grows between the two. Could both be somehow involved in the murder? Could both be hiding something they don’t want the other to know? Each story has two sides, but this one seems like it’s hiding more than just one truth.
Hailing from British writer-director William Oldroyd, who previously made the films Lady Macbeth and Eileen, the Netflix miniseries frames its central mystery through dueling perspectives — his version of events versus hers. That tension turns every conversation, glance, and revelation into a potential misdirection. So who’s lying, and who’s telling the truth?
Backing up Thompson and Bernthal is a strong supporting cast that includes Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Fox, Rebecca Rittenhouse, with GLOW’s Sunita Mani playing Bernthal’s detective partner. Meanwhile, Marin Ireland, Chris Bauer, and Isabelle Kusman appear in key co-starring roles.
His & Hers is due to premiere Thursday, January 8th, on Netflix. Keep your eyes peeled, because in this story, the smallest details matter... and the truth is never as simple as it seems.
📺 “Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2” Teaser Trailer: Aang’s Next Chapter Teases Bigger Battles and Deeper Emotions as The Gaang Heads Into the Earth Kingdom — Coming Soon 2026
To be perfectly honest, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender has faced its fair share of pushback, with fan reactions ranging from nitpicks about casting choices to broader concerns over tone, pacing, and overall faithfulness. Here’s the thing: no matter how close it came to the original animated series, it was always going to face an uphill battle trying to please everyone. So maybe the smarter move is simply pushing forward and leaning into the audience that does love it. And there were plenty of them, as Season 1 quickly proved to be a major hit for Netflix in early 2024.
Now, Season 2 is gearing up for a return next year, and fans of the live-action series are finally getting a taste of what lies ahead. That rumble under your feet is a clear sign that something big is coming, and viewers should probably brace themselves for what’s next.
The Gaang has grown up since Season 1, and the stakes have risen right along with them. Following a hard-won, bittersweet victory that saved the Northern Water Tribe from the Fire Nation, Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio), and Sokka (Ian Ousley) regroup and venture deeper into the Earth Kingdom. Their next mission is clear: convince the elusive Earth King to join the fight against the ever-looming Fire Lord Ozai, once again voiced with chilling authority by Daniel Dae Kim.
This season also introduces fan-favorite Toph Beifong, making her live-action debut with Miya Cech stepping into the role. Her arrival promises to shake up the team dynamic in a big way, emotionally and possibly on the battlefield as well.
While specific plot details remain tightly under wraps, the tone of Season 2 is unmistakable. It looks bigger, bolder, and more emotionally charged, leaning into the growing pains of its young heroes while expanding the world in exciting new directions.
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season 2 is set to arrive in 2026, exclusively on Netflix.
📺 “Best Medicine” Trailer: Josh Charles Stars as a Brilliant Doctor with a Blunt Bedside Manner in FOX’s Quirky Medical Comedy Series with Abigail Spencer & Annie Potts — Premieres Tues, January 6th on FOX
Listening, compassion, and a steady stomach usually define a good doctor. Dr. Martin Best has none of the above. Josh Charles stars as a brilliant but painfully blunt physician whose uncanny diagnostic skills make him impossible to ignore, even as his bedside manner makes him universally disliked. After trading a Boston surgical career for a small fishing village practice, he quickly discovers that tight-knit locals are far less forgiving than an operating room, especially when their only doctor hates the sight of blood and regularly insults his patients. Executive produced by Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City, Divorce), this English-language remake of the British series Doc Martin leans hard into fish-out-of-water comedy, pairing sharp laughs with culture-clash shenanigans. Co-starring Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra, Cree, and Annie Potts, the series finds humor in a man forced to diagnose not just patients, but an entirely new life.
📺 “The Copenhagen Test” Trailer: Simu Liu Stars as an Intelligence Analyst with a Hacked Mind in Peacock’s High-Stakes Sci-Fi Espionage Thriller with Melissa Barrera — Premieres Sat, December 27th on Peacock
Forget firewalls or cybersecurity; this sci-fi espionage thriller asks what happens when hackers stop targeting devices and start hacking the human mind. Set in a chilling near future, the series follows an intelligence analyst whose brain is compromised, turning him into both a weapon and a walking liability. Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu stars as the unlucky agent forced to maintain a flawless public facade while unseen enemy hackers can see and hear everything he does. As he races to uncover who’s inside his head, an undercover operative (Scream’s Melissa Barrera) is sent to help keep the illusion intact. The result is a high-stakes surveillance nightmare where the most dangerous breach just might be happening right inside your own head.
📺 “The Hunting Party: Season 2” Trailer: Melissa Roxburgh Returns as a Former Profiler Tracking Escaped Serial Killers in NBC’s Twisty Procedural Series — Premieres Thurs, January 8th on NBC and Peacock
Melissa Roxburgh is back as Bex for a thrilling new season of this shadowy conspiracy procedural, proving that sometimes, the profiler becomes the prey. When the nation’s deadliest serial killers escape prison, Bex and her team return to the field for the high-stakes hunt. Time to dive deep into the darkness and lock up the worst of the worst before this grand conspiracy threatens everything.
📺 “Made In Korea” Trailer: Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung Star as Rival KCIA Operative and Prosecutor in High-Stakes South Korean Political Series — Premieres Wed, December 24th on Hulu/Disney+
When a nation’s fate is on the line, this high-stakes South Korean political drama pits two titans against each other: Hyun Bin’s ambitious KCIA operative running a criminal empire versus Jung Woo-sung’s uncompromising prosecutor trying to clean house. It’s a battle of conflicting visions of justice, fueled by corruption and deep political conspiracies that could topple the government.
📺 “Just a Dash: Season 3” Trailer: The Bear’s Matty Matheson Returns to Host Another Season of His Messy Culinary Roadshow — Premieres Fri, January 30th on Netflix
The Emmy-winning producer/co-star of The Bear and celebrity chef, Matty Matheson, is back, but this time his unorthodox cooking show is taking its messy act on the road. Since his house is off limits, watch this culinary madman as he mixes comedy sketches with food porn while scrambling through a hilarious, kitchen-less tour with absolutely no plan.
📺 “The Upshaws: The Final Season” Promo: Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes, and Kim Fields Star in Final Chapter of Beloved Netflix Comedy Sitcom — Premieres Thurs, January 15th on Netflix
Get ready for one final, loud celebration as this hilarious sitcom delivers the American dream, Indiana style, starring Mike Epps, Wanda Sykes, and Kim Fields. While Regina makes a run for office and Bennie’s garage faces hard times, the Upshaws continue to serve up all the mess and laughs we love. It’s the final chapter for the working-class family that always finds a way to keep it real and full of heart.
📺 “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: Season 2” Trailer: Ben Bocquelet’s Chaotic Watterson Family Returns for Absurdist Animated Satire — Premieres Mon, December 22nd on Hulu/Disney+
Reality is just a suggestion in this chaotic animated series from creator Ben Bocquelet, where Gumball and the Watterson family are back for more absurdity and pure satire. Get ready for endless hijinks in Elmore, including a promposal involving Penny faking her death, neighborhood pandemonium caused by invading wild animals, and a witchy student cult trying to host a yearbook séance. It’s wonderfully weird, gloriously bizarre, and guaranteed to make you question physics.
📺 “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment: Season 2” Trailer: Inmates Granted More Agency as Sheriff Implements Bold Experiment in Eye-Opening Correctional Facility Reality Series — Premieres Wed, January 7th on Netflix
This eye-opening reality series returns inside an Arizona correctional facility where a sheriff is attempting a bold social experiment. By granting incarcerated men more agency, this docuseries attempts to unlock profound questions about criminal justice. Get ready to witness what happens when the men behind bars are given the keys to their own fate.
📺 “Wild Cards: Season 3” Trailer: Giacomo Gianniotti and Vanessa Morgan Star as Mismatched Detective and Con Artist in Canadian Crime Series — Premieres Mon, January 26th on The CW
This sharp Canadian series brings together two mismatched partners for a chance at redemption: Giacomo Gianniotti plays the demoted detective who must team up with Vanessa Morgan’s seasoned con artist. After cracking a major case while awaiting booking, this unlikely duo ( with co-starring support from Jason Priestley) must cooperate to get back Ellis’s badge and keep Max out of jail. It’s a high-stakes partnership where the only thing riskier than trusting the system is trusting each other.
📺 “Pole to Pole with Will Smith” Trailer: Will Smith Journeys Across Seven Continents in Sweeping National Geographic Global Exploration Special — Premieres January 13th on National Geographic and Disney+
Inspired by his late mentor, Will Smith throws himself into a bold 100-day National Geographic global exploration, traversing all seven continents from the icebergs of the Arctic to the Amazon jungles. This nature special captures Smith guided by scientists as he performs extreme challenges like skiing to the South Pole, catching an anaconda, and milking a venomous tarantula. Prepare for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure blending cutting-edge science with powerful lessons about humanity’s future on the planet.
Solid roundup! That bit about Hijack Season 2 switching from plane to train while keeping teh real-time format is kinda brilliant. I watched the first seaosn on a long-haul fight last year and the irony wasn't lost on me. What really works is how they're not rehashing the hero arc but making Sam Nelson's past expertise his curse this time, authorities treating him as a liabilty instead of an asset.