15 Shows and Movies to Watch This Weekend

Yes, there are a ton of streaming services, and, yes, there's a lot of buzz around the latest releases. But just because something's trending or on lists of most-viewed titles doesn't mean it's always worth a watch.

2026 has already given us five must-see shows, two new series you can skip, several killer award shows and an iconic halftime show. But this week is a particularly huge week for great content.

Allow me, an entertainment editor, to help you parse through it all with shows and movies that are actually worth watching this week (or this weekend). I'm talking exciting new sequels like Scream 7, returning hits like Bridgerton and Paradise and new docuseries like The CEO Club. Enjoy the best selections (recommended by yours truly) on Netflix, Apple TV, in theaters and more.

From Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season two to the Scrubs revival, here's what to watch this weekend.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 2

Has anyone else been waiting patiently impatiently for the follow-up season to one of 2025's best shows? Sterling K. Brown and Julianne Nicholson are back for Paradise season two, which picks up right where we left off. And I'm thrilled that Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley is joining the cast!

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 114 minutes

Neve Campbell has returned to the franchise, and all is right in the world. In this sequel, she has a daughter named Tatum (yes, that's the same name as Sidney's best friend in the first film!!!), and she's being joined by several faces who died in previous films, like Scott Foley. I'm as confused and excited as you are.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 4

The second half of the fourth season of Bridgerton has finally hit Netflix, and I can't wait to see how things turn out between Benedict and Sophie. (I'm guessing...love conquers all?) But even more importantly, Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley are set to return.

• Rating: 13+
• Number of seasons: 1

This high-powered, eight-episode docuseries follows Serena Williams and a group of other trailblazing female CEOs in the world of beauty, fashion and more. The show gives a surprisingly candid all-access look at the professional and personal lives of these powerful women who are, as Williams puts it herself, "rewriting the rules."

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 2

This big-budget monster show (think the Godzilla and King Kong universe) was a huge favorite of mine when season one first debuted in 2023. Now, the epic sci-fi/action/thriller series has returned, along with its stars: Kurt Russell and real-life son Wyatt Russell. (Can we get a Goldie cameo please?!)

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 10

Nostalgia is in right now, and the comedic geniuses behind the early-2000s hospital sitcom Scrubs are joining the throwback bandwagon. J.D., Turk, Elliot, Carla and the rest of the gang return in this revival season 16 years after the show left the air. I'll be popping the popcorn and wearing my low-rise jeans for this trip down memory lane.

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 1

From the creators of 30 Rock comes a brand-new sitcom featuring a few very familiar faces. We've got Tracy Morgan (in a very Tracy Jordan-like role), Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe and Living Single legend Erika Alexander. Believe me when I say this show is funny (in fact, it's one of my favorite shows of the month).

• Rating: TV-14
• Number of seasons: 50

26 years and 50 seasons? That's the incredible milestone that hit reality series Survivor just conquered. The three-hour premiere arrived this Wednesday and features 24 returning contestants. Oh, and the Season 50 theme is “In the Hands of the Fans,” meaning it will include plenty of “decisions from the fans.”

• Rating: TV-PG
• Number of seasons: 29

We've got a high-octane season of The Voice on our hands, with a big twist: there will only be three judges this time around. Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Adam Levine will return to spin in their chairs coach. Oh, and there will only be three rounds of Blind Auditions.

• Rating: R
• Runtime: 103 minutes

Is it warm in here or is that just Priyanka Chopra-Jonas playing a badass ex-pirate in this dark and intense new Prime Video drama? Maybe both; I haven't quite figured out the heater in my apartment. Either way, I'll be watching (and hoping for a Jo-Bros appearance).

• Rating: N/A
• Number of seasons: 1

In a season full of thrillers, this one definitely stands out. The Mary Louise Parker-led series is a Civil War thriller about an all-female spy network. It's historical, it's gripping and it's produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman. 'Nuff said.

• Rating: N/A
• Number of seasons: 1

Umm, how did this star-studded comedy manage to slip so far under my radar? American Classic, starring Laura Linney and Kevin Kline, follows a Broadway star who returns to his small town to help rescue his family's dinner theater. As a theater nerd and lover of all things Laura Linney, I'll be binging this one.

• Rating: 18+
• Number of seasons: 1

The first episode of this Prime Video murder mystery thriller is intense. I'm talking shower scenes, an unidentified body in a bathtub and even more shower scenes. Plus, it features a twist ending that made me immediately press play on episode two.

• Rating: NR
• Runtime: 107 minutes

If life has been feeling a little less steamy since Heated Rivalry finished its first season, allow me to suggest you heat things up again with Pillion, starring Alexander Skarsgård. It's an erotic dramedy about a biker, a shy gay man and, ya know, BDSM.

• Rating: TV-MA
• Number of seasons: 2

OK, maybe no one asked for another season, but it's here anyway. Jennifer Garner is back with more mystery, more intrigue and more running away from bad guys. And if her boxing scene in the season two premiere is any indication, she'll be putting up even more of a fight this time around.

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