U.S. Broadcast Networks Schedules for April 2026
U.S. Broadcast Networks Schedules for April 2026

April 2026 is not one of those months where every network unloads half its year in a single week. The smarter way to cover it is to separate the schedule into two lanes: broadcast TV with fixed linear premiere dates, and streaming platforms with platform-specific drop calendars. As of March 18, 2026, the clearest April schedules that have actually been published come from FOX on the broadcast side and from streamers and cable-linked platforms including Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV+, AMC+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Prime Video, MGM+, and a few smaller services.

This guide sticks to that published material. It does not pad the month with rumored launches or placeholder listings. Where a title has an official platform or network announcement, that announcement is treated as the anchor source. Where a service’s full month grid is available only through a reputable trade-style listing, that is used carefully and labeled as such.

The short version of April 2026

On broadcast TV, FOX owns the month. It has a full April rollout that includes The Floor, The 1% Club, The Quiz With Balls, MasterChef, Farmer Wants a Wife, and Running Wild with Bear Grylls. On streaming, the busiest named services with published April activity include Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+, while AMC+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Prime Video, and MGM+ each have at least one clearly dated April launch in the currently published schedules.

Read more: TV Premiere Dates for April 2026: Full Guide to Major U.S. Broadcast Network

FOX’s April 2026 schedule: the most complete broadcast rollout of the month

FOX is the easiest April schedule to map because the network has already published its spring premiere plan in one place. The month starts with The Floor returning for a two-hour Season 5 premiere on Wednesday, April 8, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. That is followed by a game-show block on Monday, April 13, with The 1% Club returning at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and The Quiz With Balls opening its Season 3 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

FOX then adds another April launch on Wednesday, April 15, when MasterChef Season 16 premieres at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. That detail matters because it was missing from some lighter April roundups, but it is in FOX’s own spring schedule. The network rounds out its month on Tuesday, April 21, with Farmer Wants a Wife Season 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and Running Wild with Bear Grylls at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, which FOX describes as the series’ FOX debut in this rollout.

FOX: full confirmed April premiere list

  • April 8 — The Floor Season 5, two-hour premiere, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 13 — The 1% Club Season 2, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 13 — The Quiz With Balls Season 3, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 15 — MasterChef Season 16, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 21 — Farmer Wants a Wife Season 4, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 21 — Running Wild with Bear Grylls, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

The practical takeaway is simple: if you only care about broadcast premieres, FOX is carrying the largest share of the month, and it is doing it with unscripted and competition formats rather than a wave of new scripted dramas.

Hulu’s April 2026 schedule: the most useful day-by-day streaming grid now available

Hulu is one of the few major services with a publicly posted April 2026 schedule grid, and that makes it much more useful than vague “coming soon” roundups. One important detail: Hulu’s grid includes both Hulu originals and next-day availability for FOX titles, which is why some FOX shows appear on Hulu one day after their linear premieres.

At the top of the month, Hulu loads in a large library batch on April 1, including titles such as The Beekeeper, The Devil Wears Prada, Night at the Museum, the Shrek films, 21 Jump Street, and 22 Jump Street, alongside series and specials like Dear Killer Nannies, Atomic, Fire Force Season 3 Pt. 2, and Secrets of the Bees. That is followed by the Hulu Original film Pizza Movie on April 3, then a run of acquired films that includes Primitive War on April 4, The Boogeyman on April 5, Sirat on April 6, and Bad Boys Ride or Die on April 7.

The first big Hulu original event of the month lands on April 8, when The Testaments opens with a three-episode series premiere. Then on April 10, Hulu adds two more notable originals: Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, whose four episodes all premiere at once, and Perfect Crown, listed as a series premiere. Hulu also places #SKYKING on April 14 as a documentary premiere, and Nikki Glaser: Good Girl on April 24 as a special premiere.

Hulu’s schedule is also useful for viewers who use the platform as a next-day home for FOX programming. In that lineup, The Floor hits Hulu on April 9, The 1% Club and The Quiz With Balls on April 14, MasterChef on April 16, and Farmer Wants a Wife on April 22. Those are not separate FOX premieres, but they are the relevant Hulu availability dates.

Read more: Hulu in April 2026: Full Schedule, Premiere Dates, and Biggest Highlights

Hulu: key April 2026 dates

  • April 1 — Major library drop, including The Beekeeper, The Devil Wears Prada, Night at the Museum, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever After, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, plus series/specials such as Dear Killer Nannies, Atomic, Fire Force S3 Pt. 2, and Secrets of the Bees.

  • April 3 — Pizza Movie, Hulu Original film premiere.

  • April 8 — The Testaments, three-episode Hulu Original series premiere.

  • April 9 — The Floor Season 5 arrives on Hulu after its FOX launch; also Married at First Sight Season 7, Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes Season 1, and WWE LFG Season 2.

  • April 10 — Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair complete season premiere; Perfect Crown series premiere.

  • April 14 — #SKYKING documentary premiere; The 1% Club Season 2 and The Quiz With Balls Season 3 arrive from FOX; the full Hunger Games run from the 2012 original through The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes also lands that day.

  • April 16 — MasterChef Season 16 arrives from FOX, joined by Court Cam Season 8, My Strange Arrest Season 3, and Forged in Fire Season 10.

  • April 22 — Farmer Wants a Wife Season 4 arrives from FOX.

  • April 24 — Nikki Glaser: Good Girl, Hulu Original special premiere.

  • April 30 — End-of-month batch including Family Lockup Season 1, The First 48 Season 28, The UnXplained Season 7, Harold and the Purple Crayon, A Haunting in Venice, and two true-crime movies, Monster in the Family: The Stacey Kananen Story and Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story.

If you want one platform that functions like a real month planner, Hulu is probably the strongest example right now because its schedule is both broad and date-specific.

Netflix’s April 2026 schedule: smaller daily list, bigger event titles

Netflix does not always publish a single neat monthly press grid the way Hulu does, but the current April 2026 lineup is already visible through TV Insider’s streamer guide, and several of the month’s biggest Netflix releases are also confirmed directly by Tudum, Netflix’s official editorial site. The headliners are easy to spot: Love on the Spectrum Season 4 on April 1, XO, Kitty Season 3 on April 2, Big Mistakes on April 9, Temptation Island Season 2 on April 10, BEEF Season 2 on April 16, and the double hit of Running Point Season 2 and Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 on April 23.

Some of the April titles are clearly designed as event programming. Love on the Spectrum Season 4 launches all seven episodes on April 1. XO, Kitty Season 3 returns on April 2. BEEF Season 2 debuts all eight episodes on April 16 with a new cast led by Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny. On April 23, Netflix pairs one of its broadest franchise plays, Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, with the returning comedy Running Point Season 2.

Netflix: published April 2026 dates

  • April 1 — Eat Pray Bark; Love on the Spectrum Season 4.

  • April 2 — Agent From Above; Sins of Kujo; XO, Kitty Season 3.

  • April 3 — Bloodhounds; Gangs of Galicia; High Tides.

  • April 7 — Untold: Chess Mates.

  • April 9 — Big Mistakes.

  • April 10 — Temptation Island; Thrash; Turn of the Tide.

  • April 12 — Fury vs. Makhmudov.

  • April 13 — Noah Kahan: Out of Body.

  • April 14 — Untold: Jail Blazers.

  • April 16 — BEEF Season 2; Ronaldinho: The One and Only.

  • April 17 — A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough; Roommates.

  • April 20 — Funny AF With Kevin Hart.

  • April 21 — Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill.

  • April 22 — Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool.

  • April 23 — Running Point Season 2; Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.

  • April 24 — Apex.

  • April 27 — Straight to Hell; Supernova Strikers Genesis.

  • April 30 — Man on Fire.

If you are choosing only a handful of Netflix dates to remember, make them April 1, April 2, April 10, April 16, and April 23. That is where the service’s clearest returning-brand weight sits right now.

Apple TV+ in April 2026: four premieres, all clearly dated

Apple TV+ has one of the cleanest premium-platform April slates, and unlike some services, Apple has official press pages for each title. The month begins with Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2 on Friday, April 3. Apple says the new season is 10 episodes, debuting with one episode on April 3 and then rolling out weekly through June 5.

The month’s biggest Apple launch then arrives on Wednesday, April 15, when Margo’s Got Money Troubles premieres. Apple says the eight-episode series opens with three episodes on April 15, followed by weekly episodes every Wednesday through May 20. On April 22, Apple adds Criminal Record Season 2, and on April 29 it launches Widow’s Bay, a 10-episode new series that opens with three episodes and then continues weekly through June 17.

Apple TV+: full confirmed April 2026 slate

  • April 3 — Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2. Apple says it starts with one episode, then continues weekly through June 5.

  • April 15 — Margo’s Got Money Troubles. Apple says it launches with three episodes, then continues weekly through May 20.

  • April 22 — Criminal Record Season 2.

  • April 29 — Widow’s Bay. Apple says the 10-episode series opens with three episodes, then runs weekly through June 17.

Apple’s April lineup is not the biggest by volume, but it is one of the strongest by clarity and by release structure. You know exactly what is opening and, in two cases, exactly how the weekly rollout continues.

AMC and AMC+: a single April title, but a clearly positioned one

AMC’s April schedule is much narrower in the currently published material, but it is also very straightforward. The Audacity premieres on Sunday, April 12, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC and AMC+, and AMC says the eight-episode season continues with weekly Sunday releases. The series comes from Jonathan Glatzer and stars Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, and Simon Helberg.

That makes AMC’s April story less about breadth and more about one headline launch. If you cover cable-plus-streaming brands together, The Audacity is the major AMC/AMC+ date to flag.

Disney+ in April 2026: one big date, one major franchise

Disney+’s official April calendar currently centers on Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord, which the service lists for April 6 with a two-episode premiere. Disney’s own April post also indicates that the series continues with additional episodes afterward, which makes this a weekly franchise rollout rather than a binge drop.

If you are looking for the single Disney+ date that matters most in April, it is April 6. That is the date with the clearest weight in the service’s published April lineup so far.

HBO Max in April 2026: prestige programming, but not a long list

HBO and HBO Max have two published April dates that stand out right now. Euphoria Season 3 debuts on Sunday, April 12, at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and streams on HBO Max, with new episodes weekly. Warner Bros. Discovery has also announced Half Man, a six-episode HBO-BBC limited series from Richard Gadd, for April, although the currently public material shown in search results does not expose a specific day in the same clean way that the Euphoria release does.

So the careful way to write HBO Max’s month is this: April 12 is locked for Euphoria, and Half Man is officially set for April, but the exact public-facing date is less clearly surfaced in the currently open materials.

Peacock in April 2026: one scripted launch, one unscripted return

Peacock’s April calendar in the current published roundups lists The Miniature Wife on April 9 and Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2 on April 15. NBCUniversal has separately confirmed that Love Island: Beyond the Villa returns with two episodes on April 15, followed by two new episodes every Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET.

That means April 15 is the better-supported Peacock date from an official-source perspective, while April 9 for The Miniature Wife is visible in TV Insider’s published April streamer guide.

Prime Video in April 2026: three clearly dated originals

Prime Video’s April slate is stronger than a quick glance might suggest. The Boys Season 5 premieres on April 8, and Amazon says the final season opens with two episodes before moving to weekly releases through May 20. Then comes Kevin on April 20, with Amazon saying that all eight episodes debut that day. The month closes with The House of the Spirits on April 29, a date Amazon confirmed in February.

That gives Prime Video a clear three-beat month: one prestige franchise return early, one full-season drop in the middle, and one high-profile literary adaptation at the end.

MGM+ in April 2026: one date to know

MGM+’s currently published April entry is From Season 4 on April 19. In the available source set for this roundup, that date appears in TV Insider’s April streaming guide rather than a surfaced MGM+ press result, so it should be treated as published-listing information rather than a separately verified studio press release in this response.

The full April 2026 calendar by platform

FOX

  • April 8 — The Floor Season 5, two-hour premiere, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 13 — The 1% Club Season 2, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 13 — The Quiz With Balls Season 3, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 15 — MasterChef Season 16, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 21 — Farmer Wants a Wife Season 4, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

  • April 21 — Running Wild with Bear Grylls, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Hulu

  • April 1 — Large library drop plus Dear Killer Nannies, Atomic, Fire Force S3 Pt. 2, Secrets of the Bees.

  • April 3 — Pizza Movie.

  • April 8 — The Testaments (three-episode premiere).

  • April 9 — The Floor Season 5 on Hulu; Married at First Sight S7; Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes S1; WWE LFG S2.

  • April 10 — Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair; Perfect Crown.

  • April 14 — #SKYKING; The 1% Club S2 on Hulu; The Quiz With Balls S3 on Hulu; The Hunger Games film collection.

  • April 16 — MasterChef S16 on Hulu; Court Cam S8; Forged in Fire S10.

  • April 22 — Farmer Wants a Wife S4 on Hulu.

  • April 24 — Nikki Glaser: Good Girl.

  • April 30 — Family Lockup S1; The First 48 S28; The UnXplained S7; A Haunting in Venice and more.

Netflix

  • April 1 — Eat Pray Bark; Love on the Spectrum Season 4.

  • April 2 — Agent From Above; Sins of Kujo; XO, Kitty Season 3.

  • April 3 — Bloodhounds; Gangs of Galicia; High Tides.

  • April 7 — Untold: Chess Mates.

  • April 9 — Big Mistakes.

  • April 10 — Temptation Island; Thrash; Turn of the Tide.

  • April 12 — Fury vs. Makhmudov.

  • April 13 — Noah Kahan: Out of Body.

  • April 14 — Untold: Jail Blazers.

  • April 16 — BEEF Season 2; Ronaldinho: The One and Only.

  • April 17 — A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough; Roommates.

  • April 20 — Funny AF With Kevin Hart.

  • April 21 — Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill.

  • April 22 — Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool.

  • April 23 — Running Point Season 2; Stranger Things: Tales From ’85.

  • April 24 — Apex.

  • April 27 — Straight to Hell; Supernova Strikers Genesis.

  • April 30 — Man on Fire.

Apple TV+

  • April 3 — Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2.

  • April 15 — Margo’s Got Money Troubles.

  • April 22 — Criminal Record Season 2.

  • April 29 — Widow’s Bay.

AMC / AMC+

  • April 12 — The Audacity, 9 p.m. ET/PT on AMC and AMC+, then weekly Sundays.

Disney+

  • April 6 — Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord, two-episode premiere.

HBO Max

  • April 12 — Euphoria Season 3, weekly.

  • April TBD — Half Man.

Peacock

  • April 9 — The Miniature Wife.

  • April 15 — Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2, two-episode premiere, then two episodes weekly on Wednesdays.

Prime Video

  • April 8 — The Boys Season 5, first two episodes, then weekly.

  • April 20 — Kevin, all eight episodes.

  • April 29 — The House of the Spirits.

MGM+

  • April 19 — From Season 4.

What is actually most useful to readers

The most useful distinction in April is not just what premieres when, but how it premieres. FOX is still built around fixed nightly appointment viewing. Hulu mixes originals with next-day FOX availability, so the date you see there is sometimes a streaming-availability date, not the original airdate. Netflix clusters around all-at-once or event drops. Apple TV+ and Prime Video are using more structured hybrid models, with either one, two, or three episodes up front followed by weekly releases. AMC+ is doing the traditional weekly prestige-drama pattern.

That matters because an April watchlist built from headlines alone can be misleading. The Floor is an April 8 FOX premiere, but it is also a April 9 Hulu addition. MasterChef premieres on FOX on April 15, but Hulu users will first see it on April 16. Love Island: Beyond the Villa is not just “coming in April”; Peacock has already attached a specific April 15 launch strategy to it.

Final takeaway

As of March 18, 2026, the most complete and defensible way to write TV Premiere Dates for April 2026 is to anchor the article around the services and networks that have already published real schedules. On that basis, FOX has the strongest broadcast rollout; Hulu has the most useful day-by-day streamer grid; Netflix has the biggest cluster of conversation-driving series returns; Apple TV+ has the cleanest prestige slate; and AMC+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, Prime Video, and MGM+ each have at least one clearly flagged April title already on the board.