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The 9 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (September 2026)
September is typically the time when television gets serious again. The summer’s biggest TV shows have aired their finales, the fall schedule is kicking into high gear, and streamers are rolling out everything from high-concept sci-fi to prestige dramas. There’s plenty of familiar IP in the mix, but also some genuinely original shows worth putting on your to-watch list.
While plenty of outlets will tell you what everyone is watching (see: Reacher), that’s not our goal. As always, the TV shows we’re watching this month reflect the kinds of stories WIRED covers every day—shows that explore technology, science, politics, culture, and the sometimes unsettling ways they intersect.
From returning favorites to ambitious new series—and at least one show that might rekindle your love of traditional anime—these are the TV shows we think you should make time to stream this month.
What happens when a newspaper attempts not just to survive, but to thrive, in a world where digital media has become the norm? The Paper, a spinoff of The Office from Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, follows the staff of a struggling Midwestern paper as they attempt to revive it.
Ultimately, its idealistic new editor-in-chief Ned Sampson (Star Wars and Harry Potter alum Domhnall Gleeson) and his hungry young reporter Mare Pritti (Chelsea Frei) end up grappling with what journalism looks like in the digital age. Season 2, which arrived on September 9, finds their Toledo Truth Teller newly revitalized and searching for its next big scoop, making the show a surprisingly sharp comedy about the future of journalism—and who gets to shape it.
Though this summer’s The Mandalorian and Grogu (which is streaming on Disney+ now) seriously underperformed at the box office, Lucasfilm is partnering with Lego to take another stab at the fan-favorite Star Wars series—which might be exactly what the franchise needs right now. Lucasfilm and Lego are going back to the beginning, reimagining all three seasons of the Pedro Pascal–starring live-action series as a 49-minute animated comedy.
For anyone who somehow managed to miss Mando and Grogu until now, the story follows Din Djarin (Pascal in the live-action series, Gavin Hammon in this iteration), a bounty hunter known as the Mandalorian, who takes a job transporting a mysterious Force-sensitive child. That child, of course, is Grogu, aka Baby Yoda. What starts as a simple assignment turns into a galaxy-spanning adventure as the pair become unlikely partners. Consider this version an entertaining way to play catch-up.
It’s hard to remember a time when the world didn’t have South Park. For nearly 30 years, audiences have watched as four potty-mouthed fourth-graders—Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny—navigate life in the bizarre mountain town of South Park, Colorado, in this very much adults-only animated comedy. Along the way, they’ve encountered alien life forms, celebrities, and Elon Musk (yes, the real one). They’ve also watched Kenny die on at least 100 occasions.
Last year, the seemingly never-ending comedy reinvented itself as a particularly pointed political satire by taking aim at figures including JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump’s manhood. The White House, unsurprisingly, had thoughts. And so did the Emmys; the show just took home the 2026 award for Outstanding Animated Program. Clearly, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have no plans to take their foot off the gas; they just announced they’re taking a page out of Trump’s renaming book and rechristening the show South America for its 29th season, which premieres on September 16.
What if television’s best spy show was also one of its funniest? If John le Carré and (the original) The Office had a baby, it would look and sound a lot like Slow Horses, which returns for a sixth season on September 16.