Youth drama series Crew Girl launched on Netflix on Sept. 10, 2026, as cast members Miku Martineau, Sam Braun, and Kyle Clark detailed the show's high-stakes rowing storylines and upper-class prep school setting.
The series centers on 16-year-old Teagan Tao, played by Martineau, a rising star in single sculls rowing whose career is derailed by a family scandal. Forced to relocate to the East Coast with her mother, played by Jessica Paré, Teagan enrolls at the prestigious Easton Prep, where the absence of a girls' rowing team leaves her with only one path back to the water: taking charge of the school's dysfunctional boys' varsity crew as their coxswain.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with E! News reporter Erin Lim Rhodes, the cast outlined how the show combines sports drama with elite social conflict. Clark, who portrays scholarship student Cam Dillinger, explained that the collaboration stems from wealthier backgrounds clashing with an athletic narrative, noting that bringing the story to the lake introduces audiences to a sport rarely showcased on television.
Martineau, 21, described learning the sport as a blast, noting that rowing involves emotion, tension, respect, and communication that fit naturally into a coming-of-age story. Braun, who plays wealthy student Josh Regis, teased the central love triangle between Josh, Teagan, and Cam, attributing the cast's onscreen chemistry to the fact that many actors were already acquainted through the Vancouver acting community prior to filming.
True crime and documentary releases
Alongside youth drama premieres, television networks and streaming platforms are launching an extensive lineup of non-fiction and true crime programming throughout September.
Oxygen premiered the two-hour documentary The Hooters Murders: Deadly Shift on Sept. 7, examining murders between 2001 and 2010 involving young women associated with the restaurant chain. On the same date, Investigation Discovery debuted O.J. Unseen: Exploitation of Evil, a four-part documentary event detailing unreleased footage from Juiced, an ill-fated hidden-camera prank show featuring O.J. Simpson that was derailed by an internal saboteur before broadcast.
Investigation Discovery will also air Toxic on Sept. 15, hosted by Elizabeth Chambers as she speaks with survivors of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence across the United States. On TNT, the drama High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam debuts Sept. 13, starring Joel Kinnaman as CIA officer John Nixon during his interrogations of captured Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, played by Waleed Zuaiter, following his December 2003 capture.
HBO expands its music documentary slate on Sept. 18 with Jay-Z in 8, an eight-part series marking 30 years since the release of album Reasonable Doubt. The project features artist Jay-Z and producer Rick Rubin discussing iconic tracks including 99 Problems, Brooklyn's Finest, and 4:44. On MGM+, the 1970s psychological thriller American Hostage premieres Sept. 20, depicting Indianapolis radio reporter Fred Heckman's live interviews with hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis.
Unscripted hits and reality television
Unscripted formats and long-running reality franchises form a major component of the September schedule.
Bravo returned to reality broadcasting on Sept. 8 with a new season of The Real Housewives of New York City, following cast members from Manhattan to a private island. The network follows on Sept. 16 with season seven of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, featuring cast trips to San Francisco and Hawaii with returning stars Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Angie Katsanevas, Meredith Marks, Bronwyn Newport, Whitney Rose, Britani Bateman, and newcomer Ashley Quai.
Hulu released season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Sept. 10, following cast developments across Utah, New York City, and the return of Taylor from The Bachelorette. On ABC, season 35 of Dancing With the Stars arrives Sept. 15, with celebrity competitors Ciara Miller and Maura Higgins vying for the Mirrorball Trophy.
NBC and Peacock introduce competition series The Traitors: New Blood on Sept. 17, as host Alan Cumming welcomes 22 non-celebrity contestants selected from 80,000 applicants to a castle in the Scottish Highlands. Additional unscripted premieres include HGTV's Scariest House in America on Sept. 18 hosted by Retta, Netflix's ice-tub interview franchise Kevin Hart's Cold as Balls on Sept. 20, and NBC's 30th season of The Voice on Sept. 21 featuring coaches Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Riley Green, and Queen Latifah.
Drama series and literary adaptations
Scripted drama debuts and returning narrative series span multiple historical eras and genre adaptations.
FX premiered spin-off series The Drop: A Snowfall Saga on Sept. 8, following characters Wanda Bell, played by Gail Bean, and Leon Simmons, played by Isaiah John, in 1990s Los Angeles. Peacock launched season two of workplace comedy-drama The Paper on Sept. 9, following reporter Ned's investigation into a local private club after sweeping the Ohio Journalism Awards.
Apple TV introduced missing-person drama Last Seen on Sept. 9, starring Patrick Brammall as dispatcher Ian Ridley searching for his long-lost daughter Maggie. Hulu launched season two of Made in Korea on Sept. 9, following Korean CIA deputy director Baek Kitae and prosecutor Jang Geonyoung's nine-year rivalry. Netflix follows on Sept. 17 with period murder series Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, detailing a New England domestic rebellion.
Literary and espionage adaptations include BritBox's contemporary mystery series Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence on Sept. 15, Apple TV's espionage drama Slow Horses season six on Sept. 16 starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, and Prime Video's Reacher spin-off Neagley on Sept. 16 starring Maria Sten as Chicago investigator Frances Neagley alongside Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher character.
Starz returns on Sept. 18 with season two of Outlander: Blood of My Blood, following characters Julia, played by Hermione Corfield, Henry, played by Jeremy Irvine, Brian Fraser, played by Jamie Roy, and Ellen MacKenzie, played by Harriet Slater during the 1715 Jacobite Rising. Paramount+ presents crime drama MobLand season two on Sept. 18, tracking the Harrigan family and fixer Harry Da Souza.
September comedy, music and talk shows
Comedic programs, video game adaptations, and daytime broadcasts complete the early autumn schedule.
Paramount+ released season three of Australian comedy Colin From Accounts on Sept. 10, following lead characters Gordon and Ashley alongside their dog Colin. On Sept. 16, Paramount+ debuts animated comedy series Golden Axe, based on Sega's 1989 video game, starring fantasy warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, Gilius Thunderhead, and novice adventurer Hampton Squib fighting villain Death Adder in Yuria.
Daytime television opens on Sept. 14 with season five of The Jennifer Hudson Show, featuring host Jennifer Hudson welcoming guests Tom Cruise, Doja Cat, and Jamie Foxx. ABC returns with drama R.J. Decker season two starring Scott Speedman on Sept. 15, while NBC premieres law enforcement conspiracy drama Line of Fire on Sept. 21, starring Peter Krause as an agent navigating an assassin's plot following a U.S. Marshal's death.
