What To Watch On TV And Streaming Friday, September 18, 2026

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Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot.

On TV this Friday: “MobLand” and “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” return for their sophomore runs, and JAŸ-Z gets the docuseries treatment.

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Showtimes for September 18, 2026

3:00 AM
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Best of the Best

Netflix
MOVIE PREMIERE

Childhood best friends (played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia) join UCLA’s competitive Bollywood-fusion dance team, only to discover that the road to winning the U.S. Championship is far more raucous and cutthroat than they ever imagined; Hasan Minhaj, Lilly Singh, and Janina Gavankar co-star.

Dark Matter

Apple TV

The Dessens reach their breaking point.

MobLand

Paramount+

Season 2 premiere: Maeve and Conrad go to the dogs, leaving Harry to deal with the messy fallout; Jan makes a startling confession.

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t

Prime Video
NEW TO STREAMING

The Four Horsemen team up with a new generation of young illusionists to expose a diamond heiress’s global money laundering scheme for criminals; Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Morgan Freeman star.

7:00 PM
ET

Friday Night Baseball

Apple TV
TWO GAMES

Season 5 finale: The Philadelphia Phillies take on the New York Mets (at 7 p.m.); the San Francisco Giants play the Los Angeles Dodgers (10 p.m.).

8:00 PM
ET

The Greatest @Home Videos: CEDY Awards

CBS

Donnie Wahlberg, Jerry O’Connell, Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, and Phil Keoghan join this year’s celebration.

JAŸ-Z In 8

HBO
TWO EPISODES

The four-week docuseries event features a candid conversation between JAŸ-Z and Rick Rubin as the rap star breaks down his writing process and traces how his words reflect his childhood, the experiences that shaped him, and the evolving world he navigated as his career grew.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood

Starz

Season 2 premiere: The fiery crosses have been lit across the Highlands; lovers must part, as the call to arms brings friends and enemies home, and the Jacobite Rebellion begins in earnest.

9:00 PM
ET

Big Brother

CBS

Jerry O’Connell, Taylor Hale, and Derrick Levasseur break down everything that happened during Thursday night’s live double eviction.

Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement

PBS

Over two pressure-filled weeks, the documentary shadows five choreographers from Brazil, India, Puerto Rico, Brooklyn, and Chicago as they race against the clock to transform personal stories into bold choreography.

Scariest House in America

HGTV

Season 3 premiere: Retta’s journey to find scary homes begins with a creepy concrete home, a haunted observatory, and a home that’s too haunted to live in.

10:00 PM
ET