
Comic-Con 2026: Television's Biggest Stage Returns July 22
Hall H dark since 2025's summer cycle, San Diego's convention returns July 22-26 with badges long gone — and television still runs the room.
Licensing deals, subscriber counts, carriage disputes, production spend and studio results, reported as the ledger deciding which shows continue.

Hall H dark since 2025's summer cycle, San Diego's convention returns July 22-26 with badges long gone — and television still runs the room.

Mid-May belongs to the genre titles — Devil May Cry, The Punisher, Off Campus — as streamers fill the broadcast dead zone with fan-first franchises.

CBS announced its 2026-27 fall lineup on April 15, weeks before upfronts week — a quiet coup for advertisers and another sign the May ritual is loosening.

The 2026 scorecard is dominated not by brutal cancellations but by announced goodbyes — The Boys, Yellowjackets, Outlander — as streamers and networks plan their endings in advance.

With Sinners setting a nominations record and the March 15 ceremony airing on ABC and Hulu, the Oscars have become television's most expensive rental.

For the second straight year there was no winter TCA press tour, and midseason television promotion has quietly moved to award shows, streamer sizzle reels and one-off panels.