2026 is the year of love. No matter how much the world feels like it’s falling apart, a good love story can be the perfect escape. At the very least, these stories are something to take our minds off reality for a while. Last year, television delivered romance in all kinds of settings, from the streets of London in Too Much, to the jungles of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and even to Jeju Island in When Life Gives You Tangerines.
This time around, the genre is opening its arms even wider, with everything from returning fan-favorite series to fresh adaptations based on New York Times bestselling novels. Without further ado, here are the upcoming romance shows you won’t want to miss.
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‘Love on the Spectrum’ Season 4 (2022–Present)
Kaelynn smiles on ‘Love on the Spectrum.’Image via Netflix
Love on the Spectrum returns for Season 4, with a lot more romance to spare. The Emmy Award-winning series continues to show that the dating experience is universal, including for those within the neurodivergent community. Whether it’s building meaningful relationships or just putting themselves out there to make new friends, it’s hard not to root for everyone as they step outside their comfort zones.
This season brings in new faces like Logan Pereira, Emma Sue Miller, and Dylan Aguliar, while also catching up with familiar favorites like Connor Tomlinson and Madison Marilla. As always, the show presents the sweet, heartwarming evolutions of these individuals. But such is the nature of dating, there’s bound to be heartbreak. Brace yourself, as these new love stories are ready to bloom.
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‘Pride and Prejudice’ (2026)
Mrs. Bennett walking in a field with her daughtersImage via Netflix
Jane Austen‘s seminal 1813 novel is being adapted for the screen once again. Pride & Prejudice walked so modern rom-coms could run, often regarded as the original blueprint for the genre. The story first made a major impact on screen with the 1995 BBC adaptation starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. While that version is frequently praised for its faithfulness to the source material, it’s the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen that feels like a true marriage between cinema and literature.
This time around, Emma Corrin fills the shoes of Elizabeth Bennet, the leading woman with a “sparkling” wit beyond her years, but a dangerously astute level of self-awareness. Although their perception of society is as sharp as her intelligence, Elizabeth just can’t wrap her head around Mr. Darcy, who this time will be played by Jack Lowden. Although their timeless romance remains the beating heart of Pride & Prejudice, the residents of Hertfordshire — brought to life by a cast featuring Olivia Colman and Rufus Sewell — help rejuvenate this adaptation for modern audiences.
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‘The Miniature Wife’ (2026)
Elizabeth Banks eating a piece of chocolate in ‘The Miniature Wife’Image via Peacock
Being the bigger person means a lot differently in The Miniature Wife. Lindy (Elizabeth Banks) and Les Littlejohn (Matthew Macfadyen) are the ultimate power couple — or at least one half of them. Lindy has won a Pulitzer for her work, while Les has yet to receive a Nobel Prize. Les guarantees that this shrinking technology is going to change the landscape of scientific research. But when Lindy makes fun of his work, the flustered Les accidentally shrinks his wife to 6 inches tall.
The 1989 sci-fi comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids famously popularized the size-shifting gimmick, but The Miniature Wife uses the same gag to explore something far more intimate. Lindy and Les are both ambitious, but from the trailer alone, it’s clear that Les is less confident of the two. It doesn’t help that he has yet to find a size-reverting antidote. For most of their relationship, Lindy has been the “bigger” person in terms of achievement. Now that she’s smaller than Les’ finger, the power dynamics completely shift.
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‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 (2023–Present)
It’s a long way from home for Kitty (Anna Carthcart). Season 3 of XO, Kittytakes place in the aftermath of the talent competition, where Kitty exposes Stella’s (Audrey Huynh) blackmail scheme and dismantles her plan. With the truth revealed, Stella is removed, and despite earlier sabotage, Eunice (Ryu Han-bi) wins the competition and earns a spot on tour. As for her family, Kitty finally crosses off one of her personal checklists when she reunites her grandmother with her estranged sister.
Romantically, Kitty finally decides what her heart wants. She finally begins to move on from Yuri (Gia Kim). Instead, her feelings shift toward Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee), who has supported her throughout the season. Though she can’t fully confess, Kitty chooses to join him on tour. With the two sharing an unresolved past, this tour might be the one chance to figure out if they’re a thing.
‘Off Campus’ (2026)
‘Off Campus’ Season 1 featuring Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli.Image via Prime Video
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Thanks to Heated Rivalry, sports are officially now the new sexy. Arriving this year is another hockey-based series based on the New York Times bestselling novel series, Off-Campus. Written by Elle Kennedy, the series brings opposites-attract energy to the ice. Hannah Wells (Ella Bright) is confident in almost every aspect of her life. There’s just one little problem: her crush doesn’t notice her. In true Hannah fashion, she comes up with the ultimate pretend date scheme to make her crush jealous.
Hannah’s got the perfect fake date candidate: college bad boy and hockey captain Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli). His future in professional hockey is about to come into fruition, but unfortunately, his low GPA won’t do. When Hannah offers to tutor him in exchange for his cooperation, Garrett simply agrees. What the two don’t realize is that their innocent, unexpected kiss is about to turn into one of the wildest nights of their lives.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
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🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
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👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
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You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
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You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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‘Every Year After’ (2026)
Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett in Every Year AfterImage via Prime Video
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The Summer I Turned Pretty might have ended last year, but there’s a new summer love storyarriving on Prime Video. Based on the Canadian BookTok sensation by Carley Fortune, the streaming platform is bringing Every Year After to life. Persephone “Percy” Fraser (Sadie Soverall) has long left home for the city, spending her young adolescence in a sleek and stylish apartment. More importantly, it’s the one place where she can keep her distance from everyone, including Sam Florek (Matt Cornett).
In a People We Meet on Vacation-like fashion, the original novel is told over “six summers in the past and one weekend in the present.” Percy thought she had seen the last of Barry’s Bay, let alone heard from Sam. But after receiving word of his mother’s death, Percy doesn’t think twice. She packs her bags and races back to the one place that once served as the backdrop for a relationship that could have been.
‘The Hunting Wives’ Season 2 (2025–Present)
Malin Åkerman as Margo hugs Brittany Snow as Sophie from behind while holding a rifle in ‘The Hunting Wives.’Image via Netflix
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Some romantic pursuits are risky to pursue. However, The Hunting Wives shows that a little danger could be the solution to a jaded relationship. Previously in Season 1, The Hunting Wives introduces newcomer Sophie O’Neill (Brittany Snow), who had just moved from Massachusetts to Maple Brook, East Texas. It doesn’t take long for her to make friends with the town’s gun-loving elite, who are led by Margo Banks (Malin Åkerman).
Much of The Hunting Wives revolves around these mysterious socialites, who do their best to maintain a flawless facade while hiding their instability. That said, none of the romance in this show is the cookie-cutter kind. There are no wholesome love stories — only a volatile attraction between Sophie and Margo. With Sophie hiding her past DUI incident and Margo in an open marriage, it seems like all the rules are off when you’re part of the rich.
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