Sunday, November 1: the clocks went back overnight, the sun sets before dinner, and somebody on the couch is already asking what tonight looks like. This guide covers what is new to streaming in the US in November 2026: six releases, the dates, the services, and how much homework each one asks for. The first one premieres tonight.
Tonight is The Gilded Age at 9pm ET. Then the month builds to the big one: The Altruists drops all eight episodes on Netflix on the 19th, a week before Thanksgiving. In between: a London spy thriller, Middle-earth, and Amy Poehler on a Greek dig. Football owns Sundays. You own the rest.
The theme is money and power: a crypto empire that ate itself, a marriage at breaking point, a spy whose husband is about to run the country, and a war with Sauron. It is a month for arguing about who the real villain is, which beats arguing about what to put on.
Six new to streaming in November, sorted
One rule: the releases that will own the group chat. Five picks and one honorable mention across five services, with Netflix the only one showing up twice. These are US dates as published on October 29, and streamers do move them. Start with the lead: Netflix's own announcement on Tudum puts all eight episodes of The Altruists on November 19.
The Altruists
All eight episodes land on Netflix on Thursday, November 19. Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle plays Sam Bankman-Fried in Graham Moore's version of the FTX collapse, from Higher Ground and Vox Media Studios. The rise and fall of a crypto empire, with two leads who can carry it.
The Gilded Age
Season four premieres tonight, Sunday, November 1, at 9pm ET on HBO and HBO Max, then runs weekly to December 20. Eight episodes. Julian Fellowes is back with Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector as Bertha and George Russell, and their marriage is at breaking point. Your Sunday night is booked through the holidays.
Black Doves
Season two drops all six episodes on Netflix on Thursday, November 5. Keira Knightley returns as Helen, who is still feeding the Black Doves secrets while her husband prepares to take over as prime minister. Sarah Lancashire and Ben Whishaw return, and Ambika Mod and Neve Campbell join. Six episodes, one weekend, done.
Dig
All ten episodes arrive on Peacock on Monday, November 23, the start of Thanksgiving week. Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie star in a comedy Poehler created with Michael Schur, from Kate Myers's novel Excavations. Archaeologists, summer students, a Greek dig, a rare artifact, and a conspiracy. The holiday-week laugh you were looking for.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Season three opens on Prime Video on Wednesday, November 11, with episodes one to four, then two a week on November 18 and 25. The story leaps years ahead, right into the Elves' war with Sauron. Charlie Vickers, Morfydd Clark, and Robert Aramayo lead. The big-screen night of the month, so use the big screen.
Yellowjackets
Honorable mention
The fourth and final season arrives on Friday, November 20, on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan. Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, and Liv Hewson return for the ending. Honorable mention only because it asks for three seasons of homework, and you have nineteen days to do it.
The six, in depth
The Altruists, on Netflix
Graham Moore's new series charts how Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and FTX rose and then fell. Anthony Boyle plays Bankman-Fried, Julia Garner plays Ellison, and Alex Lawther plays Sam Trabucco. Netflix set the date back on August 13. The risk with a story this recent is that you already know how it ends, because it was on every front page. Garner and Boyle are the reason to watch anyway: the headlines gave you the facts, and this is the version with faces.
No homework: it is a limited series and the news already did the prep. All eight episodes land on Netflix on Thursday the 19th, which sets up a two-night binge the weekend before Thanksgiving. Split it four and four, Friday and Saturday, with takeout both nights. Essential for a two-person night: it is a story about a few people making bad decisions together, and you will spend the whole thing arguing about who was worst. Have that argument on the couch, not at Thanksgiving dinner with the uncle who still owns crypto.
The Gilded Age, on HBO Max
Julian Fellowes created it, and season four picks up with Bertha and George Russell's marriage at breaking point. Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector are the Russells, with Louisa Jacobson and Christine Baranski back in the cast. HBO locked in the November 1 premiere, and it plays at 9pm ET on HBO with HBO Max streaming alongside. The one reservation: this show likes its pace stately, and a marriage on the rocks could get stretched thin over eight episodes. Coon has never wasted a scene in this role, and that is the bet here.
Homework matters on this one. Three seasons sit on HBO Max, and you need at least the last one fresh for the Russells' fight to land. If you are starting from zero, you will not be caught up by 9pm, so let the premiere wait, start season one this week, and watch the new season a few weeks behind. Already current? Then this is your appointment every Sunday through December 20. Essential for anyone already in, optional for anyone not, and the best Sunday date night on this list.
Black Doves, on Netflix
Joe Barton created this London-set spy thriller, and season two keeps the setup: Helen, played by Keira Knightley, is still leaking state secrets to the Black Doves, and her husband is preparing to become prime minister. Ben Whishaw is back as Sam, and Sarah Lancashire returns as Reed. New this season: Babou Ceesay, Sam Riley, Neve Campbell, and Ambika Mod. Netflix confirmed the date on Tudum on September 24. The risk with any second season is that the surprise is gone. Whishaw is worth the subscription either way.
Season one is the essential prep: six episodes, all on Netflix, which is one long weekend or three weeknights. You have four days, so start tonight after The Gilded Age or tomorrow after dinner. Then all six new episodes land on Thursday the 5th, and you can clear them by Sunday. Essential for a two-person night if you watched season one together, and an easy win if you did not, because the catch-up is short. It is also the cleanest binge on this list.
Dig, on Peacock
Amy Poehler and Michael Schur created it from Kate Myers's novel Excavations, and it is their first series together since Parks and Recreation. Poehler stars with Hugh Laurie, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Antonia Thomas. The setup: archaeologists and summer students at a Greek dig uncover a rare artifact and a conspiracy. The worry with a reunion like this is that it trades on the old show. Poehler and Laurie are too good to coast, and the mystery gives you a reason to keep going past episode two.
No homework at all, which is exactly what Thanksgiving week needs. All ten episodes go up on Peacock on Monday the 23rd, so you can pace it however the week falls: a few a night before the travel starts, or the whole thing over the long weekend with leftovers. This is the one the whole house can agree on when the in-laws are staying over. If Peacock fell out of your lineup this year, Thanksgiving week is when it earns its spot back.
The Rings of Power, on Prime Video
Season three leaps several years ahead, straight into a war between the Elves and Sauron, and J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay still run it. Charlie Vickers leads with Morfydd Clark as Galadriel and Robert Aramayo as Elrond. Jamie Campbell Bower joins the cast, and Simon Pegg voices the Balrog. Amazon says the new season reaches more than 240 countries and territories. The reservation: two seasons in, this show still splits the room on whether it moves fast enough. A time jump straight into a war sounds like the fix.
Two seasons are on Prime Video, and season two is the one you need fresh. The premiere is a four-episode opener on Wednesday the 11th, then two more on the 18th and the final two on the 25th, which is the night before Thanksgiving. Essential if you are already invested, optional if you bailed after season one, and a good warm-up for the long weekend. Watch it on the biggest screen in the house with the lights off, which this month is most of the evening anyway.
Yellowjackets, on Paramount+
Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson created it, and season four is the end. Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, and Liv Hewson lead the cast that has kept this survival-horror drama going since 2021. Paramount+ confirmed the fourth and final season for Friday, November 20. How it rolls out after that has not been confirmed, so check the app on the day. The risk with any final season is the landing. This cast has earned a proper finish, and it should get one.
Here is why it is the honorable mention and not a pick: three seasons of homework, and this is not a show you can start in the middle. You have nineteen days. Tight, but doable at a few nights a week. It streams on the Paramount+ with Showtime plan, so check your tier before you start. Essential for anyone who has been in since the beginning, optional for a new couple, and a hard pass for anyone who flinches at survival horror. Know your partner before you press play.
The rest of the month, briefly
Apple TV starts 12 12 12 on the 13th, a cat-and-mouse heist across Europe with Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, two episodes then weekly. Peacock has The Good Daughter on the 12th: Rose Byrne, Meghann Fahy, and Brendan Gleeson, all six episodes at once. Prime Video drops Madden on the 18th, with Nicolas Cage as John Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis, then Blade Runner 2099 on the 25th, all eight episodes, starring Michelle Yeoh.
Then Thanksgiving week stacks up. Netflix has the Packers and the Rams on the night of the 25th, Paramount+ carries the Bears at the Lions on Thanksgiving Day, and The Hunting Wives season two is listed for Netflix on the 26th, right on time for the post-turkey slump.
What is weekly and what lands in one go
Three land in one go: Black Doves on the 5th, The Altruists on the 19th, Dig on the 23rd. Two run on a schedule: The Gilded Age every Sunday to December 20, and The Rings of Power in three drops. Yellowjackets arrives on the 20th with its pattern still unannounced.
Sundays are The Gilded Age. Wednesdays are Middle-earth for three weeks. Black Doves takes the first weekend, The Altruists takes the weekend before Thanksgiving, and Dig carries the holiday itself. Only room for one weekly show? Make it The Gilded Age.
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