Apple TV September 2026 highlights – Apple TV has confirmed its currently announced September slate, led by the Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh film Mayday, the Patrick Brammall thriller Last Seen, season six of Slow Horses and the Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson comedy Brothers.
The September line-up begins on Friday, 4 September and continues across the month, with new film, thriller, spy drama and comedy titles arriving weekly.
For TV Central readers, Apple TV’s September slate is compact but strong, with recognisable stars across each major release. The month also gives Australian viewers a mix of big-name film talent, local interest through Patrick Brammall, returning prestige drama and a new celebrity-led comedy.
Apple notes that the currently announced slate may still be expanded, so further September titles could be added closer to release.
Apple TV September 2026 Schedule
- Friday, 4 September: Mayday
- Wednesday, 9 September: Last Seen
- Wednesday, 16 September: Slow Horses season six
- Wednesday, 23 September: Brothers
Mayday
Mayday arrives Friday, 4 September, bringing Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh together in a genre-bending action comedy that plays with spy-thriller conventions.
Reynolds plays hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly. He is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, only for the operation to collapse and leave him stranded behind enemy lines.
Branagh plays Nikolai Ustinov, a gruff former KGB agent with a love of American culture. Troy initially fears the worst when Nikolai discovers him, but the unlikely encounter could become the start of a rescue and a strange new alliance.
With Reynolds and Branagh leading the film, Mayday is positioned as the biggest star-driven film release in Apple TV’s September line-up.
Last Seen
Last Seen premieres Wednesday, 9 September and gives the September slate a darker thriller entry.
Patrick Brammall stars as police detective Ian Ridley, whose life collapsed 11 years earlier when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace.
Now working as a police dispatcher, Ian has survived by refusing to accept that Maggie may be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a teenage girl he believes is Maggie, he becomes determined to find her and reunite his broken family.
The premise gives Last Seen a strong emotional hook, with the mystery driven by a father’s grief, hope and refusal to let go.
Slow Horses Season Six
Slow Horses returns Wednesday, 16 September for season six.
The darkly comic espionage drama follows a dysfunctional group of British intelligence agents assigned to Slough House, the dumping-ground department of MI5.
Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant and cantankerous leader of the team. The agents of Slough House are there because of career-ending mistakes, but they repeatedly find themselves pulled into dangerous intelligence work.
In season six, the Slow Horses are on the run as Diana Taverner drags them into a high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge.
The series has become one of Apple TV’s most reliable returning dramas, and season six is likely to be a key September title for subscribers already invested in Slough House.
Brothers
Brothers premieres Wednesday, 23 September, led by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as fictionalised versions of themselves.
The comedy begins with their friendship thrown into chaos by a decades-old secret: they might actually be brothers.
After Woody’s daughter’s wedding falls apart, he takes the family to Austin for an extended stay at Matthew’s ranch. What begins as a healing getaway escalates when Matthew’s mother, Ma Mac, played by Holland Taylor, lets slip the long-buried secret.
As Woody searches for the truth, Matthew faces an identity crisis of his own through a potential run for Governor of Texas.
Apple describes the result as a heartfelt and chaotic comedy about friendship, family, fame and the messy line between myth and reality.
Apple TV September 2026 At A Glance
September is not a volume-heavy month for Apple TV, but each announced title has a clear audience lane.
Mayday carries the big movie energy, Last Seen provides the new thriller, Slow Horses gives returning subscribers a proven drama, and Brothers adds a high-profile comedy built around two famous leads.
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