WBD Unveils 2025-26 Programming Lineup

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has a packed programming lineup for its bouquet of channel brands for 2025-26, with a range of new unscripted titles.

Two new series are lined up for Food Network: Guy’s Flavortown Games (w.t.), hosted by Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives), and Family Recipe Showdown, hosted by Academy Award-winning actor Octavia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures).

In Guy’s Flavortown Games (w.t.), set to bow in early 2026 on Food Network and HBO Max, two chefs accept Fieri’s invitation to the restaurant row at the heart of Flavortown Square. Their goal is to prove they have the ability to prepare a winning dish in any type of kitchen imaginable, from serving up a smashburger in a cramped food truck to prepping a Michelin-worthy dinner a state-of-the-art kitchen of a fine-dining restaurant. The chef who makes the best dish in each round gets to choose their own culinary adventure by selecting the restaurant and cuisine they’ll tackle next.

In Family Recipe Showdown, meanwhile, Spencer hosts a multigenerational home-cooking competition to celebrate secret family recipes and traditions, set against the backdrop of New Orleans. Southern cuisine chef and expert judge Edgar “Dook” Chase is joined by guest judges and Spencer’s celebrity friends, incuding Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain, Danielle Brooks, Eric Stonestreet, Tina Knowles, Kandi Burrus, Tim Gunn, and Al Roker with his daughter Leila. Duos compete for a $10,000 prize. The series is slated to debut on Food Network and HBO Max later this year.

For OWN, WBD has lined up Heart & Hustle: Houston (w.t.), Jesse Collins Entertainment’s first foray into the unscripted arena. The series follows a sisterhood of successful Black women in the heart of Houston, where they are redefining what it means to be a boss, a wife and a mother. Despite appearing to “have it all,” they still face insecurities and pressures to maintain a perfect image. It is set to bow on OWN in summer 2025.

Dancing With Sharks (w.t.), hosted by Emmy Award-winning TV personality Tom Bergeron, is slated to premiere on Discovery as part of Shark Week 2025. The special is an underwater dance competition between expert divers and their shark partners. Five divers—all trained by an underwater choreographer—will attempt to outperform their competitors, with moves including the Hammerhead Hoedown and Tiger Trot.

Upcoming for Investigation Discovery (ID), They Know What They Did is narrated and executive produced by Jennifer Love Hewitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ghost Whisperer). The series explores a group of interconnected individuals haunted by a murder from their past. The story unfolds through first-person accounts of friends, family, locals, journalists and law enforcement. It is scheduled to premiere this summer on ID and HBO Max.

Also coming to ID is a Vanity Fair and Dick Wolf collaboration that will present some of the most impactful stories with unparalleled access and reporting. They will bring to life the feature reporting of Vanity Fair on ID and HBO Max in 2026.

For Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT, meanwhile, High Value Target (w.t.), inspired by the book Debriefing the President, is lined up. For the first time, the series tells the story of two men at the heart of one of the 21st century’s most formative conflicts. In 2003, CIA analyst John Nixon became the first American to interrogate Saddam Hussein. During their time together, Nixon began to understand the potential consequences of the invasion and the humanitarian horrors and geopolitical turbulence that would follow Hussein’s deposing.

New titles are also in the upcoming lineup for HGTV and TLC, with Renovating the Bachelor Mansion (w.t.) set to come to the former in 2026 and 90 Day: Hunt For Love slated to premiere this month on the latter.

Renovating the Bachelor Mansion (w.t.) sees former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants who have renovation skills return to the Bachelor(ette) Mansion to compete in various design challenges to give the property a refresh and have the chance to win a cash prize. It will bow on HGTV and HBO Max next year.

90 Day: Hunt For Love is the latest spin-off of 90 Day Fiancé. The new iteration follows eight 90 Day alums as they try to find real love over two weeks in Tulum, Mexico. The series is set to premiere on May 26 on TLC, with each new episode available to stream the next day on HBO Max.

Among the series that will be returning across WBD’s spate of channels are Food Network’s Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and HGTV’s Ugliest House in America.

“Our strength lies in our ability to create shows that dominate the zeitgeist,” said Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and U.S. networks. “We produced six of the top ten new unscripted series on cable last year, and we’ll continue to push the boundaries of great storytelling to serve the dedicated fans of our signature franchises in bold new ways.”