Overview
- YouTube staged its first Creator Premieres at New York’s Metrograph to introduce a curated slate spanning late-night, stand-up, documentary, kids and scripted programming with rollouts from November through spring 2026.
- Trevor Noah’s 90-minute stand-up, The Lost SA Special, will debut in December on his official YouTube channel.
- Spring 2026 launches include Julian Shapiro-Barnum’s live weekly late-night series Outside Tonight and Mark Vins’ Galápagos documentary Reef to Ridge on the Brave Wilderness channel.
- Near-term releases include Cleo Abram’s Huge* If True episode on Nov. 15, Deestroying’s America vs London 1v1 on Nov. 30, Dhar Mann’s 7 Days of Christmas from Dec. 5–19, a new Royal Court episode from Brittany Broski this fall, and a Ms. Rachel episode in early 2026.
- YouTube introduced a seasons-and-shows organizing feature to make episodic content easier to find and binge on TVs, while telling advertisers it leads U.S. streaming per Nielsen and citing Kantar data showing an 8% lift when pairing creator and brand ads.