September is usually the month when summer quietly packs its bags, schools return to normal and everyone remembers that staying indoors with a ridiculous amount of television is actually a perfectly respectable hobby. Disney+ is leaning enthusiastically into that transition across MENA this September, with a schedule spanning horror, comedy, reality TV, true crime, documentaries, kids’ entertainment and a sizeable dose of British detective drama.
The headline attraction is undoubtedly the return of American Horror Story, but this is far from a one-show month. Chad Powers returns almost immediately at the beginning of September, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reaches its fifth season, all four seasons of Sherlock arrive midway through the month, and Disney+ closes September with Somebody Knows Something. There are also plenty of options for younger viewers, making this one of those months where the Disney+ home screen could send different members of the household down completely different rabbit holes.
As always with streaming services, availability can vary between countries and schedules can change. Disney’s supplied MENA schedule is stated as correct at the time of issue, so it is worth checking Disney+ locally before planning an extremely specific Friday-night viewing marathon.
American Horror Story: 13 brings the scares back on September 25
If September needs a flagship release, FX’s American Horror Story: 13 has volunteered as tribute. The new season premieres on September 25 with three episodes, bringing Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s long-running horror anthology back for another round of nightmares. The series has spent years hopping between different flavours of horror, and season 13 is explicitly building on that history rather than pretending its substantial back catalogue does not exist.
That becomes considerably more interesting when you look at the returning names. Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates and Emma Roberts are among the familiar faces coming back, giving longtime viewers considerably more reason to pay attention than a simple season number might suggest. The supplied description also points directly toward the franchise’s past, referencing Murder House, Coven, Hotel and Apocalypse, while teasing returning fan-favourite roles and a “supreme” surprise.
That makes season 13 particularly appealing to established AHS devotees. Part of the fun of an anthology franchise this old is spotting the connective tissue, returning performers and echoes of previous stories, and this season appears happy to weaponise that nostalgia. Newcomers might therefore get more mileage from exploring some earlier seasons first, while veterans have every excuse to start refreshing their increasingly complicated mental map of the AHS universe.
Chad Powers season 2 kicks off September
Before the horror arrives, Chad Powers season 2 lands on September 3, with the entire season available immediately. Glen Powell returns as Chad in a story where success on the football field is increasingly being threatened by what is happening away from it. More importantly, Russ’ deception is becoming harder to maintain, with Coach Hudson and Gerry growing suspicious of Chad’s increasingly strange behaviour.
The central problem this time is bigger than simply keeping the disguise alive. Russ and Danny need Chad to survive the regular season and potentially carry the Catfish toward the College Football Playoff, but the person capable of helping them is Ricky — inconveniently, also the person who apparently wants nothing to do with the situation. That is the sort of setup designed to squeeze comedy out of escalating consequences: every solution creates another problem until the whole thing resembles a side quest you accidentally turned into the main campaign.
The all-at-once release also makes this one of September’s easiest binge choices. There is no weekly drip-feed to negotiate and no calendar reminder required; if Chad Powers is your thing, September 3 effectively gives you permission to disappear for several episodes.
The Real Rooneys goes behind the celebrity headlines
September also brings The Real Rooneys to Disney+ on September 24, offering a closer look at one of Britain’s most recognisable celebrity families. Rather than concentrating solely on football, the series finds Wayne Rooney moving away from football management and spending more time on his responsibilities as a father, while Coleen Rooneyconsiders what comes next in her own life.
That domestic angle could be what makes the series interesting beyond its obvious appeal to football fans. Wayne Rooney has spent much of his public life being viewed through the lens of the sport, so shifting the attention toward family life creates a substantially different proposition. Likewise, Coleen’s next chapter gives the show another perspective rather than reducing it to a footballer-at-home documentary.
Anyone expecting ninety minutes of tactical analysis and heated arguments about formations is therefore looking in the wrong dressing room. This is positioned as a behind-the-scenes celebrity and family series, and viewers interested in the people behind the headlines are its more obvious audience.
Reality TV and true crime get a busy September
Disney+ is also feeding the reality-TV machine this month with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 5, arriving on September 10. Reaching a fifth season is already a fairly good indication that the series has found its audience, and its return gives reality fans something substantial between the month’s scripted premieres.
True-crime viewers have several options scattered throughout September. 20/20 Britain’s Most Notorious Crime Investigations season 1 arrives on September 2, followed by Psycho Killer on September 9 and City of Blood on September 16. The month finishes with Somebody Knows Something on September 30, so viewers who prefer investigations to superheroes will hardly be neglected.
There is also National Geographic’s Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time season 1 on September 26. That adds a factual documentary option to a month already heavy on drama and crime programming, giving subscribers something different when another fictional murder mystery begins to feel like overkill.
Sherlock gives mystery fans four seasons to investigate
One of September’s more interesting catalogue additions is Sherlock, with seasons 1 through 4 arriving September 15.
For subscribers who missed the series previously, having all four seasons available together makes this a natural binge candidate. It is also useful counter-programming against Disney+’s newer originals: not every worthwhile addition to a streaming library needs to arrive wrapped in a giant “NEW ORIGINAL” banner and enough marketing to be visible from orbit.
If your September viewing priorities involve mysteries rather than horror, football comedy or reality television, this is arguably one of the month’s most substantial additions simply because of the amount of material arriving at once.
There is plenty coming for younger Disney+ viewers
Disney+ would hardly be Disney+ without something for younger viewers, and September has a steady sequence of new arrivals rather than concentrating everything on a single date. The Locker Diaries: Descendants season 1 arrives on September 2, continuing the Descendants world through a collection of shorts. RoboGobo season 2 arrives the same day, giving families two immediate options at the beginning of the month.
On September 4, CoComelon Playdates with Sanrio Friends season 1 combines two names that many parents probably already encounter with alarming regularity. Me & Mickey: Let’s Play Sports follows on September 10, while Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends: Batch 2 arrives on September 16. That Marvel entry should be especially useful for families looking for superhero entertainment aimed at younger viewers rather than dropping children directly into the increasingly enormous deep end of Marvel continuity.
The family schedule continues with CoComelon: The Melon Patch season 1 on September 21. New episodes of Kiff season 2 are also scheduled for September 16, while Becoming Her arrives on September 21. Taken together, September has enough children’s programming to prevent the adults from monopolising the television with American Horror Story — probably for the best.
More September releases worth keeping on the radar
There are several other releases that could easily disappear beneath the month’s bigger names. Made in Korea season 2arrives on September 9, while FX’s The Drop: A Snowfall Saga is also scheduled for the same date.
That breadth is arguably more important than any single headline premiere. Disney+ increasingly functions as a much broader entertainment service than its name might still suggest to anyone who primarily associates it with animation, Marvel and Star Wars. September’s MENA schedule stretches from FX horror and reality television to British crime investigations, Korean programming, preschool entertainment and National Geographic documentaries.
The result isn’t necessarily a month where everyone will want to watch everything. It is a month where considerably more people should be able to find something, which is a much healthier proposition for a streaming subscription.
The bottom Line
Disney+ has assembled a broad September 2026 lineup for MENA rather than betting everything on one gigantic premiere. American Horror Story: 13 is easily the event release for horror devotees, particularly with so many familiar cast members returning, while Chad Powers season 2 provides the month’s early binge and The Real Rooneys adds a completely different flavour later in September.
The deeper schedule is what makes the month more useful, though. Four seasons of Sherlock, another season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, several true-crime releases, National Geographic programming and a steady supply of children’s entertainment mean subscribers have considerably more to explore than the headline titles suggest. As ever, regional availability can vary, but MENA Disney+ subscribers should have a busy watchlist this September.
