Paramount+ has set a premiere date for the fifth and final season of “Mayor of Kingstown” and released a first look at the crime drama’s last eight episodes.
Season 5 will premiere Friday, January 15, 2027. Per the official logline, “In the wake of Tracy’s murder and the vengeance visited upon Callahan by Mike (Jeremy Renner) and Kyle (Taylor Handley), FBI agent Russell Hardy (new series regular David Morse) arrives in Kingstown searching for the ‘fugitive’ Callahan. A true lawman, Agent Hardy threatens to unearth all of Mike’s sins and secrets, and disrupt Kingstown’s tenuous balance of power.”
In addition to Renner, Handley, and Morse, the final season stars Edie Falco (Nina Hobbs), Laura Benanti (Cindy Stephens), Hugh Dillon (Ian Ferguson), Tobi Bamtefa (Bunny Washington), and Derek Webster (Stevie). Necar Zadegan (Evelyn Foley), Nichole Galicia (Rebecca), and Lennie James (Frank Moses) will also return.
In other scheduling news…
- “Rob Lowe: The Outsider,” a new documentary chronicling the actor’s decades-long Hollywood career, will begin streaming Tuesday, November 24, on Netflix. Directed by Chris Smith (“Fyre,” “Tiger King”), the film features new interviews with Lowe and those closest to him, exploring the public and private moments that shaped his career, from “The Outsiders” and “St. Elmo’s Fire,” to “The West Wing” and beyond. Additionally, video episodes of Lowe’s SiriusXM podcast, “Literally! With Rob Lowe,” will debut Thursday, December 3, on Netflix, with new episodes arriving weekly.
- ESPN, Lucasfilm, and the NFL will present “Star Wars Funday Football,” a real-time animated alternate telecast of Super Bowl LXI, Sunday, February 14, 2027, on Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and the ESPN app. According to Disney, the special will “recreate every play of Super Bowl LXI in real time, transforming players on the field into animated avatars, while Star Wars characters” — including C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) — “sub in during key moments and various Easter eggs appear throughout the game.”
- “Abbott Elementary” star Janelle James will debut her first hour-long stand-up special, “Janelle James: How Romantic,” Tuesday, November 10, on Netflix. The special will see the comedian cover everything from “body counts to bank accounts, and why women should wrestle men.” Watch a sneak peek: