Straight from official press releases comes word that two series return in January and February 2026. We gleaned some facts to share about the fourth season of INDUSTRY and the second and final season of LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE in February.
First up is the high-tech, high-stakes drama INDUSTRY. Here is the release in its entirety:
The fourth season of the critically acclaimed HBO Original drama series INDUSTRY debuts SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. New episodes of the eight-episode season will debut weekly.
Season 4 logline: At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high-stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.
Season 4 cast: Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Kit Harington, Ken Leung, Max Minghella, Miriam Petche, Sagar Radia, Toheeb Jimoh, Charlie Heaton, Amy James-Kelly, Roger Barclay, Andrew Havill, Kiernan Shipka, Kal Penn, Jack Farthing, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Forlani, and Edward Holcroft.
Season three of INDUSTRY was nominated for a 2025 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Drama Series and ranked the number one show on The New Yorker’s “Best TV Shows of 2024” list. It was declared by TIME as “the must-watch show of the summer” and a “steamy, propulsive drama… [with] smart storytelling.” GQ hailed it as “the best show on TV” while The New York Times referred to it as “appointment viewing,” and Vanity Fair called it “captivating, sexy, and breathlessly entertaining.”
Season 4 credits: INDUSTRY is created, written, and executive produced by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay. The series is a Bad Wolf Production for HBO/BBC and is executive produced by Jane Tranter, Kate Crowther, and Ryan Rasmussen for Bad Wolf; Kathleen McCaffrey for Little Gems; and Rebecca Ferguson for BBC. Directors include Mickey Down & Konrad Kay, Michelle Savill, and Luke Snellin.
Based on the acclaimed novel by Laura Esquivel comes the concluding relationships and recipes that is LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
The second and final season of the HBO Original drama series LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE debuts SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) on HBO Latino in the U.S. and will be available to stream on HBO Max. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut weekly leading up to the finale on Sunday, March 22.
Logline: In the final season of LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE, Tita finds in Dr. Brown the promise of a different destiny — one where sweetness offers refuge. But Pedro’s return reignites a forbidden passion that defies rules and traditions. Against the backdrop of a Mexico marked by violence and social transformation, traumas, losses, and secrets push every character to confront their limits and decide how much they’re willing to risk for love and freedom. Amid the magic of the kitchen and the strength of their emotions, Tita and Pedro discover that some loves are meant to burn forever.
The series combines magical realism connected with traditional Mexican dishes and ancestral alchemy as a vivid portrayal of Mexican culture, weaving love, family, and lore into a visually stunning story that honors heritage and emotion.
Season two cast: Irene Azuela, Azul Guaita, Ana Valeria Becerril, Andrea Chaparro, Andrés Baida, Francisco Angellini, Ángeles Cruz, Mauricio García Lozano, Ari Brickman, and Louis David Horné.
Season two credits: LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE is an HBO Original series produced by Warner Bros. Discovery, Ventanarosa Productions and Banijay Americas’ Endemol Shine North America, and Endemol Shine Boomdog, with executive producers Salma Hayek Pinault, José Tamez, Siobhan Flynn, Sharon Levy, Lisa Fahrenholt, Flavio Morales, Alejandro Rincón, Clara Machado, and showrunner Jerry Rodríguez. Directed by Julián de Tavira, head writer Silvia Ortega Vettoretti, Cynthia Fernández Trejo, Jerry Rodríguez, and María Jaén as part of the writing team.
Set a reminder or mark a calendar for these two shows joining A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS early in 2026, only on HBO.
