AMC+ Half-Hour Drama Series Yaga Premieres October 23; Roku's Comedy Film with Kristin Cavallari

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

AMC+ Half-Hour Drama Series Yaga Premieres October 23; Roku's Comedy Film with Kristin Cavallari

AMC+ announced that the highly anticipated eight-episode, half-hour drama, Yaga, a spellbinding mystery thriller which reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga, is set for a two-episode premiere on Friday, October 23, exclusively in the U.S. on AMC+. New episodes will debut on Fridays, with an epic two-episode finale on Friday, November 27. Additionally, an exciting sneak peek clip was released.

Before its highly anticipated debut, the series is set to have its World Premiere on Thursday, September 17 at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a panel, revealing exclusive content, at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 9.

Yaga is based on the hit play by Kat Sandler who also serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. It follows Rapp (Noah Reid, Schitt’s Creek, The Vampire Lestat), a private investigator who arrives in the small coastal town of Whittock, to investigate the disappearance of a young heir to a powerful fishery, Henry Park (Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry). He finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, Carson (Clark Backo, Venom: The Last Dance, Letterkenny), a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss, Matrix Films, Memento), and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.

Additional cast includes Sheila McCarthy, Megan Follows, Ezra Franky, Patrick Gilmore, Katharine Isabelle, and Hiro Kanagawa, along with Emilija Baranac, Georgia Acken, Anisa Harris, and Sam Krochmal.

Kristin Cavallari and Tanner Novlan

Hot off the runaway success of Roku Original The Reunion: Laguna Beach, which broke viewership and engagement records for The Roku Channel, Roku and Kristin Cavallari will reunite to bring viewers the fun new romantic comedy Cowboy Hearts. Tanner Novlan (The Bold and The Beautiful) will star opposite Cavallari. The scripted rom-com, which marks Kristin's return to a feature-film lead role after more than 17 years, will debut on The Roku Channel in early 2027 and is produced by FOX Entertainment Studios.

When a no-nonsense reality TV producer (Kristin Cavallari) is sent to Georgia to oversee the reboot of the hit dating show Cowboy Hearts, she expects chaos behind the scenes, not romantic sparks with the cowboy himself (Tanner Novlan). Now, with the cameras rolling and her job on the line, she'll have to decide if love is worth going off script.