Frances Neagley spent years in the background of Reacher, always a step behind the big man. In September 2026 she finally got a series of her own. Maria Sten stars in Neagley, which arrived on Prime Video on September 16 and sat at the top of a crowded month for the service.
The setup is personal. When a close friend from Neagley’s past dies in what looks like a suspicious accident, the Chicago private investigator sets out to find the truth. She draws on what she learned beside Reacher and during her time in the Army’s 110th Special Investigations Unit. TV Guide noted that Alan Ritchson’s Reacher turns up to help launch the show, though probably with less screen time than fans would like. Neagley herself, the magazine said, was the character with the most appearances in Reacher after the lead.
Books on screen
Amazon’s own September guide, written by Tyler Greenawalt, leaned hard on adaptations. Drawn Together landed on September 9. It is based on Marfil, the first book in Mercedes Ron’s Enfrentados duology, and follows a Spanish tycoon’s daughter whose life is upended by a kidnapping. Her overprotective father hires an enigmatic bodyguard, Sebastian Moore. Ester Expósito and Hugo Diego García play the leads.
The film went straight to No. 1 on the Prime Video viewing chart, Deadline reported on September 16, topping both the overall and non-English-language rankings for the week of September 7-13. Project Hail Mary came fourth and Masters of the Universe fifth. “My reaction when I found out we were No. 1 was, first and foremost, an immense feeling of happiness,” Ron told Deadline. Ron’s Culpables adaptations are already the streamer’s most-watched international originals, with over 100 million viewers.
Two more book-based films followed. You+Me – Against the World, on September 18, is Prime Video’s first French young adult Original, drawn from Emma Green’s trilogy, which has sold nearly 1 million copies in France. The Love Hypothesis arrived on September 23.
The rest of the slate
The month opened with The Runner on September 2, in which Gal Gadot plays a London lawyer whose son is taken during her morning run. The Grand Tour returned on September 4 with Francis Bourgeois joining the Throttle House pair, James Engelsman and Thomas Holland, for six episodes. A Love Other Than Yours, a series about a couple deciding whether to marry, began on September 12. Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story, built from more than 30 years of home video shot by Jackson’s brother Byron, closed out the month on September 24.
American Classic, with Kevin Kline as a Broadway star who goes home to stage a play, moved over from MGM+ on September 1.
Sport was part of it as well. Thursday Night Football made its 2026 debut on September 17 with the Detroit Lions at the Buffalo Bills, followed a week later by the Atlanta Falcons at the Green Bay Packers. Prime Video is streaming 17 NFL games this season, among them Black Friday, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and a Wild Card game.
Sources
- New on Prime Video in September: Neagley, Thursday Night Football, Drawn Together, and more | Amazon News
- New Amazon Prime Video TV Shows and Movies in September 2026 | TV Guide
- 'Drawn Together' Goes Straight In At Number One On Prime Video Charts | Deadline
