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Updated · Exclaim! · Jul 30

Disney+ Canada Unveils August 2026 Lineup With 2-Episode Futurama Return and New Simpsons Exclusive

Updated

Updated · Exclaim! · Jul 30

Disney+ Canada Unveils August 2026 Lineup With 2-Episode Futurama Return and New Simpsons Exclusive

Q: What dark techno-horrors await in the highly anticipated Black Mirror-style Simpsons special dropping this August?

The techno-horrors in Disney+’s Aug. 26 Simpsons special, “The Simpsons: Yellow Mirror,” center on two dystopian stories: a defective lamp that exposes a painful truth about Homer’s reality, and an AI-powered tablet that bonds with Maggie and then begins controlling her. Disney has described the episode as a Disney+ exclusive made up of “two dark tales of the curious and bizarre,” explicitly leaning into Black Mirror-style tech anxiety. The premise suggests a mix of psychological distortion and smart-device menace, with Homer confronting a warped or false version of reality while the family faces a more intimate domestic threat through Maggie’s AI companion. Additional reporting around the special says it is a two-part story with horror and techno-paranoia elements, written by Carolyn and Kai Omine and directed by Matthew Faughnan. Guest stars reportedly include Patti Harrison and Demi Moore, adding to the sense that Disney is treating it as a marquee event rather than a routine episode drop. In practical terms, viewers should expect The Simpsons to satirize familiar contemporary fears: unreliable devices, algorithmic overreach, screen-based parenting, and technology that shifts from helpful to controlling. That fits the broader Disney+ summer rollout of standalone Simpsons specials, but “Yellow Mirror” appears to be the darkest of the three. The episode premieres Aug. 26 on Disney+ in Canada as part of the platform’s August 2026 lineup.

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Disney+ Canada’s August slate opens with a two-episode Season 14 premiere of Futurama on Aug. 3 and adds a Disney+ exclusive Simpsons episode, Yellow Mirror, on Aug. 26.
The lineup leans on franchise and FX titles, including The Shards premiering Aug. 5, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 18 starting with two episodes on Aug. 18, and Adults Season 2 debuting Aug. 28.
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear lands Aug. 13, while Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi arrives Aug. 5 and X-Men ’97 Season 2 continues with new episodes.
August’s schedule also mixes in all-at-once drops and weekly releases, from Camp Rock 3 on Aug. 14 to anime titles such as BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity running through the month.