“Power” on Netflix is officially happening this fall, giving viewers another chance to start from the beginning with James “Ghost” St. Patrick and the series that built one of television’s most recognizable crime franchises. All seasons of the original “Power” series will premiere on Netflix in November 2026, bringing Omari Hardwick’s Ghost, Naturi Naughton’s Tasha St. Patrick and Joseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan to the platform.
For longtime fans, that sounds like an invitation to run the story back from Truth nightclub to the final chapter. For viewers who found the universe later through Tariq, Kanan or Tommy, it could function as something even bigger: a new front door into Power history.
Netflix and Lionsgate Television have reached a licensing agreement covering the original “Power” along with “Power Book II: Ghost,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” and “Power Book IV: Force.” The rights are not identical everywhere. Deadline reports that Netflix acquired international rights to all four series in most of the world, while the United States deal covers the original “Power” series. Canada is not included in the broader international arrangement because the franchise streams there through Starz and Bell Media.
That distinction is important because “Power” on Netflix does not mean “Power” is disappearing from Starz. Deadline reports that the Starz platforms will continue carrying “Power,” “Ghost,” “Raising Kanan” and “Force,” while Starz remains the exclusive United States home for the spinoffs included in the licensing agreement.
The Netflix move instead creates another lane for a franchise that has spent more than a decade building characters across multiple generations. Netflix says Courtney A. Kemp created the original drama, which debuted on Starz in 2014 and concluded its six season run in 2020. The story centered on Ghost, a successful nightclub owner running a drug operation with his longtime friend Tommy while attempting to build a legitimate future. According to Netflix, that original story eventually expanded into “Ghost,” “Raising Kanan,” “Force” and the upcoming “Power: Origins.”
The timing is what makes this licensing move especially interesting. “Power” on Netflix is arriving while the franchise is actively looking both backward and forward.
The upcoming “Power: Origins” is not included in the Netflix agreement. The series is designed to explore the younger years of Ghost and Tommy, two characters whose adult relationship drove the original show. Actor Spence Moore will portray a younger Ghost and Charlie Mann will portray the younger Tommy, with Mekai Curtis continuing as Kanan Stark after playing the role in “Raising Kanan.”
There is also another bridge forming on the other side of the timeline. According to Entertainment Weekly, Starz has ordered “Power: Legacy” with Michael Rainey Jr. returning as Tariq St. Patrick and Joseph Sikora returning as Tommy. That means the franchise is preparing to revisit Ghost and Tommy’s beginnings through “Origins” while continuing the story of two characters who emerged directly from the original series through “Legacy.”
That is where the Netflix deal starts looking less like a simple catalog move and more like an opportunity to reset the franchise for viewers who may not have followed every chapter in real time. Somebody discovering Tariq through Netflix internationally can trace his choices back to the St. Patrick family story. Someone who knows Tommy from “Force” can go back and see the partnership with Ghost that shaped him. And viewers preparing for “Origins” can watch the adult versions of those characters before seeing how their relationship began.
Netflix is also landing “Power” at a moment when Courtney Kemp has already found a fresh crime drama audience on the platform. Netflix reported that Kemp and Tani Marole’s “Nemesis” reached No. 1 on its English TV list during the week of May 18, 2026, with 11.4 million views. The streamer then announced on June 30 that the series would return for a second season.
That recent performance gives “Power” on Netflix another layer. Netflix viewers who discovered Kemp through “Nemesis” will soon have direct access to the series that helped establish her crime storytelling with a massive television audience. Meanwhile, “Power” arrives with years of completed story already waiting to be binged instead of requiring viewers to catch up week by week.
The original series also comes with a streaming history that predates this Netflix move. In 2017, Hulu announced a Lionsgate agreement giving the service subscription streaming rights to “Power.” At the time, Hulu described the show as Starz’s top original series and said its third season had delivered 8 million multiplatform viewers per episode. Deadline now reports that the complete original series will move from Hulu to Netflix in the United States in November.
That transition matters because a series once built around appointment television is entering another major phase of binge discovery. “Power” already produced characters strong enough to carry separate series, and Starz is still extending those stories years after the original finale. Netflix now gets to put the beginning of that universe in front of viewers who can watch Ghost’s entire rise and fall without waiting years to find out where the story goes.
