The Beauty: Season 1

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FX | Season Premiere Date: January 21, 2026

Summary: FBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) investigate a series of model deaths in France. Their investigation uncovers a sexually transmitted virus and leads them to a billionaire known as "The Corporation" (Ashton Kutcher), who has created a miracle drug called "The Beauty" in the Ryan Murphy and MatthewFBI Agents Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) and Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) investigate a series of model deaths in France. Their investigation uncovers a sexually transmitted virus and leads them to a billionaire known as "The Corporation" (Ashton Kutcher), who has created a miracle drug called "The Beauty" in the Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson thriller series based on the comic book series by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley.

[Airs on FX and Hulu on 21 Jan 2026 in the US] … Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Screen Rant Ben Gibbons

Jan 21, 2026

The Beauty is an opulent spectacle that is so profoundly addictive and completely captivating that it is, without a doubt, Ryan Murphy's best project to date. Read full review

The Mercury News Randy Myers

Jan 30, 2026

It’s a better and more cohesive series than Murphy’s “Grotesquerie” and slams home a harsh point — that we are all to blame when it comes to worshipping beauty. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jan 21, 2026

The Beauty is focused, gruesome and just funny enough to keep things moving. All of this is miraculous, given Ryan Murphy’s recent track record. Read full review

Rob Owen

Jan 21, 2026

In a cascading series of unmotivated twists, enemies team up, a villain has an unconvincing change of heart and the whole thing ends on a frustrating cliffhanger. But give Murphy and company credit: “The Beauty” may be semi-hollow headed, but it’s never boring. Read full review

Roxana Hadadi

Jan 21, 2026

The Beauty’s flamboyant approach to that Ozempic-meets-HIV premise is impossible to forget and is also, for better and for worse, some of the most stimulating work out of the Murphy machine in years. Read full review

Collider Jasneet Singh

Jan 21, 2026

Considering the show ends on a brutal cliffhanger, there is hope for a second season that will only succeed if it tightens its grip on the storytelling. Despite its kitchen sink of ideas, there is still plenty to gain from watching the series, including beautifully grotesque instances of body horror, oddball storylines, and novel performances. Read full review

Michael Savio

Jan 21, 2026

The production design and color palette are simultaneously ostentatious and bland, and rather than keeping the virus’s origins mysterious and focusing instead on its societal implications, the series lays out a rudimentary global conspiracy. .... The characters, when they’re not cliché-ridden blank slates, are universally reprehensible, and neither psychologically complex nor funny enough to sustain our interest. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 21, 2026
- No episode information is currently available for this season