The opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Games in Milan, Italy, is on Feb. 6, and we’re so ready. While sports like curling may barely register on our radar most of the time, there’s something about the Olympic broadcast that suddenly makes us care deeply about that slow-moving stone gliding across the ice.
If you’re the type to get invested in the Olympics, there are a few shows and specials you might want to watch to get in the spirit before the action kicks off in Milan. A new Netflix series, Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing, has just arrived, introducing viewers to the couples competing in ice dancing at this year’s games. And the streamer also carries a documentary about the US men’s hockey team that beat the odds — and the Russians — on the ice in 1980.
If you love some drama in the juiciest sense of the word, there are also a couple of great shows on Peacock that dig into two of ice skating’s biggest scandals: Meddling and Nancy & Tonya. Both are great examples of just how dramatic things can get off the ice. (And if you need more drama in and out of the rink, there’s always Heated Rivalry on HBO Max…)