Season 1 of the DC series Lanterns consists of eight episodes. This gives the first season a compact structure while allowing the central mystery involving Hal Jordan and John Stewart to develop across a complete television arc.
The series was ordered directly to series by HBO in June 2024. At that stage, reports described the episodes as approximately hour-long installments, matching the show's prestige crime-drama approach rather than a short-form streaming format.
Lanterns premiered in the United States on August 16, 2026, and its first season is scheduled to run through October 4, 2026. The eight-episode count is sometimes confused with the earlier development history, when a different Green Lantern project had been planned as a 10-episode season.
The season forms part of DC Universe Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. Its story follows experienced Lantern Hal Jordan and new recruit John Stewart as they investigate a murder in Rushville, Nebraska.