What To Watch This Week: 50+ Premieres, Finales, And More

Every day, TVLine's What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized by release time and alphabetically within each slot.

What follows is a look at the week ahead — a roundup of premieres and finales designed to help you plan your viewing for the next seven days.

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📺 7 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos" Season 37 (ABC, two episodes)

📺 7:30 p.m. 2026 MTV Video Music Awards (CBS & MTV)
📺 8 p.m. "The Simpsons" Season 38 (Fox)
📺 8:30 p.m. "Animal Control" Season 5 (Fox)
📺 9 p.m. "Universal Basic Guys" Season 3 (Fox)
📺 9:30 p.m. "Grimsburg" Season 3 (Fox)
📺 11:30 p.m. "President Curtis" Season 1 finale (Adult Swim)

🎥 "Kill. Bury. Print." (Peacock documentary)
The true-crime documentary follows an Oklahoma newspaper whose investigation into alleged local corruption leads to a chilling secret recording.

🎥 8 p.m. "You've Gotta Help Me" (Lifetime movie)

When Meredith and her husband go to have dinner with their neighbor on the next farm over, he introduces them to his visiting niece. But as the evening progresses, Meredith begins to suspect that this young woman isn't his niece, but his captive; Nicole Dionne and Mary Healy star.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

📺 "Futurama" Season 14 finale (Hulu)
📺 8 p.m. "All American" series finale (The CW)

📺 9 p.m. "Still Flipping Out" (Bravo)
Former "Flipping Out" star Jeff Lewis returns to reality TV as he juggles his SiriusXM show, design empire, employees, and eclectic group of friends.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

📺 "The Creep Tapes" Season 3 finale (AMC+ & Shudder, two episodes)

📺 "LEGO One Piece" (Netflix)

In this two-part special, Usopp spins a tall tale about the Straw Hats' journey across the East Blue into the Grand Line before Chopper joined the crew.

📺 8 p.m. "The Amazing Race: 25 Years Around the World" (CBS special)
Celebrate 25 years of "The Amazing Race" with memorable moments, never-before-seen footage, and new interviews; Nischelle Turner hosts.

📺 9 p.m. "Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen 20th Anniversary Special" (CBS, two hours)

🤣 "Sam Morril: Incorrect" (Netflix comedy special)

🎥 "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" (Paramount+ documentary)
Retired Israeli general Noam Tibon undertakes a harrowing mission to rescue his family during the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

🎥 "The Swan: Behind the Mirror" (Hulu documentary)
More than 20 years after "The Swan," the women who underwent dramatic cosmetic transformations and the producers behind the controversial reality show reflect on what happened behind the scenes and its lasting cultural legacy.

🎥 9 p.m. "Miller Night Football" (HBO documentary short)
The film chronicles comedian Dennis Miller's unlikely arrival in the "Monday Night Football" broadcast booth in 2000, alongside veteran sportscaster Al Michaels and former NFL quarterback Dan Fouts.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

📺 "Average Joe" Season 2 finale (Paramount+)
📺 "Tyler Perry's The Oval" series finale (Paramount+)
📺 "Sacrifice" Season 2 (Paramount+, two-episode premiere)
📺 "Wonka's The Golden Ticket" Season 1 finale (Netflix, two episodes)
📺 8 p.m. "Scrubs" Season 2 (ABC, two-episode premiere)
📺 9 p.m. "Shark Tank" Season 18 (ABC, two-episode premiere)
📺 9:30 p.m. "The Amazing Race" Season 39 (CBS, two-night premiere)
📺 10 p.m. "Ages of Ice" docuseries finale (PBS)

🎥 "The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part" (Netflix documentary)
A journalist and a detective uncover the truth about a killer whose charm masked a trail of failed marriages and suspicious deaths over 30 years.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

📺 "East of Eden" (Netflix, seven-episode binge)
This modern interpretation of Steinbeck's masterpiece will explore the multi-generational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames (played by Florence Pugh).

📺 8 p.m. "Big Brother" Season 28 finale (CBS)

📺 8 p.m. "Coven Academy" (Freeform, four-episode premiere)
This YA drama follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability; Tiffani Thiessen and Devon Sawa co-star. (All 10 Season 1 episodes stream on Disney+ and Hulu Friday.)

📺 8 p.m. "Trivial Pursuit" returns (The CW)
📺 9 p.m. "Scrabble" returns (The CW)

📺 9 p.m. "War" (HBO)
When a tech mogul (Dominic West) and his actress wife (Sienna Miller) split, their divorce sends shockwaves through London's boardrooms, bedrooms and courtrooms.

🎥 "Soulm8te" (Hulu)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

📺 "Adventure Time: Side Quests" Season 2 (Hulu, 20-episode binge)
📺 Austin City Limits Music Festival Day 1 of 3 (Hulu livestream, time TBA)

📺 "Kill Jackie" (AMC+)

Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a former international drug smuggler who comes out of hiding to take down the seven hitmen hired to kill her; Daniel Ings, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Ron Perlman co-star.

📺 8 p.m. "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" returns (ABC)
📺 9 p.m. "The Unbelievable With Dan Aykroyd" Season 4 (History)

📺 9:05 p.m. "Tip Toe" (Starz)
Alan Cumming and David Morrissey play Manchester neighbors whose seemingly ordinary lives descend into lies and violence after one gives the other his spare key.

📺 10 p.m. "Roast My Rental" Season 1 finale (HGTV)

🎥 "Tyler Perry's Doing Life" (Netflix movie)
A single mother (Naomi Baker) and an incarcerated man (Jay Reeves) forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope, and love against all odds.

🎥 "The Last First: Winter K2" (Apple TV documentary)
The film examines extreme mountaineering's changing culture during a treacherous winter expedition on K2, following John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Sadparas.

🎥 8 p.m. "For Better or Worse" (LMN movie)
A divorced mother finds love again with a charming businessman — but her son soon uncovers a shocking secret from his new stepfather's past; Amaris Davidson, Justin Anthony Moore, Jon Briddell, and Royal R. Carter star.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

📺 Austin City Limits Music Festival Day 2 of 3 (Hulu livestream, time TBA)
📺 8 p.m. "Crossroad Springs" midseason finale (Great American Family)

🎥 8 p.m. "A Doctor to Die For: The Sarah Harris Story" (Lifetime movie)
A young woman (Siobhan Williams) is drawn into a dangerous relationship with a middle-aged surgeon (Luke Macfarlane) who secretly supplies her with drugs, prompting her mother and sister to investigate after tragedy strikes.

🎥 8 p.m. "A Knight to Remember" (Hallmark Channel movie)

Julie Gonzalo plays a museum conservator who accidentally brings a centuries-old knight (James Trevena) back to life with a kiss; Chris McNally co-stars.