What To Watch This Week: 30+ 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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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
📺 8 p.m. "Professor T" Season 5 (PBS)
📺 9 p.m. "Maigret" Season 2 (PBS)
📺 10 p.m. "The Gold" Season 2 (PBS)
🎥 8 p.m. "Amish Revenge" (Lifetime movie)
A widowed Amish mother (Boti Bliss) takes in a handsome young man (Brigdon York) who claims to be homeless, only to discover that he isn't who he says he is.
🎥 8 p.m. "Mr. & Mrs. Christmas" (Hallmark Channel movie)
A holiday display expert (Brendan Penny) relocates with his children to a quaint town, where reviving its Christmas Market brings him together with a practical accountant (Pascale Hutton) hoping to prove she's ready for a new leadership role.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
📺 "Signora Volpe" Season 3 finale (Acorn TV)
🏀 8 p.m. WNBA Finals Game 2 (USA Network)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
📺 "Phony" (Hulu, two-episode premiere)
A teenage boy (Sam Nivola) wakes up after a car accident convinced that his mother (Connie Britton) is an impostor.
🏀 3 p.m. "Coast 2 Coast Tuesday" (NBC)
📺 9 p.m. "Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas" (Bravo, two-night event)
Lisa Vanderpump takes on her biggest Las Vegas venture yet as she and her team race to ready her namesake boutique hotel for its lavish grand opening.
📺 10 p.m. "The Golden Life" (E!)
Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, and Ramona Singer trade New York for Palm Beach, Florida, as they reconnect and embrace a new chapter in their lives.
🤣 "Theo Von: I'm Doing Fine" (Netflix comedy special)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
📺 "All the Queen's Men" returns (Paramount+, two episodes)
📺 "The New Stanford Prison Experiment" (Netflix, six-episode binge)
In this modern reimagining of the infamous study, 30 people enter a real prison for two weeks and shifting power dynamics expose what they're capable of.
📺 "Slow Horses" Season 6 finale (Apple TV)
📺 "The Terminal List" Season 2 (Prime Video, eight-episode binge)
🏀 8 p.m. WNBA Finals Game 3 (USA Network)
📺 9 p.m. "I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton" (ABC/Disney+ special)
This live, two-hour special celebrates the life and legacy of Dolly Parton through performances, archival footage, and personal stories.
🎥 "Moana" (2026) (Disney+)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
📺 "Cooper and Fry" Season 1 finale (BritBox)
📺 "Nobody Wants This" Season 3 (Netflix, 10-episode binge)
📺 "Time" Season 3 (BritBox)
🎥 "Swipe Right on the Devil" (Hulu documentary)
When 24-year-old Sydney Loofe disappears after a Tinder date, what begins as a missing-person case quickly spirals into a haunting mystery.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
📺 "Battle of the Streaming Stars" (Roku)
In each hour-long special, three teams of four battle it out through several rounds in pursuit of a single prize: the Golden Roku Remote; Terry Crews hosts.
📺 "Judy Justice" series finale (Prime Video)
📺 "Yaga" (AMC+, two-episode premiere)
A private investigator (Noah Reid) arrives in a small coastal town to investigate the disappearance of a powerful fishery's young heir (Hudson Williams), putting him at odds with a local detective (Clark Backo) and a charismatic university professor (Carrie-Anne Moss) as he encounters secret lives, enigmatic suspects, and ancient magic.
⚾️ 7 p.m. MLB World Series Game 1 (Fox)
🏀 7 p.m. "NBA on Prime" Season 2 (Prime Video)
📺 8 p.m. "Happy's Place" Season 3 (NBC)
📺 8:30 p.m. "Newlyweds" (NBC)
A free-spirited woman (Téa Leoni) and a buttoned-up professor (Tim Daly) marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship; executive producer Jamie Lee Curtis recurs.
📺 9 p.m. "Scariest House in America" Season 3 finale (HGTV)
🎥 "The Invite" (HBO Max)
🎥 "Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story" (Netflix documentary)
Beloved for blurring performance and personal crisis, Bamford unpacks the mental health journey behind her fearless comedy.
🎥 8 p.m. "Winter Wonderlanes" (Hallmark Channel movie)
A pop-up restaurateur (Ashley Newbrough) tries to save her late grandfather's beloved bowling alley by reviving its youth tournament, teaming up with a local reporter (Franco Lo Presti) who just happens to be her high school boyfriend.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
🏀 1 p.m. WNBA Finals Game 4 (NBC)
⚾️ 7 p.m. MLB World Series Game 2 (Fox)
🎥 8 p.m. "A Christmas Prayer Tradition" (Great American Family movie)
As Natalie prepares to launch her new children's book, a family's quiet mission to answer the prayers of neighbors reminds Bellford Falls that some of God's greatest works begin with simple acts of faith and kindness; Shae Robins and Christopher Russell star.
🎥 8 p.m. "Forgotten Holiday" (Hallmark Channel movie)
An antiques buyer (Janel Parrish) helps her boyfriend (Daniel Lissing) retrace their romance after a car accident wipes away his memories of the past year — including his love of Christmas.
🎥 8 p.m. "Secrets of Mercy Hospital" (Lifetime movie)
A military officer (Judy Reyes) returns to her working-class hometown for her estranged mother's funeral and is drawn into an understaffed hospital, where she must confront the secret of the daughter she gave birth to and left behind at 18.
