What To Watch This Week: 40+ Premieres, Finales And More
To help you navigate the best of broadcast, cable and streaming TV, TVLine offers curated daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch columns, along with an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.
This week, you'll find a dozen series premieres (including 9-1-1: Nashville, Boots and The Last Frontier), six returning shows (including 9-1-1, Grey's Anatomy and The Real Housewives of Potomac) and four finales (including Love Island Games, Outlander: Blood of My Blood and Peacemaker).
SUNDAY, OCT. 5
π΅ 8 pm A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper (CBS, next day on Paramount+)
πΊ 8 pm The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 10 (Bravo)
πΊ 9 pm Love Island Games Season 2 finale (Peacock)
πΊ 9 pm Maigret (PBS)
Chief Inspector Maigret (Benjamin Wainwright) and his team of maverick but loyal detectives solve a series of complex crimes in Paris.
πΊ 9 pm Tony Shalhoub: Breaking Bread (CNN)
Shalhoub embarks on a mouthwatering journey around the world, with bread serving as the conduit into a variety of international cuisines and cultures.
πΊ 10 pm The Gold (PBS)
Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden and Dominic Cooper lead this retelling of the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery in London.
πΊ 10 pm New Orleans: Soul of a City (CNN)
The four-part docuseries explores the many ways the city communes with its history β through music, food, sports and tradition β 20 years after Hurricane Katrina.
π₯ 8 pm The Jane Mysteries: Too Much to Lose (Hallmark Channel movie)
Jane Da Silva (Jodie Sweetin) partners with Detective John Cameron (Stephen Huszar) to investigate the disappearance of a journalist who vanished after winning a game show.
MONDAY, OCT. 6
πΊ Dr. Seuss's Horton! (Netflix, seven-episode binge)
When their friends in the jungle need help right away, Horton and Samson promise to help save the day. Elephant's honor... bird's word!
πΊ Family Guy: A Little Fright Music (Hulu special)
Brian and Stewie realize there is a shortage of quality Halloween songs, so they set out to write a hit; Peter and the guys discover that lying about trick-or-treating can have deadly consequences.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7
πΊ True Haunting (Netflix, five-episode binge)
Through immersive reenactments and present-day interviews, the docuseries details paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them.
π 5 pm NHL Opening Night (ESPN)
π₯ Ozzy: No Escape From Now (Paramount+ documentary)
The film offers the definitive account of the last six years of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne's life.
π€£ Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering (Netflix comedy special)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8
πΊ Is It Cake? Halloween (Netflix, four-episode binge)
Cake or fake? Trick or treat? Skilled bakers whip up hyperrealistic Halloween cakes in this seasonal special edition of the hit competition series.
π₯ Maintenance Required (Prime Video movie)
Madelaine Petsch plays the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop who is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street.
π₯ Stay (Hulu movie)
A PhD author of African spirituality (Megalyn Echikunwoke) and a former MMA fighter (Mo McRae) face the end of their marriage β and encounter soul-shaking, supernatural forces.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9
πΊ Boots (Netflix, eight-episode binge)
A closeted young man (Miles Heizer) and his straight best friend join a diverse group of recruits in the unpredictable world of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.
πΊ O'ahu Shores (Peacock, six-episode binge)
Young Hawaiian locals step out of their parents' expectations and carve their own paths while still embracing their culture.
πΊ Victoria Beckham (Netflix, three-episode binge)
The docuseries follows the former Spice Girl as she prepares for the fashion show of her life.
πΊ Team Mekbots: Animal Rescue Season 2 (Peacock, four-episode binge)
πΊ Zatima midseason finale (BET+; two episodes)
πΊ 8 pm 9-1-1 Season 9 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
πΊ 9 pm 9-1-1: Nashville (ABC, next day on Hulu)
Chris O'Donnell and Jessica Capshaw lead a high-octane spinoff about heroic first responders in Music City.
πΊ 9 pm Peacemaker Season 2 finale (HBO Max)
πΊ 10 pm Grey's Anatomy Season 22 (ABC, next day on Hulu)
π₯ Saquon (Prime Video documentary)
The film chronicles Saquon Barkley's journey to Super Bowl glory with the Philadelphia Eagles.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
πΊ Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (Apple TV+, eight-episode binge)
The docuseries delves into the intense world of top restaurants β highlighting the obsession, pressure and precision required to earn a Michelin Star.
πΊ The Last Frontier (Apple TV+, two-episode premiere)
Jason Clarke plays the lone U.S. marshal in charge of the quiet, rugged barrens of Alaska whose jurisdiction is turned upside down when a prison transport plane crashes and sets free dozens of violent inmates.
πΊ 8 pm Penn & Teller: Fool Us Season 11B (The CW)
πΊ 8 pm Outlander: Blood of My Blood Season 1 finale (Starz)
πΊ 9 pm Masters of Illusion Season 11B (The CW)
π₯ How to Train Your Dragon (2025) (Peacock)
π₯ John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video documentary)
Directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, this film tells Candy's story through archival footage and interviews with those who knew him best.
π₯ My Father, the BTK Killer (Netflix documentary)
Raised by a man leading a monstrous double life, the daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her chilling story.
π₯ Vicious (Paramount+ movie)
A young woman (Dakota Fanning) receives a mysterious box that traps her in a shifting nightmare where every choice has terrifying consequences.
π₯ The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix movie)
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist (Keira Knightly) sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
π₯ 8 pm The Alabama Solution (HBO documentary)
In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: terrible things are going on here and being kept secret.
π₯ 10 pm King of Them All: The Story of King Records (PBS documentary)
The film chronicles the record label that launched the careers of legendary artists, including James Brown, Wynonie Harris, Hank Ballard, Little Willie John and The Stanley Brothers.
π€£ Frankie QuiΓ±ones: Damn That's Crazy (Hulu comedy special)
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
π₯ 8 pm Haul Out the Halloween (Hallmark Channel movie)
Halloween-obsessed neighbors (Halloweentown's Kimberly J. Brown and Daniel Kountz) inspire residents of Evergreen Lane to haul out their spookiest costumes and dΓ©cor to become EverSCREAM Lane.
π 8 pm A Wisconsin Christmas Pie (Great American Family movie)
A pastry chef (Katie Leclerc) returns home, where saving her family's orchard β and her heart β may hinge on the perfect pie and a second chance at love (Ryan Carnes).
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