THU / October 1

▣ Code 404 Trailer Comedy Peacock

Six-episode British import is a cop comedy set in a near-future London.

Covid-era, Zoom-style sitcom comes from Blindspot's Martin Gero and Brendan Gall.

CripTales Short film anthology BBC America, 10p

Will air on the nonplussed regular AMC next year.

Good Morning Verônica Trailer Foreign/Drama

Let's Be Real Comedy 9p

Puppet-filled, election-themed comedy special comes from Robert Smigel (of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog fame).

Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood Foreign/Drama

▣ The Salisbury Poisonings Drama AMC+

Will also air on regular AMC next year.

The Worst Witch Family

FRI / October 2

2067 Trailer Sci-fi/Thriller ($) Rent/Buy

After We Collided Trailer Drama ($) Rent/Buy

The Antenna Foreign/Horror ($) Virtual theaters

The Binding Foreign/Thriller

A Call to Spy Trailer Drama ($) Rent/Buy

Widely acclaimed at its Sundance premiere early this year, Kirsten Johnson’s new documentary follows her excellent 2016 film Cameraperson. Dead, which picked up a special jury award for "innovation in non-fiction storytelling" at the festival, is a moving, humorous, celebratory, and unconventional examination of her own 86-year-old father's waning days as he begins to succumb to Alzheimer's disease.

Originally developed for the Paramount Network, the latest series from Darren Star (Younger, Sex and the City) stars Lily Collins as an American who relocates to Paris to take a job at a marketing firm.

The second feature directed by Submarine and Red Oaks star Craig Roberts is an unconventional rom-com starring Sally Hawkins and David Thewlis.

A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween Animation/Family

The Great American Lie Trailer Documentary ($) Rent/Buy

Hosts Horror/Thriller ($) Rent/Buy

Kingdom of Silence Trailer Documentary 9p

Let's Scare Julie Horror ($) Rent/Buy

Hulu's eight-episode anthology adapts short stories from Nathan Ballingrud’s book North American Lake Monsters. The ensemble includes Taylor Schilling, Mike Colter, Kaitlyn Dever, Hamish Linklater, Bill Camp, Kelly Marie Tran, Jonathan Tucker, and Nicole Beharie. All episodes stream today.

The Real Black Panther Reality Nat Geo, 10p

The Rising Hawk Action-adventure ($) Rent/Buy

Song Exploder Trailer Music

The popular podcast, in which musicians break down the individual components of one of their songs, comes to Netflix as a series produced by returning host Hrishikesh Hirway and documentarian Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won't You Be My Neighbor). Featured artists and songs include Alicia Keys ("3 Hour Drive"), R.E.M. ("Losing My Religion"), Ty Dolla $ign ("LA"), and Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Wait for It").

Paul Rudd-narrated nature series will air in two parts, with six episodes available today and another six due in 2021.

Undercover Boss Reality 9p

Vampires vs. The Bronx Horror/Comedy

▣ Warrior Drama Cinemax, 10p

SAT / October 3

Austin City Limits Music (time varies)

Country at Heart Drama Hallmark, 9p

Dying to Be a Cheerleader Drama Lifetime, 8p

Green River Killer: I Met My Sister's Killer Reality Reelz, 10p ET

Ready or Not Documentary Fuse, 9p ET

Saturday Night Live Comedy 11:30p

The sketch show returns to a live, in-studio format for the first time since early March. Jim Carrey joins the cast, exclusively to portray Joe Biden.

Ted Bundy: The Survivors Reality Reelz, 8p ET

SUN / October 4

black-ish Election Special Comedy 10p

Topical two-part election-themed special (with the animated second part airing tonight at 10:30p) airs ahead of the show's official season premiere on October 21.

▣ Britannia Drama/Fantasy Epix, 9p

The historical fantasy series moves from Amazon's Prime Video to Epix for its second season.

Cheer Squad Secrets Drama Lifetime, 8p

▣ Cobra Trailer Drama 10p

Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, and Richard Dormer head the cast of this six-episode British political drama that follows the UK prime minister in the midst of a major crisis.

Five-part series examines the history of the famed Los Angeles comedy club.

First Ladies Documentary CNN, 10p

Imelda Staunton, Stephen Rea, and Russell Tovey head the cast of this four-part Masterpiece mystery series

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal Animation Adult Swim, 11:30p

Reschuled from spring and then summer. Albert Hughes (replacing Anthony Hemingway, who left the project due to scheduling conflicts) directs this delayed eight-episode adaptation of the award-winning novel by James McBride about 19th century abolitionist John Brown, played by Ethan Hawke. Daveed Diggs (playing Frederick Douglass), Lodge 49's Wyatt Russell, David Morse, Steve Zahn, Orlando Jones, and Ellar Coltrane also star.

The Lost Lincoln Documentary Discovery, 9p

Pandora Drama 8p

Top Ten Revealed Reality AXS, 8p ET

The Walking Dead Drama/Horror 9p

The postponed season 10 finale finally airs, though season 11 won't arrive until sometime next year. (Expect six bonus episodes to make it worth the wait.)

Rescheduled from April 2020. The latest Walking Dead spinoff follows a new set of characters who are all part of the generation born after the start of the zombie menace. The series is designed to run for just two seasons unlike the other Walking Dead shows, which refuse to end.

MON / October 5

▣ One Day at a Time Comedy 9p

Broadcast premiere of the 4th season of the sitcom that aired on Pop earlier this year.

▣ Soulmates Trailer Drama/Sci-fi/Anthology 10p

Recently renewed for a 2nd season, this six-episode anthology series from Will Bridges and Brett Goldstein (adapting their own short film For Life) is set 15 years in the future, when new technology allows every person on the planet to know the identity of their soulmate. Each episode will find a different set of characters dealing with the repercussions of this breakthrough in a different way. Season 1 stars include Shamier Anderson, Malin Akerman, Betsy Brandt, Kingsley Ben-Adir, David Costabile, Charlie Heaton, and Sarah Snook.

Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan Talk 9p

TUE / October 6

16 and Pregnant Trailer Reality MTV, 9p

Revival of series which last aired in 2014.

▣ Black Box Trailer Horror Prime Video

Don't Be Tardy... Reality Bravo, 10p

Ellen's Game of Games Game show 9p

▣ The Lie Trailer Horror Prime Video

Naughty Books Trailer Documentary ($) Rent/Buy

▣ neXt Trailer Drama 9p

Originally ordered for the 2019-20 season but held back on the slim chance a global pandemic would bring about the end of all scripted television production in 2020, this sci-fi thriller comes from writer Manny Coto (Dexter, 24) and directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love). Next—make that neXt, because, you know, sci-fi!—is set in a not-too-distant present where a powerful A.I. developed by a Silicon Valley pioneer (Mad Men's John Slattery) goes rogue, posing a threat to the world. Fernanda Andrade, Michael Mosley, and Eve Harlow also star.

The Ringmaster Trailer Documentary ($) Rent/Buy

Siempre, Luis Trailer Documentary 9p

Spontaneous Trailer Drama ($) Rent/Buy

StarBeam: Halloween Hero Animation/Family

▣ Swamp Thing Drama 8p

Network television debut of 2019 DC Universe streaming series.

WED / October 7

Books of Blood Trailer Horror/Anthology

Three-part film is based on Clive Barker's horror anthology.

Coroner Drama 9p

▣ Devils Drama 8p

American TV debut of Italian-produced series about a conspiracy involving a powerful global investment bank. Alessandro Borghi and Patrick Dempsey star.

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Animation/Sci-fi/Drama BBC America, 8p

Originally broadcast in 1967, the eighth story in the fourth season of Doctor Who has been lost to time, with video from four of the six episodes presumed destroyed. But audio recordings from every episode remain, and those have now been paired with new animation to present the story in its entirety. The project comes to BBC America today after airing in the UK in March.

Adam Sandler's latest Netflix film is a comedic caper set in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night. Kevin James, Maya Rudolph, Ray Liotta, and Julie Bowen also star.

The Real Housewives of Orange County Real reality Bravo, 9p

To the Lake Foreign/Drama

Vice Presidential Debate Live event tbd, 9p ET

Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth Trailer Documentary 9p

THU / October 8

▣ Charm City Kings Trailer Drama HBO Max

Originally intended for a theatrical release before the pandemic hit, this coming-of-age film set in Baltimore follows 14-year-old Mouse (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) as he’s pulled between the biker gang of the title and dreams of becoming a veterinarian. The film is inspired by the documentary 12 O'Clock Boys and it received decent reviews when it debuted at Sundance early this year.

The Cleansing Hour Horror Shudder

Good Eats: The House That Dripped Chocolate Reality Food, 9p

Injustice With Nancy Grace Reality Oxygen, 9p

The Outpost Drama 9p

Phantom Signals Reality Science, 10p

Supernatural Trailer Drama 8p

The first of seven series-ending episodes delayed from the spring due to the coronavirus.

FRI / October 9

In her feature debut, Radha Blank writes, directs, and stars as Radha, a once-promising playwright who reinvigorates her creativity when she begins rapping. It’s a humorous, semi-autobiographical tale that looks at the way black artists compromise their work for white audiences, and it received a warm welcome from critics when it debuted at Sundance early this year.

Cagefighter Action/Drama ($) Rent/Buy

Faith Based Comedy ($) Rent/Buy

Ghostwriter Family Apple TV+

Netflix has turned 2018's The Haunting of Hill House into an ongoing, American Horror Story-style anthology series under "The Haunting of" banner. For season 2 of Mike Flanagan's series, that takes the form of The Haunting of Bly Manor, which adapts various short stories by Henry James. Returning cast members (playing new roles) include Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Victoria Pedretti.

Henchmen Animation/Family ($) Rent/Buy

Love After Lockup Reality WE, 9p

PBS Kids Talk About: Race and Racism Talk tbd

Raven's Home Comedy Disney, 8p

Originally developed for Nat Geo before moving over to Disney's streaming service, The Right Stuff is a new drama series adaptation of Tom Wolfe's nonfiction book chronicling the early days of America's space program. (That book, of course, was previously adapted into the terrific Oscar-winning 1983 film of the same name.) Patrick J. Adams, Jake McDorman, Patrick Fischler, Colin O’Donoghue, James Lafferty, Aaron Staton, and Michael Trotter head the cast. Season 1 focuses in depth on the seven astronauts in the Mercury program, and potential future seasons would cover other stories and historical figures. Two episodes stream today, with the remaining six hours arriving one per week on Fridays.

Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters Animation/Family

The Wolf of Snow Hollow Horror/Thriller ($) Rent/Buy

SAT / October 10

Cheer Camp Killer Drama Lifetime, 8p

Dating Game Killer: The Lost Victims Reality Reelz, 10p ET

Eli Roth's History of Horror Trailer Documentary 10p

My Best Friend's Bouquet Drama Hallmark, 9p

SUN / October 11

Cheerleader Abduction Drama Lifetime, 8p

The Spanish Princess Trailer Drama Starz, 8p

Worst Cooks in America: Halloween Redemption Reality competition Food, 10p

MON / October 12

The Family Chantel Reality TLC, 10p

Mystery Road Trailer Drama Acorn TV

TUE / October 13

The Bachelorette Reality competition 8p

▣ Evil Eye Trailer Horror Prime Video

▣ The FBI Declassified Reality 10p

▣ Nocturne Trailer Horror Prime Video

Seized Trailer Drama/Thriller ($) Rent/Buy

▣ Tell Me a Story Drama 9p

Network debut of the second season of the streaming series.

WED / October 14

2020 Billboard Music Awards Live event 8p

Rescheduled from April.

The Amazing Race Reality competition 9p

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting Family/Comedy/Fantasy

▣ The Baroness von Sketch Show Comedy IFC, tbd

Blackpink: Light Up the Sky Documentary/Music

▣ Sistas Drama/Comedy BET, 9p

THU / October 15

Flip or Flop Reality HGTV, 9p

Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party Reality/Comedy tru, 10p

The Mortuary Collection Horror/Anthology Shudder

Presidential Debate Live event tbd, 9p ET

Social Distance Drama/Anthology

Filmed during quarantine, this remotely-shot, episodic anthology comes from some of the team behind Orange Is the New Black. Cast members include Mike Colter, Danielle Brooks, Oscar Nunez, Peter Scanavino, and Asante Blackk.

FRI / October 16

Clouds Trailer Drama Disney+

The Devil Has a Name Trailer Drama ($) Rent/Buy

Disney Channel Halloween House Party Comedy Disney, 8p

Katie Cappiello adapts her own play (Slut) into a 10-episode Netflix drama series about a diverse group of students at a large Brooklyn public high school.

Helpsters Family Apple TV+

The Last Kids on Earth Animation/Family

Love and Monsters Trailer Sci-fi/Adventure/Comedy ($) Rent/Buy

Marvel's latest TV venture is a horror series starring Elizabeth Marvel (no relation) as the institutionalized mother of two adult children (Tom Austen, Sydney Lemmon) with superpowers who moonlight as demon hunters, drawing on their backgrounds as the offspring of Satan. All 10 episodes stream today.

Meet the Chimps Reality Disney+

The Opening Act Comedy ($) Rent/Buy

Jimmy O. Yang stars as an aspiring stand-up comedian in an independent comedy from writer-director (and stand-up) Steve Byrne. Jermaine Fowler, Cedric the Entertainer, and Ken Jeong also star.

Shark Tank Reality competition 8p

She Is the Ocean Documentary ($) Virtual theaters

Shithouse Trailer Drama ($) Rent/Buy

Someone Has to Die Foreign/Drama

Originally headed to theaters this fall (until, you know), this now Netflix-exclusive drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin examines the notorious 1968 Democratic National Convention that resulted in the arrest and trial of a group of protesters including Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman. Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mark Rylance, Michael Keaton, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Jeremy Strong star.

▣ What the Constitution Means to Me Drama Prime Video

Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) directs a filmed version of Heidi Schreck's Tony-nominated play.

White Riot Trailer Documentary/Music ($) Virtual theaters

SAT / October 17

Spike Lee directs a filmed version of David Byrne's innovative stage show which finds him performing Talking Heads classics as well as songs from across his solo catalog with the help of a kinetic, untethered backing band.

Photo Ark Reality Nat Geo WILD, 10p

The Story of the Royals Reality Reelz, 8p ET

Sweet Autumn Drama Hallmark, 9p

The Wrong Cheerleader Coach Drama Lifetime, 8p

SUN / October 18

America's Funniest Home Videos Reality 7p

Card Sharks Game show 10p

Halloween Freakshow Cakes Reality competition Food, 10p

Halloween Wars: Legends Reality competition Food, 9p

▣ Supermarket Sweep Game show 8p

Leslie Jones hosts a revival of the classic game show which previously aired in the 1960s and again in the 1990s.

Who Is Killing the Cheerleaders? Drama Lifetime, 8p

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Game show 9p

MON / October 19

Darkness: Those Who Kill Trailer Foreign/Drama Acorn TV

Independent Lens Documentary 10p

Unsolved Mysteries Reality

The Voice Reality competition 8p

TUE / October 20

Monster Force Zero Sci-fi ($) Rent/Buy

The Mothman Legacy Documentary ($) Rent/Buy

The Mysery Index Game show TBS, 10:30p

Tar Thriller ($) Rent/Buy

WED / October 21

537 Votes Documentary 9p

2020 CMT Music Awards Live event CMT, 8p

Rescheduled from July and then rescheduled again from October 14. The ceremony will be simulcast on MTV, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, Pop TV, TV Land, and select toaster ovens.

The Conners Comedy 9p

The Goldbergs Comedy 8p

Two new episodes air back-to-back tonight.

Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High-Rise) directs Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Ann Dowd, and Sam Riley in an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel (previously adapted numerous times, including a best picture-winning 1940 film by Alfred Hitchcock).

THU / October 22

Cadaver Foreign/Drama/Horror

Presidential Debate Live event tbd, 9p ET

Superstore Comedy 8p

FRI / October 23

After We Collided Drama ($) Rent/Buy

One of the buzziest films at this year's Sundance, the second feature from Dear White People director Justin Simien is a horror-comedy set in 1989 Los Angeles at an MTV-like cable network. Elle Lorraine, making her feature-film debut in a universally praised performance, stars as Anna, an aspiring on-air host who has everything it takes to succeed—except the right hair. Taking a cue from her new boss, Anna grudgingly gets a weave, but she soon discovers that her new hair literally has a mind of its own. In addition to today's Hulu debut, the film may still receive a theatrical release as originally planned, though plans are still up in the air.

The Big Fib Game show Disney+

Christmas on Ice Drama Lifetime, 8p

Coming Home Again Trailer Drama ($) Virtual theaters

▣ Friendsgiving Trailer Comedy ($) Rent/Buy

Malin Akerman, kat Dennings, Aisha Tyler, Chelsea Peretti, Wanda Sykes, Deon Cole, Jane Seymour, and Ryan Hansen star in a holiday-themed comedy.

How to With John Wilson Reality/Comedy 11p

Once Upon a Snowman Animated short Disney+

Over the Moon Trailer Animation/Family

Put a Ring on It Reality OWN, 10p

Anya Taylor-Joy stars as a young chess prodigy in a six-episode adaptation of Walter Tevis' novel from acclaimed screenwriter turned director Scott Frank.

Ready to Love Reality OWN, 9p

SAT / October 24

The Battle of Alcatraz Reality Reelz, 9p ET

Christmas Unwrapped Drama Lifetime, 8p

Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw Reality Reelz, 8p ET

SUN / October 25

The Eric Andre Show Comedy Adult Swim, midnight

Forever Christmas Drama Lifetime, 8p

▣ The Undoing Trailer Drama 9p

Rescheduled from May 2020. Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley returns to HBO—and reunites with star Nicole Kidman—for a six-episode adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2014 novel You Should Have Known, a psychological thriller about a therapist, wife, and mother (Kidman) who, on the cusp of a major success, finds herself plunged into a crisis triggered by a violent death. Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) directs every episode of the series, which also stars Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland, Lily Rabe, Edgar Ramirez, and Noah Jupe.

MON / October 26

▣ Temple Trailer Drama Spectrum

American debut of the British adaptation of the Norwegian series Valkyrien.

WED / October 28

American Housewife Comedy 8:30p

Nobody Sleeps int he Woods Tonight Foreign/Horror

THU / October 29

▣ Deutschland 89 Foreign/Drama Sundance, 11p

May the Devil Take You Too Horror Shudder

▣ That Animal Rescue Show Reality CBS All Access

This feel-good, Richard Linklater-produced docuseries looks at various animal rescues in the Austin, Texas area. All 10 episodes can be streamed today.

FRI / October 30

A Crafty Christmas Romance Drama Lifetime, 8p

His House Foreign/Drama/Horror

The reason you haven't yet canceled your Disney+ subscription returns for its second season. Cast newcomers include Katee Sackhoff (previously of the Baby Yoda-deficient Battlestar Galactica), Timothy Olyphant (Justified, which also had no Baby Yodas), Rosario Dawson, and Michael Biehn, while directors include Robert Rodriguez, Peyton Reed, Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, frugal acting coach Carl Weathers, and showrunner Jon Favreau. Expect an appearance by Boba Fett.

Menendez: The Day of the Lord Foreign/Horror

My Big Italian Adventure Reality HGTV, 9p

SAT / October 31

Candy Cane Christmas Drama Lifetime, 8p

Croc Terror: Man Eating Monster Reality Reelz, 8p ET