What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (October 6–12)

Family Guy: A Little Fright Music | Hulu | Animated special

Special, Monday, October 6: Animated Halloween TV specials, where you get to see your favorite characters in the sort of impossible horrific situations only animation can pull off— Well, they’re a lot of fun. Just look at The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” legacy. Family Guy might not be as smart as its cartoon counterpart, but its Frankenstein formula of stitched-together gags is well-suited to the Halloween special game. This year, Stewie and Brian are writing a song to beat “Monster Mash”—and you know it’s gonna be a banger.

Ozzy: No Escape from Now | Paramount+ | Documentary, music

Movie, Tuesday, October 7: ALL ABOAAAARD! It’s not the first Ozzy doc, but it’s the first posthumous official one since the Ozzman shuffled off this mortal coil into immortality, flying high again as he crashes the crazy train through the pearly gates to bark at the Moon from its darkest side. Or something like that. Anyway, this doc is produced in collaboration with his family, so it’ll be heartfelt and hopefully not as exploitative as The Osbournes.

BOOTS | Netflix | Drama

Limited series premiere, Thursday, October 9: BOOTS is the posthumous swan song of Norman Lear, the venerated TV producer who gave us classic TV shows like All in the Family and The Jeffersons. The new series, based on Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine, is set in the ‘90s, during the gays-in-the-military kerfuffle, and it follows a closeted teen (Miles Heizer) as he enlists in the Marines. Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel, The Conjuring) also stars.

John Candy: I Like Me | Prime Video | Documentary

Movie, Friday, October 10: Wow. If you’ve seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, the title of this doc about the legendary comic actor John Candy hits hard. If you haven’t? No spoilers—but you probably still feel some of the same emotions. No matter what roles he played, Candy’s characters were eminently likeable—even when they’re astonishingly annoying, like in the aforementioned movie. What’s more, I don’t think I’ve ever read a critical word about the IRL guy. We like you, too, John—and it’ll be nice to visit with you again in this movie. RIP.

The Last Frontier | Apple TV+ | Drama

Limited series premiere, Friday, October 10: When a prison transport plane carrying dozens of violent inmates crashes near an Alaskan town, it’s up to a single U.S. marshal (Jason Clarke) to clean up the mess. In the process, he begins to suspect the crash was intentional and the mess is exponentially worse than he thought. Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs) also stars.

The Chair Company | HBO, HBO Max | Comedy

Series premiere, Sunday, Oct. 12, 10:00 p.m. ET: The latest vehicle for SNL vet Tim Robinson’s excruciating cringe comedy is this narrative (as opposed to sketch) series. Co-created with Robinson’s frequent partner Zach Kanin (remember Detroiters?), the show follows a man who, after an embarrassing incident at work, ends up investigating a far-reaching conspiracy. Yup, that sounds like a Robinson/Kanin plot. All eight episodes stream today on HBO Max.