October 2023 TV premieres
No big deal, just 200+ movies and new and returning TV series to watch this month: Bob’s Burgers, Big Mouth, Bosch: Legacy, and a Boston-bound reboot of Frasier, just to name a few. There’s also a whole lotta Halloween happenings (#Bloodstream forever) and more new Crunchyroll anime than you can shake a fireball at—let’s get spooky!
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Sunday, October 1
Bob’s Burgers | Season 14 premiere | FOX, Hulu | Animation, comedy
Family Guy | Season 22 premiere | FOX, Hulu | Animation, comedy
The Simpsons | Season 35 premiere | FOX, Hulu | Animation, comedy
America’s Funniest Home Videos | Season 34 premiere | ABC, Hulu | Reality
Mickey & Friends Trick or Treats | Special | Disney, Disney XD, Disney+ | Animation, family
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring | Movie premiere | HBO, Max | Documentary
Django | New series | Netflix | Drama, western
The Night Logan Woke Up | New series | Netflix | Drama
Heist 88 | Movie premiere | SHOWTIME | Drama
Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror | Season 2 premiere | Travel Channel | Reality
The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
MF Ghost | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Berserk of Gluttony | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Shangri-La Frontier | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Monday, October 2
Loteria Loca | New series | CBS, Paramount+ | Game show
Appendage | Movie premiere | Hulu | Drama, horror
Fright Krewe | New series | Hulu, Peacock | Animation, family
Life In Six Strings with Kylie Olsson | New series | AXS | Music
Spin’s 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was a Thing | New series | AXS | Music
I’m In Love with the Villainess | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Shy | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Tuesday, October 3
Found | New series | NBC, Peacock | Drama
FBI True | Season 1 broadcast premiere | CBS, Paramount+ | Reality
Make Me Scream | Special | Prime Video | Reality
Parking Lot Payday | Season 2 premiere | AXS | Gameshow
The Top Ten Revealed | Season 6 premiere | AXS | Music
The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent | Season 3 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Wednesday, October 4
Chucky | Season 3 premiere | Syfy, USA | Drama, horror
SurrealEstate | Season 2 premiere | Syfy | Drama, sci-fi
Magnum P.I. | Season 5 Pt. 2 premiere | NBC, Peacock | Drama
Quantum Leap | Season 2 premiere | NBC, Peacock | Drama, sci-fi
Beckham | New series | Netflix | Documentary, sports
Keys to the Heart | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama
Race to the Summit | Movie premiere | Netflix | Documentary
Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices | Movie premiere | Paramount+ | Documentary, music
Ghost Adventures: Devil Island | Special | Discovery | Reality
Rock Star Shuffle | Season 1 Pt. 2 premiere | AXS | Music
The Six Commandments | New series | BritBox | Drama
The Spencer Sisters | New series | The CW | Drama
Sullivan’s Crossing | New series | The CW | Drama
Kizuna No Allele | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
KamiErabi GOD.app | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
16bit Sensation: Another Layer | New series | Crunchyroll | Anim
Thursday, October 5
Loki | Season 2 premiere | Disney+ | Comedy, drama
Our Flag Means Death | Season 2 premiere | Max | Comedy
Monster High 2 | Movie premiere | Nickelodeon, Paramount+ | Animation, family
Bargain | New series | Paramount+ | Drama
Accused: Guilty or Innocent? | Season 5 premiere | A&E | Reality
BattleBots: Champions II | New series | Discovery | Reality, competition
Everything Now | New series | Netflix | Comedy, drama
Lupin | Season 3 premiere | Netflix | Drama
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story | Movie premiere | BET+ | Drama
The Impact Atlanta | Season 2 premiere | BET+ | Reality
The Ancient Magus’ Bride | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Under Ninja | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Friday, October 6
Totally Killer | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Comedy, horror
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe | New series | Prime Video | Reality
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines | Movie premiere | Paramount+ | Drama, horror
Austin City Limits Music Festival | Live event | Hulu | Music
Ballerina | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama
Bering Sea Gold | Season 17 premiere | Discovery | Reality
The Proof Is Out There | Season 4 premiere | HISTORY | Reality
The UnXplained | Season 6 premiere | HISTORY | Reality
V/H/S/85 | Movie premiere | Shudder | Drama, horror
A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Movie premiere | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | Drama
The Rising of the Shield Hero | Season 6 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Girlfriend, Girlfriend | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Goblin Slayer | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Hypnosismic: Division Rap Battle: Rhyme Anima | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
The Kingdoms of Ruin | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Undead Unluck | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Saturday, October 7
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Buying Back My Daughter | Movie premiere | Lifetime | Drama
Strong Girl Nam-Soon | New series | Netflix | Drama
The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned Into a Pig | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
The Returner’s Magic Should Be Special | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Protocol: Rain | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
My New Boss Is Goofy | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
I Shall Survive Using Potions! | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Tearmoon Empire | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Sunday, October 8
90 Day Fiance | Season 10 premiere | TLC | Reality
The Circus | Season 8 Pt. 2 premiere | SHOWTIME | Documentary
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Move premiere | Paramount+ | Drama
Last Stop Larrimah: Murder Down Under | Movie premiere | HBO, Max | Documentary
Monday, October 9
The Mill | Movie premiere | Hulu | Sci-fi, thriller
Harry Wild | Season 2 premiere | AcornTV | Drama
The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime | Special | ID | Documentary
Stranded with My Mother-In-Law | New series | Netflix | Reality
Dead Mount Death Play | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Tuesday, October 10
Moonlighting | Streaming premiere | Hulu | Comedy, drama
Press Your Luck | Season 5 premiere | ABC, Hulu | Gameshow
Farmtruck & AZN Down Under | New series | Discovery | Reality
Street Outlaws vs. the World | New series | Discovery | Reality
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween (1978) | Special | Shudder | Drama, horror
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Documentary
After-School Hanako-Kun | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Wednesday, October 11
Ghost Adventures | Season 27 premiere | Discovery | Reality
4Ever | New series | Disney+ | Drama, music
Awareness | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Sci-fi, thriller
The Greatest Show Never Made | New series | Prime Video | Reality
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul | New series | Netflix | Documentary
Once Upon a Star | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama
Pact of Silence | New series | Netflix | Drama
Nada | New series | Hulu | Comedy, drama
Thursday, October 12
Frasier | Series reboot | Paramount+ | Comedy
Doom Patrol | Season 4 Pt. 2 | Max | Drama, sci-fi
The Fall of the House of Usher | New series | Netflix | Drama, horror
Good Night World | New series | Netflix | Anime
House of Villains | New series | E! | Reality, competition
Keke Wyatt’s World | New series | WEtv, ALLBLK | Reality
Coming Home | Movie premiere | PBS | Documentary
Little Bird | New series | PBS | Drama
Monster Inside: America’s Most Extreme Haunted House | Special | Hulu | Reality
Mud, Sweat and Tears: Premiership Rugby | New series | Prime Video | Reality, sports
Transplant | Season 3 premiere | NBC, Peacock | Drama
True Crime Story: Citizen Detective | New series | Sundance, Sundance Now | Documentary
Wake | Movie premiere | BET+ | Drama
Dr. Stone: New World | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Friday, October 13
Shining Vale | Season 2 premiere | STARZ | Comedy, horror
Creepshow | Season 4 premiere | AMC, Shudder | Drama, horror
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams | New series | Peacock | Reality, drama, horror
Chaos | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama, horror
The Conference | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama, horror
Fair Play | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama
The Burial | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Drama, horror
Everybody Loves Diamonds | New series | Prime Video | Drama
Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows | Movie premiere | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | Drama
Goosebumps | Series reboot | Disney+, Hulu | Comedy, horror
Lessons In Chemistry | New series | Apple TV+ | Drama
The Puppetman | Movie premiere | AMC+, Shudder | Drama, horror
Raid the Cage | New series | CBS, Paramount+ | Gameshow
Saturday, October 14
Field Day | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie | Movie premiere | Lifetime | Drama
Pets & Pickers | Season 2 premiere | Animal Planet | Reality
Sunday, October 15
Rick & Morty | Season 7 premiere | Adult Swim, Max | Animation, comedy
Naked and Afraid | Season 16 premiere | Discovery | Reality
Billy the Kid | Season 2 premiere | MGM+ | Drama
Annika | Season 2 premiere | PBS | Drama
Hotel Portofino | Season 2 premiere | PBS | Drama
World on Fire | Season 2 premiere | PBS | Drama
Tuesday, October 17
Dark SIde of Comedy | Season 2 premiere | VICE | Documentary
The Devil on Trial | Movie premiere | Netflix | Documentary
I Woke Up a Vampire | New series | Netflix | Comedy, fantasy
Street Outlaws vs. the World: After Hours | New series | Discovery | Reality
Heaven Official’s Blessing | Season 2 premiere | Crunchyroll | Anime
Thursday, October 19
Wolf Like Me | Season 2 premiere | Peacock | Comedy, drama, sci-fi
Bodies | New series | Netflix | Drama
Neon | New series | Netflix | Comedy
The Burning Girls | New series | Paramount+ | Drama
God’s Grace: The Sheila Johnson Story | Movie premiere | BET+ | Drama
Mysteries of the Abandoned | Season 10 Pt. 2 premiere | Discovery | Reality
Everyone Else Burns | New series | The CW | Comedy
Run the Burbs | Season 2 premiere | The CW | Comedy
Son of a Critch | Season 2 premiere | The CW | Comedy
Friday, October 20
Bosch: Legacy | Season 2 premiere | Freevee | Drama
Big Mouth | Season 7 premiere | Netflix | Animation, comedy
Old Dads | Movie premiere | Netflix | Comedy
Creature | New series | Netflix | Drama
Elite | Season 7 premiere | Netflix | Drama
Surviving Paradise | New series | Netflix | Reality, competition
Checkin’ It Twice | Move premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Joe Bob’s Helloween | Special | Shudder, AMC+ | Comedy, horror
Night of the Hunted | Movie premiere | Shudder, AMC+ | Drama, horror
Upload | Season 3 premiere | Prime Video | Comedy, sci-fi
Sayen: La Ruta Seca | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Action, drama
Silver Dollar Road | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Documentary
The Pigeon Tunnel | Movie premiere | Apple TV+ | Documentary
Shape Island: Creepy Cave Crawl | Special | Apple TV+ | Animation, comedy
Saturday, October 21
NFL Icons | Season 3 premiere | MGM+ | Documentary, sports
Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story | Movie premiere | Lifetime | Drama
Where Are You, Christmas? | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
The Apothecary Diaries | New series | Crunchyroll | Anime
Sunday, October 22
Fear the Walking Dead | Season 8 Pt. 2 | AMC, AMC+ | Drama, horror
A.k.a. Mr. Chow | Movie premiere | HBO, Max | Documentary
Under the Christmas Sky | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Thursday, October 26
American Horror Stories | Season 3 premiere | Hulu | Drama, horror
The Despaired | Move premiere | BET+ | Drama
Stay Out | Movie premiere | BET+ | Drama, horror
Ms. Christmas Comes to Town | Movie premiere | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | Drama
Sebastian Fitzek’s Therapy | New series | Prime Video | Drama
The Vanishing Triangle | New series | Sundance Now, AMC+ | Drama
Friday, October 27
Five Nights at Freddy’s | Movie premiere | Peacock | Horror
Shorsey | Season 2 premiere | Hulu | Comedy
Penn & Teller: Fool Us | Season 10 premiere | The CW | Reality
Christmas by Design | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Curses! | New series | Apple TV+ | Animation, family
The Girl Who Killed Her Parents: The Confession | Movie premiere | Prime Video | Drama, thriller
Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red | Special | Disney+ | Animation, family
Pain Hustlers | Movie premiere | Netflix | Drama
Tore | New series | Netflix | Comedy, drama
When Evil Lurks | Movie premiere | Shudder, AMC+ | Drama, horror
Saturday, October 28
Mystic Christmas | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story | Movie premiere | Lifetime | Drama
Masters of Illusion | Season 10 premiere | The CW | Reality
World’s Funniest Animals | Season 4 premiere | The CW | Reality
Sunday, October 29
The Gilded Age | Season 2 premiere | HBO, Max | Drama
Fellow Travelers | New series | SHOWTIME | Drama
Joyeux Noel | Movie premiere | Hallmark Channel | Drama
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