What To Watch This Week: Stream Our Top 7 TV and Movie Picks (Sept. 21–27)

This week’s “What To Watch” picks include the Woody Harrelson/Matthew McConaughey series “Brothers” (Apple TV), the 13th season of “American Horror Story” (FX/Hulu), the reboot of “A Different World” (Netflix), and the documentary “Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie” (HBO Max).

We’re also plugging the charity concert Farm Aid 2026 (CNN) and the 52 season of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, Peacock).

And, as always, if you feel like renting a movie this week, we have a recommendation: the Macon Blair (“The Toxic Avenger” reboot) comedy “Idiots,” which comes to video-on-demand retailers this Tuesday. Let’s hit the couch!

“Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie” | HBO, HBO Max | Documentary

Movie, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 9 pm ET: “Siren” follows the life of Shelley Beattie, a remarkable bodybuilder from the ’80s and ’90s. HBO’s documentary focuses both on the way Beattie inspired the deaf community and the mental health battles she fought internally before her death. — Olivia Bono, Staff Writer

“Brothers” | Apple TV | Drama

Series premiere, Wednesday, Sept. 23: Finding out one of your BFFs is family, especially a half-brother, would be awesome. Actors Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey learned of that possibility in 2023. It’s since been proven untrue — but it’s still great fodder for a series based on the rumor. Created by “Schitt’s Creek” producer David West Read and showrun by Lee Eisenberg (“The Office”, “Jury Duty”), “Brothers” follows the pair, playing fictionalized versions of themselves, as they live together and pursue the truth — while McConaughey ponders running for Governor of Texas. We get a two-episode premiere today, followed by new eps weekly through November 4. — Randy Harward, Entertainment Editor

“American Horror Story: 13” | FX, Hulu | Horror, drama

Season 13 premiere, Thursday, Sept. 24, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT: For its auspicious 13th outing, Ryan Murphy’s hit horror anthology series is staging an epic crossover season. He’s brought back 11 cast members/characters from previous stories, including Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, and more. Too bad they couldn’t bring that number up to 13, which would’ve been a nice tie-in to this season’s plot centered around the symbolic two-digit number. John Waters and Tig Notaro guest star, though, which gets us there. Fittingly, there will be 13 episodes — three of which premiere today, with the rest coming in weekly drops. (RH)

“A Different World” | Netflix | Comedy

Series premiere, Thursday, Sept. 24: Well, if it isn’t another show with 11 returning cast members. It’s a much different world from when this “The Cosby Show” spinoff ran in the late-’80s/early ’90s, but an “A Different World” reboot definitely fits. Star and main “Cosby Show” connection Lisa Bonet isn’t participating. We will, however, reunite with other Hillman College alumni and faculty played by Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Jada Pinkett Smith, and more — including some fresh faces. This is a binge drop, so we can stream all 10 episodes today. (RH)

“Farm Aid 2026” | CNN | Live Music Event

Live music, Saturday, Sept. 26, 7 pm ET: If ever farmers have needed help — which is always; they lead demanding, dicey lives — it’s in 2026. I don’t know, or perhaps I’m just hesitant to say, exactly why it’s so pressing lately, but you can figure it out by watching a news source like CNN. Maybe. Anyway, the 2026 iteration of Willie Nelson’s famed mega-concert Farm Aid will come to you live from Virginia Beach with performances from 18 artists, including: Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Jesse Welles, and more. If you have money to spare, consider making a donation. (RH)

“Saturday Night Live” | NBC, Peacock | Drama

Season 52 premiere, Saturday, Sept. 26: America’s favorite sketch comedy show is back this week with the premiere of its 52nd season. Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang may have moved on to other things, but newcomers Grace Reiter and Saidah Belo-Osagie are filling the roles they left behind. (OB)

Subscribe to Apple TV ($14.99/mo.) so you can watch Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey pretend to be real-life brothers in, uh, “Brothers.”

You can watch “Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie” with an HBO Max subscription ($10.99–$22.99/mo.).

With a Hulu subscription ($11.99–$18.99/mo.), you can stream “American Horror Story: 13” the day after it airs live.

To watch “American Horror Story: 13” on FX, “Farm Aid: 2026” on CNN, and the SNL Season 52 premiere on NBC, you’ll need a live TV streaming service like Hulu + Live TV ($88.99–$99.99/mo.).

Another way to watch SNL Season 52 is when it streams the next day on Peacock ($7.99–$16.99/mo.). Some plans include live NBC, too.

If Hulu + Live TV isn’t for you, you can get CNN (“Farm Aid 2026”), FX (“American Horror Story: 13”), and NBC (SNL Season 52) with a YouTube TV subscription ($82.99/mo.).