This Week in TV
VisionQuest, The Diplomat and Crystal Lake lead this week’s viewing. Catch up on new-series orders, renewals and New York Comic Con reveals.
Paul Bettany’s Vision and James Spader’s Ultron return October 14 on Disney+. A bounty sends the rebooted android on the run with Thomas Shepherd, a young man who may be his reincarnated son. Vision must resist Ultron’s influence while unraveling his companion’s identity.
The Diplomat returns for Season 4 on Netflix October 15. Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler faces President Grace Penn and Vice President Hal Wyler as political ambitions and two unstable marriages threaten to pull the United States toward war. Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford are now series regulars.
Tulsa King returns October 16 on Paramount+. In Season 4, Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight fights to make his empire legitimate while corrupt politicians, new enemies and a personal loss threaten his crew. There is already another chapter ahead: Paramount+ renewed the series for Season 5 on October 5, with production underway in New York.
Ethan Hawke’s Tulsa truth-hunter returns October 14 with a two-episode Season 2 premiere on FX and Hulu. Tommy Lee Jones joins as Lee’s estranged father, while Betty Gilpin plays a public defender whose dangerous case pulls him into another investigation.
All eight episodes of Crystal Lake arrive October 15 on Peacock. Linda Cardellini plays Pamela Voorhees in the Friday the 13th prequel, which follows the aftermath of young Jason’s drowning.
Ludwig’s second season begins its weekly North American release October 13 on BritBox. David Mitchell’s puzzle-setter is now an official crime-scene consultant, solving impossible cases while secretly searching for his missing twin. Anna Maxwell Martin returns, with Mark Bonnar and Sian Clifford joining the cast.
Love Is Blind takes its pods to Boston for Season 11 on Netflix October 14. Thirty singles begin the experiment, with five episodes arriving first and the season unfolding across four weekly drops.
Hollywood Arts premieres October 15 on Netflix, bringing Daniella Monet’s Trina Vega back to the Victorious school as an unqualified substitute teacher. Yvette Nicole Brown, Eric Lange and Matt Bennett also return to the franchise.
The demon-run assassination business returns to Prime Video October 14 with the first three episodes of Helluva Boss Season 3, Part 1. Two more episodes follow on October 21 and another two on October 28.
Below Deck starts Season 13 on Bravo October 12, with next-day streaming on Peacock. Captain Kerry Titheradge and chief stew Fraser Olender return.
ABC’s Thursday drama block returns October 15: 9-1-1 begins Season 10, followed by 9-1-1: Nashville Season 2 and Grey’s Anatomy Season 23. All three stream the next day on Hulu.
The Gold begins its second and final season on PBS October 18. Hugh Bonneville and Jack Lowden lead the Brink’s-Mat crime drama as investigators realize they have tracked only half of the stolen bullion. The search expands from the original robbery into the money and people it left behind.
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head returns for Season 4 on Comedy Central October 14. The 12-episode season brings the duo back for more absurd misadventures, joining South Park on the network’s Wednesday animation lineup.
The Rainmaker returns for Season 2 October 16 on USA Network. Rudy takes on a boy’s plea for help from juvenile detention and faces his former flame Sarah in court. Merle Dandridge joins as powerhouse attorney Amanda Vonn, while Austin Nichols plays Bruiser’s resurfacing ex-husband.
HBO ordered a Crazy Rich Asians drama series on October 8, continuing after the film with Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Ronny Chieng returning; Michelle Yeoh will recur. Film co-writer Adele Lim will run the series.
Netflix and Shondaland announced a limited series about young Violet and her romance with Edmund Bridgerton on October 8. Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini will co-write and run it.
Treasure Island premiered October 11 on MGM+. David Oyelowo plays Long John Silver, Hayley Atwell is Bess Hawkins and Tom Sweet is Jim in the six-part adaptation. Jim and his mother are drawn into a deadly Atlantic voyage after a pirate’s treasure map puts their lives in danger.
Prime Video unveiled the Blade Runner 2099 trailer at Comic Con on October 10. Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer lead the limited series, set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049; all eight episodes arrive November 25. The story follows a fugitive who teams up with a dying replicant.
Prime Video revealed Bloodaxe’s teaser and January 20, 2027 premiere at Comic Con on October 9. Michael Hirst, creator of Vikings, and Horatio Hirst lead the drama about Erik Bloodaxe and Gunnhild’s fight for Norway’s throne. All eight episodes arrive together, and a second season is already in production.
The Rookie: North premieres January 6, 2027 on ABC, alongside The Rookie’s Season 9 return. Jay Ellis leads the new police drama, and Nathan Fillion will cross over as John Nolan.
Nicolas Cage told New York Comic Con’s October 10 audience that he thought he might do a season of True Detective. His comments add to earlier reports linking him to Season 5, but HBO declined to comment; his casting has not been formally confirmed.
Paramount+ set Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 for March 2027 at its October 10 Comic Con panel. Bill Nighy and Rosemarie DeWitt join as guest stars.
AMC announced December 30 for Mayfair Witches’ third season, subtitled Salem Coven, at Comic Con on October 9. Alexandra Daddario returns, with Betsy Brandt and Eliza Scanlen joining the season.
AMC unveiled a teaser for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon at its October 9 New York Comic Con panel and set the fourth and final season for February 2027 on AMC and AMC+. Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride’s Daryl and Carol face the last chapter of their journey home.
Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter and Finn Jones reunited at Marvel’s October 8 Comic Con panel for an exclusive first look at Daredevil: Born Again Season 3. The final season comes to Disney+ in 2027, bringing several Defenders back together.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man returns to Disney+ January 13, 2027. Marvel’s October 8 Comic Con preview revealed Peter’s black costume for the animated hero’s second season.
Apple TV renewed Imperfect Women on October 5, turning the limited series into a continuing story. Season 2 centers on Kerry Washington’s Eleanor on Martha’s Vineyard, with an original story from Annie Weisman and Justin Hillian. Elisabeth Moss returns as an executive producer; Apple has not announced a premiere date.
Netflix renewed The Hunting Wives for Season 3 on October 7, before Season 2’s November 26 debut.
Paramount+ renewed Avatar: Seven Havens for Books 3 and 4 on October 9 and ordered Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos. Release dates for those new installments have not been announced.
The Television Academy and Prime Video announced a six-year deal on October 6 that moves the Emmy Awards to the streamer from 2027. The ceremony will be live and free, with no subscription required. It ends the long rotation among broadcast networks and changes where viewers will find television’s biggest awards night.
Paramount completed its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition on October 6, creating the combined company Skydance. CBS, HBO, CNN, Paramount+ and HBO Max are now under one corporate owner.