This Week in TV
NCIS: Origins Reunites Gibbs and DiNozzo; Nobody Wants This Returns
Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly share the screen again, Netflix’s rom-com returns with 10 episodes, and Omar Sy is back as Assane Diop.
The headliners

Nobody Wants This returns for a 10-episode Season 3 on October 22 on Netflix. Joanne and Noah move in together while Morgan’s career takes off—domestic reality is a much better test of a rom-com couple than another meet-cute.

Lupin Part 4 arrives October 23 on Netflix. Omar Sy’s Assane Diop is drawn back into action when a copycat thief starts committing crimes under the Lupin name, turning his own reputation into a problem he has to solve.

Phony opens with two episodes October 20 on Hulu. Sam Nivola plays a teenager who wakes after a car accident convinced that his mother, played by Connie Britton, has been replaced by an impostor.
Action and NBC’s comedy doubleheader

The Terminal List drops all eight Season 2 episodes October 21 on Prime Video, with conspiratorial forces again threatening former Navy SEAL James Reece.
Finales and life behind bars

Judy Justice reaches its series finale October 23 on Prime Video. Judge Judy Sheindlin’s streaming courtroom run is closing its docket, making this a final appointment for viewers who followed her from broadcast television.
Reality TV changes addresses
One night for Dolly
CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton
CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton airs live October 21 on ABC and Disney+, with Hulu carrying it the following day. The two-hour tribute brings together performances, archival footage and personal stories about her life and career.
In Case You Missed It: the big show news
Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reimagining
Hulu ordered Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reimagining to series on October 14. Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel will play new FBI agents investigating unexplained phenomena, with Jennifer Yale as showrunner. They are new characters, rather than recast versions of Mulder and Scully.
Julie Plec’s Rally
Prime Video ordered Julie Plec’s Rally on October 16, with Andre Agassi among its executive producers. The young-adult drama follows aspiring professionals at an elite tennis academy, where ambition puts their closest relationships under pressure.
In Case You Missed It: returns, orders and a farewell

All four episodes of TYSON arrived October 13 on Netflix. Director Floyd Russ traces Mike Tyson’s life and controversial career through interviews with the boxer and people close to him.

Maigret returned for Season 2 on PBS October 18. Two brutal murders put Jules Maigret under pressure from the public and his own department, giving the Paris detective another fight beyond solving the case.

Apple TV renewed Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed for Season 2 on October 14. Tatiana Maslany and Jake Johnson star in the darkly comic thriller about a newly divorced mother drawn into blackmail, murder and youth soccer.
HBO ordered two seasons of Merrick & Treves on October 13. Archer veterans Adam Reed, Casey Willis and Lucky Yates are behind the half-hour animated comedy, which sends a secret Victorian team through time to stop Jack the Ripper.
Remembering RJ Mitte
RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died at 34. His representative confirmed the news to Variety in an October 13 report, which also remembered his advocacy for disability representation in Hollywood.
In Case You Missed It: the industry
Netflix’s content leadership
Variety reported October 16 that Bela Bajaria is leaving Netflix after a decade, with Peter Rice taking over as chief content officer. The change comes amid roughly 1,000 layoffs and puts a new executive in charge of the streamer’s global programming slate.
Fox–Roku shareholder vote
Fox and Roku shareholders approved the proposed $22 billion acquisition on October 14. The deal still needs regulatory clearance, with completion targeted for the first half of 2027; Roku has not yet become part of Fox.
















