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.

Week of 2026-10-19
Gibbs and DiNozzo reunite on NCIS: Origins, and Nobody Wants This and Lupin return. The week also brings Hulu’s Phony, the Slow Horses and Judy Justice finales, NBC’s Friday comedy pairing, and a live Dolly Parton tribute.

The headliners

NCIS: OriginsCBSParamount+Fubo

Gibbs and DiNozzo reunite October 20 on NCIS: Origins, bringing Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly back onscreen together for the first time in 10 years. Watch on CBS, or stream the episode on demand the next day with any Paramount+ plan.

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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.

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LupinNetflix

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.

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PhonyHulu

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 Sam Nivola plays a teenager who wakes after a car accident convinced that his mother, played by Connie Britton, has been replaced by an impostor.

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Yaga opens with two episodes October 23 on AMC+ in the U.S. Noah Reid’s private investigator searches for a missing heir in a coastal town, where Carrie-Anne Moss’s enigmatic professor and ancient magic complicate the case.

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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.

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Happy's PlaceNBCNetflixPeacock

Reba McEntire’s Happy’s Place returns for Season 3 on NBC October 23, followed by the premiere of Newlyweds. Téa Leoni and Tim Daly play impulsively married opposites in the new comedy, with Jamie Lee Curtis recurring; both stream the next day on Peacock.

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Finales and life behind bars

Slow HorsesApple TVPrime Video

Slow Horses closes Season 6 on October 21 on Apple TV. Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb and the Slough House team are on the run as MI5’s Diana Taverner pulls them into a dangerous game of retaliation.

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The New Stanford Prison Experiment arrives October 21 as a six-episode Netflix release. Thirty participants spend two weeks in a real prison, where changing power dynamics turn the social experiment into an uncomfortable test of behavior.

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Judy JusticePrime Video

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.

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TimeBritBoxPrime VideoHoopla

Time begins Season 3 on BritBox October 22, with new episodes weekly. David Tennant’s prison officer and Siobhan Finneran’s chaplain clash after a tragedy at a young offenders institution, as the anthology turns its attention to teenagers behind bars.

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Reality TV changes addresses

The Golden Life premieres October 20 on E!, reuniting Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer in Palm Beach. The reunited cast is the draw; the new ZIP code is a bonus.

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Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas runs October 20–21 on Bravo, with each night’s episodes streaming the following day on Peacock. Lisa Vanderpump races to open her namesake hotel—a three-episode deadline drama, not another season-long commitment.

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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

True DetectiveHBOHBO Max

HBO announced October 16 that True Detective Season 5 will begin production in 2027, with Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas officially set as its leads. Cage plays Henry Logan and Banderas plays Rai García; Issa López is the showrunner.

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High PotentialABCHuluFubo

ABC announced October 12 that High Potential will follow Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027, with the special episode airing on ABC and Disney+. Kaitlin Olson’s detective drama has landed one of television’s biggest lead-ins.

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Dancing with the Stars will be without pro Val Chmerkovskiy for one episode after BBC Studios announced his suspension October 17. The decision followed his social-media remarks about judge Carrie Ann Inaba; he has apologized.

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TheWrap reported October 15 that Esther McGregor will play Violet and Emilio Sakraya will play Xaden in Prime Video’s Fourth Wing adaptation. Amazon declined comment on the reported casting for Rebecca Yarros’ dragon-rider fantasy.

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YellowjacketsShowtimeNetflixParamount+

The Yellowjackets Season 4 teaser arrived October 15, showing the survivors back from the wilderness. The final season begins November 20 on Paramount+ Premium, shifting the teenage timeline from surviving isolation to living with what happened there.

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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.

Paramount+ released the Frisco King teaser and set its December 18 premiere on October 15. Samuel L. Jackson leads Taylor Sheridan’s Tulsa King spinoff as a New Orleans gangster building a new operation in Frisco, Texas.

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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

TYSONNetflix

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.

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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.

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Professor TPBSPrime VideoPBS Masterpiece

Professor T began its Season 5 PBS broadcast run October 18, with a death interrupting Jasper and Helena’s spa break. Passport members have had access to the full season since August 9.

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GirlsHBOHBO Max

HBO announced October 13 that Girls will return for five episodes, with Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells reprising their roles. Production is scheduled for 2027; a compact reunion sounds more appealing than an open-ended revival.

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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.

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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.

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ended Season 18 on October 12 on FX and FXX, with streaming on Hulu. Most comedies would be antiques by now; Sunny remains a functioning menace.

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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.

Start Tuesday with Gibbs and DiNozzo, finish Slow Horses on Wednesday, then make room for the Netflix returns.