8 Best TV Shows to Watch in October 2025 & Release Dates and Streaming Platforms
Get your lists ready – intense thrillers, poignant dramas, and witty comedies await.
October 2025 promises to be a treat for fans of quality content, offering an incredibly rich and diverse selection of premieres.
To help you navigate this abundance and know exactly what to look for, we've prepared a detailed guide to the most highly anticipated series premiering in October.
1. 'The Last Frontier'
Release Date: October 10
Streaming Platform: Apple TV+
In the snowy Alaskan wilderness, a plane carrying the country's most dangerous prisoners crashes. A local marshal witnesses a nasty miracle – too many people survived.
Alongside a CIA agent, the marshal must protect a nearby small town that has suddenly been overrun by criminals. It soon becomes clear that the crash was no accident – it was someone's twisted plan.
The Last Frontier is a new series from The Blacklist creator, Jon Bokenkamp.
2. 'Murdaugh: Death in the Family'
Release Date: October 15
Streaming Platform: Hulu, Disney+
In 2021, true crime fans all listened to the viral podcast Murdaugh Murders, in which the creators recounted the then-current trial of Alex Murdaugh, a lawyer with a long history of crime, in disturbing detail.
Murdaugh was accused of murdering his wife and adult son. However, the podcast hosts investigated further and pieced together a complete picture of related crimes, including various bribes and blackmail from the lawyer's colleagues and friends.
The Hulu miniseries will adapt everything the podcast hosts gathered. Patricia Arquette and Jason Clarke will play the Murdaughs.
3. 'Nobody Wants This' Season 2
Release Date: October 23
Streaming Platform: Netflix
One of last fall's surprise hits was the Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This – a story about the forbidden love between a rabbi and a sex education podcast host.
In the first season, the characters hesitated, questioned their choices, and tried not to give in to pressure from their religious community, family, and their own fears. In the new episodes, the characters will attempt to officially become a couple.
They will have to rethink the boundaries of personal freedom and tradition, learn to openly discuss painful topics, and stand up to those around them.
4. 'The Chair Company'
Release Date: October 12
Streaming Platform: HBO Max
Zach Kanin and Tim Robinson, the creators of the popular sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, are back with a new project.
The Chair Company is a conspiracy-themed, cringe comedy about a clerk who, after experiencing a humiliating incident at work, begins investigating a conspiracy theory about a major office chair manufacturer.
5. 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'
Release Date: October 3
Streaming Platform: Netflix
While AHS has faded into obscurity, viewers are raving about Ryan Murphy's another anthology show, Monsters. It offers biopics of famous serial killers, making it a perfect treat for fans of crime stories who are tired of standard true-crime documentaries.
The first season focused on Jeffrey Dahmer; the second, on the Menendez brothers; and the new chapter, on Ed Gein, the forerunner of the most notorious serial killers.
Echoes of Gein's horrific crimes can be found in horror classics such as Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs, and his image has become deeply ingrained in pop culture. Gein will be played by Charlie Hunnam.
6. 'It: Welcome to Derry'
Release Date: October 26
Streaming Platform: HBO Max
Welcome to Derry is a prequel to the It horror duology, which is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Director Andy Muschietti returns to helm the series, which takes place in 1962.
A couple with a school-age son moves to Derry after another child goes missing. Bill Skarsgård will once again terrorize the locals and viewers as the evil clown Pennywise.
7. 'Film Club'
Release Date: October 7
Streaming Platform: BBC Three
The British rom-com Film Club brings together two of the year's brightest TV stars: recent Emmy winner Owen Cooper, from Adolescence, and Aimee Lou Wood, best known for her role in the third season of The White Lotus.
The plot revolves around Evie, a cinephile who hasn't left her house for six months and finds solace only in weekly movie nights with her longtime friend Noa.
However, this ritual comes to an end when Noa accepts a job offer and must move across the country. Evie must make a difficult decision: should she let Noah go?
8. 'Down Cemetery Road'
Release Date: October 29
Streaming Platform: Apple TV+
Down Cemetery Road is an adaptation of a book series by Mick Herron. The show adapts the first novel in the series featuring investigator Zoë Boehm, who has a troubled past.
In an Oxford suburb, two strange events occur simultaneously: a small explosion and the disappearance of a young girl. At a loss for what to do, the child's mother hires a seasoned detective who immediately recognizes a conspiracy.
