Happy October! Get ready to dive into the spooky, scary, and supernatural this month, as well as a big return for fall network TV.
First, scare up a blood-sucking good time with the return of FX’s vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows and the premiere of Salem’s Lot on Max. You can also stream the premiere of Hysteria! on Peacock and hit the movie theater for big horror sequels like Smile 2 and Terrifier 3.
Meanwhile, network TV brings a ton of your favorite shows back in October, from sitcoms like Abbott Elementary and Ghosts to crime drama staples like Law & Order: SVU and NCIS. Plus, don’t miss major streaming series returns including Heartstopper (Netflix), The Legend of Vox Machina (Prime Video), and Shrinking (Apple TV+).
In other premiere (and major IP) news, you can hit the theater this October to watch the followup to Joker, Folie à Deux, and Venom: The Last Dance. Plus, look out for the new animated Tomb Raider series and Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.
Check out our list below for the biggest October premieres across theatrical, streaming, and linear cable for movies and television.
Premiering October 1 – 7
October 2
CHEF’S TABLE: NOODLES documentary premiere (Netflix)
JOAN series premiere (CW)
LOVE IS BLIND season 7 premiere (Netflix)
SULLIVAN’S CROSSING season 2 premiere (CW)
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES volume 5 premiere (Netflix)
WHERE’S WANDA? series premiere (Apple TV+)
October 3
THE BAD GUYS: HAUNTED HEIST special premiere (Netflix)
FOUND season 2 premiere (NBC)
HEARTSTOPPER season 3 premiere (Netflix)
LAW & ORDER season 24 premiere (NBC)
LAW & ORDER: SVU season 26 premiere (NBC)
THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA season 3 premiere (Prime Video)
SALEM’S LOT film premiere (Max)
October 4
ARTHUR’S WHISKEY film premiere (Theatrical)
CURSES! season 2 premiere (Apple TV+)
IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE film premiere (Netflix)
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX film premiere (Theatrical)
LITTLE BITES film premiere (Theatrical)
LOOK BACK film premiere (Theatrical)
MONSTER SUMMER film premiere (Theatrical)
THE OUTRUN film premiere (Theatrical)
THE RADLEYS film premiere (Theatrical)
SCARYGIRL film premiere (Theatrical)
October 6
THE FRANCHISE series premiere (Max)
HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU series premiere (Max)
October 7
THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS documentary premiere (Netflix)
SUPERMAN & LOIS season 4 premiere (CW)
Premiering October 8 – 14
October 8
THE IRRATIONAL season 2 premiere (NBC)
KILLER CAKES series premiere (Prime Video)
October 9
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY season 4 premiere (ABC)
LA MÁQUINA series premiere (Hulu)
SCAMANDA series premiere (ABC)
STARTING 5 series premiere (Netflix)
October 10
CADDO LAKE film premiere (Max)
CITADEL: DIANA series premiere (Prime Video)
OUTER BANKS season 4 part 1 premiere (Netflix)
ROLLER JAM series premiere (Max)
TOMB RAIDER: THE LEGEND OF LARA CROFT series premiere (Netflix)
October 11
THE APPRENTICE film premiere (Theatrical)
THE CONFIDANTE series premiere (Max)
DAYTIME REVOLUTION documentary premiere (Theatrical)
DISCLAIMER series premiere (Apple TV+)
LONELY PLANET film premiere (Netflix)
MY HERO ACADEMIA: YOU’RE NEXT film premiere (Theatrical)
PIECE BY PIECE film premiere (Theatrical)
SATURDAY NIGHT film premiere (Theatrical)
SEVEN CEMETERIES film premiere (Theatrical)
TERRIFIER 3 film premiere (Theatrical)
WHITE BIRD film premiere (Theatrical)
WE LIVE IN TIME film premiere (Theatrical)
October 13
TRACKER season 2 premiere (CBS)
October 14
MIGHTY MONSTERWHEELIES series premiere (Netflix)
NCIS season 22 premiere (CBS)
NCIS: ORIGINS series premiere (CBS)
Premiering October 15 – 21
October 15
FBI: INTERNATIONAL series premiere (CBS)
I AM NOT A MONSTER: THE LOIS RIESS MURDERS documentary premiere (Max)
October 16
SHRINKING season 2 premiere (Apple TV+)
October 17
ELSBETH season 2 premiere (CBS)
GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE series premiere (CBS)
GHOSTS season 4 premiere (CBS)
JURASSIC WORLD: CHAOS THEORY season 2 premiere (Netflix)
THE LINCOLN LAWYER season 3 premiere (Netflix)
LOUDER: THE SOUNDTRACK OF CHANGE documentary premiere (Max)
THE PRADEEPS OF PITTSBURGH series premiere (Prime Video)
October 18
ANORA film premiere (Theatrical)
BLUE BLOODS season 14 midseason premiere (CBS)
THE DEVIL’S HOUR season 2 premiere (Prime Video)
DIE ALONE film premiere (Theatrical)
EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS film premiere (Theatrical)
FIRE COUNTRY season 3 premiere (CBS)
GOODRICH film premiere (Theatrical)
GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE film premiere (Theatrical)
HAPPY’S PLACE series premiere (NBC)
HYSTERIA! series premiere (Peacock)
KENSUKE’S KINGDOM film premiere (Theatrical)
LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ season 3 premiere (NBC)
MAXXINE film streaming premiere (Max)
A REAL PAIN film premiere (Theatrical)
RIVALS series premiere (Hulu)
RUMOURS film premiere (Theatrical)
SMILE 2 film premiere (Theatrical)
THE TURNAROUND documentary premiere (Netflix)
WOMAN OF THE HOUR film premiere (Netflix)
October 21
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS season 6 premiere (FX)
POPPA’S HOUSE series premiere (CBS)
Premiering October 22 – 31
October 23
CAR MASTERS: RUST TO RICHES season 6 premiere (Netflix)
THE COMEBACK: 2004 BOSTON RED SOX docuseries premiere (Netflix)
THIS IS THE ZODIAC SPEAKING docuseries premiere (Netflix)
October 24
BREATH OF FIRE docuseries premiere (Max)
TYLER PERRY’S BEAUTY IN BLACK series premiere (Netflix)
October 25
BEFORE series premiere (Apple TV+)
CONCLAVE film premiere (Theatrical)
DON’T MOVE film premiere (Netflix)
MAGPIE film premiere (Theatrical)
NICKEL BOYS film premiere (Theatrical)
SIMONE BILES RISING part 2 premiere (Netflix)
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE film premiere (Theatrical)
YOUR MONSTER film premiere (Theatrical)
October 27
SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE season 3 premiere (HBO)
October 30
MARTHA documentary premiere (Netflix)
TIME CUT film premiere (Netflix)
WIZARDS BEYOND WAVERLY PLACE series premiere (Disney+)
October 31
THE DIPLOMAT season 2 premiere (Netflix)