The iconic dance competition, which has been going strong since 2005 pairing celebrities with professional dancers, is back for Season 32 on ABC (Tuesdays beginning Sept. 26) with plenty of familiar faces as well as some new ones. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough run the judges table, following the retirement and subsequent passing of beloved judge Len Goodman, who died just three days short of his 79th birthday. Previous host Tyra Banks is moving on to different projects, and Alfonso Ribeiro will replace her as host, with professional dancer Julianne Hough cohosting in the skybox. “Both Julianne and I have a love of the show,” Ribeiro said. “I have been a huge fan of the show from the very beginning. I’ve done it from many different positions: as a celebrity, as a guest performer, as a judge and now emcee on the floor. I’ve kind of done it all.”
Though the show has remained relatively the same in its format since the outset, Ribeiro shared that Season 31 (which only streamed on Disney+) was a bit more challenging behind the scenes and he is looking forward
to DWTS returning to ABC. “Last season was probably the most tense working environment for me in that there were also no commercial breaks. Because of that, there’s no time to do anything other than be onstage.”
So how is Ribeiro preparing for his new role? “It’s all about being prepared for anything to happen. So lots of little things that as a host you have to be aware of. That’s well outside of just delivering the dialogue. It’s week to week,” he explained. “You don’t know what’s going to happen in live television, who’s going to be there, who’s going to be gone, what kind of spots are opening up. There’s not a lot of lead time on any of it. That’s the beautiful aspect of live TV, that energy of it just keeps going and you’re on the train and you don’t stop until it reaches its destination.”
Celebs competing this season include actors Alyson Hannigan, Matt Walsh, Mira Sorvino and Barry Williams, reality TV stars Ariana Madix and Charity Lawson, model/ actor Tyson Beckford, singer Jason Mraz and NFL star Adrian Peterson. — Zhanna Slor
American Horror Stories Hulu (Oct. 26)
America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC (Oct. 1)
Annika PBS (Oct. 15)
Billy the Kid MGM+ (Oct. 15)
Bob’s Burgers FOX (Oct. 1)
Bosch: Legacy Amazon Freevee (Oct. 20)
Chucky Syfy & USA Network (Oct. 4)
Cooper’s Bar IFC (Oct. 11)
Creepshow Shudder (Oct. 13)
Elite Netflix (Oct. 20)
Family Guy FOX (Oct. 1)
FBoy Island The CW (Oct. 16)
The Gilded Age HBO (Oct. 29)
Gold Rush Discovery Channel (Sept. 29)
Hotel Portofino PBS (Oct. 15)
Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror Travel Channel (Oct. 1)
Last One Standing
Loki Disney+ (Oct. 6)
Lupin Netflix (Oct. 5)
Masters of Illusion (Oct. 28)
Native America PBS (Oct. 24)
Nature PBS (Oct. 18)
NFL Icons MGM+ (Oct. 21)
Our Flag Means Death (Oct. 5)
Pawn Stars Do America History (Oct. 25)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us The CW (Oct. 20)
Quantum Leap NBC (Oct. 4)
Rick and Morty Adult Swim (Oct. 15)
Shining Vale Starz (Oct. 13)
Shoresy Hulu (Oct. 27)
The Simpsons FOX (Oct. 1)
SurrealEstate Syfy (Oct. 4)
The Toys That Built America History (Oct. 15)
Transplant NBC (Oct. 12)
Upload Prime Video (Oct. 20)
Wolf Like Me Peacock (Oct. 19)
World on Fire PBS (Oct. 15)
World’s Funniest Animals
Legal drama All Rise will adjourn on OWN when Season 3 ends next month. ... Rest in peace, Good Bones
The HGTV home renovation series ends after its current eighth season. ... The CW wasted no time dropping Down to Earth With Zac Efron and Fantastic Friends from its itinerary.
... John Lurie’s Painting With John got the brush-off from HBO after three seasons. ... Plans for a fourepisode second season of A League of Their Own were scratched by
Prime Video, which also reversed the Season 2 renewal for sci-fi drama The Peripheral. ... Trigger warning: Netflix canceled reality series Snowflake Mountain after one season. ... Apple TV+ extinguished City on Fire and Suspicion after one season. ... Musical rom-com Up Here went out on a down note after one season on Hulu.
... Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. has been discharged by Disney+ after two seasons. ... Britcom Ten Percent has zero chance for Season 2 on AMC+.
This Month. By Jeff
PfeifferWhether you like films that are kind of scary, really scary, funny scary or all the above, you’ll be covered nearly every day in October.
Of special note are several legendary horror movies that are marking anniversaries this year, which will be celebrated with special airings on AMC: Rosemary’s Baby (1968), which turned 55 on June 12; The Exorcist (1973), which marks 50 years since its theatrical premiere on Dec. 26; the original Halloween (1978), which turns 45 on Oct. 27; and the adaptations of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone and Christine, both of which turn 40 this year (they premiered in theaters Oct. 21 and Dec. 9, 1983, respectively).
Read on for more about those, as well as other horrific highlights that are worth tuning in to during the lead-up to Halloween — if you dare:
31 Nights of Halloween — Oct. 1-31 on Freeform. Spooky movies most of the day, every day, through Halloween. Oct. 1 highlights include Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Hocus Pocus (1993), both celebrating their 30th anniversaries this year.
I Married a Witch (1942) & The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — Oct. 1 on MOVIES!
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) — Oct. 1 (late-night) on TCM. The Lon Chaney-led silent classic.
Halloween Marathon — Sept. 30-Oct. 1 on AMC. In primetime on Saturday, Sept. 30, AMC will feature a 45th anniversary celebration broadcast of John Carpenter’s original Halloween (1978). Surrounding that over the course of this weekend will be several other titles from the franchise.
AMC Celebrates: Rosemary’s Baby — Oct. 2 on AMC. Following an airing of the 1968 thriller led by Mia Farrow will be the linear premiere of Cursed Films: “Rosemary’s Baby.”
Hammer Horror Icon-a-Thon — Oct. 2 on MOVIES! Nearly 18 hours of creepy films from Britain’s famed Hammer Studios, including iconic Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee pairings like Horror of Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959).
Creepy Cinema — Tuesday nights on TCM beginning Oct. 3. Evenings of scary movies divided into two themes, with Oct. 3 featuring “Hitchcock & De Palma” (Alfred Hitchcock and his lifelong fan, director Brian De Palma) with 1943’s Shadow of a Doubt and 1980’s Dressed to Kill, followed by “Women in Horror” with late-night titles like Cat People (1942) and The Wasp Woman (1960).
Bad Kids MOVIES! — Oct. 4 on MOVIES! Five movies about evil little brats, including Village of the Damned (1960) and The Bad Seed (1956).
TCM Spotlight: Gothic Movies — Friday nights on TCM beginning Oct. 6. Themed evenings, beginning with films based on gothic literature, such as Wuthering Heights (1939).
Fear on Friday — Fridays on IFC beginning Oct. 6. A variety of horror movies airs each Friday, including The Devil’s Rejects (2005) and Ghost Rider (2007).
Afternoon of Monster Movies — Oct. 7 on MOVIES! Five creature features, including The Blob (1958) and The Thing From Another World (1951).
AMC Celebrates Stephen King — Oct. 8 on AMC. Twelve hours of King adaptations, including 40th anniversary celebration airings of 1983’s Christine and The Dead Zone
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: Horror Classics — Oct. 10 on TCM. Fourteen hours of titles including King Kong (1933), I Walked With a Zombie (1943) and Isle of the Dead (1945).
Creepy Cinema: “Mad, Mad Mitchum” & “’70s Horror” — Evening of Oct. 10 on TCM. Includes Cape Fear (1962) and Blacula (1972).
Occult MOVIES! — Oct. 11 on MOVIES! Curse of the Demon (1957), Horror Hotel (1960) and more devilish titles.
AMC Celebrates: The Exorcist — Oct. 12 on AMC. A special airing of William Friedkin’s classic 1973 chiller.
’80s Vampire Classics — Oct. 12 on BBC America. Multiple airings of Fright Night (1985) and The Lost Boys (1987).
TCM Morning & Afternoon Movies: Sinister
Scares — Oct. 13 on TCM. A Friday the 13th marathon of spooky films including Mark of the Vampire (1935) and The Terror (1963).
TCM Spotlight: Gothic Movies: “Ungentlemanly Callers” — Evening of Oct. 13 on TCM. Gaslight (1944), Suspicion (1941) and other suspense thrillers.
’80s Horror Marathon — Oct. 14 on AMC. More than 18 hours of titles including The Thing (1982) and Poltergeist (1982).
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) — Oct. 14 on MOVIES!
Featuring Fredric March’s Oscar-winning dual performance.
Director William Castle Icon-a-Thon —
Oct. 16 on MOVIES! House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Tingler (1959) and more.
Carnival of Souls (1962) & Night of the Living Dead (1968) — Oct. 17 on MOVIES!
TCM Spotlight: Gothic Movies: “Supernatural Stories” — Evening of Oct. 20 on TCM. The Uninvited (1944), The Haunting (1963) and other ghostly tales.
Nosferatu (1922) — Oct. 20 (late-night) on MOVIES! The silent German classic closes out several hours of vampire movies. Creepy Cinema: “Demented Dudes” & “Vincent Price” — Evening of Oct. 24 on TCM. Highlights include Anthony Hopkins in Magic (1978), Faye Dunaway in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), and Vincent Price in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and House of Wax (1953).
Peter Cushing Icon-a-Thon — Oct. 25 on MOVIES!
Cushing-led British horror classics including The House That Dripped Blood (1971) and Asylum (1972).
TCM Spotlight: Gothic Movies: “Gothic Horror” — Evening of Oct. 27 on TCM. Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and more.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) — Oct. 29 (late-night) on TCM. John Barrymore-led silent classic. MOVIES! Halloween Marathon — Oct. 30-Nov. 1 on MOVIES! About 48 hours of frights, including an Oct. 30 evening devoted to movies from producer Dan Curtis, like Trilogy of Terror (1975) and the Jack Palance-led Dracula (1974).
TCM Terror-Thon — Oct. 30-Nov. 1 (early morning) on TCM. Roughly 48 hours of horror movies, including an Oct. 30 evening lineup of witch-themed films, such as Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962) and Suspiria (1977).
The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time Marathon — Oct. 31 on IFC.
24 Hours!
Beetlejuice — Oct. 28-29 on TBS. Twelve consecutive airings of Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy/horror classic.
Note: MOVIES! is available via many cable lineups and over-the-air (via a TV input change to antenna).
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A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH
Who Will And Won’t Be Joining Him For His Next Chapter?
Kelsey Grammer
Thursday, Oct. 12 on Paramount+ Tuesday, Oct. 17 on CBS (First two episodes only on CBS, at least for now)
What a welcome return to the airways! Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), a psychiatrist and Seattle radio personality who soothingly helped on-air callers with their personal dilemmas, is back in business.
The original Emmy darling aired on NBC from 1993 to 2004, and chronicled the life of the doctor, who had plenty of his own troubles to contend with, from his dating life to his challenging family. The series’ cast of colorful characters was indeed its charm — Frasier’s hardened retired cop father, Martin (the late John Mahoney), who lived with him along with his Jack Russell terrier Eddie, and his competitive practicing psychiatrist little brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce) made for a family dynamic worth studying.
“[Frasier Crane has] lived a kind of a parallel life with me,” Grammer shared with The Times when the series return was announced. “Now we’ve found our way back to one another. This character, who is obviously fictional, has a life outside of mine that is just as believable and palpable as the one I’ve actually lived — and I’m good at playing him. We were funny together.”
The 10-episode new season was filmed in front of a live audience at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and follows Frasier in the next chapter of his life
as he returns to Boston, where we were first introduced to him on Cheers. When we last left Frasier, we thought he boarded a plane to start a new job in San Francisco, but really he landed in Chicago determined to give love a second chance with Charlotte (Laura Linney). In Boston he has new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill.
While David Hyde Pierce is not returning, Nicholas Lyndhurst is joining the cast as Frasier’s college buddy and now university professor Alan Cornwall.
“British, boozy and larger than life, Alan has an intellect on par with Frasier’s — if only he ever felt like using it,” the character description touts. “Alan’s mischievous streak might be just what Frasier could use to shake up his routine, while Frasier’s thoughtful guidance might help Alan find some of the direction he’s been missing in his own life.”
Other Frasier alums are coming back, however. Bebe Neuwirth will guest-star in the revival, reprising her role as Lilith, Frasier’s ex-wife, and Peri Gilpin will also pop up, once again playing Roz, a producer of Frasier’s radio show. There’s been no word, meanwhile, of Jane Leeves returning to play Daphne, Niles’ physical therapist wife.
Joining the party are Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy Crane, Frasier’s son; Anders Keith as David, Daphne and Niles’ son; Jess Salgueiro as Eve, Freddy’s roommate; and Toks Olagundoye as Olivia, Alan’s colleague and the head of the university psychology department.
Tuesdays beginning Oct. 3 on NBC NEW SERIES!
In the opening moments of this chilling new drama, a desperate, scantily clad Gabi Mosely (Shameless’ Shanola Hampton) bangs on a metal door asking the man who answers for help. Once inside, it’s clear she’s no damsel in distress: She delivers a right hook to the man and quickly reunites the young boy he’s kidnapped with his grateful parents. All in a day’s work.
“Gabi and her team look for the missing people that the rest of the world seem to not care about,” explains executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll. “Gabi finds the ones who have slipped through the cracks and fights to bring them home.”
A public relations specialist privately hired in missing-persons cases (and often at least one step ahead of the police), Gabi also brings a very personal skill set to her crisis management work.
“Gabi is a victim herself who was abducted [20 years before]; no one came to look for her and she had to save herself. It’s her life’s mission to make sure no one has to go through what she went through,” said Hampton in a pre-actors strike interview.
Her four colleagues — compassionate Margaret (Kelli Williams), sharp Zeke (Arlen Escarpeta), fearless Dhan (Karan Oberoi) and fierce Lacey (Gabrielle Walsh) — are equally astute and committed. Expect to learn their own personal ties to these types of heinous crimes.
And it’s Gabi’s traumatic backstory (through which we meet Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s Sir character) that gets revealed in the show’s eerie flashbacks. “You will see how Gabi was abducted, how she saved herself and other key moments throughout the first season that help you understand her as a character,” Hampton said. That’s abundantly clear in the first episode’s chilling final moments.
— Jim HaltermanThursdays beginning Oct. 19 on THE CW NEW SERIES!
Repent! The CW presents the six-episode first season of this British comedy about the Lewis family, devout members of a strict religious sect. When they’re not striving for approval within their church, they’re preparing for the end of days and trying to manage daily life among the unbelievers. David (Simon Bird) and Fiona (Kate O’Flynn) must contend with their own imperfections while trying to bring up teenager Rachel (Amy James-Kelly) and her younger brother, Aaron (Harry Connor), in the faith. Rachel’s social life consists of constant rejection while seeking converts door-to-door, while Aaron is a talented artist who draws pictures of his family members suffering eternal hellfire.
Mondays beginning Oct. 2 on CBS NEW SERIES!
Jane the Virgin’s Jaime Camil is thrilled to bring the actionpacked Lotería game and culture to American households and to what he believes is an underserved audience as host of the Latin card game of chance, where contestants could win up to $1 million. Here he shares more with us on the game.
As the host and executive producer behind this new game show, how familiar were you with the Lotería game and its origins?
Jaime Camil: I grew up playing Lotería with my family and friends back in México. I could say, without a shadow of a doubt, that every single Mexican family owned and still owns a Lotería game. I would even venture to say that there is no Mexican in the world who doesn’t know what Lotería is, and not only Mexicans! It is a Latin American game that’s huge and recognized by any Spanish-speaking person out there. Furthermore, Lotería is not only a game, it is a culture and is one of the many representations of México and the LatAm culture broadly known both in the USA and Europe. There are Lotería restaurants, Lotería clothing
and accessories collections — IT IS HUGE!
Could you walk us through a few of the more stressful/ exciting parts of the game? Where do the risks come in? Well, it is after all a game of chance similar to bingo, but in Lotería Loca, the contestant that moves on to the final round has the chance to win $1 million, every single night! In addition to having our own Lotería cards with BIG money behind them (designed by our team with animation and sound), some of them have exciting and fun challenges with them, making the game even more fun and engaging, not only to the contestants but also to the folks at home watching. Every time a contestant gets a Lotería, we add even more money to their bank, from $10,000 to $25,000, and they have a chance to walk away with the money they have accumulated or, if the contestant has the luck and guts to continue and uncover all 16 cards, they become instant millionaires! However, there are four “bad” cards with four mean-looking skulls! You have to stay away from them because each time you get one of those, you lose one of your four lives and half your bank! Yikes! And, if you uncover all four of them, you leave the game with nothing … IT IS NERVE-WRACKING, BELIEVE ME!!! You think you’re here to say a number and uncover what card is behind it?? Ha! Think again!!!
Saturday, Oct. 21 on LIFETIME ORIGINAL FILM!
While this ripped-from-the-headlines story is plenty interesting, and we’ll get to that in a minute, the casting of this original drama is worth noting, as The Goldbergs’ Wendi McLendonCovey is almost unrecognizable as divorced Alabama prison corrections officer Vicky White. Playing opposite her is Donald Sutherland’s other famous son (Donald’s got four sons) — Rossif Sutherland — who plays 38-year-old prisoner Casey White. True to actual events, the two develop a secret relationship, which leads to Vicky risking everything to break him out of jail. “When Wendi first heard about this true story as it broke nationally, she immediately felt there was much more to the story,” tells executive producer Tom Patricia (Wendi is also an executive producer on the film). “What would make a woman who was so greatly admired by her family and friends, and was a model employee, do something so drastic and extreme? ... We really wanted to dig deeper into the backstory. It was clear that Vicky’s life wasn’t what she wanted it to be, that she was desperately trying to find her own happiness and that every seemingly crazy thing she did, she did for love.” At its core, this is a wild love story gone horribly wrong. —
Barb Oates
Thursdays beginning Oct. 12 on NBC SEASON PREMIERE!
The third season of the hit medical drama about a Syrian doctor who flees his war-torn homeland for Canada — where he must redo all his medical training — finds Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq) continuing his journey to start over. While pursuing Canadian citizenship for himself and his younger sister, Amira (Sirena Gulamgaus), Bash closely examines who he’s becoming in his adopted country. At the same time, he and his colleagues continue to adapt to change and understand how they fit in, both within and beyond the walls of York Memorial Hospital.
“Bash’s story arc in Season 3 is a little bit different than what we’ve seen!” Haq shared earlier this year. “Last season, there was this looming threat of him being kicked out of the hospital and the issue of his medical school papers, and after the generous actions of Dr. Bishop at the end of Season 2, there’s no longer the Damoclean
sword hanging over his head, so he kind of gets to be a more well-rounded person. He’s constantly finding other places to put his love or put his efforts. He doesn’t really turn inwards, and we do explore that later on, how necessary it becomes for Bash to find that journey going inwards.”
“The balancing act for Mags has always been a struggle,” added Laurence Leboeuf, who plays a second-year resident named Magalie. “A lot is going on for Mags this year, a lot is changing, a lot has changed since the beginning, even that she’s now in cardiology, and her relationship status. She has no choice but to really find that kind of sane balance where she won’t push herself too much. I think Mags is really going to face her past this season.”
Thursdays beginning Oct. 12 on E! NEW SERIES!
If it pays to be bad, someone is about to make a lot of money for being the worst! In this cheeky E! competition — hosted by Joel McHale and premiering with a supersized 75-minute simulcast on Bravo, Syfy and USA Network — 10 of reality TV’s biggest baddies move into a massive mansion, where they’ll snipe, fight and compete in challenges for a $200K grand prize. There’s no honor among this shady parade. “There were some surprises, including unexpected alliances,” previews NBCUniversal’s senior VP of current production Noah Samton. “More often than not, though, their true villainous colors came out and no one’s back was safe from being stabbed.” — Damian Holbrook
Vanderpump Rules cheater Jax Taylor
90 Day Fiancé alum Anfisa Arkhipchenko
The Celebrity Apprentice’s Omarosa Manigault Newman
Love Is Blind’s Shake Chatterjee
The Challenge’s ruthless Johnny Bananas
Survivor liar Jonny Fairplay
Bobby Lytes of Love & Hip Hop: Miami
The Bachelor ’s Corinne Olympios
Flavor of Love
icon Tiffany “New York” Pollard
Tanisha Thomas from Bad Girls Club
Wednesdays beginning Oct. 4 on THE CW NEW SERIES!
After a scandal blows up her career in Boston, neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan) heads back home to the comfort of the Nova Scotia campground run by her estranged father (Gilmore Girls’ Scott Patterson) in this Canadian family drama based on the book series by bestselling author Robyn Carr. Life
Oct. 16-17 on PBS NEW SERIES!
Today, there are approximately 350,000 buffalo in the United States, most of them descendants of 77 animals from five founding herds at the start of the 20th century, and their numbers are increasing.
That’s a greatly positive turnaround from a very low point in the late 19th century, when America’s national mammal, which had once numbered in the tens of millions, was nearly wiped out completely until a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans — including Native American families on reservations in South Dakota and Montana, a legendary Texas cattleman, and a Long Island
may be a lot slower at the lakeside escape, but it can be just as messy, especially after sparks fly with campground newcomer Cal (CW vet Chad Michael Murray of One Tree Hill), who has Maggie second-guessing her relationship with beau Andrew (Allan Hawco). “Morgan and Chad have this incredible onscreen chemistry,” notes executive producer Christopher E. Perry. “You can’t help but find yourself rooting for the two of them as their relationship develops.”
railroad magnate — started a movement to rescue the majestic creature from extinction.
In The American Buffalo, a two-part, four-hour documentary film airing over two evenings, director Ken Burns and writer Dayton Duncan trace this comeback story as part of a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history that also chronicles the buffalo’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains and, most importantly, its relationship to the continent’s Indigenous people.
Saturdays beginning Oct. 21 on MGM+ SEASON PREMIERE!
Four more Pro Football Hall of Famers get the Icons treatment in Season 3 of this NFL Films documentary series. The Oct. 21 premiere features Jim Brown, the Cleveland Browns running back, movie star and civil rights champion who passed away in May. “Very few people accomplish quietly in any one realm what he did very visibly in three,” says NFL Films producer Paul Camarata. “By combining his talents, interests, intelligence, passion and drive, Brown wrote his own remarkable script. All we had to do was stick to it.” The Oct. 28 episode looks at Charles Woodson, one of the 10 Heisman Trophy winners in the Hall of Fame. Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is the subject of the Nov. 4 episode, and the season concludes Nov. 11 with a profile of legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker Mike Singletary.
Thursdays beginning Oct. 12 on PBS NEW SERIES!
Created by Hannah Moscovitch and Jennifer Podemski, this six-episode Canadian drama series follows Bezhig Little Bird (Darla Contois), who was taken away from her family during “The Sixties Scoop” — a Canadian policy that enabled social services to take Indigenous children from their families and place them
Thursday, Oct. 26 on NAT GEO
“If we get into trouble, no one is coming to get us.” Embarking on an adventure to a location so remote — a place with treacherous terrain, ferocious winds and blinding visibility — you know things will never go as planned.
A team of scientists and mountaineers set out to Saunders Island in the South Atlantic Ocean looking to investigate a “thermal anomaly” that was captured on NASA satellites in 2018. For volcanologist Emma Nicholson, exploring the island’s volcano, Mount Michael, is a dream come true, as she believes it could be home to an active lava lake — a scientific wonder so rare (only seven exist in the world) it would be an absolute “once-in-a-lifetime discovery.” Cameras painfully follow Nicholson and her small team as they attempt a grueling and dangerous ascent to the mountain’s rim. But can they get there with deadly weather closing in?
in foster homes during the late ’50s through the early ’80s — as she returns home and attempts to find her birth family.
Adopted by a Jewish family in Montreal, Little Bird is now known as Esther Rosenblum, and has just finished her first year of law school in 1985 when she overhears her fiancé’s family gossiping about her heritage at their engagement party. Soon after, she leaves Montreal for Saskatchewan with the hope of finding her long-lost relatives. Also starring Janet Kidder, Alanna Bale and Ellyn Jade.
RETURNING
Be afraid. Be very afraid — Halloween terrors haunt cable TV all month long. You can celebrate the season of all things ghouly with Midco’s TV Everywhere. A few of the networks with creepy lineups worth checking out are AMC, IFC and TCM — but don’t stop there. You can stream TV shows and movies online or on your mobile device with TV Everywhere from Midco — included free with your TV package — anywhere there’s an internet connection!
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(Horror) A group of friends conjure up spirits using an embalmed hand and they become hooked on the new thrill. But have they really become hooked on the thrill or has the thrill hooked on to them? Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird (R, 1:35) Premieres Oct. 3
(Horror) Sadie and Sawyer Harper are dealing with tragedy. They’ve lost their mother, and their father is having his own issues coping. But in trying to move forward, the kids are faced with an entity that feeds on the suffering of its victims. Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina (PG-13, 1:38) Premieres Oct. 10
(Action) The world’s biggest and meanest fish is back to cause havoc as multiple megalodons surface to provide a challenge for a research team in the deepest depth of the ocean. Can they outrun, outsmart and outswim these predators of the deep? Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Cliff Curtis (PG-13, 1:56) Premieres Oct. 10
(Drama) Golda Meir, also known as the “Iron Lady of Israel,” faced intense highstakes decisions during the Yom Kippur War and did what was necessary to preserve the country she loved. Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, Liev Schreiber (PG-13, 1:40) Premieres Oct. 17
(Comedy) After a single mom purchases a mansion, she hires a tour guide, a psychic, a historian and a priest to help her solve a specific problem. Her home has ghosts and she hopes someone can help her rid the building of these nuisances. LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson (PG-13, 2:03) Premieres Oct. 17
(Comedy) A couple deals with relationship issues as one moves across the country for an internship, or so the story goes. Relationships are an evolving challenge and two friends try to figure out what, or who, they really want. Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki (R, 1:32) Premieres Oct. 17
(Comedy) The women of Ballygar make a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes. A place that is known for its miracles, it becomes so much more to those who need the inspiration that waits there. Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith (PG-13, 1:30) Premieres Oct. 17
(Drama) A journalist joins forces with her murdered son’s girlfriend to track down his killers. Their journey takes them into a seedy underbelly of drugs and crime that will shake them, but won’t deter them from finding out the truth no matter the cost. Hilary Swank, Olivia Cooke, Jack Reynor (R, 1:30) Premieres Oct. 20
(Action) An executive at Nissan creates the ultimate competition to bring video game players to a real track in this tale based on a true story. Watch as gamers from around the world try to prove their talents in a real racecar. David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe (PG-13, 2:14)
Premieres Oct. 31
(Action) A bomber is on the loose and seems to be targeting Matt Turner as a patsy for the crimes. As life and death stare Matt in the eyes, is he the victim or ultimately the man who is pulling the trigger on everyone? Will anyone solve the mystery in time? Liam Neeson, Jack Champion (R, 1:31) Premieres Oct. 31
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Oil workers who survive a plane crash in Alaska are at the mercy of the elements and a pack of savage wolves tracking their every move. Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney (R) Premieres on HBO Oct. 1
A Manhattan woman falls in love with the 19th century Duke of Albany who has stepped through a time portal. Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber (PG-13) Premieres on HBO Oct. 2
An airline pilot becomes a national hero after making a miraculous landing only to have the subsequent investigation reveal troubling aspects of his personal life. Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman (R) Premieres on HBO Oct. 21
In the period drama’s eight-episode Season 2, Bertha challenges Mrs. Astor and the old system and works to not only gain a foothold in high society, but also to potentially take a leading role in it. Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon (TV-MA) Premieres on HBO Oct. 29
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Inspired by actual events, this film follows a criminal mastermind who recruits four young bank employees to steal close to $80 million in a daring assault on the U.S. banking system. Courtney B. Vance, Keesha Sharp, Keith David (TV-14) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 1
The fourth and final episode of the documentary series tracing the modern history of the Supreme Court covers the Court’s conservative shift in “Crisis of Legitimacy.” (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 13
Fate hangs in the balance for all when Chuck, Axe and Prince have the ultimate showdown in the series finale “Admirals Fund.” Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Corey Stoll (TV-MA) Premieres on Showtime Oct. 29
This series is an epic love story and political thriller chronicling the clandestine romance of two very different men who meet in McCarthyera Washington D.C. Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, Allison Williams (TV-MA)
Premieres on Showtime Oct. 29
In this horror comedy, friends at a gay bachelor party hold a high-spirited seance to summon a sinister spirit at a haunted house. Travis Coles, Frankie Grande, Troy Iwata (R)
Premieres on Starz Oct. 3
In this comedy, seven Black friends get together for a reunion at a cabin in the woods. When they get pursued by a killer, they’ll need to rely on their knowledge of horror films to survive. Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg (R)
Premieres on Starz Oct. 4
When Margaret’s family moves to the suburbs, she must not only try to fit in with new people, but also face the typical challenges of adolescence. Based on the book by Judy Blume. Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson (PG-13)
Premieres on Starz Oct. 11
Season 2 of this darkly funny horror series picks up with Pat returning home from the psychiatric hospital to discover a family that barely remembers her and a new neighbor who looks really familiar. Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Mira Sorvino (TV-MA)
Premieres on Starz Oct. 13
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An awkward teenager gets in over his head dealing drugs while falling for his business partner’s enigmatic sister during one scorching summer in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Timothée Chalamet, Alex Roe, Maika Monroe (R) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 6
A professor deciphers a seemingly random string of numbers found in an elementary school time capsule and realizes that they predict major disasters, some of which have not yet occurred. Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 6
In 1630 New England, members of a farming family suspect the oldest daughter of witchcraft when the youngest son suddenly vanishes. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie (R) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 13
A group of Americans with paranormal powers struggle to bring down a shadowy government organization bent on using them as super soldiers. Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle (PG-13) Premieres on Cinemax Oct. 27 Upgrade
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Available Sept. 29
Benicio Del Toro cowrote, coexecutive produced and stars in this mystery. Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective (Del Toro) tries to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian and Alicia Silverstone costar.
Available Oct. 5
In this British comedy/drama, when 16-year-old Mia (Sophie Wilde) returns home after a lengthy recovery from an eating disorder, she is thrust back into the chaotic world of school, only to find that her friends have moved on without her. Mia throws herself into a world of dating, parties and first kisses.
Available Oct. 5
Now in hiding, Assane (Omar Sy) must learn to live far from his estranged wife (Ludivine Sagnier) and son. But Assane can’t take the suffering they endure because of him, so he decides to make them a crazy proposal: leave France and start a new life elsewhere.
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Available Oct. 6
This thriller centers around Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich), a pair of financial analysts who are engaged in a relationship forbidden by their shared employer. But when one of them gets an unexpected promotion, their relationship gets pushed to the brink and threatens to unravel.
Available Oct. 12
Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 gothic short story becomes a contemporary cautionary tale of greed and hubris. Bruce Greenwood and Mary McDonnell star as pharmaceutical CEO Roderick Usher and his ruthless sister Madeline.
Available Oct. 17
This documentary explores the first and only time that “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged possession and a shocking murder, the story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
Available Oct. 19
Santi (Tyler Dean Flores), with help from friends, will have to find a way to stand out among the Magic City’s best reggaeton artists. Neon features cameos and performances from some of the genre’s biggest acts, such as series executive producer Daddy Yankee.
Available Oct. 19
When a body — the same body — is found on Longharvest Lane in London’s East End in 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053, one detective from each period must investigate. As connections are drawn across the decades, the detectives soon discover their investigations are linked.
Available Oct. 20
This limited series from Turkey echoes Frankenstein. Ziya (Taner Ölmez) desires to become a physician and cure infectious diseases. His path crosses with Ihsan (Erkan Kolçak Köstendeil), a fellow medical doctor, who walks the fine line between genius and insanity.
Available Oct. 20
Bill Burr leads this comedy that he also cowrote and made his film directorial debut with. It follows three best friends (played by Burr, Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine) who become fathers later in life and find themselves battling principals and millennial CEOs.
Available Oct. 27
Struggling, unemployed single mom Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) thinks she’s found the perfect route to an improved life for herself and her sick daughter Phoebe (Chloe Coleman) when she meets charismatic pharmaceutical rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans).
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Available Oct. 27
This Spanish horror film directed by Paco Plaza is a prequel to Plaza’s 2017 feature Verónica Narcisa (Aria Bedmar) arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, strange events and increasingly disturbing situations torment her.
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