On the network front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 3 new series as well as the season premiere of 4 returning series. In addition, CBC miniseries The North Water concludes. Also, new The CW reality series Criss Angel’s Magic with the Stars premieres.
On the specialty and streaming front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 10 new series, the return of Acapulco, American Horror Story, Avenue 5, Doc Martin, Ghostwriter, Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler, Step Up & The Big Shot and the series finale of Chesapeake Shores, Kevin Can F**k Himself & See. New series premiering in the next two weeks include Amazon Prime Video’s new Sci-fi thriller The Peripheral, Apple TV+’s new drama Shantaram, CTV Comedy Channel’s comedy Acting Good, 4 new series from Netflix: dramas Everything Calls For Salvation & Holy Family, limited series drama The Playlist and limited horror series The Watcher and Peacock’s new drama miniseries A Friend of the Family (airing on Showcase) & new fantasy thriller The Lazarus Project (airing on Showcase). In addition, Archer, Bad Sisters, She Hulk: Attorney at Law & The Lord of the Rings: Power of the Rings conclude their current season.
On the reality front, 2 new HGTV series premiere: Saving the Manor & Sarah’s Mountain Escape. Also, Making It Home with Kortney & Kenny (HGTV) returns with an all-new season while Farmhouse Fixer & Good Bones: Risky Business (HGTV) and The Mole (Netflix) conclude their current season.
Happy Viewing!
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 9
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WALKER: INDEPENDENCE – SERIES PREMIERE (W Network @ 8pm ET)
A spin-off of Walker, set in the late 1800s, an affluent Bostonian travels to Independence, Texas, to uncover the truth about her husband’s killer.
NCIS: Los Angeles – SEASON 14 PREMIERE (Global and CBS @ 10pm ET)
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MONDAY OCTOBER 10
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All American – SEASON 5 PREMIERE (The CW @ 8pm ET)
All American: Homecoming – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (The CW @ 9pm ET)
Kevin Can F**K Himself – SERIES FINALE (AMC @ 9pm ET)
Avenue 5 – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (HBO Canada @ 10pm ET) *Final Season*
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 11
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THE WINCHESTERS – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Sci-Fi Channel and The CW @ 8pm ET)
A prequel to the long-running series “Supernatural,” “The Winchesters” tells the epic, untold love story of how John Winchester met Mary Campbell and put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world. When John returns home from fighting in Vietnam, a mysterious encounter sparks a new mission to trace his father’s past. In his journey, he crosses paths with 19-year-old demon hunter Mary, who is also searching for answers after the disappearance of her own father. Together, the two join forces to uncover the hidden truths about both of their families.
PROFESSIONALS – SERIES PREMIERE (CHCH and The CW 9pm ET)
After a next-gen satellite explodes on launch, the rocket’s designer, billionaire futurist Peter Swann, hires Vincent Corbo, a top-tier security operative to find those responsible. Complicating Corbo’s new gig is his former paramour and now Swann’s fiancee, medical visionary Dr. Grace Davila, who is racing to help stave off a global catastrophe. As Corbo and his team of veteran security professionals investigate the rocket disaster, they expose a lethal conspiracy of Swann’s corporate rivals, corrupt government officials, and a shadowy crime syndicate — all working to destroy Swann and take control of his tech empire
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Showcase @ 9pm ET)
ELI ROTH PRESENTS: MY POSSESSED PET – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Sci-Fi Channel @ 9pm ET)
Owners tell terrifying tales of cherished pet relationships ripped apart by supernatural forces.
Making It Home With Kortney & Kenny – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (HGTV Canada @ 10pm ET)
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12
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The Big Shot – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Disney+)
Diggstown – SEASON 4 PREMIERE (CBC @ 8pm ET) *Final Season*
The Challenge – SEASON 38 PREMIERE (MTV Canada @ 8pm ET)
Archer – SEASON 13 FINALE (Adult Swim Canada @ 10pm ET)
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 13
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THE PLAYLIST – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix) *6-Part Limited Series*
In this fictionalized account, a Swedish tech entrepreneur and his partners set out to revolutionize the music industry with a legal streaming platform.
THE WATCHER – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix) *7-Part Limited Series*
Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they’ve inherited a nightmare.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – SEASON 1 FINALE (Disney+)
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 14
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Bad Sisters – SEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)
See – SERIES FINALE (Apple TV+)
SHANTARAM – SERIES PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
Escaped convict Lin Ford flees to the teeming streets of 1980s Bombay, looking to disappear. Working as a medic for the city’s poor and neglected, Lin finds unexpected love, connection, and courage on the long road to redemption.
The Lord of the Rings: Power of the Rings – SEASON 1 FINALE (Amazon Prime Video)
EVERYTHING CALLS FOR SALVATION – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
When he wakes up involuntarily committed to a mental hospital, Daniele has to learn again how to live — and love — with the help of his fellow patients.
HOLY FAMILY – SERIES PREMIERE (Netflix) *Spanish*
A family hiding a shocking secret starts over in Madrid, where new relationships complicate their plans and the past begins to catch up with them.
Penn & Teller: Fool Us – SEASON 9 PREMIERE (The CW @ 8pm ET)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? – SEASON 11 PREMIERE (The CW @ 9pm ET)
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 16
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Chesapeake Shores – SERIES FINALE (Super Channel Heart & Home @ 8pm ET)
Good Bones: Risky Business – SEASON 1 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
Step Up – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Starz Canada @ 11:30pm ET)
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MONDAY OCTOBER 17
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Doc Martin – SEASON 10 PREMIERE (Acorn TV) *Final Season*
The North Water – MINISERIES FINALE (CBC @ 9pm ET)
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY – SERIES PREMIERE (Showcase @ 9pm ET) *9-Part Limited Series*
A Friend of the Family is based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” The Brobergs — devoted to their faith, family, and community — were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart, and turn their daughter against them. This is the story of how their lives were permanently altered — and how they survived.
Farmhouse Fixer – SEASON 2 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
ACTING GOOD – SERIES PREMIERE (CTV Comedy Channel @ 10:30pm ET)
The 10-episode, half-hour irreverent comedy is loosely based on the life of Anishinaabe stand-up comedian Paul Rabliauskas. Rabliauskas stars as Paul who, after a botched attempt to move to Winnipeg, retreats back to his eccentric family in the fly-in community of Grouse Lake First Nation.
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 18
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Somebody Feed Phil – SEASON 6 PREMIERE (Netflix)
Unsolved Mysteries – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Netflix)
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America – SEASON 1 FINALE (History Canada @ 9pm ET)
SAVING THE MANOR – SERIES PREMIERE (HGTV Canada @ 10pm ET)
Dean Poulton and Borja de Maqua renovate a magnificent yet dilapidated 10-building, 65-room historic English estate that dates back over 500 years.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19
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Help! I Wrecked My House – SEASON 2 FINALE (HGTV Canada @ 8pm ET)
SARAH’S MOUNTAIN ESCAPE – SERIES PREMIERE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
HGTV Canada designer, Sarah Richardson, heads west to take on her biggest challenge yet, purchasing a dated and drab 5,000-square-foot Bavarian-inspired B&B in Whistler, BC. Audiences will step inside Sarah’s life with husband Alex and daughters Robin and Fiona as they travel across the country to transform the property into an efficient and profitable, four-season luxury vacation rental.
American Horror Story – SEASON 11 PREMIERE (FX Canada @ 10pm ET)
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20
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THE LAZARUS PROJECT – SERIES PREMIERE (Showcase @ 9pm ET)
When a man is stuck reliving a day, he is recruited for the Lazarus Project, a secret organization that has harnessed the ability to turn back time every time the world is at threat of extinction.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21
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Acapulco – SEASON 2 PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
Ghostwriter – SEASON 3 PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
THE PERIPHERAL – SERIES PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
The Peripheral centers on Flynne Fisher, a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future. Until the future comes calling for her. The Peripheral is master storyteller William Gibson’s dazzling, hallucinatory glimpse into the fate of mankind — and what lies beyond.
The Mole – SEASON 1 FINALE (Netflix)
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22
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CRISS ANGEL’S MAGIC WITH THE STARS – SERIES PREMIERE (The CW @ 8pm ET)
In each episode of MAGIC WITH THE STARS, two celebrities train with professional magicians and compete to create a show-stopping series of magic performances. The celebrity competitors are tasked with mastering three major categories of magic, which they perform in front of a team of judges led by magician Criss Angel. Only the highest-scoring celebrities will be invited back to the finale where they will compete for the golden wand.
What happened to the Season 3 debut of Pennyworth on Showcase tonight?
Hey, It looks like Showcase made a last minute change to their schedule. The show is now listed as ‘Coming Soon’ on their website. I will post the new premiere date when I know it.
Thanks.