October marks the tenth month of the planets worst year since that astroid slayed the dinosaurs. So we deserve something to look forward to. Try a plethora of Halloween/spooky themed movies and the return of Walking Dead for a scare. Or join me on the 17th as I devour every moment of the David Burne show that I couldn’t afford to go see live in Manhattan. Either way, the month delivers on new things to occupy your time. Pick a few.
Thursday, Oct. 1
Gangs of London: Season 1 (2020) AMC+
The Salisbury Poisonings: Series 1 (2020) AMC+
The Walking Dead: Season 10 (2019) AMC+ (returning from hiatus)
The Walking Dead: World Beyond: Season 1 (2020) AMC+
Soulmates: Season 1 (2020) AMC+
Scare Me (2020) Shudder [movie]
Code 404: Season 1 (2020) Peacock
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood: Season 1 (2020) Netflix
The Worst Witch: Season 4 (2020) Netflix
Good Morning Verônica, Netflix
A World of Calm, HBO Max
Connecting: Season 1, 8:30 p.m., NBC
Let’s Be Real, 9 p.m., Fox
CripTales: Season 1, 10 p.m., BBC America
Friday, Oct. 2
Monsterland: Season 1 (2020) Hulu
The Binding (2020) Netflix [movie]
Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020) Netflix [movie]
Warrior: Season 2 (2019) 10 p.m., Cinemax
Bug Diaries Halloween Special, Amazon Prime Video
Song Exploder: Season 1, Netflix
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween, Netflix
Tiny World: Season 1 (2020) Apple TV+
Undercover Boss: Season 10, 9 p.m., CBS
The Real Black Panther, 10 p.m., Nat Geo
Saturday, Oct. 3
Ted Bundy: The Survivors, 8 p.m., Reelz
Green River Killer: I Met My Sister’s Killer, 10 p.m., Reelz
Saturday Night Live: Season 46, 11:30 p.m., NBC
Sunday, Oct. 4
Pandora: Season 2 (2020) 8 p.m., The CW
Flesh and Blood: Series 1 (2020) 9 p.m., PBS
The Good Lord Bird: Season 1 (2020) 9 p.m., Showtime
Britannia: Season 2 (2019) 9 p.m., Epix
Cobra: Season 1 (2020) 10 p.m., PBS
Top Ten Revealed, 8 p.m., AXS
The Lost Lincoln, 9 p.m., Discovery
First Ladies, 10 p.m., CNN
The Comedy Store: Season 1 (2020) 10 p.m., Showtime
Black-ish: Election Special Pt. 1, 10 p.m., ABC
Black-ish: Election Special Pt. 2, 10:30 p.m., ABC
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, 11:30 p.m., Adult Swim
Monday, Oct. 5
One Day at a Time: Season 4 (2020) 9 p.m., CBS (after previously airing on Pop)
Soulmates: Season 1 (2020) 10 p.m., AMC (after previously airing on AMC+)
Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan, 9 p.m., PBS
Studio C: Season 12, 9 p.m., BYUtv
OJ & Nicole: An American Tragedy, 10 p.m., ID
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Black Box (2020) Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Swamp Thing: Season 1 (2018) 8 p.m., The CW (after previously airing on DC Universe)
neXt: Season 1 (2020) 9 p.m., Fox
StarBeam: Halloween Hero, Netflix
The Hispanic Heritage Awards, 8 p.m., PBS
Ellen’s Game of Games: Season 4, 8 p.m., NBC
Latino Vote: Dispatches From the Battleground, 9 p.m., PBS
16 and Pregnant, 9 p.m., MTV
Frontline: “America Unprotected: The Medical Supply Crisis” (w.t.), 10 p.m., PBS
Don’t Be Tardy…:Season 8, 10 p.m., Bravo
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Books of Blood (2020) Hulu [movie]
Coroner: Season 2 (2020) 9 p.m., The CW
Devils: Season 1 (2020) 8 p.m., The CW
Hubie Halloween, Netflix [movie]
To the Lake, Netflix
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones, 8 p.m., BBC America
The Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 15, 9 p.m., Bravo
Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth, 9 p.m., HBO [movie]
Thursday, Oct. 8
The Cleansing Hour (2019) Shudder [movie]
Supernatural: Season 15 (2019) 8 p.m., The CW (returning from hiatus)
The Outpost: Season 3 (2020) 9 p.m., The CW
Injustice With Nancy Grace: Season 2, 9 p.m., Oxygen
Good Eats: The House That Dripped Chocolate, 9 p.m., Food Network
Phantom Signals, 10 p.m., Science Channel
Friday, Oct. 9
The Right Stuff: Season 1 (2020) Disney+
The Haunting of Bly Manor: Miniseries (2020) Netflix
Deaf U: Season 1 (2020) Netflix
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters, Netflix
Ghostwriter: Part 2 (2020) Apple TV+
Shayla Rivera: It’s Not Rocket Science, 9:30 p.m., HBO Latino
Chasing the Crown: Dreamers to Streamers, Twitch
PBS Kids Talk About Race and Racism, PBS
Raven’s Home: Season 4, 8 p.m., Disney Channel
The Graham Norton Show, 11 p.m., BBC America
Saturday, Oct. 10
Holy Calamavote, midnight, Adult Swim
Eli Roth’s History of Horror: Season 2, 10 p.m., AMC
Dating Game Killer: The Lost Victims, 10 p.m., Reelz
Sunday, Oct. 11
Fear the Walking Dead: Season 6 (2020) 9 p.m., AMC
The Spanish Princess Part II, 8 p.m., Starz
Worst Cooks in America: Halloween Redemption, 10 p.m., Food Network
Monday, Oct. 12
Mystery Road: Season 2, Acorn TV
The Family Chantel: Season 2, 10 p.m., TLC
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Evil Eye (2020) Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Nocturne (2020) Amazon Prime Video [movie]
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Season 6 (2019) 8 p.m., PBS (returning from hiatus)
Tell Me a Story: Season 2 (2019) 9 p.m., The CW (after previously airing on CBS All Access)
The Bachelorette: Season 16 (2020) 8 p.m., ABC
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America, 9 p.m., PBS
Survivalists: Season 1, 9 p.m., BYUtv
The FBI Declassified, 10 p.m., CBS
Wednesday, Oct. 14
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (2020) Netflix [movie]
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky, Netflix [movie]
2020 Billboard Music Awards, 8 p.m., ABC
The Amazing Race: Season 32 (2020) 9 p.m., CBS
Tyler Perry’s Sistas, 9 p.m., BET
The Age of Nature, 10 p.m., PBS
Baroness von Sketch Show: Season 5, midnight, IFC
Thursday, Oct. 15
Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3 (2020) CBS All Access
The Mortuary Collection (2019) Shudder [movie]
Des: Series 1 (2020) Sundance Now
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote, HBO Max
Social Distance, Netflix
Flip or Flop: Season 9, 9 p.m., HGTV
Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party, 10 p.m., truTV
Friday, Oct. 16
Marvel’s Helstrom: Season 1 (2020) Hulu
Grand Army: Season 1 (2020) Netflix
Dream Home Makeover, Netflix
In Time, Amazon Prime Video
Meet the Chimps, Disney+
What the Constitution Means To Me, Amazon Prime Video
The Last Kids on Earth, Netflix
Someone Has to Die, Netflix
Helpsters: Season 2, Apple TV+
Disney Channel Halloween House Party, 8 p.m., Disney Channel
Shark Tank: Season 12, 8 p.m., ABC
Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends, 9 p.m., PBS
Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Special, 10:30 p.m., PBS
Saturday, Oct. 17
David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) 8 p.m., HBO
Photo Ark, 10 p.m., Nat Geo Wild
Sunday, Oct. 18
America’s Funniest Home Videos: Season 31, 7 p.m., ABC
The Trouble with Maggie Cole, 8 p.m., PBS
Supermarket Sweep: Season 1, 8 p.m., ABC
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 9 p.m., ABC
Halloween Wars: Legends, 9 p.m., Food Network
Halloween Freakshow Cakes, 10 p.m., Food Network
Card Sharks, 10 p.m., ABC
Monday, Oct. 19
Darkness: Those Who Kill, Acorn TV
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2, Netflix
The Voice: Season 19 (2020) 8 p.m., NBC
Independent Lens: Feels Good Man (2020), 10 p.m., PBS
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Walter Winchell: American Masters, 9 p.m., PBS
The Misery Index: Season 2 (2019) 10:30 p.m., TBS (returning from hiatus)
Wednesday, Oct. 21
black-ish: Season 7 (2020) 9:30 p.m., ABC
2020 CMT Music Awards, 8 p.m., CMT
Nature: Season 39: “Pandas: Born to be Wild,” 8 p.m., PBS
The Goldbergs: Season 8 (2020) 8 p.m., ABC
The Conners: Season 3 (2020) 9 p.m., ABC
The Fixers: Season 2, 9 p.m., BYUtv
Thursday, Oct. 22
Superstore: Season 6 (2020) 8 p.m., NBC
Cadaver (Kadaver) (2020) Netflix [movie]
Equal, HBO Max
Friday, Oct. 23
Bad Hair (2020) Hulu [movie]
Over the Moon (2020) Netflix [movie]
The Queen’s Gambit: Miniseries (2020) Netflix
Mirzapur, Amazon Prime Video
The Big Fib: Season 2, Disney+
Once Upon a Snowman, Disney+
Christmas on Ice, 8 p.m., Lifetime [movie]
Ready to Love, 9 p.m., OWN
Put a Ring on It, 10 p.m., OWN
How To with John Wilson, 11 p.m., HBO
Saturday, Oct. 24
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw, 8 p.m., Reelz
The Battle of Alcatraz, 9 p.m., Reelz
Sunday, Oct. 25
The Undoing: Season 1 (2020) 9 p.m., HBO
The Eric Andre Show: Season 5, midnight, Adult Swim
I Love a Mama’s Boy, 10 p.m., TLC
Monday, Oct. 26
Temple: Season 1 (2019) Spectrum Originals
Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story, 9:30 p.m., PBS
Independent Lens: Represent, 10 p.m., PBS
Tuesday, Oct. 27
The Dakota Entrapment Tapes, Sundance Now
Not Done: Women Remaking America, 8 p.m., PBS
This Is Us: Season 5 (2020) 9 p.m., NBC
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight, Netflix [movie]
Nature: “Australian Bushfire Rescue,” 8 p.m., PBS
American Housewife: Season 5, 8:30 p.m., ABC
Thursday, Oct. 29
That Animal Rescue Show, CBS All Access
City So Real: Miniseries (2020) 7 p.m., Nat Geo
Southern Charm: Season 7, 9 p.m., Bravo
Top Secret Videos: Season 1, 10:30 p.m., truTV
Deutschland 89, 11 p.m., Sundance
Friday, Oct. 30
The Mandalorian: Season 2 (2020) Disney+
The Challenge: ETA, Amazon Prime Video
Truth Seekers, Amazon Prime Video
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4, Netflix
My Big Italian Adventure, 9 p.m., HGTV
A Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration: 50 Years and Counting, 9 p.m., PBS
Monstrum: The History of Zombies (w.t.), 10 p.m., PBS
Saturday, Oct. 31
Croc Terror: Man Eating Monster, 8 p.m., Reelz
Iyanla: Fix My Life: Season 7, 9 p.m., OWN