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The 9 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month (October 2026)
October is serving up plenty of reasons to stay in and stream. This month’s lineup of our must-watch TV shows includes a high-stakes divorce between the ultrawealthy, a thriller about the real-world dangers of online radicalization, and a rebooted Marvel hero searching for his identity in an increasingly AI-driven world.
There’s also a return to the Land of Ooo, a dystopian culinary bloodbath based on the graphic novels cocreated by Anthony Bourdain, and enough psychological horror and monstrous mayhem to get you in the Halloween spirit.
As always, we’re not just chasing the biggest names or the shows everyone is already talking about, like Netflix’s excellent East of Eden. These picks reflect the kinds of stories WIRED covers every day, from technology and science to politics and culture, and the sometimes unsettling ways they intersect.
Whether you’re in the mood for a mind-bending sci-fi adventure, a quirky supernatural mystery, or a good old-fashioned scare, these are the TV shows worth making time for this month.
At a time when billionaire tech titans seem to dominate the headlines on a daily basis, War offers a fascinating, albeit fictional, glimpse into what happens when one of their personal lives spectacularly implodes. The HBO legal thriller follows the explosive divorce of tech mogul Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and international film star Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), whose bitter split becomes a high-stakes battle over money, power, and reputation. If you like your legal dramas populated by spectacularly messy rich people, this one’s for you.
Before he became a three-time Emmy winner for hosting The Traitors, Alan Cumming earned three Emmy nominations for his work on The Good Wife. Now, he’s trading his castle in the Scottish Highlands for a neighborhood where the real traitors might be living next door.
In Tip Toe, Russell T. Davies’ chilling new thriller, Cumming and David Morrissey play longtime Manchester neighbors whose relationship takes a deadly turn as online radicalization, toxic social media algorithms, and rising anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice poison their community. It’s a disturbing reminder that sometimes the most dangerous people aren’t strangers lurking in the shadows, but the ones we share a wall with.
If June’s Adventure Time: Side Quests premiere left you craving more trips to the Land of Ooo, good news: Finn the Human and Jake the Dog are back for another round of monster battles, magical mishaps, and general cartoon weirdness. The companion series to Pendleton Ward’s Emmy-, Peabody-, and Annie-winning original Adventure Time deliberately recaptures the spirit of the show’s earliest days. Season 2 promises more of the absurdist humor and unexpected heart that made Adventure Time a cult favorite in the first place.
In a dystopian Los Angeles, where celebrity chefs hold all the power and scoring a restaurant reservation can be a matter of life and death, dining out is a cutthroat business. Get Jiro follows a sushi chef who finds himself caught in a brutal war between rival food factions before setting out to serve up some revenge of his own. Based on the graphic novels cocreated by the late Anthony Bourdain, this dystopian satire serves up a twisted blend of food culture, violence, and dark humor.
Between multiple big-screen adaptations, a sequel, and even a stage production, there’s certainly no shortage of Carrie retellings. That hasn’t stopped Stephen King superfan Mike Flanagan from putting his own spin on the master of horror’s first novel.