What is new on streaming this month

28 September 2026 · 4 min read

A month is a lot of releases to keep track of, and most of the “what to watch” lists you find are padded out with things that came out two years ago. This is the short version: what is genuinely new, when it lands and which service it lands on.

Arriving in October

October is the heavier of the two months, mostly because the horror slate lands and three big returning seasons fall in the same fortnight.

• East of EdenNetflix1 Oct
• WarHBO Max1 Oct
• CarriePrime Video7 Oct
• Avatar: Seven HavensParamount+9 Oct
• Ludwig, new seasonBritBox13 Oct
• Solar Opposites, season 6Netflix13 Oct
• VisionQuestDisney+14 Oct
• Crystal LakePeacock15 Oct
• The Diplomat, season 4Netflix15 Oct
• Tulsa King, season 4Paramount+16 Oct
• The Terminal ListPrime Video21 Oct
• Lupin, part 4Netflix23 Oct
• Dexter: Resurrection, season 2Paramount+30 Oct

Still worth catching from September

If you missed these when they dropped, they are all still there.

• The Mandalorian and GroguDisney+2 Sep
• The Gentlemen, season 2Netflix3 Sep
• Chad Powers, season 2Hulu3 Sep
• Monster: The Lizzie Borden StoryNetflix17 Sep
• MobLand, season 2Paramount+18 Sep
• WickedHulu21 Sep
• American Horror Story, season 13Hulu24 Sep
• BackroomsHBO Max25 Sep

The problem with a list like this

Look at the platforms column. Thirteen October titles are spread across seven different services. Following all of them properly means seven subscriptions, and the ad-free tiers of the six biggest now come to more than a hundred dollars a month between them.

That is the reason most households end up picking two or three and missing the rest — or paying for a service eleven months of the year for the one month something they want is on it. It is worth doing the arithmetic on what you actually pay before the next renewal comes round.