October 2018 TV Premiere Dates (New Series, Seasons, Movies, and Specials)

The following is a list of all October 2018 TV premiere dates (new series and seasons, original movies and documentaries, specials, and more). This post will be updated throughout the month as more premiere dates are announced. If you notice I am missing a TV premiere on this list, feel free to let me know in the comments section and I will make sure to add it. For day-to-day TV listings (lists of every new episode airing each day), check out our Daily TV Schedules.

Monday, October 1, 2018:

3/2 AM: Us & Them (Sony Crackle, Series Premiere)
8/7 AM: Portrait Artist of the Year (Ovation, Season 3 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Neighborhood (CBS, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Queen of the World (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
8/7 PM: Suze Orman at the Apollo: Women and Money (OWN, One-Hour Special)
8:30/7:30 PM: Happy Together (CBS, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Family Time (Bounce TV, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Love & Hip Hop Hollywood: Remy & Papoose – Meet the Mackies (VH1, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Teen Mom OG (MTV, 90-Minute Season 8 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Food: Fact or Fiction? (Cooking Channel, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: For My Man (TV One, Season 4.5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Halloween Baking Championship: Best of Halloween Baking Championship (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Vegas Rat Rods (Discovery Channel, Season 4 Premiere)
11/10 PM: Brake Room (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)

Tuesday, October 2, 2018:

3/2 AM: Joe Rogan: Strange Times (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
3/2 AM: Meateater (Netflix, Season 7 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Un Extrano Enemigo (Amazon, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Below Deck (Bravo, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Driver vs. Driver (Golf Channel, 90-Minute Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Mysteries of the Abandoned (Science Channel, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Black Love (OWN, Season 3 Premiere/Special Night)
10/9 PM: Student Athlete (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
10/9 PM: Trans Am (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Unearthed (Science Channel, Season 5 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: 13 Sons & Pregnant (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)

Wednesday, October 3, 2018:

9/8 PM: SEAL Team (CBS, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Criminal Minds (CBS, Season 14 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Forged in Fire: Knife or Death (History Channel, Season 2 Premiere)

Thursday, October 4, 2018:

3/2 AM: Creeped Out (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Star Trek: Short Treks (CBS All Access, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: SuperMansion (Sony Crackle, Season 3.5 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Man at Arms (El Rey, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Superstore (NBC, Season 4 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The This Old House Hour (PBS, Season 17 Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead (ID, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Shahs of Sunset: Passport Edition (Bravo, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Station 19 (ABC, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Will & Grace (NBC, Season 10 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: I Feel Bad (NBC, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Late Nite Eats (Cooking Channel, Season 2 Premiere)

Friday, October 5, 2018:

3/2 AM: Big Mouth (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Dancing Queen (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Elite (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Empire Games (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Into the Dark (Hulu, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Little Things (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Lost Song (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Malevolent (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Man in the High Castle (Amazon, Season 3 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Private Life (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Super Monsters (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Super Monsters Save Halloween (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: YG Future Strategy Office (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Art of Murder (LMN, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: Fresh Off the Boat (ABC, Season 5 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Speechless (ABC, Season 3 Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Zombies Halloween Cast Party (Disney Channel, Special)
9/8 PM: Child Support (ABC, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Irreconcilable Differences (Reelz, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Z Nation (Syfy, Season 5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Van Helsing (Syfy, Season 3 Premiere)
11/10 PM: The Graham Norton Show (BBC America, Season 24 Premiere)
11/10 PM: Unprotected Sets (Epix, Series Premiere)

Saturday, October 6, 2018:

Noon/11 AM: Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own (DFC, Season 1.5 Premiere/Special Time)
7/6 PM: You Might Be the Killer (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: A Mother’s Worst Fear (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet (Nat Geo Wild, Season 6 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Falling For You (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: No Escape Room (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
10/9 PM: Flight of the Conchords: Live in London (HBO, 90-Minute Special)
10/9 PM: Iron Chef (Cooking Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Versailles (Ovation, Season 3 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Hit Properties with Nathan Morris (DIY, Series Premiere/Special Time)
11/10 PM: Austin City Limits (PBS, Season 44 Premiere)

Sunday, October 7, 2018:

1:45/12:45 PM: Doctor Who (BBC America, Season 11 Premiere/Special Time, Also Airs at 8/7 PM)
8/7 PM: Dancing with the Stars: Juniors (ABC, Two-Hour Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Girl in the Bathtub (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: iHeartRadio Music Festival: Night 1 (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery Channel, Season 8 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Unsung Hollywood (TV One, Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: The Walking Dead (AMC, 90-Minute Season 9 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Haunted Gingerbread Showdown (Food Network, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Madam Secretary (CBS, Season 5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Shark Tank (ABC, Season 10 Premiere/Special Time)
10/9 PM: Star Wars Resistance (Disney Channel, One-Hour Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Uncensored (TV One, Season 2 Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Talking Dead (AMC, Season 8 Premiere)

Monday, October 8, 2018:

3/2 AM: Mo Amer: The Vagabond (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
8/7 PM: Andi Mack (Disney Channel, Season 3 Premiere)
8/7 PM: iHeartRadio Music Festival: Night 2 (The CW, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Long Island Medium (TLC, Season 12.5 Premiere)
8/7 PM: RX Early Detection: A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee (HBO, Special)
8:30/7:30 PM: The Bureau of Magical Things (Nickelodeon, Series Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: Tricked (BYUtv, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story (Starz, Original Documentary Premiere)
9/8 PM: Long Lost Family (TLC, Two-Hour Season 4.5 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: Splat-a-Lot (BYUtv)
10/9 PM: Halloween Cake-Off (Food Network, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, October 9, 2018:

3/2 AM: Terrace House: Opening New Doors (Netflix, Season 4 Premiere)
7/6 PM: Basketball: A Love Story (ESPN, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: 2018 American Music Awards (ABC, Three-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Flash (The CW, Season 5 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Little Couple (TLC, Season 10 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Black Lightning (The CW, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Evil Twins (ID, Season 8 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Counting Cars (History Channel, Season 8.5 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Home Alone (ID, Season 2 Premiere)

Wednesday, October 10, 2018:

3/2 AM: 22 July (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Pacto de Sangue (Netflix, Special)
8/7 PM: Riverdale (The CW, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: All American (The CW, Series Premiere)

Thursday, October 11, 2018:

3/2 AM: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Supernatural (The CW, Season 14 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Flip or Flop Atlanta (HGTV, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta (WE, Season 3 Premiere)
9/8 PM: How Far Is Tattoo Far? (MTV, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Return of Shelby the Swamp Man (History Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Scraps (FYI, Season 2 Premiere)

Friday, October 12, 2018:

3/2 AM: Apostle (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Boss Baby: Back in Business (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan & Jane (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
3/2 AM: Fightworld (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Kindergarten Teacher (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Light As a Feather (Hulu, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Remastered (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Romanoffs (Amazon, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Titans (DC Universe, Series Premiere)
10:30/9:30 AM: Puppy Dog Pals (Disney Channel, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Blindspot (NBC, Season 4 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Boyfriend’s Deceit (LMN, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: Dynasty (The CW, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Gold Rush: The Dirt (Discovery Channel, One-Hour Special)
8:30/7:30 PM: Coop & Cami Ask the World (Disney Channel, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW, Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Gold Rush (Discovery Channel, Season 9 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Shakespeare Uncovered (PBS, Season 3 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Fish My City with Mike Iaconelli (Nat Geo Wild, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: Pod Save America (HBO, Series Premiere)

Saturday, October 13, 2018:

7/6 PM: Cucuy: The Boogeyman (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: Criminal Confessions (Oxygen, Season 2 Premiere/Special Time)
8/7 PM: The Sinister Surrogate (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow (Discovery Channel, Special)
9/8 PM: Karma (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Under the Autumn Moon (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
10/9 PM: Love & Hate Crime: A Murder in Mississippi (ID, One-Hour Special)

Sunday, October 14, 2018:

8/7 PM: Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic (Freeform, One-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Supergirl (The CW, Season 4 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Terror in the Woods (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Charmed (The CW, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Alec Baldwin Show (ABC, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Camping (HBO, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Mythical Beasts (Science Channel, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: Miracles of Christmas Preview Special (Hallmark Movie Channel, Special)

Monday, October 15, 2018:

Midnight/11 PM: AMC Visionaries: Eli Roth’s History of Horror (AMC, Series Premiere)
Midnight/11 PM: Harvey Birdman, Attorney General (Adult Swim, Special)
3/2 AM: The Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
8/7 AM: Fake or Fortune (Ovation, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: Arrow (The CW, Season 7 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Sentence (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
8/7 PM: Trisha’s Halloween Spooktacular (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Constantine: The Legend Continues (The CW, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Good Eats: Reloaded (Cooking Channel, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Cultureshock: Chris Rock’s Bring the Pain (A&E, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, October 16, 2018:

3/2 AM: Ron White: If You Quit Listening, I’ll Shut Up (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
8/7 PM: 2018 Hip Hop Awards (BET, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: The Conners (ABC, Series Premiere)
8:30/7:30 PM: The Kids Are Alright (ABC, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Black-ish (ABC, Season 5 Premiere)
9:30/8:30 PM: Splitting Up Together (ABC, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Loudermilk (Audience, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Ready for Love: All Access (OWN, One-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: The Rookie (ABC, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: T-Pain’s School of Business (Fuse, Series Premiere)
11:30/10:30 PM: The 212 (Fuse, Series Premiere)

Wednesday, October 17, 2018:

Midnight/11 PM: Raq Rants (BET, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: CMT Artists of the Year (CMT, 90-Minute Special)
9/8 PM: Man’s Greatest Food (Cooking Channel, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Shattered (ID, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Outrageous Acts of Science (Science Channel, Season 10 Premiere)

Thursday, October 18, 2018:

No TV premieres or specials announced so far.

Friday, October 19, 2018:

3/2 AM: Accidentally in Love (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Ask the Doctor (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Best Worst Weekend Ever (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Derren Brown: Sacrifice (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
3/2 AM: Distrito Salvaje (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Gnome Alone (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Haunted (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Hip Hop Evolution (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Illang: The Wolf Brigade (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Larva Island (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Lore (Amazon, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Making a Murderer (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix, Season 3 Premiere)
3/2 AM: The Night Comes for Us (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Tumble Leaf: Halloween Special (Amazon, Special)
3/2 AM: Wanderlust (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 AM: Fake or Fortune (Ovation, Season 2 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Get a Room with Carson & Thom (Bravo, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Extreme Cake Makers (Cooking Channel, Season 2.5 Premiere)

Saturday, October 20, 2018:

7:30/6:30 AM: DuckTales (Disney Channel, Season 2 Premiere)
7/6 PM: Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (Oxygen, Two-Hour Special)
8/7 PM: Love, Of Course (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
8:15/7:15 PM: Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (Freeform, 90-Minute Special)
9/8 PM: Killer High (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)
10/9 PM: 2018 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special (Hallmark Channel, Special)

Sunday, October 21, 2018:

3/2 AM: Robozuna (Netflix, Series Premiere)
7:30/6:30 PM: Lip Sync Battle Shorties (Nickelodeon, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: 90 Day Fiance (TLC, Season 6 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Good Witch: Tale of Two Hearts (Hallmark Channel, Two-Hour Halloween Special)
8/7 PM: Hetty Feather (BYUtv, Season 4 Premiere)
8/7 PM: The Lover in the Attic (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Bahamas Life (HGTV, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Wolf Creek (POP, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Woman in White (PBS, Series Premiere)

Monday, October 22, 2018:

Midnight/11 PM: Dream Corp LLC (Adult Swim, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Startup: Amazon TV Preview (Sony Crackle, Special)
8/7 PM: Just Like Mom and Dad (BYUtv, Season 2 Premiere)
8/7 PM: Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram (HBO, Original Documentary Premiere)
9/8 PM: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW, Season 4 Premiere)
9/8 PM: Half the Picture (Starz, Special)
10/9 PM: Welcome to Waverly (Bravo, Series Premiere)
11/10 PM: A President Show Documentary: The Fall of Donald Trump (Comedy Central, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, October 23, 2018:

3/2 AM: Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
7:30/6:30 PM: 2018 World Series Game 1 (FOX, Special)
9/8 PM: Married at First Sight: I Still Do? (Lifetime, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Native America (PBS, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: The Guest Book (TBS, One-Hour Season 2 Premiere/Special Time)
10/9 PM: Married at First Sight: Honeymoon Island (Lifetime, Series Premiere/Special Time)
10/9 PM: Ready for Love (OWN, Series Premiere/Special Night)

Wednesday, October 24, 2018:

3/2 AM: Bodyguard (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 AM: Fake or Fortune (Ovation, Season 3 Premiere)
7:30/6:30 PM: 2018 World Series Game 2 (FOX, Special)
8/7 PM: 2018 American Humane Hero Dog Awards (Hallmark Channel, Two-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: CMT Crossroads: Shawn Mendes and Zac Brown Band (CMT, One-Hour Special)

Thursday, October 25, 2018:

9/8 PM: The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Sweet Stuff (Cooking Channel, One-Hour Special)
9/8 PM: Legacies (The CW, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Blood Runs Cold (ID, Series Premiere)

Friday, October 26, 2018:

Midnight/11 PM: Deutschland 86 (Sundance TV, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Been So Long (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Castlevania (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
3/2 AM: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: Dovlatov (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Jefe (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Shirkers (Netflix, Original Documentary Premiere)
3/2 AM: Terrorism Close Calls (Netflix, Series Premiere)
3/2 AM: You Were Never Really Here (Amazon, Special)
7:30/6:30 PM: 2018 World Series Game 3 (FOX, Special)
9/8 PM: Midnight, Texas (NBC, Season 2 Premiere)
11/10 PM: Channel Zero: The Dream Door (Syfy, Season 4 Premiere)

Saturday, October 27, 2018:

3/2 AM: Girl From Nowhere (Netflix, Special)
7:30/6:30 PM: 2018 World Series Game 4 (FOX, Special)
8/7 PM: Christmas at Pemberley Manor (Hallmark Channel, Original Movie Premiere)
8/7 PM: Zombie at 17 (Lifetime, Original Movie Premiere)
9/8 PM: Dead in the Water (Syfy, Original Movie Premiere)

Sunday, October 28, 2018:

3/2 AM: Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix, Series Premiere)
8/7 PM: 2018 World Series Game 5 (If Necessary) (FOX, Special)
8/7 PM: Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Amanda to the Rescue (Animal Planet, Series Premiere)
9/8 PM: Ray Donovan (Showtime, Season 6 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Busy Tonight (E!, Series Premiere)
10:30/9:30 PM: Ladygang (E!, Series Premiere)

Monday, October 29, 2018:

8/7 AM: Fake or Fortune (Ovation, Season 4 Premiere)
10/9 PM: A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway (NBC, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, October 30, 2018:

3/2 AM: The Degenerates (Netflix, Special)
3/2 AM: Fate/Extra Last Encore (Netflix, Season 2 Premiere)
7:30/6:30 PM: 2018 World Series Game 6 (If Necessary) (FOX, Special)
8/7 PM: We’ll Meet Again (PBS, Season 2 Premiere)
10/9 PM: Married at First Sight: Happily Ever After (Lifetime, Series Premiere)
10/9 PM: Monster Encounters (Travel Channel, Series Premiere)

Wednesday, October 31, 2018:

3/2 AM: Gun City (Netflix, Original Movie Premiere)
3/2 AM: Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access, Series Premiere/Special Night)
7/6 PM: 2018 World Series Game 7 (If Necessary) (FOX, Special)
8/7 PM: Ghost Adventures Live (Travel Channel, Four-Hour Special)
10/9 PM: Stan Against Evil (IFC, Season 3 Premiere)

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