2025 TV Premiere Date Schedule: October's Highlights Include IT: Welcome To Derry, Charlie Hunnam's Ed Gein And Nobody Wants This Season 2

I was working on the TV schedule late one night when my eyes befell an exciting sight: all the awesome new shows that are coming in the final few months of 2025. We've got several upcoming horror TV shows with supernatural threats like Stephen King's Pennywise and Stranger Things' Vecna, some upcoming Netflix premieres to reacquaint fans with Nobody Wants This' couples for Season 2, and at least one new Star Wars show before 2026 arrives.

Obviously we're heading into Halloween season, so the impetus might be to check out as many upcoming horror movies as possible, and as a horror fanatic, I cannot be judgmental about such a decision. But I can still help point audiences in the right direction for must-watch shows that will be popping up in primetime and streaming soon. Just try not to eat all the trick-or-treat candy ahead of time while bingeing.

[Note that all times listed in the schedule below are for the ET/EST time zone, and that all brand-new series premieres will be listed in ALL CAPS.]

October 2025 TV Premiere Dates

October is often a time to rewatch horror classics to get amped for the spookiest night of the year, so there aren't quite as many fear-provoking premieres as one might expect for October. But check out a handful of the most promising arrivals for those who want to get freaked out.

• Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix) - Ryan Murphy & Co.'s third Monster season has Charlie Hunnam portraying one of the most notorious and influential serial killers of all time: the skin-wearing, mommy-loving Ed Gein.
• Family Guy: A Little Fright Music (Hulu) - The Griffin family gets a standalone holiday special in which Stewie and Brian attempt to create the ideal Halloween song.
• True Haunting Season 1 (Netflix) - It might sound like your average paranormal "reality" show, but this series boasts Conjuring and Saw franchise filmmaker James Wan behind the scenes, making the reenactments that much more disturbing.
• Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock) - If Ed Gein isn't enough of a deadly maniac for you this Halloween, check out Severance great Michael Chernus as he clowns around in the most horrifying way as John Wayne Gacy.
• IT: Welcome To Derry Season 1 (HBO) - The latest Stephen King adaptation isn't quite that, as it's more of an expansion of the lore set up in Andy Muschietti's pair of IT films, but with fun connective tissue to King's other works as well.
• Anne Rice's The Talamasca Season 1 (AMC) - King isn't the only iconic horror writer honored by Fall TV premieres, with the third chapter of Anne Rice's fictional universe, The Talamasca, exploring supernatural threats from a different perspective, with Elizabeth McGovern, Jason Schwartzman and more co-starring.

November 2025 TV Premiere Dates

Without a doubt, the arrival of Stranger Things' final season is the biggest release in November, and it may very well get more celebratory love online than Thanksgiving. Thankfully, though, what is traditionally a quiet month has quite a few fun premieres to look forward to, including Tracy Morgan's newest comedy series, the second season of Squid Games' competition series, and the return of Billy Bob Thornton's Landman for Season 2.

December 2025 TV Premiere Dates

December can't always be counted on to deliver new premieres, though it's definitely the time of year to find all the biggest Christmas movie premieres on Hallmark, GAF and beyond, as well as a slew of New Year's Eve specials. But this month, we not only have the final episodes of Stranger Things, but also the newest small-screen effort from Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, the Netflix western The Abandons. Not to mention the return of Spartacus!

2025 TV Premiere Dates TBD

For all that we currently know about the 2025 TV schedule, that information is dwarfed by all of the announcements and reveals that are yet to come for the hundreds of series that establish themselves yearly. Case in point: here is a list comprising the remaining fan-favorites that don't yet have locked-in releases.

When you're done setting up your own personal TV lineups, be sure to check out everything hitting the big screen in the near future as well with our 2025 movie release schedule.