NBA tipoff, ‘Love is Blind’ finale, more to stream this week
NBA tipoff, ‘Love is Blind’ finale, more to stream this week
There are some fantastic sports options to watch on top streamers this week, as well as some hotly anticipated scripted and unscripted TV premieres.
It feels like October just started, and yet we are barreling toward Halloween. It’s Oct. 20, and the autumn days are falling as fast as the leaves. And that means there’s new shows coming to TV and streaming fast and furious; it’s the height of fall premiere season for some channels, and that isn’t slowing down this week.
Check out our top list of new TV shows and movies to watch each and every day this week below! It’s a fun lineup this week, and we hope you’ll circle back at the end of the week and let us know in the comments if any of our recommendations came through for you in the comments section below!
Monday, Oct. 20
‘Monday Night Football,’ Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions | ABC and ESPN, watch with a three-day free trial of Hulu + Live TV
This is as juicy of a “Monday Night Football” matchup as there has been all season. Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter the game at 5-1, and Baker Mayfield is playing with the kind of swagger that he’s had when he’s been at his best during his career.
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The Detroit Lions are 4-2, good for second in a highly competitive NFC North. Jared Goff, Dan Campbell and company are still grappling with the loss of top assistants this season, but look to be in good shape heading into a game with the Bucs that could be filled with offensive fireworks.
Tuesday, Oct. 21
NBA on NBC premiere | Peacock
Fans who have been waiting to hear “Roundball Rock” on NBC since the NBA disappeared from the channel over 20 years ago will finally get relief on Tuesday night. The 2025-26 NBA season tips off on that evening, and NBC and Peacock will share the return of the league to NBC airwaves.
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The game itself? Oh no big deal, just a little showdown between the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets, who added former Thunder great Kevin Durant during the offseason. It should be quite a tasty matchup for NBC, and draw plenty of eyes as the season gets underway.
Wednesday, Oct. 22
‘Love is Blind’ Season 9 finale | Netflix
It’s all come down to this. All season long, hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey have hosted this fan-favorite social expiment wherein single men and women look for the person they want to fall in love and spend the rest of their life with — all before actually meeting that person.
This season, the show has traveled out west to the Rocky Mountains of Denver. There are only three couples left standing: Megan & Jordan, Kalybriah & Edmond, and Ali & Anton. Who will be left standing at the end? You’ll just have to watch and find out for yourself!
Thursday, Oct. 23
‘Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake’ Season 2 premiere | HBO Max
Fionna and Cake are back for another set of magical, sometimes mind-bending adventures. This version of “Adventure Time” follows the pair on journeys that are often more mature and melancholy than the jolly pair that we’ve come to know so well in Jake and Finn.
This season, after their journey through the multiverse, Fionna and Cake tackle new adventures while Huntress Wizard embarks on a desperate quest with fatal consequences. What other magical characters and mystical lands will be visited this season? Follow along with Fionna and Cake to see.
Friday, Oct. 24
‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost’ premiere | Apple TV+
Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, exploring their impact both on popular culture and at home, where the lines between creativity, family, life and art often blurred. In a family with this much talent, it can be hard to know where the boundaries are.
In the process, Stiller turns the camera on himself and his family to examine Jerry and Anne’s enormous influence on their lives, and the generational lessons we all can learn from those we love. This heartwarming tale of success, failure, and family strength is a perfect way to close the week.
Saturday, Oct. 25
‘Merry Christmas Ted Cooper!’ original movie premiere | Hallmark Channel, watch with a seven-day free trial of Philo
In this continuation of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas, Robert Buckley stars as the easygoing local weatherman Ted Cooper. Ted loves Christmas, but the past three have been terrible. This year, Ted has made up his mind that things will be different, but his relentless optimism is about to be put to the test as he is faced with a litany of problems as he travels home for the holidays.
While there, he runs into Ruth Mittens, his former high school science teacher who was always his cheerleader. He also reconnects with the charming Hope Miller except now she’s Dr. Hope Miller, with whom he went to high school and quietly crushed on from afar. Will they help turn his holiday luck around?
Sunday, Oct. 26
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 4 premiere | Paramount+
The McLusky family rule the small Michigan town of Kingstown with an iron grip, but in Season 4 of the Taylor Sheridan-penned drama, their hold is beginning to loosen. New power players are emerging on the scene to help fill the vacuum left when the Russian mafia came crashing to the ground.
This season, Mike (Jeremy Renner) will have to deal with not only a gang war, but a new prison warden (Edie Falco) who isn’t intimidated by the hard life of Kingstown. There are plenty of other threats lurking in the shadows as well, lest Mike begin to feel too comfortable in the seat of power.