18 TV Shows to Watch in October
In the gallery above, our editors have selected the most interesting TV shows (including TV movies and specials) debuting this month, listed in order by premiere date.
Series debuts October 18 on Prime Video. Based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, Amazon's episodic anthology series comes from writer-director John Carney (Once). Each half-hour episode tells a self-contained story based on a past column, and will feature stars like Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, John Slattery, Sofia Boutella, Catherine Keener, Gary Carr, Brandon Victor Dixon, Andrew Scott, Cristin Milioti, Shea Whigham, Andy Garcia, and Dev Patel, while directors (aside from Carney) include Sharon Horgan and Emmy Rossum. It looks like just the start of a new romance anthology trend, as Netflix (Shoda Rhimes' Notes on Love) and HBO Max (Paul Feig's Love Life) have similar projects in development for 2020.