Best TV shows streaming this week: Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more
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If you're looking for something new to watch, you're in the right place, because this round-up article will help you find the best new TV shows streaming this week that might be worth a watch.
Our selection this week covers the week from Saturday, September 30th to Friday, October 6th and we've got everything from mystery shows to sci-fi adventures and sporting documentaries. To create this list we've looked through all the new releases from the best streaming services and have picked out a varied selection.
As always Netflix leads the charge when it comes to new shows but Disney Plus, Hulu, and Max also have offerings to sink your teeth into. If you want to save some cash on these services, our guide to the best streaming deals will help too. So here's our round-up of the best new TV shows streaming this week.
The Simpsons season 35
Hulu animated classic returns, streaming on Monday, October 2
The quintricennial series of The Simpsons is here, as the animated classic celebrates its coral jubilee (yep, that's the name for the 35th year of something!).
The Simpsons season 35 continues the formula of the past 34 seasons: it follows the various misadventures of the yellow-skinned Simpson families, as well as the other inhabitants of Springfield. This season sees Homor become a school crossing guard, Marge fear for the end of Bart's childhood (after 35 years, it's a valid fear!) and another Treehouse of Horror.
While The Simpsons will debut on Fox, it'll come to Hulu the day after it airs, which will see the first episode land on Monday, October 2. Subsequent episodes will land weekly. Expect it to come to Disney Plus in the UK eventually, but likely in several months' time.
Beckham
Netflix sporting docuseries bends it onto stremer on Wednesday, October 4
The latest in Netflix's long line of sporting documentaries is Beckham, which focuses on — no prizes for guessing who — British footballer David Beckham.
A four-part docuseries, the show promises to feature "candid" discussions with this well-known public figure, to tell the story of his career from Manchester United to World Cup games and beyond. Plenty of other figures will weigh in including footballers Gary Neville, Diego Simeone and Rio Ferdinand, as well as wife Victoria Beckham, her Spice-mate Mel C and David's family.
All of Beckham will be available to watch on Netflix on Wednesday, October 4, so you can watch it in one big streaming binge.
— Tom Bedford
Our Flag Means Death season 2
Max pirating comedy sets sail from Thursday, October 5
After the fun of One Piece several weeks ago, we return to the high seas for the next installment of episodes for comedy Our Flag Means Death season 2.
Very, very, very loosely based on the real life and times of gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet, OFMD follows a rag-tag band of eccentric sailors and pirates as they try to survive the dangerous waters of piratehood. With an all-star cast including Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Leslie Jones, Kristian Nairn, Vico Ortiz and more, the first season of the show proved a cult hit.
Our Flag Means Death season 2 hits Max on Thursday, October 5 with its first five episodes, and two new ones will land each week until the end of the month. No word on a UK release, but it was a long time before the first season came to iPlayer, so don't hold your breath.
— Tom Bedford
Lupin Part 3
Netflix French crime thriller howls onto screens on Thursday, October 5
It's been a long time coming: Lupin Part 3 brings back the popular French gentleman thief after a two-year wait.
Lupin follows Omar Sy's Assane Diop as he avenges his father after he was framed by a powerful family, and in Part 3 he's being haunted by the ghosts of his past as he tries to escape France with his family. The first two 'parts' (seasons, by another name) of the show were a hit with Netflix viewers, and this third installment promises more of the same.
All of Lupin Part 3 will land on Netflix on Thursday, October 5, in one bingeable block.
— Tom Bedford
Loki season 2
Disney Plus Marvel spin-off sci-fi adventure returns on Thursday, October 5
One of Marvel's stranger superhero TV shows returns with Loki season 2, which picks back up with Tom Hiddleston as the titular trickster and Owen Wilson as his assistant for some time-jumping shenanigans.
In Loki season 2, the character is being afflicted by the weird and uncontrollable tendency to jump around in time, which he needs to investigate — plus, he needs to try and stop war tearing apart the various timelines the Marvel-verse explores, and understand more about upcoming Marvel baddie Kang.
Loki's second season will join the first on Disney Plus from Thursday, October 5, with new episodes arriving weekly from then.
— Tom Bedford
Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe
Prime Video true crime? romance? docuseries sparks on Friday, October 6
The 'word spaghetti title' award for this week goes to Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe, the newest docuseries from Amazon Studios.
The series explores the Twin Flames Universe, an online community that preaches the idea that people have 'twin flames' or soul mates that they're spiritually destined to be with. Told from the perspective of a journalist investigating the community to see if it's actually a cult, DSS:ETFU shows us how some people pay money to find their love, or even manipulate each other to get what they want, with testimony from people who have 'escaped' this group.
You'll be able to wacth Escaping Twin Flames Universe from Friday, October 6, with all three episodes landing at once on Prime Video.
What else to stream this week
Some popular weekly shows continue: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Morning Show season 3, American Horror Story: Delicate and The Changeling and more all get new episodes.
The Rugby World Cup continues with plenty of must-watch games, with some big-name match-ups.
In the UK, hit dancing show Strictly Come Dancing 2023 continues
