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The American Film Institute's festival runs five days of premieres in Hollywood, opening on 21 October with the US premiere of Laika's stop-motion feature Wildwood.

小城良方 (Xiao Cheng Liang Fang, "Small Town Remedy") is a 28-episode medical comedy-drama starring Xiao Zhan (肖战) as Liu Zhengliang, a Beijing neurosurgeon who lands at a clinic in a small north-eastern town, with Ni Dahong (倪大红) and Jiang Yan (姜妍). Produced by Linmon Media with iQIYI and shot in Jinzhou, Liaoning, it released its first trailer on 23 September 2026. Reports point to a 21 October 2026 premiere on iQIYI and CCTV-8, but no date has been announced, so the date shown here is an estimate.

An agnostic sex podcaster and a rabbi walk into a party. No, it's not the start of a joke — it's the beginning of a love story. And it's complicated. Season 3 starts on Netflix.

Chicago Fire season 15, episode 3, "Take the Hit", aired Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 9 pm ET on NBC: a mistake at an ammonia leak lands a firefighter in the hospital, Severide and Stella hunt for which probationary candidate caused it, and Herrmann works to get Cruz back on track.

9-1-1 season 10, episode 2, "Fire in the Hole", aired Thursday 22 October 2026 at 8 pm ET on ABC: lava takes over Los Angeles, the 118 evacuates trapped drivers, Athena is stuck in a collapsed tunnel with an old colleague, and Maddie is forced into an impossible decision.

Tencent Video lists the premiere of 尚公主 (Tigers Sniff Rose) for October 23, 2026 at 18:00 China Standard Time. This replaces the earlier editorial estimate of October 20.

咸鱼飞升 (Xian Yu Fei Sheng, "Live Long and Prosper") is a 40-episode xianxia comedy for Hunan TV and Mango TV starring Dylan Wang (王鹤棣) as Song Qianji, the cultivation world's former top master who is reborn and only wants to farm, with Li Qin (李沁) as Miao Yan. It adapts a Jinjiang web novel and wrapped in Xinjiang on 26 September 2025. Mango lists it for the fourth quarter of 2026 and reports point to 25 October, but no date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 4, "Treehouse of Horror XXXVII", is the annual Halloween special, airing Sunday 25 October 2026 at 8 pm ET on FOX with a stop-motion Nightmare Before Christmas opening, Marge's many husbands, a Bart and Santa's Little Helper body swap, and Homer's driving lesson.

Chicago Fire season 15, episode 4, "A Perfect Arson", is scheduled for Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 9 pm ET on NBC, when the FBI recruits Severide after an arson is staged to cover up the kidnapping of a judge's daughter.

Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. Season 2 starts on Paramount+.

虽然不能同时拥有一切 (A Duet in Blue) is iQIYI's eight-episode Weichen Theatre mini-series in which Dilraba Dilmurat plays two women named Wei Lan, a Beijing writer and an abused small-town wife, who meet by chance and swap lives. It adapts Fumio Yamamoto's novel 蓝，另一种蓝 and wrapped in December 2025. iQIYI has not announced a date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

9-1-1 season 10, episode 3, "Streets of Fire", is scheduled for Thursday 29 October 2026 at 8 pm ET on ABC: Maddie and the 118 try to divert a river of lava before it reaches a crowded hospital while Athena stays trapped underground.

Nocturne tells the story of Jonah Lynn, an ex-soldier turned homicide detective who, tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, moves to a small town in Western Pennsylvania for a quiet life. But, as the town and his family come under attack from the diabolically cunning serial killer Jurek Walter, Jonah must protect all that he holds dear. When the desperate search for Jurek's last missing victim forces Jonah to send his adopted daughter, FBI Agent Saga Bauer, up against Jurek, how far will Jonah go? Season 1 starts on Apple TV.

Film, television and podcast entries for the 84th Golden Globes must be submitted by Friday 30 October 2026, with 30 podcasts eligible for the Best Podcast category ahead of nominations on 7 December.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 5, "Testing 1-2-3", is scheduled for Sunday 1 November 2026 at 8 pm ET on FOX: Lisa has herself evaluated for three types of neurodiversity, which remind her of Principal Skinner, Comic Book Guy and Homer, with Rachel Bloom as guest voice Annette.

The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new.Against this backdrop of change, the story begins in 1882 — introducing young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Union general, who moves into the New York City home of her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an accomplished African-American woman, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George and Bertha Russell.In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path? Season 4 starts on HBO.

St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Season 3 starts on NBC.

Pryce Cahill is an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi. Stick is a heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it's never been shown before. Season 2 starts on Apple TV.

Helen Webb, politician's wife, doting mother, and professional spy, has been passing on her husband's secrets to the Black Doves, the shadowy organization for whom she works. But when her lover Jason is assassinated, Helen's life is turned upside down, and only her old friend Sam Young can keep her safe. But Sam, a suave, champagne-drinking assassin, also has problems of his own. Out of the game, since his last job went wrong, he soon realizes his past is coming back to haunt him. Together, they set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy. One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis — and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they've made. Season 2 starts on Netflix.

Chicago Fire season 15, episode 5, "Three Hundred", the show's milestone 300th episode, is scheduled for Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 9 pm ET on NBC: Firehouse 51 faces a complex hostage situation, Cruz keeps making strides, and Chief Tomlin gives Severide an impossible task.

折月亮 (Zhe Yue Liang, "When I Meet the Moon") is iQIYI's 27-episode romance adapted from Zhu Yi's novel, the last of the Nanwu trilogy after Hidden Love and The First Frost, starring Lu Yuxiao (卢昱晓) as the socially anxious Yun Li and Lin Yi (林一) as her high-school crush Fu Shize. It was filmed in Xiamen in 2025 and premiered on iQIYI and Jiangsu TV on 5 November 2026.

Godzilla Minus Zero opened in North America on November 6, 2026. On November 7 evening Pacific, Polymarket’s US$31–34 million opening-weekend bracket led at 54%, with US$185,057.04 traded; final receipts remained unknown.

两京十五日 (Liang Jing Shi Wu Ri, "River of No Return") is iQIYI's 26-episode Ming-dynasty historical drama starring Cheng Yi (成毅) as the crown prince Zhu Zhanji, who must race up the Grand Canal from Nanjing to Beijing in fifteen days, with Lin Gengxin (林更新) and Jiang Peiyao (姜珮瑶) in special appearances. It adapts Ma Boyong's novel, is directed by Zhang Li and wrapped on 10 February 2026. iQIYI has only pointed to the fourth quarter of 2026, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 6, "The Kosmic Kruiser", is scheduled for Sunday 8 November 2026 at 8:30 pm ET on FOX: Bart and Lisa break into Krustyland's most notorious failed attraction and find it has not been completely abandoned.

Set thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, this epic drama follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. Season 3 starts on Prime Video.

来战 (Lai Zhan, "Fated Master and Disciple") is a xianxia drama starring Ju Jingyi (鞠婧祎) as the orphan A Dai and Zhang Yunlong (张云龙) as Xiao Yihan, the idle immortal who becomes her master and then her enemy. Adapted from 九鹭非香's novel 师父心塞 and filmed at Hengdian in 2025, it will stream on Tencent Video and iQIYI. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The Academy presents Honorary Oscars to Glenn Close, Ridley Scott and Floyd Norman, and the Thalberg Award to Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, at the 17th Governors Awards on 15 November 2026 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.

Golden Globes voters receive and return nomination ballots for the 84th ceremony between 16 November and 4 December 2026, television and podcast first, then film, before nominations on 7 December.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 7, "Dream Scenari-Moe", is scheduled for Sunday 15 November 2026 at 8 pm ET on FOX: a sleep study reveals that Moe's dreams are bleeding into everyone else's in Springfield, with Meg Ryan guest starring.

A prequel set 24 years before the original trilogy, following a young Haymitch Abernathy through the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell.

Yellowjackets follows a girls' high school soccer team. In 1975, the Dearborn High Yellowjackets became the first team in state history to qualify for the Girls' U.S. Soccer Championship Series in Manchester, NH. They never got the chance to compete. Equal parts survival epic, horror story and pitch black coming of age, Yellowjackets tells the story of the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness, chronicling their descent from a friendly, cooperative team to warring, cannibalistic clans. At the same time, it follows the lives they've attempted to piece back together nearly twenty-five years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over. Season 4 starts on Paramount+.

12-year-old modern demigod Percy Jackson has just come to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt. Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus. Season 3 starts on Disney+.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 8, "Curb Your Expectations", is listed for Sunday 22 November 2026 on FOX; it was written by John Frink and has no published synopsis or guest cast yet.

Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city. Season 1 starts on Prime Video.

Hexed is an upcoming American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Disney's release schedule puts it in US theaters on 25 November 2026.

The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O'Neil and her family's move from the East Coast to deep-red East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Banks‘ irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction, and murder. Season 2 starts on Netflix.

The Simpsons season 38, episode 9, "Jersey Score", is listed for Sunday 29 November 2026 on FOX; it was written by Joel H. Cohen and has no published synopsis or guest cast yet.

Bad Monkey tells the story of Andrew Yancy, a one-time detective demoted to restaurant inspector in Southern Florida. A severed arm found by a tourist out fishing pulls Yancy into the world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in both Florida and the Bahamas. And yes, there's a monkey. Season 2 starts on Apple TV.

Netflix releases all six episodes of its Pride and Prejudice limited series on Thursday 3 December 2026, with Emma Corrin as Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy and Olivia Colman as Mrs. Bennet. Dolly Alderton wrote the adaptation and Euros Lyn directed.

BAFTA members open Round One voting for the 80th EE BAFTA Film Awards on 4 December 2026; acting categories close on 29 December and all others on 4 January 2027, ahead of the longlists on 7 January.

美顺与长生 (Meishun and Changsheng, "Whispers of Time") is Li Lu's period family drama starring Liu Haocun (刘浩存) as a village girl married off at 16 and Huang Xuan (黄轩) as the husband whose mind stayed a child's after an injury, following them from the late 1970s to today. It wrapped in Baishan, Jilin in January 2026 and will air on Hunan TV and Mango TV. No date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The Golden Globes announce the nominees for their 84th ceremony on Monday 7 December 2026 at 5:00 a.m. PST, with film, television and podcast categories voted on by Golden Globes members.

Academy members vote in the preliminary round for the 99th Oscars from 9 a.m. PT on 7 December to 5 p.m. PT on 11 December 2026, the step that produces the shortlists announced on 15 December.

Only Murders in the Building follows three New Yorkers who find they have a mutual interest in solving true crime – but limit their amateur sleuthing to only murders in their building. Season 6 starts on Hulu.

Prime Video releases Maxton Hall - The World Between Us Season 3, the German romantic drama's final chapter, on 9 December 2026 in more than 240 countries and territories. The six-episode season adapts Mona Kasten's third book, Save Us, with Ruby suspended and her Oxford dream at risk.

Netflix releases the limited series The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey on Thursday 10 December 2026, with Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen as Patsy and John Ramsey. The show moved to Netflix from Paramount+ and is run by Richard LaGravenese.

千里江山图 ("A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains") is a 36-episode spy drama set in 1933 Shanghai, starring Zhang Ruoyun (张若昀) as the Communist agent Chen Qianli, with Liu Shishi (刘诗诗), Wang Yang (王阳) and Chen Daoming (陈道明). Adapted from Sun Ganlu's Mao Dun Prize-winning novel, it wrapped at Shanghai's Chedun film base in May 2026 and will premiere on CCTV-8 with Tencent Video streaming. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

The Academy announces the Oscar shortlists on Tuesday 15 December 2026, four days after preliminary voting closes, narrowing categories such as International Feature, Documentary Feature, Original Song and Visual Effects before nominations voting.